*** Rare first state. ***
Ancient Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal) by Melchior Tavernier. 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.
Antiquorum Hispaniae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.
Item Number: 30043 Authenticity Guarantee
Category: Antique maps > Europe > Spain and Portugal
Old, antique map of the Ancient Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal) by Melchior Tavernier.
Title: Antiquorum Hispaniae Episcopatuum Geographica Descriptio.
Parisiis Aput M. Tavernier Scalptorem Regium & Excusorem Tabularum Geographicarum Hydrographicarum in Insula Palatij ad Insigne Spharae Regis A° 1640
Cum Privilegio Regio.
Date of the first edition: 1640.
Date of this map: 1640.
Date on map: 1640.
Rare first state / edition.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 370 x 500mm (14.57 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.
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