Antique Maps of Central Asia
[Map of the Indian Ocean] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de L'Ocean Orientale ou Mer des Indes....
Paris, c.1760. 350 x 490mm. Coloured. Binding folds flattened, narrow margin on left.
The Indian Ocean, from the Cape of Good Hope to Canton & western Australia. BELL0032		 £175
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[Pair of Maps of Afghanistan] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Perse et du Caboul. [&] Partie du Caboul. [Plates 66 & 67.]
Brussels, 1827. Two plates, ea. c.470 x 480mm. Original colour.
Two maps, paired laterally, showing Afghanistan, including Kabul, Herat and the Khyber pass to Peshawar. Published in the first atlas of the world to have every map on the same scale, 'Atlas Universel de Geographie', thus showing some of the more remote areas of the world in unprecedented detail. This area was soon to acquire more importance: twelve years after this map was published a British army occupied Kabul in an attempt to stop Russian expansion south towards British India. In 1842 it was wiped out in a disastrous retreat. VAND0024		 SOLD
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[Early miniature map of Bengal] Petrus Bertius.
Bengala.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
The Bay of Bengal, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0030		 £125
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[Bengal] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Bengale.
Brussels, 1827. 470 x 540mm. Original colour.
North east India, marking Calcutta and the Mouths of the Ganges. Published in the first atlas of the world to have every map on the same scale, 'Atlas Universel de Geographie', thus showing some of the more remote areas of the world in unprecedented detail. VAND0023		 £125
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[Caspian Sea map with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan] John Arrowsmith.
The Caspian Sea, Khivah, and the Surrounding Country.
London, 1841. 645 x 530mm. Original colour.
A large and detailed map of the countries to the east of the Caspian, published in 'The London Atlas of Universal Geography'. Today the countries shown are Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. ARRO0001		 £150
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[A map of Caspian Sea with Baku and Terecki] Johann Baptist Homann.
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniĉ nempe Chirvaniĉ Dagestaniĉ...
Nuremburg, c.1720. 500 x 590mm. Original colour.
The central part of the Caspian Sea, with Baku marked and an inset view of Terecki. The trade routes are marked and the title cartouche features a caravan. HOMA0005		 £375
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[Chart of the Caspian Sea] J. Harrison.
A New Chart of the Caspian Sea, From the Original by D'Anville.
London, 1788. 515 x 265mm. Coloured.
The Caspian Sea, marking Baku and Astracan. HARR1001		 £195
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[Caucasus of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae III.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's Ptolemaic map of the Caucasus, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0009		 £85
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[Caucasus] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Perse. Asie No. 52.
Brussels, 1827. 520 x 570mm. Original colour. Some spotting.
Very detailed map of the southern Caucasus, with the borders of Persia, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azabaijan. Marked are the cities of Baku, Yerevan & T'Bilisi, and Mount Ararat. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0003		 £195
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[Georgia & Armenia] Colonel Monteith.
Part of Georgia & Armenia to Illustrate Colonel Monteith's Journal.
London, John Murray, 1833. 340 x 360mm. Original outline colour. Repair to binding fold.
A map of the Caucasus of a British Army colonel's travels at a time of Russian expansion in the region, as part of the 'Great Game' MONT1001		 SOLD
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[Miniature Map of Georgia & Armenia] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Georgie Armenie &c.
Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map of Georgia and Armenia, with a decorative title cartouche. MALL0023		 £95
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[Miniature Portrait of Natives of Georgia] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Georgiens.
Frankfurt, 1685. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Georgian costume. MALL0024		 £36
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[Map of India and Ceylon] Pierre Du Val.
Presqu'Isle de L'Inde de ca le Gange.
Paris, c.1680. 105 x 130mm. Some minor foxing.
The Indian peninsula and Ceylon. DUVA0002		 £95
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[Miniature map of India] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Presqu-Isle de L'Inde deca le Golfe de Bengala.
Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
Map of India. MALL0046		 £125
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[Miniature map of Northern India] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Partie de la Terre Ferme de L'Inde ou L'Empire du Mogol.
Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
With a decorative title cartouche. MALL0066		 £125
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[Miniature map of India] Robert Morden.
India on this side Ganges.
London, c.1688. 115 x 135mm. Original outline colour
Map of India from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0010		 £95
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[Miniature map of the Mogol Empire] Robert Morden.
Empire de Mogol.
London, c.1688. 115 x 130mm.
From Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0017		 £95
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[Miniature map of India] Nicolas Sanson.
T Half Eilandt van Indien... Decana, Golconda, Bisnagar, en Malabar.
Amsterdam, c.1730. 200 x 225mm. Coloured.
India, with an inset of Malabar. Original engraved by de Winter and published in Paris, this example has been re-engraved with a Dutch title. SANS0022		 SOLD
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[India] Charles Smith.
Peninsula of India.
London, c.1808. 385 x 295mm. Original colour. Stitch marks just inside platemark.
Detailed map of British India. SMIT0001		 £59
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[Map of the environs of Agra, India.] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Pays d'Ajemeer D'Agra &a.
Brussels, 1827. 480 x 520mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Northern India, published in the first atlas of the world to have every map on the same scale, 'Atlas Universel de Geographie', thus showing some of the more remote areas of the world in unprecedented detail. Thirty years later the names of this map acquired notoriety in the India Mutiny of 1857: Delhi, Lahore, Jaipur, Jhansi & Lucknow. VAND0025		 £150
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[Decorative map of Northern India and Bangladesh] John Tallis.
Northern India.
London, London Printing & Publishing Company, c.1861. Steel engraving, printed area 270 x 350mm. Original colour.
Coloured to depict British Possessions, States under British Protection and Independent States. The six vignettes include the Seal of the East India Company. TALL0043		 £85
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[Townplan of Calcutta] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Calcutta.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 380mm. Original colour. Narrow right margin, as issued.
Detailed plan, with the views underneath. SDUK0050		 £69
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[Goa view] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Vue de Goa.
Paris, c.1760. 205 x 360mm.
View of Goa. BELL0023		 SOLD
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[Miniature Map of Gujarat] Petrus Bertius.
Cambaia.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0058		 £75
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[Miniature Map of South West India] Petrus Bertius.
Malabar.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0085		 £140
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[Miniature Map of Southern India] Petrus Bertius.
Narsinga.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0086		 £140
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[Miniature View of Isfan, Iran] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Hisphan.
Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
View of Isfan, Iran MALL0028		 £29
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[Unusual map of the Environs of Basra, Iraq.] Olfert Dapper.
Delineatio regionis Bassora cum pagis, Flumeinibus et Insulis, quĉ Christiani Sancti Ioannis incolunt.
Amsterdam, J. van Meurs, 1680. 295 x 370mm.
From Dapper's "Naukeurige beschryving van Asie", shortly after the area was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1668. DAPP0004		 £175
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[Khazakhstan] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Songarie [Sheet 43.]
Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
South east Khazakhstan, with Lake Balkhash and the borders of Kyrgyzstan & China, including the Tien Shan mountains. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0010		 £79
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[Maldives & Sri Lanka and southern India] Robert Morden.
The Maldives and Ceylon Islands.
London, c.1688. 130 x 110mm.
Map of the Maldives, Sri Lanka and southern India, from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0015		 £85
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[Detailed Maldives] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Iles Maldives et Laquedives. [Sheet 107]
Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned.
Because of the length of the chain, most of the Maldives appear as an inset. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0020		 £89
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[Uncommon Chart of Mauritius] Charles Grant.
Charte von Isle de France oder Mauritius.
Weimar: Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs, 1802. 225 x 185mm.
A German edition of the map by Charles Grant ((1749-c.1818), vicomte de Vaux. A French noble of Jacobite descent, Grant had extensive estates on Mauritius, but was dispossessed by the French Revolution. In exile in London he turned to writing to make a living, publishing "The History of Mauritius and the Neighbouring Islands", 1801, and "The Means of Finding the Longitude at Sea", 1810. GRAN0001		 £175
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[Detailed Mongolia] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de L'Empire Chinois.
Brussels, 1827. Two sheets, ea. c. 480 x 520mm. Original colour.
Very detailed map of eastern Mongolia, with 'Oloa Baytin' marked in the region of Ulan Bator. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0006		 £195
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[Pakistan and Afghanistan of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae IX.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's Ptolemaic map of Pakistan and Afghanistan, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0016		 £85
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[Miniature Map of Persia] Petrus Bertius.
Persicum Regnum.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0087		 £98
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[Map of Persia] Henricus Hondius.
Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum.
Amsterdam, 1641, French text edition. 385 x 490mm. Original colour.
Persia, with decorative cartouches for the title and scale. HOND0055		 £340
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[Decorative miniature map of Persia] Pieter van den Keere.
Persia.
