Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Asiae, quae vulgo Minor dicitur, et Syriae tabula geographica.

Author: 
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Date: 
1764
Short Title: 
Asiae, quae vulgo Minor dicitur, et Syriae tabula geographica.
Publisher: 
J.B.B. D'Anville.
Publisher Location: 
Paris
Type: 
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 
51
Obj Width cm: 
62
Scale 1: 
2,550,000
Note: 
Engraved map. Borders hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset maps of the Mysia-Hellespontus and Byzantium areas. Covers also Crete and Cyprus.
Reference: 
cf P571, 572, 599; NMM 200.
Country: 
Cyprus
Country: 
Turkey
Subject: 
Classical
Full Title: 
Asiae, quae vulgo Minor dicitur, et Syriae tabula geographica, quantum per subsidia licuit elaborata, opere, si quod aliud in antiqua geographia, arduo. Quam tabulam Clariss. Dom. Comes de Caylus in aere incidi curavit. Auctor d'Anville, Regiae Humaniorium Litterarum Academiae, et Scientiarum Petropolitanae Socius, Serenissimo Aurelianorum Duci a Secretis. MDCCLXIV. (Engraved by) Guill? De-la-Haye.
List No: 
2603.044
Page No: 
35
Series No: 
46
Engraver or Printer: 
Delahaye, Guillaume, 1725-1802
Publication Author: 
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Pub Date: 
1771
Pub Title: 
(Atlas general)
Pub Reference: 
cf P571, 572, 599; NMM 200.
Pub Note: 
Maps dated 1743-71. Most of D'Anville's atlases were made up for the individual customer, so it appears that no two are alike. Many of the maps are multisheet maps that have here been joined, so the actual map sheet count is about 45. This set is accompanied by a printed list of "Cartes Geographiques de M. D'Anville" with the maps numbered 1-38 in ms, corresponding to the maps in the atlas. This sheet also lists "Ouvrages par ecrit, et qui ont ete imprimes." One of the listed books is dated 1777. D'Anville's maps have a clarity and directness that is very "modern." He read widely, and incorporated the best available geographic knowledge into his work. The English and others copied from his maps extensively. Many of the maps were missing when we acquired this atlas, and have been added subsequently. Maps stored, some bound, in a binding with half leather and cloth ties. "Atlas" printed on the spine.
Pub List No: 
2603.000
Pub Type: 
World Atlas
Pub Maps: 
45
Pub Height cm: 
79
Pub Width cm: 
46
Image No: 
2603044
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Authors: 
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection