A beautifully engraved map of the Persian Empire richly decorated with a title cartouche surmounted by three Persians, a dedication cartouche lower right. The dedication cartouche (to Simon van Hoorn) is complete with a coat of arms indicating this is the third state of the plate. From Blaeu’s ‘Atlas Novus’. Ala’i, Cyrus. (2003). ‘Mapping Persia: A brief introduction’, in IMCoS Journal 94 pp. 5-22; Al-Qasimi p. 51; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 8200:2.1.