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Description: This original old antique print / plate originates from the fifth volume of: 'Atlas Historique...' (Historic Atlas...), Published by Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1732. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costumes of the world. The maps in the Atlas Historique were mainly based on those of the French cartographer, Guillaume De L'Isle, but were presented by the Chatelains in an encyclopaedic form.
Artists and Engravers: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.
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Subject: Plate : 'Carte de la Turquie, de L'Arabie et de la Perse avec leurs dependances ...' (Map of Turkey, Arabia and Persia.) Superbly engraved very detailed map of the region from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, based upon Guillaume De L'Isle's map of the same title.
Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold. A little bit paper separation in the bottom margin of the middle fold. General age-related toning and occasional light stains from handling. Please study image carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 52.4 x 43.8 cm. The image size is ca. 52.2 x 41.1 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 20.6 x 17.2 inch. The image size is ca. 20.6 x 16.2 inch.
Medium: Original etching / engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: B8-09
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