"Desrittione Dell'Asia Minore addimandata volgarmente La Natolia e dell'Isole circongiacenti"

Copper etching published in “Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra"

Gio. Battista & Giorgio Galignani Fratelli. Venice, 1598

First edition in Italian prepared by Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617)

Map shows Turkey, Cyprus and Greek Islands along Turkish coast south to the Island of Crete (Candia) and the Syrian coast.

General age toning. Minor traces of age and use. One foxing spot. Verso: related text.

Sheet: 28.5 x 19 cm (11.2 x 7.5")

Map: 12.6 x 17.2 cm (5 x 6.8")

$ 350.00

Order Nr.ASIAMINOR235650

"Tavola Quarta Dell'Aisa" (The fourth Ptolemy map of Asia)

Map shows: Cyprus, South east Anatolia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Sinai Peninsula, Northern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Irak, Kuwait

Copper etching after Claudius Ptolemaeus published in “Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra" Gio. Battista & Giorgio Galignani Fratelli. Venice, 1598

First edition in Italian prepared by Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617)

Light general age toning. Some minor traces of age and use.

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Reverse side: "Tavola Terza Dell'Asia" (The thrid Ptolemy map of Asia)

Map shows Gedorgia, Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Iran. The land bridge between The Black and the Caspian Sea.

Sheet: 28.5 x 19 cm (11.2 x 7.5")

Map: 12.4 x 17 (4.9 x 6.7")

$ 350.00

Order Nr. NEAREAST235645

"Syria/Cypern/Palestina/Mesopotamia/Babylonia/zwey Arabia/mit Bergen/Wässern und Stetten:" Wood cut by Sebastian Münster ca 1550. Modern hand coloring.

In the upper right corner of this very historic map is part of the Caspian Sea and in the lower right part of the Perian Gulf. In the lower left is the mouth of the Nile river. Cyprus is off the coast of Syria. Two insets give information about the areas shown on the map. Decorative title on backside.

Margins have scattered spotting. Some browning along centerfold. Creases in lower inset and at top of centerfold. The centerfold has been reinforced. Uneven area in lower margin on centerfold. Very thin crease in left margin reaching into image. Spot in lower inset. General condition is Better than Good for a map over 400 years old!

30.5 x 35.5 cm ( 12 x 13.9 ")

$ 380.00

Order nr. MIDDLEEAST1852