LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Terræ Yemen maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami,Principatus Kaukeban nec non ditionum Haschid U Bekîl, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arîsch et Aden Tabula...

Augsburg, 1774. 550 x 365.
Bright original body colour, some overall soiling but still very presentable.
South-west Arabia, with the Saudi Arabian city of Jizan south to Aden. With a fine title cartouche.

£380

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

Magni Turcarum Dominatoris Imperium per Europam, Asiam, et Africam...

Augsburg, c.1760. 505 x 580.
Original body colour.
The Turkish Empire, covering the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa andArabia. With a highly decorative title cartouche bottom left.

£520

KEERE, Pieter van der.

Persia.

London, George Humble, 1646. 90 x 125.
Map from the so-called "Miniature Speed".

£68

[LAPORTE, Joseph de.].

Turquie D'Asie.

Paris, 1786. 220 x 180.
Original outline colour; slight soiling otherwise good.
The whole of Turkey with much of Iraq and the Holy Landincluded along with the island of Cyprus. Published in Laporte's 'Atlas Moderne Portatif'.

£35

SANSON, Nicolas.

Carte des Trois Arabies tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie...…

Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1654 -. 390 x 480.
Original outline colour; minor blemishes and soiling, with other slight marginal defects, otherwise very good.
One of the earliest separate maps of the Arabian Peninsular. TIBBETTS: 'Arabia in Early maps', #(98).

£1,250

DU VAL, Pierre.

Arabie.

Paris, 1676. 104 x 124.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
An uncommon miniature map of the Arabian peninsular, the second state of the plate with addition place names. From 'La Géographie Universelle'.

£250

SPEED, John.

The Kingdom of Persia with the Cheef Citties and Habites described.

London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Uncoloured; very slight thinning of centrefold area when held up to the light, otherwise fine condition.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World, this map has four bird's-eye views of cities and eight costume vignettes. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of the Kingdom of Persia".

£980

TALLIS, John.

Modern Palestine.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 350 x 250.
Original outline colour; minor marginal soiling otherwise a fine example.
With various vignette scenes; including views of Jaffa and Nazareth, also natives of Mount Lebanon and a gazelle and pelicans.

£75

TALLIS, John.

Ancient Palestine.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 350 x 245.
Original outline colour; minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A decorative map of the area with vignettes of Nazareth, Syrian sheep, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and ancient cedar trees of Lebanon.

£65

TALLIS, John.

Persia.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 350 x 250.
Original outline colour; minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes including; Persian and Kurdish costume.

£32

TALLIS, John.

Syria.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 340 x 250.
Original outline colour; minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With various vignette scenes; including a fine view of Jerusalem and a camel train.

£56

TALLIS, John.

Asia Minor.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 250 x 330.
Original outline colour; very minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
With engraved vignettes; including a prospect of Rhodes and a view of Mount Olympus.

£56

TALLIS, John.

Turkey in Asia.

London, J & F Tallis, 1851. 260 x 325.
Original outline colour; minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
Much of the Turkish Empire, with fine steel engraved vignettes including; a prospect of Jerusalem and an ostrich.

£26

BÜNTING, Heinrich.

Jerusalem die heilige viereckete Stadt, in grund gelegt und eigentlich adgemalet.

Magdeburg, 1581. 280 x 360.
Uncoloured; woodcut. Slight age-toning and minor show through of text from verso, cut close at sides with only very slight loss of printed line border on the left, otherwise an exceptionally fine example of a map that generally has problems.
An imaginary plan of the Holy City of Jerusalem seen from the east.
LAOR: Maps of the Holy Land, 968.

£350

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Terra Sancta.

Frankfurt, J. Keerbergen & L. Hulsius, 1604. German text edition. 85 x 125.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning, minor spotting and soiling to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the Holy Land. In 1601 another series of maps after Ortelius were published in Antwerp by Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius (brothers, and assistants to Frans Hogenburg), this edition, published in Frankfurt by Johann Keerburgen contained maps by L. Hulsius. This edition not in LAOR.

