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  1. "CARTE DE LA TURQUIE D'ASIE" BY M. BONNE. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 1780 MAP REPRESENTING THE TURKISH EMPIRE AND THE HOLY LAND. PAPER SIZE 20 1/2 BY 15 1/2; MAP SIZE 17 BY 13. WIDE MARGINS. Please use the closeup function in the photo section to best determine condition. Some color bleed through on the reverse of the map from the engraved cartouche. 

  2. Cartographer publisher: Rigobert Bonne (France, 1727–1795)
    Bonne was Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at Depot de la Marine.
    In 1773 Bonne succeeded Jacques Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period.