Antique Map-ROMAN EMPIRE-MIDDLE EAST-GREECE-AFRICA-BABYLONIA-Spenheim-1701

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‘”ROMAN IMPERIUM QUA ORIENTALE FUIT”‘

– This print shows an antique map of the Roman Empire from Greece, to the Middle-east, till Persia and Northern Africa.

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Description

This print shows an antique map of the Roman Empire from Greece, to the Middle-east, till Persia and Northern Africa.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Spenheim.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 44.4 x 37.2 cm (17.48 x 14.65 inch). Image size: 41 x 35.5 cm. (16.14 x 13.98 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Edges brownish. Water stain in right margin an lower left corner. Two diagonal creases. Tear restored in upper middle margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROMAN EMPIRE-MIDDLE EAST-GREECE-NORTHERN AFRICA-BABYLONIA | RBOS-A9-33

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Opera geographiam sacram, (Atlas of religious Geography)’, Leiden 1701-1703.

Biography artist: Spenheim (1632-1701) was one of the most important German geographers and historians of sacred geography and history. From 1672 until his death he was the chief librarian at the University of Leiden. These maps are from his most well-known work.

Additional information

Dimensions 37 × 44 × 1 cm

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