£130

FULLER, Dr Thomas.

Desertum Param.

London, John Williams, c.1650. 293 x 360.
Unoloured; very minor printers crease at centrefold, otherwise very good.
From: A Pisgah sight of Palestine, probably engraved by William Marshall. A rather distorted map of the Sinia Peninsula and southern Israel, showing the wilderness of Paran - the territory between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea - also shows the Wandering of the Jews, with a numbered location to outline the route.
LAOR: 'Maps of the Holy Land', #295.

£170

FULLER, Dr Thomas.

[Map of old Canaan. Dedicated and signed by] T.F.

London, John Williams, c.1650. 280 x 325.
Unoloured; very minor marginal age-toning, otherwise fine.
A map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan before the conquest by the Children of Isreal. On the right within a scroll cartouche is a dedivation which reads; 'Lectori, en tibi antiquam Canaan (qualis tempore Abrahae, et ante adventum Joshuae extitit) in tredecim nationes divisam etc. From: A Pisgah sight of Palestine, engraved by William Marshall. A map of Syria and Lebanon, shows Sidon and Damascus.
LAOR: 'Maps of the Holy Land', #279.

£210

HOLLAR, Wenceslaus.

'The Desert Arabia - Arabia the Stonie'.

[London, Thomas Roycroft, c.1657]. 255 x 355.
Uncoloured; minor expert restoration mainly to the old mounting tape use on the verso in framing, really only visible when held up to the light, very minor paper defects mainly to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of the Holy Land engraved/etched by Wenceslaus Hollar, possibly from the 'Biblia Sacra polyglotta', published in London by Thomas Roycroft and edited by Brianus Waltonus. According to Laor - drawn after Briet. The map shows a lot of detail regarding various battles and where they took place, a very interesting map.

£290

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Terra Sancta.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, small amount of contemporary ink manuscripting in the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, otherwise very good.
A map of the Holy Land, orientated east at the top of the page. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin. This edition not listed in LAOR, 'Maps of the Holy Land'.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£240

HOMMAN, Johann Baptist.

Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch - Kayserliehen Haupt-und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel.

Nurenberg, 1717. 485 x 570.
Fine original colour; slight discoloration at centrefold due to guard paste, short split to lower centrefold, minor printers crease, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of the area of Turkey around Istanbul. Inset view of the Dardenelles and below a splendid prospect of the city from the Galata side, with a numbered key for all the major landmarks.

£890

S.D.U.K.

Bokhara, Afghanistan, Beloochistan, &c.

London, Thomas Letts, 1877. 390 x 310.
Original outline colour; superb condition.
A detailed map of the area. Engraved by J & C Walker, for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

£48

ANON.

Aussicht und Grundriss der Moscheé des Soltan Ahmed.

[Paris, c.1760], German edition. 195 x 250.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, otherwise good.
An engraving of the Sultanahmet mosque (The Blue Mosque) in Istanbul. Probably published in the German edition of Bellin's atlas.

£45

ANON.

Aussicht der Kirche St. Sophie zu Constantinopel. Die Solimannie zu Constantinopel, gestifftet von dem Sultan Solimann.

[Paris, c.1760], German edition. 195 x 390.
Uncoloured; minor waterstaining and signs of old folds, otherwise good.
An engraving of the Hagia Sophia and the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Probably published in the German edition of Bellin's atlas.

£48

ZATTA, Antonio.

Le Dodeci Tribu D'Isdraele.

Venice, 1785. 320 x 410.
Original colour; very light marginal staining, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the Holy Land showig the ancient tribal divisions, inset map of the Promised Land. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£180

ZATTA, Antonio.

L'Impero della Persia divisio ne suoi stati.

Venice, 1784. 315 x 405.
Original colour; some marginal staining and soiling, slight waterstain to lower centrefold area, short repaired tear to centrefold otherwise good..
A map of Persia, also showing: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, with decorative cartouche. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£90

BLAEU, Willem.

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestine.

