Auction 80 Part 1
Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
By Kedem
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Jun 29, 2021
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LOT 144:
Map of Persia, Turkey, the Mediterranean Basin and Central Asia – Amsterdam, First Decades of the 18th Century – ...
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Map of Persia, Turkey, the Mediterranean Basin and Central Asia – Amsterdam, First Decades of the 18th Century – Hand-Colored Engraving
Regnum Persicum Imperium Turcicum in Asia Russorum Provinciae ad Mare Caspium, map of Persia and Turkey, the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Hand-colored engraving. Amsterdam: Reinier and Josua Ottens, [first decades of the 18th century]. Latin.
The depicted area stretches between Greece, Cyprus and Lower Egypt in the west and Kyrgyzstan, Tibet and India in the east, and includes most of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin (including Palestine), The Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus. The map shows the central trade routes of the Silk Road in the early 18th century.
Engraved map: approx. 88X50 cm (printed on three conjoined sheets of paper). Good condition. Some stains. Small tears to edges (not affecting the engraving). Matted.
