A Plan of the City of Ephesus according to Pitton de Tournefort .

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• ARTIST: Antoine Augustin Calmet

• PUBLISHER: Published in London by J.J. and P. Knapton.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1729.

• EDITION SIZE: image size 11 1/2 x 16 1/2" (29.3 x 42.5 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A view of Ephesus. an ancient port city whose well-preserved ruins are in modern-day Turkey. Two inset images show the Temple of Diana according to Vitruvius and the Statue of Diana. A numbered key below the image identifies 20 landmarks including the Castle of Ephesus, the Ruins of Diana's Temple, and the Egean Sea.<br><br> Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (1672-1757) was a French Benedictine monk and theologian. In 1720 he authored “Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible” (Paris, two vols. folio). This work was translated into English and published in London.

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps