Item details: Genealogie des Anciens Empereurs Tartares, Descendus de Genghiscan
£ 125.00
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham
Genealogie des Anciens Empereurs Tartares, Descendus de Genghiscan
Imprint: Amsterdam, c.1719
370 x 430 mm., in recent full wash colour, good condition.
This map of Tartary or northern Asia is accompanied by a large genealogy of Genghis Khan (1162-1227). The Mongol Empire which he founded became one of the largest in human history. The mapis flanked with historical notes. It was published in the fifth volume of the encyclopaedic atlas by Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) entitled 'Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle Introduction a l'Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie'. It was issued from 1705 to 1720 in 7 volumes. Koeman II p. 33; Phillips 579; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Chat-1a; Van Waning 'Chatelain's Atlas Historique' in IMCoS Journal 120 pp. 7-15.