OLEARIUS PLAN OF RIGA

RIGA

£275

V Rare good sized plan of Riga.

Detailed plan of the fortified city of Riga, Latvia, At bottom is the Duina (or Daugava) River. decorative with mzany sailing vessels.

Slight folds as issued ..flattened.

Very good condition for this scarce plan;

Publication.;.Adam Olearius: Voyages très-curieux et très-renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse: dans lequels on trouve une description curieuse & la situation exacte des pays & etats, par où il a passé [..]. Bd.1. A Amsterdam: chez Michel Charles le Céne, 1727.

Adam Olearius (born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger) (1603 – 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He served as secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, to the Shah of Persia.