Print Description
This handcoloured print shows the map of Turkey. Showing southern Italy and Sicily to the west, with the edge of the Persian Gulf and part of the Caspian Sea to the east. Mediterranean (with the island of Cyprus) and Black Seas are central to map,
Made by an anonymous engraver after Rigobert Bonne.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 42.7 x 25.8 cm (16.81 x 10.16 inch). Image size: 31.5 x 20.7 cm. (12.4 x 8.15 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Brownish margins. Smudges. Waterstain left margin. Tear in upper corner restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAP-TURKEY-ASIA MINOR-MEDITERRANEAN-ARAB COUNTRIES | RBOS-A9-31
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in “La Turquie d’Europe et celle D’Asie hors la (…)” in 1771.
Biography artist: Rigobert Bonne (France, 1727?1795) was a Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at Depot de la Marine. Bonne succeeded Jacques Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Dep?t de la Marine in 1773. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period.
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