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A rare edition of the Cyprus map in classical times

MORTIER, Pierre.

Cyprus Insula Cujus circuitus est. Si intrentus Sinus, Stadiorum MMM CCCC XX. longitudo verõ. à Clidibus ad Acamantem Stadiorum MCCCC.
Amsterdam: Jan Covens & Cornelis Mortier, c.1725. Original outline colour. 335 x 425mm.

Trimmed to lateral printed borders, remargined with period paper for inclusion in a contemporary atlas.

A very scarce map of Cyprus with Roman names, decorated with a title cartouche of mer-people. It is based on Jansson's interpretation of the map in the 'Parergon', Ortlelius's classical atlas.
First published by Pierre Mortier in 1705, this example has the imprint of his successors and was originally issued by them in J. Leclerc's 'Atlas Antiquus, sacer ecclesiasticus et profanus'.

ZACHARAKIS: 1270. BCCF: 107.
Stock ID : 19732

£2,800

£2,800

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Stock Id :19732

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A rare edition of the Cyprus map in classical times

MORTIER, Pierre.

Cyprus Insula Cujus circuitus est. Si intrentus Sinus, Stadiorum MMM CCCC XX. longitudo verõ. à Clidibus ad Acamantem Stadiorum MCCCC.
Amsterdam: Jan Covens & Cornelis Mortier, c.1725. Original outline colour. 335 x 425mm.

Trimmed to lateral printed borders, remargined with period paper for inclusion in a contemporary atlas.

A very scarce map of Cyprus with Roman names, decorated with a title cartouche of mer-people. It is based on Jansson's interpretation of the map in the 'Parergon', Ortlelius's classical atlas.
First published by Pierre Mortier in 1705, this example has the imprint of his successors and was originally issued by them in J. Leclerc's 'Atlas Antiquus, sacer ecclesiasticus et profanus'.

ZACHARAKIS: 1270. BCCF: 107.
Stock ID : 19732

£2,800

£2,800

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