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Condition: good. With folds as issued. Slightly browned. Verso: Dutch text.

A beautiful map of the Persian Empire, based on Ortelius’s map of the same title. Centered on Persia, it also shows present-day Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Indus River. It is filled with dozens of place names, details of the Persian Gulf, and charming pictorial details of the topography and cities. The Caspian Sea is shown in a horizontal oval shape. A pair of strapwork cartouches embellish the map. French text on verso.

Conditie: goed. Met vouwen als uitgegeven. Iets verbruind.  Verso: Nederlandse tekst. 

Een prachtige kaart van het Perzische rijk gebaseerd op de kaart van Ortelius met dezelfde titel. De kaart is gecentreerd op Perzië en toont ook het huidige Irak en Afghanistan, en de rivier de Indus. Het is gevuld met tientallen plaatsnamen, details van de Perzische Golf en charmante picturale details van topografie en steden. De Kaspische Zee heeft een horizontale ovale vorm. Een paar strappwork cartouches verfraaien de kaart. Franse tekst op verso.

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Middle East - Persia; Mercator / Hondius - Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus. - 1613

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Mercator and Hondius’s 1613 copper-engraved map *Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus* depicts Persia, with parts of present-day Iraq and Afghanistan and the Indus, and was later hand-coloured.

Middle East - Persia; Mercator / Hondius - Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus. - 1613

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Mercator and Hondius’s 1613 copper-engraved map Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus depicts Persia, with parts of present-day Iraq and Afghanistan and the Indus, and was later hand-coloured.

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