London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map of Persia, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas. KEER0031		 £75
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[Miniature map of Persia] Robert Morden.
A New Map of Persia.
London, c.1688. 115 x 130mm.
Map of Iran from Morden's uncommon world atlas 'Geography Rectified...'. MORD0020		 £75
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[Iran] John Tallis.
Persia.
London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1855. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 355 x 265mm.
Map of Persia with engraved vignette scenes. Also shows Azerbijan. TALL0032		 £98
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[English miniature map of Ceylon] Jodocus Hondius.
Ceilan Insula.
London, Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 135 x 190mm. Coloured.
A miniature edition of Hondius's map of Sri Lanka, published in the 'Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas', issued after the original Hondius copperplates were sold to a London publisher. (Later issues published in Amsterdam by Jansson used new plates). HOND0022		 £225
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[Decorative map of Sri Lanka] Guillaume De L'Isle.
Carte de L'Isle de Ceylan.
Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1730. 500 x 575mm. Original colour.
A large and colourful map of Sri Lanka, with rococo cartouches for title and scale. DELI0001		 £450
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[Sri Lanka] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de l'Inde et Ile de Ceylan. [Sheet 108]
Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Small hole in sea area.
Southern India and Sri Lanka, with a text in French describing the island. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0019		 £89
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[Map of Cental Asia] Antonio Zatta.
La Tartaria Indipendente Che comprende il Paese de' Calmuchi quello degli Usbeks, e il Turkestan, co lo loro dipendenze.
Venice, 1784. 325 x 410mm. Original colour.
Map of Central Asia from the eastern shore of the Black Sea to the borders of China, with Georgia, the Caspian Sea, Turkestan, Usbekistan, Samarkand, Bokhara, Tibet and Bhutan. ZATT0071		 £225
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[Early view of Tibet.] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Chateau de Putala. tiré de Grueber.
Paris, c.1760. 205 x 160mm.
The famous Putala Palace in Lhasa. Johann Grüber was a Jesuit who entered Tibet in 1661. BELL0112		 £150
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[Rare Map of Tibet.] Neele.
A Map of Tibet with the Adjacent Country.
London: Dr. J.Trusler, 1790. 205 x 235mm.
An early map of one of the remotest parts of the known world. NEEL0002		 £195
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[Four detailed maps of Tibet] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie du Thibet [Sheets 68 to 71.]
Brussels, 1827. Four sheets, each c.475 x 550mm. Original colour.
Four very detailed maps of Tibet, running east from Cashmir to the eastern borders of Tibet & China The maps were published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0008		 £600
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[Tibet-China border] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Chine [Sheet 85.]
Brussels, 1827. 470 x 510mm. Original colour.
South east Tibet, and the eastern part of Yunnan Province in China. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0009		 £150
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[Costume of Tibet] Mercier.
Tibetano (Asia).
Italian?, c.1855. Wood engraving, printed area c.180 x 100mm. Original colour.
Costume of Tibet, modelled by a very Italian looking man! MERC1001		 £69
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[Tibet] John Tallis.
Thibet, Mongolia, and Mandchuria.
London: London Printing and Publishing Company, 1861. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 265 x 330mm.
Map of Tibet,Mongolia and Manchuria with engraved vignette scenes, including the Palace of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. TALL0034		 £125
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[Turkmenistan pair] Philippe Vandermaelen.
Partie de la Tartarie; Turkestan [Sheets 53 & 54.]
Brussels, 1827. Two sheets, each approx. 470 x 530mm. Original colour.
Two large sheets, showing from the southern Caspian Sea east into Uzbekistan, marking the old trade routes past the famous city of Buchara. The maps were published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0013		 £250
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Antique Maps of the Near East
[Map of the Turkish Empire with Arabia] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Turcici Imperii Descriptio.
Venice?, c.1596 140 x 185mm, set in Italian text.
Map of the Turkish Empire, covering Greece, the Caucasus and Arabia. MAGI0025		 £180
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[Miniature map of Turkish Empire] Abraham Ortelius.
Turcicum Imperium.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Arabia and the Turkish Empire , published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0030		 £150
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[Early miniature of Arabia and Turkish Empire] Petrus Bertius.
Turcicum Imperium
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
The Turkish Empire, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0029		 £150
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[The Turkish Empire, with Arabia] Matthaus Merian.
Turcicum Imperium. Türckishe Reych.
Frankfurt, c1638. 280 x 360mm. Coloured.
The Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, with a decorative title cartouche. MERI0011		 £475
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[Map of The Turkish Empire] Johannes Jansson.
Turcicum Imperium.
Amsterdam, 1641, French text edition. 415 x 525mm. Original colour.
The Turkish Empire, covering the eastern Mediterranean and Arabia. JANS0053		 £525
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[Miniature map of Near East] Pieter van den Keere.
The Turkish Empire.
London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map of the Turkish Empire, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas. KEER0045		 £140
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[Turkish Empire with a decorative title cartouche.] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Magni Turcarum Dominatoris Imperium...
Augsburg, c.1740. 500 x 580mm. Original colour.
The Turkish Empire map, with a decorative title cartouche. SEUT0036		 £525
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[Turkish Empire with Greece, Arabia and Libya] Tobias Conrad Lotter.
Magni Turcarum Dominatoris Imperium per Europam, Asiam, et Africam...
Augsburg, c.1750. 505 x 585mm. Original body colour.
Map of the Turkish Empire, covering Greece, Arabia and Libya. LOTT0016		 £425
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[Alexander's Empire] Antonio Zatta.
Imperium Alexandri Magni, Per Europam, Asiam, et Africam.
Venice, 1785. 340 x 450mm. Original colour.
Map of the empire of Alexander the Great, stretching from Macedonia to Eygpt and the Indus. ZATT0002		 £95
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[Near East] Antonio Zatta.
La Turchia d'Asia che comprende L'Anatolia, la Giorgia, l'Armenia, il Curdistan, il Diarbec, l'Irak-Arabi, la Siria &c.
Venice, 1794. 330 x 420mm. Original colour.
Turkey, Crete & Cyprus, Palestine, Georgia, Armenia & Iraq map ZATT0038		 £95
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[Early Arabia] Sebastian Munster.
[Arabia and Persia.]
Basle, 1581, German edition. Woodcut, image size 195 x 165, set in a page of text.
Early map of Arabia and Persia. MUNS0003		 £250
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[Early miniature map of the Red Sea with Arabia] Petrus Bertius.
Mare Rubrum.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 100 x 135mm.
The Red Sea, orientated with north to the right, from Bertius' 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. A very early map of the western areas of Arabia. BERT0028		 £225
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[Early miniature map of Arabia] Petrus Bertius.
Arabia.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Arabia, marking Bahrain. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0038		 £275
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[Arabia of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae VI.
Venice, c.1596 140 x 180mm, set in a page of text.
Map of Arabia, based on the geography of Ptolemy of Alexandria, c.100 AD. On verso is Ptolemy's map of Central Asia. MAGI0004		 £225
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[Miniature Map of Arabia, with dragons] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Arabie.
Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm.
Map of Arabia, with a cartouche of dragons. MALL0004		 £95
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[Miniature Map of Ancient Arabia] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Ancienne Arabie.
Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm.
Map of ancient Arabia. MALL0005		 £98
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[Miniature Portrait of Arab natives] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Arabes.
Frankfurt, c.1686. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
Full-length portraits of two Arabs. MALL0006		 £89
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[Arabia] Jan Luyts.
L'Arabie Petrée, Deserte et Heureuse, Par N. Sanson...
Utrecht, 1692. 195 x 240mm. Narrow right margin.
Map of Arabia based on Sanson. LUYT0001		 £195
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[Map of Arabia] Christoph Weigel.
Arabiae Veteris.
Nuremburg, 1718. 320 x 380mm. Original colour. Small tear in printed border.
Arabia, with a title cartouche featuring ancient coins. WEIG0025		 £275
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[Bonne Arabia] Rigobert Bonne.
Carte de l'Arabie qui se divise en Arabie Pétrée, Deserte et Heureuse...
Paris, Lattré, 1771. 340 x 470mm. Original outline colour.
Arabia with a very decorative rococo title cartouche. BONN0021		 £225
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[Map of Arabia, the Gulf and Bahrain] Rigobert Bonne.
Carte de L'Arabie qui se divise en Arabie Pétrée, Deserte et Heureuse...
Paris, Lattré, 1785. 305 x 430mm. Coloured.
With a decorative title cartouche. While the Red Sea has much detail on the coastline, the Gulf is far less accurate, with Bahrain shown as two islands, with no sign of the Qatar promontory. BONN0022		 £275
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[Arabia with latest discoveries] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Arabia with Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia.
London, SDUK, 1845. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 405mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Arabia SDUK0002		 £140
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[Arabia in Fine Original Colour.] James Wyld.
Arabia.
London, 1853. 250 x 300, Original colour.
Map of Arabia from Wyld's 'Atlas of the World', with particularly fine colour. WYLD0009		 £98
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[The Persian Gulf, with Bahrain marked] Petrus Bertius.
Ormus regnum.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured.
The Persian Gulf, with 'Baharem I.' marking Bahrain. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0039		 £250
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[Holy Land of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Palĉstina, vel Terra Sancta.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's 'modern' map of the Holy Land, engraved by Girolamo Porro with two lage strapwork cartouches. MAGI0017		 £140
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[Middle East & Cyprus of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae IIII.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's Ptolemaic map of the Near East, with Cyprus, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0018		 £130
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[Miniature map of the Holy Land] Abraham Ortelius.
Terra Sancta.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of the Holy Land, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0018		 £125
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[Miniature Map of the Holy Land] Petrus Bertius.
Tabula Cananĉĉ prout tempore Christiei Apostolorum divisa suit.
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0060		 £150
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[Holy Land after Adrichom] Henricus Hondius.
Situs Terrĉ Promissionis...
Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1641. French text edition. 375 x 495mm. Original colour. A few spots in the margins not affecting map.
Holy land after Adrichom, orientated with north to the left. HOND0051		 £425
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[Canaan] Nicholas Visscher.
Het Beloofe de Landt Canaan door wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, nessens syne Apostelen.
Amsterdam, Elzevier, 1663. 320 x 480mm. Coloured.
Map of the Holy Land, orientated with north to the right, with a decorative title cartouche and four vignette scenes from the life of Christ. Numerous other decorative features embellish this map. VISS0002		 £275
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[The Holy Land & the Peregrinations] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Regio Canaan seu Terra Promissionis, Postea Iudea vel Palestina Nominata, Hodie Terra Sancta...
Augsburg, c.1730. 505 x 585mm. Coloured. A few small repairs in the centrefold.
The Holy Land, with an elaborate title cartouche depicting Jesus expelling the demon from the possessed man, and an inset map of the Peregrinations with a portrait of Moses. SEUT0031		 £390
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Johann Baptist Homann.
Iudĉa seu Palĉstina...
Nuremberg, c.1740. 500 x 575mm. Original outline colour with later additions..
The Holy Land, divided into the Twelve Tribes. The title cartouche features a scene of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments; bottom right is a cartouche featuring a map of the Exodus. HOMA0026		 £490
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[Holy Land: the Exodus & Twelve Tribes] Antonio Zatta.
Le Dodeci Tribu d'Isdraele; Terre di Canaan.
Venice, 1795. 320 x 410mm. Original colour.
Two maps of the Holy Land on one sheet: one shows the country at the time of the Exodus, the other as divided among the Twelve Tribes. ZATT0027		 £150
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[View of Bethlehem] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Bethlehem.
Italian, c.1702. 255 x 655mm.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0007		 £150
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[Classical Jerusalem] Nicholas Visscher.
De Heylige En Wytvermaerde Stadt Jerusalem...
Amsterdam, Elzevier, 1663. Coloured. 320 x 480mm.
Plan of classical Jerusalem with a 36-point key. In the bottom corners are vignette scenes of the Annointing of Solomon and the Crucifixion. VISS0005		 £475
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[View of Jerusalem] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Ierusalem.
Italian, c.1702. Two sheets conjoined, total 300 x 1240mm. Narrow right margin, binding folds reinforced.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0003		 £600
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[A fine plan and prospect of Jerusalem] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Prospectus Sanctĉ olim et celeberrime Urbis Hierosolymĉ...
Augsburg, c.1730. 500 x 580mm. Original colour.
A large and decorative plan of Jerusalem with a prospect of the city underneath. SEUT0021		 £1,250
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[Map of Jerusalem according to Josephus] I.H. Coccejo.
Ierusalem niewlicks uytde S Schrift en Josephus.
Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, 1732. 330 x 400mm. Coloured.
Plan of Jerusalem according to Josephus, published in Luytens 'Histoire...' COCC0001		 £200
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[Decorative view of Jerusalem] Edward Hildebrandt.
Jerusalem. 1852.
Berlin: Raimund Mitscher, 1872, Chromolithograph, 280 x 420mm, laid on card as issued, title label on verso.
