Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Maps of Egypt and the Middle East – Europe, 18th-19th Centuries
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Nine maps of Egypt and the Middle East – engravings from atlases, travelogues and other works. [Europe, 18th-19th centuries (one earlier map, from the 16th century)].
1. "Egitto Nvova tavola", map of Egypt and the Nile. Engraving from "La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino". [Venice, 1574].
2. "Le cours entier du grand et fameux Nil, appellé la rivièr de l'Egypte dans l'Ecriture sainte avec la Basse et la Haute Egypte, par où il passe", map of the Nile and modern Egypt, by Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777). Hand-colored engraving. Augsburg, [1735].
3. "Carte de L' Egypte et de La Libye", map of Egypt and Libya by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782). Hand-colored engraving. [Paris], 1738.
4. "Carte de la coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse", map of the Middle East, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Hand-colored engraving from "Histoire Générale des Voyages" by Antoine François Prévost. [Paris], 1740.
5. "Carta nuova dell' Arabia fatta in Amsterdam per Isauc Tirion", map of the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and its vicinity, by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777). Engraving, presumably from one of the editions of "Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi" by Thomas Salmon. [Venice?, ca. mid-18th century].
6. "Tabula Aegypti Antiquae", map of ancient Egypt, by Rigobert Bonne. Engraving. Paris, 1783.
7. "Egypt, Called in the language of the Country Missir", map of Egypt, engraving after Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. London, 1788.
8. "Tabula itineraria a Sues usque ad Dsjäbbel El Mokátteb et Montem Sinai", map of the Gulf of Suez. Hand-colored engraving from one of the editions of "Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien" by Carsten Niebuhr. [Copenhagen, ca. late 18th century]. Laor 534a.
9. "Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia", map of Egypt and the Delta of the Nile. Engraving from "Geographia Antiqua, Being a Complete Set of Maps Of Antient Geography" by Christoph Cellarius. [London, 1817].
Size and condition varies.
1. "Egitto Nvova tavola", map of Egypt and the Nile. Engraving from "La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino". [Venice, 1574].
2. "Le cours entier du grand et fameux Nil, appellé la rivièr de l'Egypte dans l'Ecriture sainte avec la Basse et la Haute Egypte, par où il passe", map of the Nile and modern Egypt, by Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777). Hand-colored engraving. Augsburg, [1735].
3. "Carte de L' Egypte et de La Libye", map of Egypt and Libya by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782). Hand-colored engraving. [Paris], 1738.
4. "Carte de la coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse", map of the Middle East, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Hand-colored engraving from "Histoire Générale des Voyages" by Antoine François Prévost. [Paris], 1740.
5. "Carta nuova dell' Arabia fatta in Amsterdam per Isauc Tirion", map of the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and its vicinity, by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777). Engraving, presumably from one of the editions of "Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi" by Thomas Salmon. [Venice?, ca. mid-18th century].
6. "Tabula Aegypti Antiquae", map of ancient Egypt, by Rigobert Bonne. Engraving. Paris, 1783.
7. "Egypt, Called in the language of the Country Missir", map of Egypt, engraving after Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. London, 1788.
8. "Tabula itineraria a Sues usque ad Dsjäbbel El Mokátteb et Montem Sinai", map of the Gulf of Suez. Hand-colored engraving from one of the editions of "Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien" by Carsten Niebuhr. [Copenhagen, ca. late 18th century]. Laor 534a.
9. "Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia", map of Egypt and the Delta of the Nile. Engraving from "Geographia Antiqua, Being a Complete Set of Maps Of Antient Geography" by Christoph Cellarius. [London, 1817].
Size and condition varies.
Early Manuscripts, Bibles, Maps, Travelogues, Prints
Early Manuscripts, Bibles, Maps, Travelogues, Prints