OTTOMAN EARLY PRINTED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA
OTTOMAN EARLY PRINTED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA

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OTTOMAN EARLY PRINTED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA

[Ottoman Iraq]. AH1264/1847. Black ink on paper (1370 x 565mm). 24 linen-backed sheets, decorative cartouche with the tughra of Sultan Abdulmecid II to top left. (Some light spotting, linen backing showing signs of light water staining, occasional creases to edge of sheets where folded, sheets numbered in pencil.)

A FINE OTTOMAN MAP showing the rivers Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to the Shatt al-'Arab and the Gulf.

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