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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 156

Maps
Middle East
Persia
1742 Carte de Perse, by Covens & Mortier; 25 x 21 inches, original outline colour. Also titled Nova et accurata imperii Persici delineatio ad usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.

Covens and Mortier reissued a chart originally made by Guillaume de l'Isle showing the Persian Empire. The depicted area stretching from Crimea to Kashmir and from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. The detailed representation of towns, villages, rivers and further regional conditions, in particular the mapping of the roads, leads to the presumption that this chart was created for military purposes. French inscriptions, spread all over the chart, e.g. that the Baloch, inhabitants of south-east Persia, were very militant people. The famous flats of Bahrain, where legendary pearls grow, is clearly marked. The title cartouche is in Rococo-style and is decorated with twisting and floral elements and a royal coat of arms.

Usual reinforced centre fold with repaired split at foot, and other light folds, good to fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$1,000 to SG$1,200