Amsterdam, 1650, Dutch text edition. 380 x 500.
Fine original colour; very light signs of age-toning due to the text on the verso, otherwise a fine example.
Highly decorative map of the Holy Land, with north to the right of the sheet. The large coloured title cartouche has Moses and Aaron on either side. The plate was engraved by Jodocus Hondius Jnr but never issued by him. When he died in 1629, Blaeu bought it, added his own name, and published it the following year.
LAOR 106.

£680

THOMSON & Co., John.

Turkey in Asia.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, London, Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Dublin, John Cumming. 1817. 230 x 300.
Original colour; some very minor foxing and soiling, mainly to margins, otherwise good.
A map of Turkey, with Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Iraq, drawn by Wyld, engraved by N T Hewitt and published in 'A General Atlas', by John Thomson.

£25

QUAD, Matthias.

Palaestina Qvae et Terra Sancta vel Terra Promissionis, particularis.

Cologne, John Bussemacher, 1592-1600. 200 x 285.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning of paper and minor marginal staining, small slightly darker stain at centrefold. otherwise very good condition.
A map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, the shore line running from "Berytus" as far as the Nile Delta. Inset text in box top left regarding Jerusalem. Although on a smaller scale this map of the area follows closely the Abraham Ortelius "Palestine" after Tilemann Stella.

£380

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Jerusalem.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 100.
Coloured; light soiling to margins, otherwise fine.
An engraved view of Jerusalem from 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£110

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

[No title].

Vienne in Dauphiné, Gaspar Trechsel, 1541. Printed area 280 x 445.
Woodcut; uncoloured, light waterstaining to centrefold and margins, light print offsetting, otherwise good to fine condition.
A slightly-reduced version of Waldseemüller's 1513 Ptolemaic map of Arabia. Probably printed from the same woodblock as the earlier 1525 example although this edition without the title in a scroll above the map. Still one of the earliest separate maps of the Arabian peninsular available.

£780

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse...

Paris, 1740. 225 x 260.
Uncoloured; very minor marginal spotting, signs of old folds, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of the coast of Arabia showing the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, possibly engraved by J.van der Schley for Prevost's "Histoire Génerale des Voyages". The title cartouche appears in French.

£150

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Persici Vel Sophorum Rengi Typus.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1628, French text Edition. 355 x 505.
Finely hand coloured; minor marginal age-toning otherwise fine.
A superb map of Persia, from the Caspian Sea in the north to The Gulf and the Arabian Sea in the south.
KOEMAN: Me 128A.

£360

MERIAN, Matthäus.

Tocht der Karavane uyt Kairo op Mecha.

Frankfurt, c.1660. 275 x 345.
Uncoloured; short repaired centrefold split at lower margin, just into printed area, light marginal soiling, small rust mark, otherwise a very good example.
A superbly engraved and highly detailed impression of the caravan on its journey from Cairo to Mecca. Lettered key indicates the various locations of important aspects of the procession.

£230

KEERE, Pieter van der.

Persia.

£75

CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.

Mare Rubrum.

Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the Red Sea, possibly engraved by Petrus Kaerius, although his name does not appear on the plate, and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.

£120

VALEGIO, Francesco.

Aden in Arabia.

Venice, 1595. 85 x 135.
Uncoloured; light water staining, mainly to margins, otherwise a fine dark impression.
A superb miniature map-view of Aden after Braun & Hogenberg and signed Fra. Valezo.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps, 2nd edition, pp. 76-77.

£150

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Canaan.

London, 1854. 450 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Canaan or the Land of Promise, divided into the twelve tribes. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£56

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Palestine, in the time of Our Saviour.

London, 1854. 450 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Palestine, illustrating the Acts of the Apostles &c. Inset plan of Ancient Jerusalem. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£56

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Persia, Arabia, Cabool, Afganistan, &c.

London, 1854. 355 x 445.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the centrefold and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map showing the whole of the Arabian Peninsular, Turkey, Persia, Afganistan etc. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£98

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Syria.

