Theatrum Belli ad Borysthenem Tyram & Danubium Fluvios: Covens & Mortier 1738

Title: Theatrum Belli ad Borysthenem Tyram & Danubium Fluvios Author: Covens & Mortier Date: 1738 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus Inches: 26 x 22 [Paper] Centimeters: 66 x 56 [Paper] Product ID: 233011 Theatrum Belli ad Borysthenem Tyram & Danubium Fluvios gefti Ao. MDCCXXXVIII Excus in Academia Scientiarum Petropolitana Constantinopli, Romania, Moldavia, Hungry, Banatus Temesiensis, Slavonia, Servia, Bosnia, Poloniae Pars, Natolia Rare map documenting the Theater of the Russo-Turkish War. 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 (1632-1712), Jan Jansson (1588