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Giovanni Magini's modern map of the Turkish Empire from his edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. Giovanni Magini (1555-1617), originally from Padua, was professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna. The finely-detailed copperplate for this map was engraved by Girolamo Porro of Padua (1550-1604).Excellent hand colour.Mint condition.

Attractive small map of the Red Sea.Suez,Medina,Suakin to Aden.Catouche,very good hand colour.Mint condition.

Decorative and highly desireable map of the region bounded by the Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, Afganistan and the Indian Ocean, centered on the Persian Gulf. Includes two attractive cartouches, ships at sea and marvelous geographical detail within the map. One of the few available Dutch maps to mention Armenia in the title of the map and one of the most detailed of the region. Good example. Tibbits, entry 12, plate 12.

Very rare map by Morden from the first edition of “Geography Rectified”.Legend.Cartouche.good hand colour.Very good condition.

Full Title: Opulentissimi Regni Persiae juxta suas Provincias recentissima et accuratissima Designatio, Studio et Sumtibus... Very attractive and Rare map of Persia during the first part of the Eighteenth century.Covers the area from the Black Sea to Kashmir.Very detailed with roads marked.Attractive cartouche with figures in local costume.Excellent original colour.A little dampstaining in top margin just encroaching on map but not detrimental,otherwise very good condition.

Interesting copper engraved map of Persia Iran,showing mid eighteenth century borders.Roads/caravan routes.Decorative cartouche.Original outline colour.Mint condition.

Ottoman Empire in the middle of the eighteenth century.Good full original colour.Interesting depiction of borders.Mint condition.

Rare map of the Turkish Empire by Euler rom Euler's "Atlas Geographicus" published for the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.Title cartouche.Original colour.Very good condition.

Uncommon map of Iraq to Armenia.Detailed with the rivers & mountains.Hand colour.Very good condition.

Detailed attractive map of Persia by Zatta.Original colour.Decorative cartouche.Printed on good heavy paper.Very good condition.

Interesting 18th century map with covering the artea from Hungary,Transylvania,Greece,Moldavia,Black Sea etc.Original outline colour.Very good condition.

An unusual map of Red Sea, showing eastern Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea as well as Syria, Arabia, Yemen, and the Nile Delta. Includes many place names such as Beirut, Jeruselam, Gaza, Jiddah, and Mecca.Detailed chart showing islands,sandbanks,anchorages etc.This is an original engraved map,with original wash colour.Very good condition.

A fine detailed map from an early edition of Steilers Atlas engraved by Gotha.Original outline colour.Printed on heavy paper.V.good condition.

Decorative map of the Near East,Turkey,Armenia,Syria etc.Vignettes.Original outline colour.Very good condition.

A map from the rare Atlas Cartes de Geographie by Pierre Du Val (1619-83) son-in-law of Nicolas Sanson, ( Duval published a wide range of atlases, individual maps of the world and the continents and wall maps but most of the folio maps are rare..All the maps from this edition are revised and updated maps.Rare map.Inset map of kingdom of Alger. Title cartouche in the upper right-hand corner. With the address : "A Paris chez l'auteur sur le quay de l'Orloge du Palais".Original colour.Very good condition. SOLD

Giovanni Magini's modern map of the Turkish Empire from his edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. Giovanni Magini (1555-1617), originally from Padua, was professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna. The finely-detailed copperplate for this map was engraved by Girolamo Porro of Padua (1550-1604).Mint condition.SOLD

Attractive map of the Turkish Empire by Mercator Hondius from the Atlas Minor.Cartouche,excellent hand colour.Mint condition.SOLD

From a history of the Roman Empire.Shows Cyprus and Syria.Folds as issued.Very good condition.SOLD

A magnificent map of the Ottoman Empire including parts of present-day Turkey, Arabia, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Lower left is the grand, decorative title cartouche. The map was published in the "Atlas Universel".Original outline colour.Very strong impression.**Mint condition.SOLD

Beautiful map of Persia from the rare larger Cloppenberg edition of Mercator.Excellent hand colour.Cartouche.Mint condition. SOLD ARCHIVED