ANTIQUE RARE MAP TABULA ITINERIS DECIES MILLE GRAECORUM SUB CYRO 

PIERRE DUVAL c 1670

 

Offered is an original superb and rare antique map of Asia Minor through to Armenia and Babylon 

including Cyprus, c. 1670. This historical map illustrates the region involved in the conquest of Cyrus 

the Great (558-528 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. Three superb 

cartouches featuring putti adorn the map, which was compiled and drawn by Pierre DuVal for Jansson's 

historical atlas. The map is a hand colored copper engraving. 

Paper size is 51.5 cm X 60 cm (20.3 in. X 23.6 in.), image size is 41.5 cm X 49 cm (16.3 in. X 19.3 in.). 

The map is in very good condition for its age with some browning and mirror foxing spots on the margins 

(pictured). It is taped in the middle of the back for reinforcement (pictured). The map was previously folded 

in two with a resulting crease in the middle. It will be shipped rolled safely in a tube. 

This map typically sells at approximately USD 500. 

It will be shipped rolled safely in a tube. Shipping is USD 35 worldwide and USD 12 for Greece by ELTA Hellenic 

Post registered mail. 

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