Arabie Arabian peninsula 1683 antique engraved hand color map

Ancienne Arabie.

(Saudi Arabia, Middle East).

Issued 1683, Paris by Mallet

Charming 17th century antique engraved map, with lovely hand color. A superior example thus, nicer than typical.

Sheet measures c. 8 1/2"H x 5 3/8"W.

Printed area measures c. 6"H x 4 1/8"W.

[R19101].

Tibbets, Arabia in Early Maps, 143-4.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 3.

Al Ankary, Arabian Peninsula in Old European Maps, 86.(noting it contains the old historicalnames of regions, places and peoples).

McMinn, Maps of Arabia: 500 Years, 32.