JANSSON. - Lot 25

JANSSON. Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor. [Amsterdam, ca 1630-1660]. Sheet (ca. 50 x 55 cm). Copper-engraved map in black, text printed on verso (38.2 x 50 cm), some outlines colored (discreet foxing, trace of miter on verso). A fine copy of Jansson's decorative map of Asia Minor, which extends from part of Europe in the west to the eastern part of Turkey. It is bounded by the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean to the south. The islands of Crete, Cyprus, Metellino and several other small Aegean islands are highlighted in red. Map adorned with a title cartouche and another with scales, ships and sea monsters. Published in one of the Latin editions between 1630 and 1660. [Asia Minor].