ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D,: "Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis Auspicus Serenissimi Principis Ludovici Philippi, Aurelianorum Ducis, Publicijuris Facta / Auctor D ANVILLE / Regiae Humaniorum Litterarum Academiae et Scientiarum Petropolitanae Socius Celsitudinique Serenissimae a Secretis MDCCLXIV / Published 12th may 1794 by LAURIE and WHITTLE, No. 53, Fleet Street, London" large copper engraved map with handcoloured outline from "D Anville, J. B. B., Complete Body of Ancient Geography, Laurie and Whittle, London, 1795.". Sheet size: 55 x 72 cm. Map size: 55 x 66 cm. Condition: Stained along centerfold, o/w very fine. A large and dramatic J. B. B. D Anville map of the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Covers from Greece (Graecia) and Dacia east as far as Babylonia, Arabia and Armenia. Extends south as far as Thebes in Upper Egypt. Includes the eastern part of the Mediterranean (Mare Internum) and the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus). Details mountains rivers, cities, roadways, and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline color. Decorative title cartouche bearing the Roman Eagle appears in the lower left quadrant. Includes eight distance scales, bottom right, referencing various measurement systems common in antiquity. Text in Latin and English. Drawn by J. B. B. D Anville in 1764 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle, London. Ref. Zach. 122/95.