Lot 42
Lot 42
Carte de la Perse de l'Armenie de la Natolie et de l'Arabie. Amsterdam: 1792.

JAN BAREND ELWE (FL. 1785-1809)

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    Carte de la Perse de l'Armenie de la Natolie et de l'Arabie. Amsterdam: 1792.

    JAN BAREND ELWE (FL. 1785-1809)
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    ELWE, Jan Barend (fl. 1785-1809). Carte de la Perse de l'Armenie de la Natolie et de l'Arabie. Amsterdam: 1792.

    Large double-page engraved map, coloured by a contemporary hand, with a decorative title cartouche to bottom right with costumed figures with an elephant, camel and ships in the background, a turbaned figure with compass dividers next to scale to bottom left, the Caspian Sea distorted east-west rather than its later - and more geographically correct - north-south orientation, 482 x 567mm. (plate mark), 496 x 594mm. (sheet)

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