London, 1854. 450 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of nineteenth century Holy Land, named Syria. Published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£35

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus.

Antwerp, 1579, Latin text edition. 350 x 500.
Finely coloured; very light toning to centrefold caused by guard paste, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
The travels of Paul. A map of the eastern Mediterranean as far as Italy. Two finely engraved vignettes border the title.
VAN DEN BROEKE: 181.

£620

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Carta Nuova dell Arabia.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 285 x 350.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Arabia after the Isaac Tirion model of 1731 from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Shows and names Bahrain.
TIBBETTS: Arabia in Early Maps (250).

£360

CLAESZ, Cornelius - BERTIUS, Petrus.

Arabia.

Amsterdam, c.1609. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light marginal toning and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular, possibly engraved by Petrus Kaerius and probably published in the 'Map Treasury'. Latin text on verso. RARE.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps pp.80 - 82.

£260

CARY, John.

A New Map of Persia, from the latest authorities.

London, 1801. 460 x 520.
Fine original colour; light marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Iran, also showing Azerbaijan, Tukemistan and parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

£95

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Natoliae quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio; Aegypti recentior descriptio; Carthsginis Celeberrimi sinus typus.

Antwerp, 1570-92. Latin text edition. 320 x 490.
Fine original colour; trimmed by binder on both sides, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
Three maps on one sheet: Turkey (after Gastaldi/Forlani), Egypt (after Forlani) and Tunis, showing the remains of Carthage.
Van den BROECKE: 174.

£240

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Irak Arabi Kurdistan Diarbek Turcomannia Siria e Palestina.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 275 x 340.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Middle East after Isaac Tirion from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Covers Eastern Turkey down to the Persian Gulf and across to the Red Sea.

£95

[TIRION, Isaac.].

Regno di Persia.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 295 x 370.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Persia after Isaac Tirion and published in 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Shows the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Gulf of Persia and across to Pakistan.

£120

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Turcici Imperii Imago.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French text edition. 365 x 490.
Fine original colour; slight over age-toning as is often the case, spotted throughout, more noticable in the margins, minor tears to the margins, old tape on verso from framing, overall a fair example.
From the French text edition. Shows Greece, Turkey and Arabia, with an ornate title cartouche including a portrait of the Sultan Mohumet. The text refers to such things as... The Countrie is for the most part fruitfull in graine, as wheate, barlie, oats, winter wheate, beanes, pease, and all manner of pulse. It aboundeth in rice, flaxe and cottons. They have vines, whose fruit they make use of after divers manners. The Christians make wine of them, & the Turcks prepare a kind of sweete meate, by mingling honey and grapes together, which seemeth allwayes fresh, both to the sight & tast, this they call Vsum Turssi (sic).
KOEMAN: Me 19.

£780

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 350 x 495.
Original colour; light age-toning and minor marginal staining, otherwise very good condition.
A fine map of Persia after Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor 1564.
Van den BROECKE: No.167.

£420

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Carte de la Turquie de L'Arabie et de La Perse.

Paris, 1701. 475 x 630.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of much of the Turkish Empire, shows Arabia and Persia.

£180

SEUTTER, Matthaeus.

Ierusalem...

Augsburg, c.1745. 575 x 495.
Fine original body colour; short centrefold splits (repaired), light soiling to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine imaginary double page plan of the City of ancient Jerusalem at the time of Jesus Christ drawn after Adrichom. With numbered key to various sites at the bottom of the sheet.
LAOR: Maps of the Holy Land 1129.

£920

SPEED, John.

The Kingdom of Persia with the Cheef Citties and Habites described.

London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1627-76. 395 x 515.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning, otherwise a superb example of the 1676 edition on thicker paper; a dark impression.
Engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's Prospect of the World. A fine early map of Persia, displaying in the top border the cities of Isfahan, Hormuz, Tabriz and Tehran. The side panels illustrate a Persian nobleman, a Citizen, a Countryman and a Turk, all with their respective wives. On the verso is a two-page English text "The Description of the Kingdom of Persia".

