Decorative map of Egypt and the Nile

HOMANN, Johann Baptist.

Aegyptus Hodierna Ex itinerario Celeberrimi Viri. Pauli Lucae Franci desumpta...
Nuremberg, c.1725. Original colour. 585 x 500mm.

A map of Egypt, showing the course of the Nile up to the Cataracts. Frenchman Paul Lucas (1664-1737) visited Egypt several times and published descriptions of his discoveries. His accounts, however, are regarded as being unreliable, a charge borne out by the odd illustrations lower left, which include a portrait of Lucas sketching antiquities.


Stock ID : 23263