Middle East

Chromolithograph. 9 x 13,5 cm (3.5 x 5.3 inches). Minor staining, overall in a good condition.

  Chromolithograph, 51 x 34 cm (13.4 x 20 inches), (small repaired tears in the fold, sporadic light staining in white margins, but otherwise in a good condition).   Istanbul: Matbaa-I Amire [1307-1309 AH [1891-1893 AD] Atlas] – Mahmud Bey Matbaası 1309 AH [1893 AD] [date on the map].  

  Exceedingly rare and classified - one of the first accurate surveys of the Ahwaz area of the Arabistan region of Persia (today Khuzistan Province, Iran), importantly showcasing a great stretch of the first oil pipeline in the Middle East, completed in 1912, which connected the Masjed Soleyman Oilfield with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s refinery at Abadan; published in the…

The very rare, spectacular and complete portfolio of 8 very large format maps and 2 Topographical Cross-Sections from the ‘Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai’ (1868-9), the ambitious exploring expedition led by the Royal Engineer captains Charles William Wilson and Henry Spencer Palmer that conducted the first scientific mapping and archaeological reconnaissance of the interior of the Sinai, both to…

  Exceedingly rare – one of the great monuments of Late Ottoman cartography, being the only official large-format Ottoman transportation atlas, including 26 double-page maps of an original, ingenious proto-modernist design, of which 8 maps concern the Arab World, including 1 map showcasing Hejaz and 1 map depicting Mecca & Jeddah; backed by detailed text explaining numerous itineraries for the…

  The map showcases the region between the Sanjak of Zor to Basra, with an inset map representing the area of today’s Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain with marked Kuwait, Qatif, Manama, Najd and Al-Ahsa.   Colour lithography, 19 x 27 cm (7.5 x 10.6 inches), (slightly age-toned and stained in the margins, otherwise in a good condition).

  A gigantic late 19th century map of the Ottoman Empire  

  Map of the Ottoman Empire with the Arabian Peninsula in the middle. Marked are the most important cities and the Hejaz Railway.   Colour lithography, 26 x 38 cm (10.2 x 14.9 inches), (soft fold in the middle slightly stained with tiny repaired holes and tears).

  Colour lithography, 27 x 19 cm (10.6 x 7.5 inches), (slightly age-toned and stained in the margins, otherwise in a good condition).

Very rare – a stellar example of Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet’s map of Palestine, a large separately issued work predicated upon field surveys made by Ottoman and German military engineers during World War I, all brought to print on a single map for the first time; issued in Istanbul in 1921 by the Army Press, it was the very last…

  An exceedingly rare map of a port in the Red Sea, printed on thin paper in Italian language, was sold separately for navigational uses.   Lithograph on thin paper, each 31 x 23 cm (12.2 x 9 inches).

  An exceedingly rare map of a port in the Red Sea, printed on thin paper in Italian language, was sold separately for navigational uses.   Lithograph on thin paper, each 31 x 23 cm (12.2 x 9 inches).