Turkey & Black Sea by J.B. Tavernier. ca. 1640
Melchior Tavernier I the elder (1564-1641)
'Graveur et imprimeur ordinaire du Roy', brother of Gabriel.
Gabriel Tavernier (1566-1610)
Flemish engraver.
Melchior Tavernier II the younger (1594-1665)
Son of Gabriel. Engraver, mapseller and publisher 'dans l'Isle du Palais à la Sphère Royale', Paris. He sold most of his plates and equipment to Pierre Mariette in 1644.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1789)
Brother of Melchior. Began as a bookseller 'sur le quai de l'Horloge aux Trois Estoiles' à Paris. Became later a merchant, diplomat and traveller in Turkey, Persia, central Asia and the East Indies.
Patriarchatus Constantinopolitani Geographica descriptio.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > Turkey - Cyprus
Old, antique map of Turkey and the Black Sea by J.B. Tavernier.
Title: Patriarchatus Constantinopolitani Geographica descriptio.
Parisiis Aput M. Tavernier Scalptorem Regium & Excusorem TabularumGeographicarum Hydrographicarum in Insula Palaty ad insigne Sphaerae Regis
Cum Privilegio Regio.
Date: ca. 1640.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 360 x 500mm (14.17 x 19.69 inches).
Sheet size: 490 x 640mm (19.29 x 25.2 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication.
Melchior Tavernier I the elder (1564-1641)
'Graveur et imprimeur ordinaire du Roy', brother of Gabriel.
Gabriel Tavernier (1566-1610)
Flemish engraver.
Melchior Tavernier II the younger (1594-1665)
Son of Gabriel. Engraver, mapseller and publisher 'dans l'Isle du Palais à la Sphère Royale', Paris. He sold most of his plates and equipment to Pierre Mariette in 1644.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1789)
Brother of Melchior. Began as a bookseller 'sur le quai de l'Horloge aux Trois Estoiles' à Paris. Became later a merchant, diplomat and traveller in Turkey, Persia, central Asia and the East Indies.