1787 - A fine and rare original antique map titled” ' TURQUIE D'ASIE Dressee sur les Observations Astronomiques '
A fine example of the Louis Brion de la Tour decorative map of the region around Turkey in Asia including Cyprus. Published for "Atlas ou Collection de cartes Geographiques pour l'intelligence duu voyageur francois" published by Joseph de Laporte.

Overall size of the map is 25cm x 20cm with large margins and central fold as issued.
CARTOGRAPHER: Louis Brion de la Tour (1743-1803) was the Cartographer Royal to the king of France. His official title was "King's Engineer Geographer. Although he was a prolific geographer, very little is currently known of his life or his career. His life was spent in scientific work. However what is known is an important part of his work was done in collaboration with Louis Charles Desnos (1750-1790 to) a bookseller and geographical engineer for the globes and spheres of His Danish Majesty. His son, Louis Brion de la Tour, a pupil of Jean-Bernard Restout, was engraver of maps and documents of the Revolution and was also an occasional painter of oil painters.

PUBLISHER: Joseph de Laporte (1714 - 1779) was an 18th Century French Priest, literary critic, poet, playwright and prolific author.