An Extremely Early Map of Armenia and Georgia
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Armenia/ Georgia/ The Caucasus. GERMANUS, DONNUS NICHOLAUS/ PTOLEMY, C.
[Ulm, 1486]
Tercia. Asie. Tabula.
15 ¼ x 21 ½ inches.
Full original color; title slightly cropped, re-cornered at lower right with virtually no loss of printed surface, else excellent condition.
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The Most Complete Edition
Beautifully Illustrated with 49 Engraved Maps And Views
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Mediterranean/ Greece/ Holy Land/ Turkey. BEAUVAU, Henri de.
[Nancy, 1619]
Relation iournaliere du voyage du Levant faict & descrit par... Henry de Beauvau, Baron di dict lieu... Reveu, augmenté et enrichy par l’autheur de pourtraicts des lieux les plus remarquables.
4to. [24.2 x 19 cm]
(4) ff. including engraved title, 181 (recto 180) pp. with 49 engraved plates in text. Bound in limp vellum, gilt stamp of Camille Aboussouan on upper cover, later ties. With Aboussouan’s two bookplates, on front pastedown and verso of flyleaf. Also with Sefik Atabey’s bookplate pasted inside the front cover. Contemporary inscriptions on the title: Ex dono D. de Pigier, Ex Bibliotheca S. Victoria Paris; (cancelled) library stamp of Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle. Some faint waterstaining to upper corner of some leaves, scattered spotting throughout, else excellent.
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The First English Map of Persia
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Persia. SPEED, J.
[London, 1626]
The Kingdome of Persia with the cities and Habites described.
15½ x 20¼ inches.
Fine hand color; excellent
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With Lively Ottoman Illustrations
A Mint Example
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Turkey/ Cyprus. BLAEU, W.
[Amsterdam, 1647]
Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor.
15 x 19 1/2 inches
Superb original color; mint condition.
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