Album of Persian Costumes and Animals with Some Drawings by Kaempfer (BM 1974,0617,0.1.36 2)
Summary
Map of Northern Persia; single-page drawing on an album folio. Detailed map includes Isfahan, Ardabil and Astarabad, along with various other towns, travel routes, and natural topography (mountains, seas, rivers). Album contains 44 paintings and drawings, mostly of Persian costumes and animals with some drawings by Kaempfer.
Ink on paper. Album is bound in brown leather with gold gilt decoration. Inside covers have marbled paper.
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British Museum
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