ELWE

ESTATS DEL EMPIRE DU GRAND SEIGNEUR DES TURCS, EN EUROPE, EN ASIE ET EN AFRIQUE

Jan Barend ELWE

Amsterdam, 1792

63×48 cm.

Interesting decorative map of the Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian Sea regions, including Cyprus, Armenia, the Caucasia, Persia, Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea, Egypt, Greece, Turkey etc. Elwe produced a late edition of the Jalliot/Sanson maps, produced with wonderful rich dark engraving and attractive body color. One of the last great decorative atlases. Two cartouches and and inset of Algeria.