Stock# 108465
Description
The empires of Turkey (in Asia) and Persia are shown in this striking hand-colored map, flanked by explanatory text.
Condition Description
Contemporary hand-color. A few minor spots of foxing.
Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet Biography
Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet (1730-ca. 1790) was a mapmaker with premises in both Paris and Cadiz. He was eventually named Royal Geographer of the Academie des Sciences de Rouen. Although he made several lavish wall maps, he is best known for Geographie Moderne (1776-93).