Middle East

45x31 cm

CARTE DE L'ARABIE qui se divise en Arabie Pétrée, Deserte et Heureuse, Projettée et assujettie aux Observations Celestes, par M.BONNE Hydrographe du Roi. A PARIS, Chez Lattré, Graveur ord. de M. le Dauphine, ruë S. Jacques, à la Ville de Bord. Avec Privilege du Roi. 1771.

Drawn by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) for publication in Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du GlobeTerrestre Plusiers Auteurs... Jean Lattre Paris 1776.

Jean Lattré (fl.1743-1793) was a French engraver and publisher based in Paris who worked on a number of maps and atlases with other important French and European mapmakers. He is known for bringing charges against other mapmakers for plagiarism which was common practice in cartography at the time. 

Fine example in original hand colour.