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Le Rouge’s Map of the Turkish Empire – Crépy Edition

Le Rouge’s Map of the Turkish Empire – Crépy Edition

SKU: 9457
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Title:
Le Rouge’s Map of the Turkish Empire – Crépy Edition

Date of publication:

  • 1767

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 21.5 x 28 cm

    • Publisher:

  • Jean Baptiste Crãpy

    • Colour:

  • original

    • Mapmaker:

  • George Louis Le Rouge

    • L’Empire des Turcs

    First published in 1748, this edition of Le Rouge’s map of the Turkish Empire was reissued under the imprint of Jean Baptiste Crépy (fl. 1753-1790), scion of a modest publishing dynasty, who was also known as Crépy le jeune. Read more

    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 21.5 x 28 cm, inset of Algeria  (in continuation of the map west), original hand colour, very light ofsetting of the red in lower part of the map, blank verso.

    References

    Cf. Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps, 276. Read less