INDEX

An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

[Sexta Asie Tabula.]
Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482. Woodcut in fine original colour, printed area 285 x 565mm.

Stock ID : 23380

£150,000

A 16th century miniature map of the Red Sea

LANGENES, Barent.

Mare Rubrum.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claez, 1599, Dutch text edition. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle and pagination.

Stock ID : 21265

£280

A 16th century miniature map of Arabia

LANGENES, Barent.

Arabia.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claez, 1599, Dutch text edition. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle and pagination.

Stock ID : 21266

£400

A 16th century miniature map of the Persian Gulf

LANGENES, Barent.

Ormus.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claez, 1599, Dutch text edition. 85 x 125mm, with letterpress surtitle and pagination.

Stock ID : 21267

£340

Early 17th century miniature map of the Persian Gulf

BERTIUS, Petrus.

Ormus.
Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1603. Latin text edition. Coloured. 85 x 125mm.

Stock ID : 20995

£290

Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Arabia

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Asiae VI. Tab:
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1605. Coloured. 340 x 485mm.

Stock ID : 22706

£1,500

A 17th century sea chart of the Gulf of Aden in Dudley's unique style

DUDLEY, Robert.

Carta particolare che cominca con il capo Baduis è finisce con il capo Cumana, è mostra la bocca dell mare Rosso.
Florence, 1646. Two sheets conjoined, total 485 x 735mm.

Stock ID : 23592

£3,250

17th century French map of Arabia

SANSON, Nicolas.

Carte des Trois Arabies. Tirée en Partie de l'Arabe de Nubie en partie de divers autres Autheurs.
Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1654. Coloured. 415 x 500mm.

Stock ID : 24087

£1,700

Woodcut of the famous churches and mosques in the Ottoman Empire

LORCK, Melchior.

Das Turkische Kirchen-Gemahlde.
Hamburg & Frankfurt: Wiering & Hertel, 1688. Woodcut, printed area 270 x 370mm, with seperate index sheet.

Stock ID : 23651

£1,250

Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Arabia

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Asiae VI. Tab: , Arabiam Felicem, Carmaniam ac Sinum Persicum comprehendens.
Utrecht, François Halma, c.1695. Coloured. 340 x 475mm.

Stock ID : 19745

£1,200

An early English chart of the entrance to the Red Sea

THORNTON, John.

A Chart of the Straits of Babelmandell and Moha. By Sam.l Thornton at the signe of England Scotl.d and Ireland in the Minories London.
London: Samuel Thornton, c. 1711. Coloured. 440 x 545mm.

Stock ID : 21753

£400

A map of classical Arabia

WEIGEL, Christoph.

Arabia Veteris Typus.
Nuremberg, 1712. Original body colour. 320 x 390mm.

Stock ID : 22657

£500

A rare map of the Persian Gulf

BRANDSHAGEN, F.W.

Tabula Hydrographica Sinus Persici.
Lemgo: Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, 1712. 255 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 24031

£3,650

Early view of the Great Mosque in Mecca, with the Kaaba

CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham.

Le Temple de la Mecque avec une Description Exacte de tout ce qu'on y Voit & Des Ceremoniesqu'on y fait.
Amsterdam, 1720. Coloured. 380 x 440mm.

Stock ID : 23462

£600

18th century map of Arabia with a fine border

AA, Pieter van der.

De Kusten van Arabie, het Roode Meer, en Persize Zee van Bassora voorby 'T Nau van Ormus Tot aan den Indus, Guzaratte en Kaap Comorin.
Leiden, 1729. 225 x 285mm, including separately-printed border, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 17301

£480

Kaaba at the temple of Mecca

SALMON, Thomas.

Il Kabba cioè Tempio della Mecca.
Venice, c. 1738. Coloured 180 x 205cm.

Stock ID : 23662

£220

18th century Italian map of Arabia

TIRION, Isaak.

Carta Nuova dell' Arabia...
Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, c.1740. Coloured. 290 x 355mm.

Stock ID : 23102

£500

An important early map of Yemen

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Terrae Yemen maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl, Hehhm, Chaul ân, Abu Arîsch et Aden Tabula ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometrici jussu et sumtibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V, et Christiani VII. institutis delineata.
Copenhagen, 1763. 570 x 380mm.

Stock ID : 23554

£500

A scarce plan of the coffee-trading port of Mocha

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.

Plan de la Ville de Moka Située sur la Mer Rouge.
Paris, 1764. 230 x 180mm, with good margins.

Stock ID : 20757

£200

A detailed map of Oman

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Terrae Oman delineatio.
Amsterdam: S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht: J. van Schoonhoven & Co., 1774. Coloured. 215 x 205mm.

Stock ID : 23775

£900

18th century chart of the Persian Gulf

APRÈS DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean Baptiste d'.

Carte du Golfe Persique, depuis Bassora jusqua'au Cap Rasalgate.
Paris, c.1775. Coloured. 480 x 670mm.

Stock ID : 20158

£1,400

An 18th century view of Jeddah

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Gezigt der Stad Dsjidda van de Zyde W.. t. Z. Vue de ka Ville de Dsjidda du Coteé de l'O.q.S.
Amsterdam: S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht: J. van Schoonhoven, 1776. Sheet 105 x 185mm.

Stock ID : 23478

£450

18th century Italian map of Arabia

CASSINI, Giovanni Maria.

L'Arabia delineata sulle Ultime Osservazioni.
Rome, 1797. Old colour. 350 x 490mm, with wide margins.

Stock ID : 7500

£750

Detailed early 19th century map of Arabia

CARY, John.

A New Map of Arabia, Including Egypt, Abyssinia, the Red Sea &c. &c. from the Latest Authorities.
London, 1819. Original colour. 470 x 520mm.

Stock ID : 20743

£550

Detailed map of Oman, with Muscat marked

VANDERMAELEN, Philippe.

Partie de L'Arabie. Asie No 92.
Brussels, 1827. Original colour. 460 x 530mm.

Stock ID : 14074

£750

Mid 19th century map of Arabia

GELLATLY, John.

Arabia
Edinburgh: J. Gellatly, & London, Henry Washbourne, 1843. Original Colour. 290 x 360mm.

Stock ID : 19955

£250

Mid 19th century map of Arabia with decorative vignettes

TALLIS, John.

Arabia.
London, J. & F. Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel engraving with original outline colour. Printed area 265 x 340mm.

Stock ID : 21796

£230

An uncommon map of Arabia & the Arabian Gulf

MARMOCCHI, Francesco C.

L'Arabia, il Golfo Persico ed il Mar Rosso.
Genova: Paolo Rivara, c.1858. Original colour. 300 x 365mm, publisher's blind stamp in lower margin.

Stock ID : 23628

£250

An explorer's map of north west Arabia

DOUGHTY, Charles Montague.

A Map of North Western Arabia and Negd by Charles M. Doughty 1884.
London: Edward Stanford for the R.G.S., 1884. Coloured lithograph. Printed area 465 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 19759

£650

An ornithologist's map of Arabia, the first to mark Al-Hofuf accurately

CHEESMAN, Robert Ernest.

Arabia. Routes between 'Oqair and Jabrin Oasis in Eastern Nejd from surveys by Major R.E. Cheesman O.B.E. 1923-24.
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1925. Colour lithographic map, printed area 480 x 510mm.

Stock ID : 17675

£850