Bidspirit auction | 18th c. Middle East Map

18th c. Middle East Map ASIÆ QUÆ VULGO MINOR DICITUR ET SYRIÆ TABULA GEOGRAPHICA - 18th c. Middle East Map ASIÆ QUÆ VULGO MINOR DICITUR ET SYRIÆ TABULA GEOGRAPHICA by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville (1697-1782) | Published: Prostat Norimbergæ [Nürnberg]: in officina Weigelio-Schneideriana, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] | From author's ”Atlas Antiquus Danvillianus” Norimbergae: Prostat in Officina C. Weigelio-Schneideriana, 1784. Full Title: Asiæ quæ vulgo minor dicitur et Syriæ tabula geographica : quantum per subsidia licuit elaborata, opere, si quod aliud in antiquâ geographiâ, arduo. quam tabulam clariss. Dom. Comes de Caylus in ære incidi curavit. Beautiful engraving with colored borders, on thick laid paper. Centre fold. A detailed map of ancient Turkey showing the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and islands, Crete, Cyprus, part of Armenia, and Syria, with other ancient place names.