Carte de L'Arabie, du Golfe Persique, et de la Mer Rouge, avec L'Egypte, La Nubie et L'Abissinie
Paris: Rigobert Bonne.
Map. Image measures 8.5 x 12.75". Sheet measures 10 x 14.5".
This map of the Arabian Peninsula dating to circa 1780 includes Egypt, the horn of Africa and part of Southwest Iran. Pictorial elevations rendered throughout as well as town names, rivers and lakes. The map is in very good condition with full margins. There is some minor offsetting and rippling. Original plate marks are visible.
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He served as Hydrographer to France, and during his term, he produced a number of detailed and useful maps, particularly of coastal regions. His work is often devoid of decorative cartouches and compasses roses and marks a turn in European mapmaking away from decoration toward technical mapping. This edition is a re-issue of Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal's atlas of 1773. Bonne's version is "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre".
Binding: Unbound
Language: English
Price: $275.00
Item #331482