Middle East

Martin Waldseemüller: Quarta Asiae Tabula
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513
Waldseemüller's scarce woodcut map of the Holy Land and the Middle East with Cyprus.Rare and early woodcut map of the the Holy Land and the Middle East by Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the...
Quarta Asiae Tabula
1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
12052
Antique woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513.

5 800,00 €
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Laurent Fries: Tabula Nona Asia Continentur, Aria
Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel, Vienne, 1541
An early woodcut map of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the western part of India. With a small illustration of a king and title on verso.The origin of this Ptolemaic map is the first so called...
Tabula Nona Asia Continentur, Aria
1541 - Laurent Fries
11703
Antique woodcut map of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Printed in Vienne by Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.

450,00 €
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Sebastian Münster: Die Tafel gibt ein kleine anzeigung... / Von Jerusalem...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
Early woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. On the full page. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published 1550 by...
Die Tafel gibt ein kleine anzeigung... / Von Jerusalem...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
12599
Antique woodcut map of Cyprus, Israel. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

290,00 €
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Sebastian Münster: [Die Tafel gibt ein klein anzeigung...]
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early, attractive woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. On the full page. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder ,...
[Die Tafel gibt ein klein anzeigung...]
1574 - Sebastian Münster
11319
Antique woodcut map of Cyprus, Israel. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

290,00 €
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Francois de Belleforest: Ormus
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Hormuz, an island in the Strait of Hormuz, belonging to Iran. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. Based on...
Ormus
1575 - Francois de Belleforest
11424
Antique woodcut town view of Hormuz, Persian Gulf, Iran. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

330,00 €
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Sebastian Münster: Cyria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / Chaldea und zwey Arabia mit Bergen Wassern...
Heinrich Petri, Basel, 1578
Frühe, attraktive Holzschnittkarte des östlichen Mittelmeeres und dem Mittleren Osten. Zeigt die Gegend zwischen Nord-Syrien und dem Roten Meer, mit Zypern, dem Heiligen Land, Jordanien und Teilen...
Cyria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / Chaldea und zwey...
1578 - Sebastian Münster
12914
Antike Holzschnitt-Landkarte von Zypern, Palästina, Syrien, Israel. Gedruckt bei Heinrich Petri im Jahre 1578 in Basel.

470,00 €
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Abraham Ortelius: Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus
Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1595
Hand coloured antique map of Persia by Abraham Ortelius. With a beautiful title cartouche. Covering the area of today Iran with the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. From the 1595 edition of...
Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus
1595 - Abraham Ortelius
11898
Coloured map of the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1595.

650,00 €
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Gerard Mercator: Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
A beautiful engraved map of Persia by G. Mercator. Depicting the regions of contemporary Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. Notable place-names such as Tabriz (formerly Tauris), Tehran (Taron), Isfahan...
Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus
1633 - Gerard Mercator
12792
Coloured map of Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.

750,00 €
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Jodocus Hondius: Turcici Imperii Imago
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
Beautifully coloured antique map of the Ottoman Empire from the 1633 French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major, published by Henricus Hondius and Johannes Janssonius. The geographical...
Turcici Imperii Imago
1633 - Jodocus Hondius
12872
Coloured map of the Ottoman Empire. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.

1 350,00 €
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Turcicum Imperium
J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
Beautiful old coloured map of the Turkish Empire by Willem Blaeu. Very decorative map of the Ottoman Empire issued during the first half of the 17th Century. The beautiful title cartouche shows...
Turcicum Imperium
1635 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
11509
Old coloured map of the Ottoman Empire. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Blaeu in 1635.

1 200,00 €
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Nicolas Visscher: De Gelegenheyt van't Paradys ende't Landt Canaan...
Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Amsterdam, 1654
Decorative map of the location of Paradise by Nicolas Visscher. Above biblical scenes with Adam and Eve, in between the title cartouche. In the Mediterranean Sea with Cyprus, a sailing ship and a...
De Gelegenheyt van't Paradys ende't Landt Canaan...
1654 - Nicolas Visscher
12747
Antique map of the Middle East. Printed in Amsterdam by Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn in 1654.

390,00 €
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Alexis Hubert Jaillot: Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turcs en Europe, es Asie, et en Afrique / Nova Imperii...
H. Jaillot, Paris, 1696
Old coloured antique map of the Ottoman Empire by Hubert Jaillot. Shows the south-east of Europe, the Middle East and the north-east of Africa. A title cartouche at the bottom centre.
Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turcs en Europe, es Asie, et en...
1696 - Alexis Hubert Jaillot
12480
Old coloured map of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire. Printed in Paris by H. Jaillot in 1696.

