Persian Empire: original copper engraving

"Империя Персии во все свои провинции…". An original hand-colored copper engraving by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg circa 1720. This detailed, bordered, and regionally hand-colored map shows modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, as well as parts of the Eastern Mediterranean with Cyprus and the Black Sea to the northeast. The figurative title consists of an ornate cartouche featuring a leopard and an allegory of love, along with a depiction of Milenacher. Map size: 49.5 cm x 59 cm. Rakhman. Hand-colored engraved map of the Empire of Persia by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg circa 1720.