Plan du Bosphore de Thrace Map 1790

Antique Map published in Paris in 1790, dated 1785. The map is titled Plan du Bosphore de Thrace. It is plate No 2 from the set. Plan of Bysance in the right corner.

The map itself was published as part of Recueil de cartes géographiques , plans, vues et médailles de L’Ancienne Grece, Relatifs au Voyage du jeune Anacharsis; Précédé d’une Analyse Critique des Cartes. The work was published by Barbie du Bocage, Parisian bookseller who did publications for Monsieur Frére du Roi ( the Kings Brother). They where also cartographers and cosmographers in the 18th and 19th century.

The overall size is 13 by 9 1/2 inches, with the map area being 7 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches.

The map is in good conditions for age, paper will show age and marks. Map has been folded over the centuries and fold lines are present.