Author: (WESTERN ASIA -- Map)
Title: Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan
Description: New York, S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13¼" X 11¼"). Hand colored. Very good. Ligjht age toning and faint soiling about the edges. Attractive, nicely colored example of this map, many of whose names and boundaries have changed dramatically, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc." "Transcaucasia" is now Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Turkey includes what is today Syria and Iraq, Persia is of course Iran, etc. etc. Inset at lower left depicts "Palestine or the Holy Land." Lovely coloring and sharp floral border. .
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Title: Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan
Description: New York, S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13¼" X 11¼"). Hand colored. Very good. Ligjht age toning and faint soiling about the edges. Attractive, nicely colored example of this map, many of whose names and boundaries have changed dramatically, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc." "Transcaucasia" is now Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Turkey includes what is today Syria and Iraq, Persia is of course Iran, etc. etc. Inset at lower left depicts "Palestine or the Holy Land." Lovely coloring and sharp floral border. .
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Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 46941
- Book number: 46941
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