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 Holy Land in the Time of Abraham
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Israel/ Lebanon/ Syria/ Jordan/ Iraq. MONTANUS, A.
[Antwerp, 1572]
Tabula Terrae Canaan Abrahae Tempore Et Anteadventum Filior….
13 x 20 3/8 inches
Fine hand color; red-ruled border of the period; excellent condition.
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Rare First Issue of the Best Ptolemaic Map of the Area
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Russia/ Turkey/ Armenia/ Azerbaijan/ Georgia. MERCATOR, G./ PTOLEMY, C.
[Brussels, 1578]
Asiae III Tab:.
13 ¾ x 18 inches
Fine hand color; lightly toned, else excellent condition.
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Mapping the Travels of Saint Paul
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Eastern Mediterranean/ Holy Land. ORTELIUS, A.
[Antwerp, 1579]
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus.
13 ¾ x 19 ½ inches
Fine original color; lightly toned, few oxidized areas reinforced, two printer’s creases, overall very good.
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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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