Persian Empire: original copper engraving

"The Empire of Persia into all its provinces..." An original hand-colored copper engraving by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720. A detailed, framed, and hand-colored regional 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 in the northeast. The figurative title consists of an ornate cartouche featuring a leopard and love, along with an image of Milenacher. Map size: 49.5 cm x 59 cm. Rahman. Hand-colored, engraved map of the Persian Empire by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720.