'PERSIAE REGNUM SIVE SOPHORUM IMPERIUM''This handcoloured print shows a miniature map of Iran from the Caspian Sea and extending to the Gulf of Oman filled with detail of towns, mountains and topography. On reverse text on Palestine.Made by an anonymous engraver after Giovannin Antonio Magiini.Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 21.5 x 15.5 cm (8.46 x 6.1 inch). Image size: 17.2 x 13 cm. (6.77 x 5.12 inch).MAP-IRAN-CASPIAN SEA-GULF OF OMAN | RBOS-A9-29BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThis attractive print was published in "Geographiae Universae" by Giovanni Antonio Magini. Venice 1596. The Magini's 1596 edition of Geographiae was the first reduced size version of Mercator's atlas. .Biography artist: Giovanni Antonio Magini (in Latin, Maginus) (1555-1617) was an Italian astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician from Padua. In 1588 he was chosen over Galileo Galilei to occupy the chair of mathematics at the University of Bologna after the death of Egnatio Danti. Condition: good, given age. Brownish. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Seller Inventory # RB-1457

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Title: Antique Map-MAP-IRAN-CASPIAN SEA-GULF OF ...

Publication Date: 1596

Illustrator: Giovannin Antonio Magiini

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Pictura Prints offers mostly antique prints, art, maps and books. Since 2004 the owner Peter Cornelissen started Theprintscollector and has been in business as a print and book seller. In 2018 he decided to further develop his personal collection through 'Pictura Prints'. Peter has a background in design and landscape architecture and holds a degree in paper restauration. He holds shop in Overasselt, a small town on the Maas river near Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which can be visited by appointment. He is a member of the Dutch Association of Antiquarians (NVVA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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