Map of the Holy Land and Cyprus for a history of the Crusades

DELISLE, Guillaume.

Carte Générale de la Syrie, de la Palestine, et de L'Isle de Chypre, avec une partie de L'Asie Mineure, de l'Armenie, de la Mesapotamie, de l'Arabie et de l'Egypte, pour servir a l'Histoire de la Croisades...
Paris: Delamarche, c.1780 . Original outline colour. 365 x 497mm.

A fine map of the Holy Land and Syria, with Cyprus, drawn by Guillaume Delisle in 1726 to illustrate the history of the Crusades. However it was only published after his death that year when his brother, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, found the map in his brother's belongings and published it for the first time.

LAOR: 246.
Stock ID : 20578