Antique Maps
Theatrum Historicum, pars Orientalis
L'ISLE, Guillaume de · Amsterdam · Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier · c. 1744
De l'Isle's historical map of the eastern part of the ancient world, from the Black Sea and the Caspian to Arabia and Persia, with original outline colour.
FM-0302
€ 450
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Key Properties
Region: Ancient eastern Europe, the Near East and central Asia
Technique: Copper engraving, original outline colour
Size: sheet c. 66 x 54 cm (26 x 21 1/4 in)
From: De l'Isle, Nouvel atlas, Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c. 1744
Condition
Very good to excellent (according to the seller's general report); possible occasional tears, creases or minor offsetting from the fold.
References & Bibliography
Koeman, C., Atlantes Neerlandici (Covens & Mortier).
Description
De l'Isle drew his Theatrum Historicum to show the world of the Roman Empire and its neighbours. This eastern sheet covers the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) and the Caspian, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia and Persia, with an inset hemisphere showing the extent of the world known to the ancients.
Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726), son of a cartographer and a pupil of Jean-Dominique Cassini, brought the astronomical observations of the Paris Observatory into geography and set new standards of accuracy, revising his maps constantly. After his death his maps were reissued in Amsterdam by Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier, who made them available to a far wider public.
Historical Significance
A classic eighteenth-century map of the ancient world by Guillaume de l'Isle.