2400740. ORTELIUS'S MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE (IRAN), ca 1598.
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2400740. ORTELIUS'S MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE (IRAN), ca 1598.
Description
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Persici sive sophorum regni typus. Amsterdam (1598).
Hand-coloured engraved map with large strap work title cartouche with birds and a distance scale with a strange creature on top, c. 350x500 mm. French text on verso.
The map shows the Persian Gulf and the eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula together with the Caspian Sea.
Van den Broecke 167.3. French edition with number 110 on verso.
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598).
Condition
Centrefold as published, seem creases to corners, some soiling and spotting.
2400740. ORTELIUS'S MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE (IRAN), ca 1598.
Description
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Persici sive sophorum regni typus. Amsterdam (1598).
Hand-coloured engraved map with large strap work title cartouche with birds and a distance scale with a strange creature on top, c. 350x500 mm. French text on verso.
The map shows the Persian Gulf and the eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula together with the Caspian Sea.
Van den Broecke 167.3. French edition with number 110 on verso.
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598).
Condition
Centrefold as published, seem creases to corners, some soiling and spotting.