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Iraq - pictorial map. "Development Board Ministry of Develpment Illustrated Map of Iraq for Development Projects". Compiled by A. Karim Rifaat. Published by Survey Press in Baghdad, ca. 1955. 117:95 cm.
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. "Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus". Orig. copperplate engraving from Mercator - Hondius Atlas. Published by H. Hondius and J. Janssonius in Amsterdam 1633 (first ed. 1606). With ornament. titel cartouche and a cartouche with the scale of map. 35:50,5 cm.
Middle East. "Turcici Imperii Imago". Orig. copper-engraving, J. Hondius, 1606. Published by H. Hondius, 1630. With decorative title-cartouche. 36:48,5 cm.
Cyprus and Israel. "In monte Casio iuxta Ostracinam ..." (Cyprus with Israel). Orig. woodblock from S. Münster's 'Cosmographiae Universalis'. Cutted by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (monogram lower right). Published in Basel by H. Petri, 1550. With...
Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. "Tabula Asiae IX". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 18,5:24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch.).
Persia (Iran and Iraq). "Tabula Asiae V". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).
Syria, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus. "Tabula Asiae IIII". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).
"Soria et Terra Sancta Nuova Tavola". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:24,5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).
Ottoman Empire. "Turcicum Imperium". Orig. copper-engraving from the Latin edition of A. Ortelius' Epitome. Published by J. B. Vrients in Antwerp, 1609. With ornamental title-cartouche and Latin title above the map. 9:12 cm (3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inch.).
Syria and Libanon. "Syriae sive Soriae. Nova et Accurata descriptio". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1664. Orig. old colouring. 44:52 cm.
"Tripolis in Syrien". Orig. copper-engraving from J. Ogilby's "Africa". Published in Leiden, 1668. With decorative title-cartouche, many figures and boats in the foreground and explanatory notes (1.-5-) below the picture. 30:36 cm (11 3/4 x 14...
Persia. "Persia". Orig. copper-engraving from A. Ortelius' French ed. of his "Epitome", published in Antwerp by J. B. Vrienst, 1602. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala leucar.") and French heading-title. 7,5:11 cm...
Persia. "Persia". Orig. copper-engraving from A. Ortelius' "Epitome", published in Antwerp by J. B. Vrienst, 1609. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala leucarum") and Latin heading-title. 8,5:12,5 cm (3 1/2 x 5 inch.).
Iran. "Persiae Regnum Sive Sophorum Imperium". Orig. copperplate engraving from G. Magini's 'Geographiae Universae'. Engraved by G. Porro. Published by P. Keschedt in Cologne, 1597. 12,5:17 cm.
Turkey and Near East. "Turquie en Asie". Orig. copperplate engraving, Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, ca. 1730. Orig. old colouring. With figure title cartouche. 22,5:30 cm.
Europe, North Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Persia. "Historische Welt-Karte". Orig. copperplate map, 1782. Engraved by O. Niederhofer after A. Prizek's drawing. With title cartouche, another decorative cartouche and many depictions on the map. 32,5:41,5 cm.
Ottoman Empire. "Generalkarte des Türkischen Kriegsschauplatzes". Orig. lithogpraphy after H. Kiepert's map. Published by D. Reimer (E. Vohsen) in Berlin, (1916). With title cartouche and explanatory notes. 86:116 cm.
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. "Magni Turcarum Dominatoris Imperium per Europam, Asiam, et Africam ... accuratissima cura delineatum". Orig. copper-engraving, T. C. Lotter (1717-1777), Augsburg, ca. 1750. Orig. old colouring. With...
Middle East. "Turcici Imperii Descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius, 1570. Original old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche and 4 ships. 37,5:50 cm.
Near East. "Zug der Persianischen Kauffleut, so Jährlich zweymahl von Alepo nach Ormus reisen und handlen". Orig. copper-engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry and Johann Israel de Bry. From Jan Huyghen's van Linschoten "Ander Theil der...
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait."Opulentissimi Regni Persiae juxta suas Provincias recentissima et accuratissima Designatio". Orig. copper-engraving, T. C. Lotter (1717-1777), Augsburg, ca. 1750. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche with the scale...
Amman, Jost (1539-1591). Arabia. "Mauritanus ex Arabia. Ein Mohr auß Arabia". Orig. woodblock, J. Amman from the first edition of his "Habitus praecipuorum populorum ... Trachtenbuch ...". Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. 28,5:18 cm.
Jost Amman."Satrapa ex Persia. Ein Persier Herr". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti. Trachtenbuch darin fast allerley und...