780,00 €
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Christoph Weigel: Imperii Persici delineatio...
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Antique map of Persia by Christoph Weigel. Shows the Iran and the Persian Gulf with the Emirates and the gulf of Oman. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche. From Bequemer Schul- und...
Imperii Persici delineatio...
1718 - Christoph Weigel
12032
Old coloured map of Iran, Persia, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

250,00 €
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Christoph Weigel: Mesopotamiae, Assyriae, et Babyloniae Tabula
Nuremberg, 1720
Old coloured map of Babylon, Mesopotamia and Assyria. Shows today's Syria, Iran and Iraq in biblical times. With a beautiful view of the Tower of Babel and an inset map identifies the paradise on...
Mesopotamiae, Assyriae, et Babyloniae Tabula
1720 - Christoph Weigel
11492
Old coloured map of Mesopotamia, Babylon. Printed in Nuremberg in the year 1720.

180,00 €
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Reiner Ottens: Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin
Reiner & Joshua Ottens, Amsterdam, 1745
A magnificently preserved, old coloured example of Frederic De Wit's sea chart of Africa, Arabia and part of India. This map, here the one in the rare 1745 edition by Reiner & Joshua Ottens, is...
Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad...
1745 - Reiner Ottens
12864
Old coloured sea chart of the Indian Ocean. Printed in Amsterdam by Reiner & Joshua Ottens in 1745.

1 350,00 €
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Emanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of Persia, with the Adjacent Countries ...
E. Bowen, London, 1747
Bowen's map of Persia showing the area of Iran and the Persian Gulf with the Emirates and the gulf of Oman. From 'A Complete System of Geography' . Decorated with a compass rose and a nice figural...
A New & Accurate Map of Persia, with the Adjacent Countries ...
1747 - Emanuel Bowen
11287
Antique map of the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

380,00 €
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Alexander Drummond: Topographical Map from Aleppo to the Euphrates & co.
Willam Strahan, London, 1754
Rare, large map of the region between Aleppo in Syria and the Euphrates. Drummond's map was published in 1754 in his travel report 'Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and...
Topographical Map from Aleppo to the Euphrates & co.
1754 - Alexander Drummond
11171
Antique map of Euphrates, Aleppo, Syria. Printed in London by Willam Strahan in 1754.

300,00 €
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Lienhart Holle: [Sexta Asie Tabula, Arabia Felix]
Lienhart Holle, Ulm, July 1482
One of the earliest obtainable and most desirable printed maps of Arabia. From the first Ulm edition of 1482.Probably the most beautiful map of the Arabian peninsula and the most...
[Sexta Asie Tabula, Arabia Felix]
1482 - Lienhart Holle
11477
First Edition of an important 15th Century Map of Arabia. Printed in July 1482 in Ulm by Lienhard Holle. After the Manuscript of Donnus Nicolaus Germanus.
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Hartmann Schedel: Babilomia Seu Babilon
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
A very early woodcut view of the ancient city of Babylon in today's Iraq by Hartmann Schedel. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle , printed in 1493. Leaf...
Babilomia Seu Babilon
1493 - Hartmann Schedel
12109
Coloured woodcut town view of Babylon. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
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Hartmann Schedel: Ninive
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Early woodcut view of Nineveh in today's Mossul, Iraq by Hartmann Schedel. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle , printed in 1493. Leaf number XX.The...
Ninive
1493 - Hartmann Schedel
12111
Coloured woodcut town view of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
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Hartmann Schedel: Hiericho
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Early woodcut of Jericho in the Jordan Valley by Hartmann Schedel. Some have suggested it could represent London. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle ,...
Hiericho
1493 - Hartmann Schedel
12122
Coloured woodcut town view of Jericho. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
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Hartmann Schedel: Damascus
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Early woodcut view of Damascus by Hartmann Schedel. Some have suggested it could represent London. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle , printed in 1493. Leaf...
Damascus
1493 - Hartmann Schedel
12123
Coloured woodcut town view of Damascus, Syria. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
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Laurent Fries: Tabu. VII Asiae
Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1525
Trapezoidal Ptolemaic woodcut map showing the area around Caspian Sea. A reduced version of Martin Waldseemullers ptolemy map from 1513. From the 1525 Strassbourg Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia....
Tabu. VII Asiae
1525 - Laurent Fries
10081
Antique woodcut map of the Caspian Sea. Printed in Strasbourg by Grüninger in 1525.
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Sebastian Münster: Tabula Asiae VII
Petri, Basle, 1571
Woodcut map showing Persia up to India between Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. From the Latin 1571 edition of Strabo's Geographia with maps of Sebastian Munster which appeared in Ptolemy Geographia...
Tabula Asiae VII
1571 - Sebastian Münster
10079
Antique woodcut map of the Middle East. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1571.
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