Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimeae Conspectus: Covens & Mortier 1737

Title: Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimeae Conspectus Author: Covens & Mortier Date: 1737 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - sticker on plastic not map Inches: 29.75 x 22 [Paper] Centimeters: 75.6 x 55.6 [Paper] Product ID: 233012 Verus Chersonesi Tauricae Seu Crimeae Conspectus adjacentium item Regionum itinerisq ab Excercitu Rutheno Ao. MDCCXXXVI et MDCCXXXVII aduersus Tattaros Lusceptis Map documenting the Russo-Turkish War showing the route of the Russian Army in an expedition against the Crimean Tatars, 1736-37. In 1719, Cornelis Mortier (1699-1783) inherited the publishing business of his father Pieter Mortier (1661-1711). In 1721, Cornelis joined with Johannes Covens the Elder (1697-1774) to form their eponymously titled Amsterdam firm, which would become one of the preeminent publishing houses of the eighteenth century. The firm reprinted and redistributed the maps of major cartographers such as Hubert Jaillot (1632-1