FER, N. de / DANET, G. L'Empire des...

FER, N. de / DANET, G. L'Empire des Turcs en Europe, en Asie, et en Afrique. Paris, Danet, after 1721. Period col. Fine copy in period colors on strong paper, without text on verso. Wide margins. Small brown stain top right outside framing fillet. 492 x 583 mm Beautiful map of the Ottoman Empire drawn by N. de Fer and engraved by Starckman, featuring the Arabian Peninsula. The map, undated, "se vent à Paris chez Danet gendre de l'auteur sur le Pont notre Dame al Sphère Royale". The name "de Fer Géographe de sa Majesté Catolique" has been scratched out. The map extends from the Mediterranean and the Kingdom of Algiers in the west to the Caspian Sea and Uzbekistan in the east, and from Crimea and the Ukraine in the north to Abyssinia and the Gulf of Arabia in the south. The Red Sea is also known as the "Sea of Mecca". Expert: Béatrice Loeb-Larocque