£980

SCHREIBER, Johann Georg.

Das Gelobteland.

Leipzig, c.1730. 165 x 240.
Original colour, light soiling, slightly heavier in the margins, short tear to lower margin and manuscript number top right, otherwise good.
Published in Schreiber's Atlas Selectus. A map of the Holy Land.

£90

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Jeruisalem civitas sancta, olim metropolis regni Iudaici, hodie uero colonia Turcæ...…

Basle, Henricus Petri, c.1550. Latin text edition. 250 x 380, including text.
Uncoloured woodcut; very light age-toning, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a very good example.
An early view of Jerusalem, the Holy City, formerly the capital city of the Kingdom of Judah, here shown as a Turkish colony. The verso has eleven lines of Hebrew text in praise of Jerusalem and an imaginary view of Acco.
LAOR: Maps of the Holy Land, #1085.

£280

SPEED, John.

Canaan. Anno Domini 1651.

London, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1651-76. 390 x 520.
Uncoloured; light staining to the margin, minor age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
The Holy Land, divided into the Twelve Tribes, with the route of the Exodus, an inset plan of Jerusalem and a vignette of a sea-monster attacking a fishing boat. On the verso is a two-page text "The Description of Palestine". This plate pre-dates the first edition of the Prospect, appearing with the engraved date 1611 in Speed's "Genealogies of Holy Scriptures" and Robert Barker's "Editio Princeps" of the King James Bible.
LAOR: 737, colour illus.

£1,850

CARY, John.

A New Map of Turkey in Asia, divided into its provinces, from the latest authorities.

London, 1801. 465 x 420.
Fine original colour; very light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Middle East, also covers Turkey and Cyprus. Names Algezira, Irak Arabi, Syria, Armenia, Kurdistan and Persia.

£110

DANCKERTS, Cornelis.

Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae.

Amsterdam, c.1690 480 x 560.
Original Colour; minor staining to centrefold area and slight marginal soiling, otherwise very good.
A map of the middle east, from Egypt to Afghanistan with the Arabian peninsula shown prominently in the centre. A decorative title cartouche adorned with several costumed figures give the whole a very balanced appearance.

£680

HOMANN, Johan Baptist.

Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provincias.

Nuremberg, c.1730. 485 x 585.
Original body colour; light marginal staining, some effecting printed area, but not too obtrusive, otherwise a good example.
A map of Persia and also showing the area from the Crimea across to Pakistan. Shows the Caspian Sea, the Holy Land, Cyprus and the Persian Gulf. Decorative figured title cartouche bottom left.

£120

KITCHIN, Thomas.

Chart of the Coast of Persia, Malabar &c, from the French Chart Publish'd by Order of the Count de Maurepas, regulated by Astronomical Observations.

London, c.1760. 230 x 185.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, some spotting and minor age-toning, otherwise good condition.
Shows the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsular (Muscat) across to India and the Maldives. Decorative title cartouche. Engraved by Thomas Kitchin for 'The London Magazine'.

£36

WEIGELIUS, Christoph.

Arabiae Veteris Typus. Per Christi.

Nuremberg, 1720. 310 x 375.
Original colour; minor marginal discolouration, lightly stained centrefold, otherwise very good condition.
A map of the Arabian Peninsular.

£260

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Das Fünsse Buch Sarmacia Asie.

Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1552 -, German text edition. 260 x 165.
Woodcut; minor soiling and light staining to margins, otherwise a fair example.
A map of the area between the Black Sea and the Caspian, shows Armenia and names the Caucasus mountains and the rivers Volga, Euphrates and Tigris. Moscow is named top left corner.

£68

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Syria/Cypern/Palestina/Mesopatamia/Babylonia/Chaloca/und zwey Arabia mit Bergen/Wässeren und Stetten.

Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1550-, German text edition. 265 x 350.
Woodcut; small worm holes expertly repaired at centrefold, light marginal soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the whole of the Middle East, shows the shore from Turkey to the Nile Delta, also shows Cyprus. With three panels of descriptive text.
LAOR: 525, but later.

