Print Description
This handcoloured print shows a map of Persia or Iran and part of Georgia. Filled with place names and decorated with a simple cartouche and armorial shield.
Made by Lhuilier after Nicolas de Fer.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.
Sheet size: 16.5 x 15 cm (6.5 x 5.91 inch). Image size: 16 x 13.5 cm. (6.3 x 5.31 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. Tears restored in margin. Creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAP-IRAN-PERSIA-MIDDLE EAST-GEORGIA-PERSIAN GULF | RBOS-A9-29
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by Nicolas de Fer in “Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie”, 1689.
Biography artist: Nicholas de Fer (1646-1720) was the youngest son of Parisian print and map seller, Antoine de Fer [d.1673]. He became an official geographer to both French and Spanish kings. Nicholas de Fer was one of the most prolific and influential French geographers and cartographers of the late 17th and early 18th Century.
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