BOWEN, Emmanuel. - Lot 3

BOWEN, Emmanuel. A New and accurate map of Anatolia or Asia minor with Syria and such other provinces of the Turkish empire... [London, 1752]. Sheet (ca. 41 x 52 cm). Large etching in black (34.5 x 43 cm), decorative title cartouche at lower left (small tears without missing in lower margin, one repaired on verso). A fine copy of this English map of Asia Minor and neighboring regions, showing European Turkey, Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria and Mesopotamia, as well as the Black Sea in the first half of the 18th century. Published in Bowen's A Complete atlas, or, Distinct view of the known world..., London 1752 (map no. 35, lower left margin). Tooely's Dictionary of mapmakers, [A-D], 176-177. [Asia Minor].