Hildebrandt travelled all over Asia, with his sketches appearing in European newspapers. HILD0001		 £275
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[Decorative view of Jordan] Edward Hildebrandt.
Jordon. 1852.
Berlin: Raimund Mitscher, 1872, Chromolithograph, 280 x 420mm, laid on card as issued, title label on verso.
Hildebrandt travelled all over Asia, with his sketches appearing in European newspapers. HILD0002		 £150
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[View of Aleppo] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Aleppo.
Italian, c.1702. Two sheets conjoined, total 305 x 1030mm. Binding folds repaired.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0004		 £250
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[View of Joppa] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Joppa.
Italian, c.1702. 310 x 385mm.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0009		 £125
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[View of Palmyra] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Palmyra.
Italy, c.1702. 280 x 635mm.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0005		 £150
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[View of Rama] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Rama.
Italian, c.1702. 230 x 625mm.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0008		 £125
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[Tripoli in Syria] Arnold Montanus.
Tripolis in Syrien Volgens de Afteeckening in t Jaer 1668.
London, van Meurs, 1670. 300 x 360mm.
Map-view of Tripoli MONT0013		 £180
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[View of Tyre] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Tyrus.
Italian, c.1702. 250 x 640mm.
In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account on his return. BRUY0006		 £150
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[Early map of Turkey] Girolamo Ruscelli.
Natolia Nuova Tavola.
Venice, Valgrisi, c.1561. 200 x 260mm.
Map of 'modern' Turkey, published in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. The first state, with the platemark extending off the top of the sheet. RUSC0018		 £98
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[Turkey of Magini] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Natolia olim Asia Minor.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's 'modern' map of Turkey, with Cyprus and Crete, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0022		 £75
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[Turkey of Ptolemy] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Tabula Asiae I.
Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm.
Magini's Ptolemaic map of Turkey, engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0023		 £75
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[Miniature map of Turkey] Abraham Ortelius.
Natolia.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Turkey, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0029		 SOLD
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[Attractive map of Turkey] Jodocus Hondius.
Natoliĉ sive Asia Minor.
Amsterdam, 1609. French text edition. Coloured. 345 x 480mm. Paper lightly toned overall.
A fine impression of this map of Turkey, first published 1606. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0067		 £350
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[Map of Turkey & Cyprus, sea-battle] Willem Blaeu.
Natolia, quĉ olim Asia Minor.
Amsterdam, 1647. German text. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Very small split in lower centrefold margin repaired on reverse.
Turkey & Cyprus, with a vignette sea-battle between a galleon and two galleys. KOEMAN: Bl 31 B. BLAE0080		 £275
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[Map of Turkey with vignette] Johannes Jansson.
Natolia, quĉ olim Asia Minor.
Amsterdam, c.1650. 385 x 500mm. Coloured.
Turkey and Cyprus. A vignette in the seas shows two galleys besetting a galleon. JANS0051		 £260
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[Map of Turkey] Johannes Cloppenburg.
Natoliĉ sive Asia Minor.
Amsterdam, Jan Jansson van Waesberger, 1676. 190 x 255mm.
Turkey, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0008		 £125
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[Map of Turkey with Cyprus] Arnold Montanus.
Natolia, quĉ Olim Asia Minor.
Amsterdam, Meurs, 1680. 305 x 360mm. Coloured.
Turkey, with the Ĉgean Islands and Cyprus, with a decorative title cartouche in full colour. MONT0014		 SOLD
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[Map of Turkey] Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Carte de l'Asie Mineure aujourd'huy Caramanie Anadolie et Roum.
Paris, 1764. 225 x 315mm, large paper copy. Coloured.
BELL0121		 £69
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[View of Istanbul] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Constantinopolen.
Paris, c.1702. 240 x 310mm.
A prospect of Istanbul from above the Scutari. In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account in 1698. BRUY0001		 £180
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[View of Istanbul] Cornelis Le Bruyn.
Constantinopolen - Galata - Pera.
Italian, c.1702. Three sheets conjoined, total 300 x 990mm. Narrow right margin, binding folds reinforced.
A prospect of Istambul from the north. In 1675 the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1727) set out from Livorno on a journey through the Levant, publishing an account in 1698. This example has a seven-point key in Italian top left. BRUY0002		 £750
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[Istanbul] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Constantinople. Stambool.
London, Charles Knight & Co., c.1850. Steel engraving, printed area 330 x 390mm. Original colour.
Detailed city map of Istanbul SDUK0010		 £75
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