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- SUDAN / EGYPT – MAHDIST WAR – PAIR OF MAPS:
- 1,200.00€
- A pair of fine, separately issued maps that represent the first broadly accurate general mapping of Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan; important masterpieces of frontier military cartography printed during the Siege of Khartoum, and which served as the definitive maps used by Anglo-Egyptian forces for the remainder of the Mahdist War (1881-99), the epic contest for control of Sudan;…
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- SUDAN / RAILWAYS: [Sudan Governor-General Sir Charles Gordon’s Original Manuscript Report submitted to the Egyptian Public Works Minister Ali Pasha Mubarak prosing a scheme to save the embattled Egypt-Khartoum Railway project, illustrated with an original Mss. Map].
- 8,200.00€
- Charles George GORDON, aka “Gordon of Khartoum” (1833 - 1884). Manuscript, [Khartoum, Autumn 1879]. An original manuscript of extraordinary quality and interest, being a report written by the legendary British soldier-adventurer Sir Charles George Gordon, aka “Gordon of Khartoum”, in his capacity as Governor-General of Sudan, in the service of the Egyptian Khedive, articulating his well-conceived plan to…
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- Sundials & Paper Instruments
- 2,200.00€
- A delightful unique collection featuring a manuscript on sundials and two paper instruments, all contained in a contemporary marbled paper case.
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- Decorative Prints, Maps and Prints
- SUPERSTITION: MOLES AND PERSONALITY – OTTOMAN EMPIRE
- 550.00€
- Anon. [S. l., S. d., but Ottoman Empire, probably Istanbul, late 19th century]. Black ink on paper, 31,5 x 21 cm (inches), (tiny tears in folds and margins light foxing).
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- Americas, Maps and Prints, Newly Catalogued Items: August 2022, South America
- SURINAM – PARAMARIBO / AERIAL CARTOGRAPHY: Stadsplattegrond van Paramaribo, schaal 1:10.000 / Townmap of Paramaribo / Plan de ville de Paramaribo / Mapa da cidade Paramaribo / Mapa de la ciudad Paramaribo / Stadtplan Paramaribo.
- 550.00€
- RESERVED An intriguing late colonial era map of Paramaribo, Surinam, in the form of an aerial photograph of the city tinted in green superimposed with information identifying all streets, 208 named key sites, neighborhoods, railways, and bus and ferry routes; created by the colony’s foremost geographer and geologist, Henk Dahlberg, working for the Surinam’s Central Bureau of Air…
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- Americas, Maps and Prints, South America
- SURINAM – PARAMARIBO / WEST INDIES URBANISM: Paramaribo 1916-17.
- 950.00€
- A highly, detailed, large format separately issued official plan of Paramaribo, showcasing the capital of Surinam on the eve of the Roaring ’20s, when it was a fast growing mart of commodities and one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world, depicting all significant aspects of infrastructure, land use and key institutions (including churches, mosques, Hindu temples and…
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- Americas, Books, Maps and Prints, South America
- SURINAME – PARAMARIBO: [Figuratieve Plattegrond der Stad Paramaribo (Kolonie Suriname, Zuid-Amerika) in 9 Kaarten met een plan der geheele stad op schaal. door A.J. Meyer, Ambtenaar bij de Belastingen].
- 2,800.00€
- Exceedingly rare - 1 of only 3 known examples - the first ultra-detailed printed city plan of Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, issued only 12 years after the abolition of slavery, when the city’s was experiencing dramatic physical and population growth due the influx of emancipated slaves migrating from rural plantations; made by Albertus Jacobus Meijer, a tax collector, who…
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- Maps and Prints, Middle East, New Acquisitions: September 2020
- SYRIA – ALEPPO / MIDDLE EAST / OTTOMAN CARTOGRAPHY: حلب ولآيت [Halep Viayet / Vilayet Aleppo]
- 160.00€
- Postcard. Lithography in colour (Very Good, slightly age-toned, verso small later annotations in the corner, a tiny piece of corner missing) 13 x 9 cm (5.11 x 3.5 inches).
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- SYRIA / LEBANON / PALESTINE / ISRAEL / TURKEY / JORDAN / WORLD WAR I / RAILWAYS: Syrien und Mesopotamien: zur Darstellung der Reise des Dr. Max Freiherrn von Oppenheim vom Mittelmeer zum Persischen Golf, 1893 / I: Westliches Blatt / Eisenbahn-Nachträge 19
- 550.00€
- The scarce World War I edition of the stellar map Heinrich Kiepert originally made to illustrate Max Freiherr von Oppenheim’s travels in the Levant, but here revised as a special ‘Railway Edition’ to depict the extensive, new railroad systems in the region that played major role in the on-going conflict.
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- Maps and Prints, Middle East, New Acquisitions: September 2020
- SYRIA: سوریه ولايتى [Suriye Vilayeti]
- 180.00€
- Postcard. Lithography in colour (Very Good, slightly age-toned, tiny tears and chips in margins ) 10 x 14cm (5.11 x 3.5 inches).
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- SYRIA.
- 280.00€
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