Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae (Map of the provinces surrounding the southern Caspian Sea especially the eastern Caucasus and Turkmenistan in 1728) front and rear covers with

front and rear covers with gilt border decorations

a bright and clean copy in fine condition

all of the text and hand-colored plates are very bright and clean

This very rare offering is finely bound in attractive dark green morocco that is housed in a custom slipcase

it reveals the complexity of social life

Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae (Map of the provinces surrounding the southern Caspian Sea especially the eastern Caucasus and Turkmenistan in 1728) front and rear covers withFinely engraved map with vivid original hand coloring (53 x 62 cm; 21 x 24. 5 inches). The area covered includes the southern and central Caspian Sea and includes northern Persia (Iran) and the eastern Caucasus region, Dagestan, Armenia, and the area of Bukhara province in western Uzbekistan. The title cartouche appears in the lower right flanked by native peoples and a camel train. In the upper right is a decorative cartouche showing the fortified