The Ottoman Empire The Black Sea and the Frontiers of Russia and Persia.
Book Description
An engraved map, coloured in outline, approx. 25 x 18” (64 x 46cm.), inset maps of Odessa, Sevastopol, Batoum, Dardanelles and Bosphorus, sectionalised on linen, folding into original covers with the publisher's label (not captioned), slight age-toning to map, browning to verso of one panel, else in very good condition, covers rubbed.
Dealer Notes
Wyld’s map shows the borders between Russia and Turkey around the time of the Crimean War. Dates at key points indicate Russian acquisitions from the 1770s to the 1830s.
Author
[Turkey. Map.] James Wyld.
Date
n.d. c. 1853
Binding
Original covers
Publisher
London: James Wyld
Condition
See description
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