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- Maps and Prints, Middle East
- OIL-PETROLEUM HISTORY – ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY PIPELINE / IRAN – AHWAZ, KHUZISTAN / WWI MIDDLE EAST / CALCUTTA IMPRINT: Persia. / Arabistān Province. No. 10 A. (Rough Provisional Issue 2nd Edition). [Ahwaz].
- 950.00€
- 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…
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- Europe
- OPERATION BARBAROSSA / WORLD WAR II: 圖要ソ・獨ふ闘 [Soviet Union and Its Sole Fight]
- 850.00€
- An ephemeral Japanese map illustrating Operation Barbarossa in September 1941 highlights the complex relations between Japan, the Soviet Union, and the Axis powers during World War II. Colour lithography, 53 x 75 cm (21 x 29.8 inches) (soft folds).
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- Optical Illusions of early 19th century: Les Surprises [Surprises]
- 4,500.00€
- S. l., s.d, but France, circa 1815. 11 originally coloured engravings, each 7 x 6 cm (2.7 x 2.3 inches), 9 folded green sheets, each with printed title on the front, 2 pages of miniature text in the inner side and blank verso (of probably 12 sets), housed in original slipcase with illustrated cover (slipcase soiled with folds and scratches,…
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- Maps and Prints, Middle East
- Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. Made with the sanction of the Right Hon: Sir John Parkington, Bart: Secretary of State for War, by Captains C.W. Wilson and H.S. Palmer under the direction of Major General Sir Henry James, R.E: F.R.S., & c., Director General of the Ordnance Survey. Part II. Maps, Plans and Sections.
- 8,500.00€
- 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…
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- Czech Republic, Europe, Photography
- ORIENATLISM IN PRAGUE: Linguistische Verein in Prag [Linguistic Society in Prague]
- 550.00€
- A photograph of today little known Prague-based Linguistic Society, joining the prominent Austro-Hungarian researchers of Africa, as well as Indian, Arabic and Classical languages. Gelatin silver photo, contemporary mounted on thick card, manuscript numbers recto in margin, black manuscript in black ink and pencil on the back, 12 x 16,5 cm (4.7 x 6.5 inches), (minor foxing verso,…
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- ORIENTALISM: En déroute.
- 380.00€
- An elaborate large late 19th century colour photogravure of a painting of an Arabian charging army by Alfred Paris was made by a high-end Parisian gallery Boussod, Valadon & Cie.
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- Books, Geography, Maps and Prints
- OTTOMAN ATLAS / LEIPZIG IMPRINT: ايلك و اورته مكتبلره محضوص جوغرافيا اطلاسى
- 550.00€
- [İlk ve Orta Mekteblere Mahsus Coğrafya Atlası / Geographical Atlas for Primary and Middle Schools] Istanbul: A. M. Karmi, Publisher - Leipzig: Wagner & Debes, Printer [1922]. 4°, [2 pp.] lithographed title page and index verso, 24 pp. chromolithographed maps, original green card binding with lettering and green cloth spine (good used condition with minor foxing and minor chips in…
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- Books, Geography, Maps and Prints, Ottoman Books, Turkica
- OTTOMAN ATLAS: مكمل و مفصل جعرافيا عمومى اطلاسى
- 1,500.00€
- [Mükemmel ve Mufassal Co‎ğrafya-yı Umumi Atlası / Complete and Detailed General Geographical Atlas] 8°, [8 pp.], 188 pp.,, [4 pp.], interleaved page between p. 28-29, 37 colour lithographed double paged maps (complete) including one plate with two maps and one folding map, original blue binding with debossed lettering and decoration (sporadic old annotations in Ottoman, one map (Asia)…
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- Africa, Asia, Australia, Maps and Prints, World Maps
- OTTOMAN CARTOGRAPHY / EASTERN HEMISPHERE
- 1,500.00€
- Colour lithography, 96 x 63 cm (37.9 x 24.8 inches), (minor staining, tears repaired with modern tape and partly age-toned).
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- Maps and Prints, World Maps
- OTTOMAN CARTOGRAPHY / MAP OF THE WORLD: كرۀ‌ مسطحه [Kürre-i Müsattaha also Küre-i Müsattaha / Hemispheres of Earth lit. Flat Sphere]
- 1,800.00€
- A larger charming and seemingly unrecorded separately published map of the world in Ottoman language. Colour lithograph, 49 x 63 cm (19.3 x 24.8 inches) (light water-staining and staining on the left-hand side, otherwise in a good condition).
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- Europe, Greece, Maps and Prints, Turkey
- Ottoman Cartography / Rumelia: روم ايلى شهانه خريطه سى [Rumeli-yi şahane haritası also Rumeli-i şahane haritası / Map of Principality Rumelia]
- 1,400.00€
- A gigantic (over 2 m) wall map of Rumelia (Northern Greece) made by the Ottoman Military Office Colour lithography, composed of 12 plates, originally mounted on linen and varnished, with original wooden rollers, 124 x 210 cm (48.8 x 82.7 inches) (minor staining and water-staining, light scratches, small losses of image in the middle part, rollers with chipping…
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