Description: This attactive map originates from: 'Atlas de toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre ...', published by M. Bonne in Paris, c. 1780.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne, (1727 - 1795), was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the French Depôt de la Marine. Engraved by Gaspard Andre.
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Subject: Map: 'Carte de l'Arabie. du Golfe Persique, et de la Mer Rouge, avec l'Egypte, La Nubie et l'Abissinie.' (Map of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea with Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia.) This map shows present day Saoudi Arabia, Egypt, Gulf States and Ethiopia.
Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image. Original fold lines.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 38 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 32 x 22 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15 x 9.8 inch. The image size is ca. 12.6 x 8.7 inch.
Medium: Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Recent hand colouring.
Location: A79-30
SKU: TPC 11269.1
Section: BONNE-1780
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