Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk and carries the price at

and carries the price at the foot of the page: ‘The price in sheets at the press

rather than extracting ‘their spirit and essence’ himself

but despite a disastrous fire at his premises in 1750 he avoided their fate and died solvent

' it documents favorite books that had inspired him intellectually

This view was engraved by

Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk and carries the price atThis map of Tehran features a legend in the borders listing 218 places of interest in the pre Revolutionary city. The mapmakers own premises are identified within a red oval in the right hand part of the map. Abbas (1921 2000) was encouraged by his father and his teachers to draft maps from a remarkably young age: considered by many as the father of modern Persian cartography he established the SGDI [Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute] in 1936