"Syria" (title above the map) - "Syria Mesopotamia Assyriae Babylonia Arabia Cypr ..." (title in map). Orig. woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti in Basel, 1564. 13,5:16 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/4 inch.).
Middle East."Turcicum Imperium". Orig. copper-engraving. J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1636. Original old colouring. With graet figure title-cartouche and 2 ships. 41:52 cm (16 1/4 x 20 1/2 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae VI". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 18,5:24,5 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inch.).
Middle East."Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa". Orig. copper-engraving, J. B. Homann after J. M. Haas map of the region. Published by Homann's Heirs in Nuremberg, 1737. Original old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche. 50:58,5...
Middle East."Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae Descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving. F. de Wit, Amsterdam, ca. 1680. Original old colouring. With figure title-cartouche, another figure cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria Germanica...
"Perse". Orig. copper-engraving. after G. Delisle map. Published in Paris, ca. 1700. Orig. old colouring. With title above the map. 14:17 cm (5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae V". Orig. woodcut from the first edition of C. Ptolemaeus' Geographia by S. Munster. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 2 cartouches. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).
"Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum". Orig. copper-engraving by M. Merian, ca. 1640. With figure title-cartouche and the scale of map ("Milliaria Germanica Comunia"). 27:35 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch.).
Arabian Peninsula. "Arabiae felicis, Petrae et Desertae nova et accurata delineatio". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius. Published in Amsterdam by G. Valck and P. Schenk, ca. 1690. Orig. old colouring. 43,5:51 cm.
Turkish empire."Turcicum Imperium". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius. Published by F. Galle in Antwerps, 1598. With ornamental title-cartouche and Latin heading title. 8:11 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae IIII". Orig. woodcut by S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published by H. Petri in Basle, ca. 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 4 cartouches. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae VI". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, ornamental cartouche and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae VI". Orig. woodcut by S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, ca. 1540. With Lat. heading title, ornamental cartouche and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).
"Tabula Asiae VII". Orig. copper-engraving, G. Ruscelli, 1561. After C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. With engraved Lat. heding-title. 20:26 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inch.).
"Arabia felice nuova tavola". Orig. copper-engraving, G. Ruscelli. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 20:26 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inch.).
"Arabia". Orig. copper-engraving from P. Bertius' Tabulae Geographicae Contractae, published by J. Hondius Jr. (1593-1650) in Amsterdam, 1616/18. With ornamental title-cartouche, another cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria German.") and...
"Ormus regnum". Orig. copper-engraving from P. Bertius' Tabulae Geographicae Contractae, published by J. Hondius Jr. (1593-1650) in Amsterdam, 1616/18. With ornamental title-cartouche with the scale of map ("Miliaria German.") and printed Latin...
"Sinus Persicus". Orig. woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti in Basel, 1564. 14:16 cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inch.).
Middle East."Paradisus". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Published in Amsterdam by J. Hondius, C. Claesz. and J. Jansz., 1607. With title-cartouche and great ornamental cartouche showing Adam and Eve in Paradise below the...
"Persici vel Sophorum Regni typus". Orig. copper-engraving from "Atlas Minor", engraved by P. Kaerius. Published in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius, 1648-51. With ornamental title-cartouche, another ornamental cartouche with the scale of map...
"Persicum Regnum". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Published in Amsterdam by J. Hondius, C. Claesz. and J. Jansz., 1609. With ornamental title-cartouche, another ornamental cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria...
Middle East."Turcicum Imperium". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Published in Amsterdam by J. Hondius, C. Claesz. and J. Jansz., 1607. With great ornamental title-cartouche with the scale of map ("Milliaria Germanica")....
"Tabula Asiae V". Orig. woodblock, after C. Ptolemy's map of the region, by S. Munster. Published by H. Petri in Basle, ca. 1540. With Lat. heading-title and 2 cartouches. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch.).
Turkey, Arabia, the Middle East. "Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe". Orig. copper-engraving by N. Sanson, published in Paris, 1654. Original outline colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche with the scale...
"Prospect der Stadt Caschan in Persien, fünff tag reisen von Ispahan". Orig. copper-engraving by G. Bodenehr (1664-1758), published in Augsburg ca. 1720. With German engraved title and explanatory notes below the picture ("Caschan eine ungemein...
"Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provnicias exacte divisi Nova Tabula Geographica". Copper-engraving. Published by J. B. Homann, ca 1720. With great figure title-cartouche and another figure cartouche with "Scalae Milliariae". 49:58,5 cm.
"Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus". Orig. copper-engraving published by A. Ortelius, ca. 1590. Old coloured. With ornamental title-cartouche and scale with a figure in lower left corner. 35:50 cm.