£180

JANSSON, Jan.

Arabiæ Felicis, Petrææ et Desertæ nova et accurata delineatio.

Amsterdam, 1658-, No text on verso. 440 x 520.
Coloured; some very light marginal soiling, expert restoration to centrefold, otherwise a fine example.
Jansson's new map of the Arabian Peninsular, first issued 1658. With a fine figured title cartouche.
TIBBETTS: 101.

£1,150

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus.

Antwerp, 1570, Latin text edition. 350 x 495.
Coloured; minor paper fault to centrefold at lower margin, light age-toning and soiling to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Persia after Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor 1564. An interesting note in the text on verso reads (this is taken from the translation of the English text edition of 1606) - In the year of Christ 1369. There was a certaine pety king amongst the Persians, named 'Sophi', who held the city 'Ardenelim' in his possession. This man bragged that he was descended lineally by his ancestors from 'Musa Cazino', nephew of 'Ali Muhamed'. He, the chalise of Babylon being dead, & the contrary faction maintained by the Turks, suppressed by the Tartars, began more boldly and freely to broach his opinions of religion: and because 'Hocemus', the sonne of Aly. From whom he draweth his pedigree, had twelve sonnes, minding to set some marke or badge upon his sects and disciples, whereby they might be distinguished an own from others, he ordained that they would follow him, and be of his religion, should weare a tire under the vaile, which all the Turks do wind about their heads (they call it 'Tulibant') should be of purple colour, and should hang out the middle of the 'Tulibant' twelve hand breadth. (sic).
Van den BROECKE: 167.

£480

TALLIS, John.

Cabool, The Punjab and Beloochistan.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 265 x 340.
Original outline colour; trimmed close along bottom edge, with some loss of publishers imprint, but with just enough margin for framing, minor spotting and marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
Decorative map showing Afganistan and the Punjab (now Pakistan), with a fine vignette of Lahore and boats on the Indus.

£75

TALLIS, John.

Islands in the Indian Ocean.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 255 x 340.
Original outline colour; very minor age-toning to the margins, trimmed to bottom edge by the binder, with some loss of publishers imprint, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
The Indian Ocean showing the location of the Seycelles, the Maldives, Bourbon and Mauritius, with inset and detail of the latter. With decorative vignettes.

£68

FUNCKE, David.

Novissima totius Terræ Sanctæ sive Promissionis descriptio.

Nurenberg, c.1700. 465 x 565.
Original colour; light age-toning and minor soiling, old paper repair to lower centrefold and short tear across plan, otherwise good.
A new description of the Holy Land, shows the whole of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan. Orientated with west to the top of the page. After N. Visscher's 1659 map of the area.
LAOR: Maps of the Holy Land, 296.

£450

TIRINUS, Jacobus.

Chorographia Terræ Sanctæ in Augustiorem formam redacta, et ex varis auctoribus a multis erroribus expurgata.

Antwerp, Martinus Nutius, 1632. 320 x 820.
Coloured; some expert restoration to a small hole in the title, signs of old folds with some repairs to short splits, otherwise a very good example.
A large map of the Holy Land with corrections of the many errors made by various authors. Oriented with east at the top of the page. Shows the distribution of the Tribes on both sides of the Jordan, with the shoreline from Sidon to the Nile Delta. There are 16 vignettes of biblical objects and an inset map of ancient Jerusalem in the centre. From Jacobus Tirinius 'Commentarius in Vetus et Novum Testamentum'. Probably engraved by Cornelis Galle after Adrichom's map. Printed on two sheets and joined.
LAOR: Maps of the Holy Land, 771.

£780

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Turcici Imperii Descriptio.

Antwerp, 1574, French text edition. 375 x 495.
Coloured, with some gold; very minor spotting to the margins, one or two spots on the map, trimmed close by the binder at top and left hand edge of plate mark, but with just enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise good condition.
A map of the Turkish Empire, this example is from the first plate produced between 1570 and 1579.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 168.

£820