"Ancienne mosquee du Khalyfe El-Hakem, situee pres de la porte Bab-el-Nasr"

Steel engraving for Lemaitre ca 1845.

9 x 13.9 cm ( 3.5 x 5.5 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. EGYPT234956

"Tombs of the Memlooks, Cairo, Wirh Arab Funeral"

This lithograph is from the 1855 edition published in quarto size by Day and Son in London.
It is dated Nov. 15th, 1855. Included is an extra page of text.

Fine, clean image. Very minor spots in margins.

Image size: 12 x 17.5 cm ( 4.7 x 6.8 ")
Page size: 19.5 x 28.5 cm ( 7.6 x 11.2 " )

$ 85.00

Order Nr. DAVIDROBERTS238956

No title. PROOF - Cairo. - Bab al-Futuh.

(a proof print is a test print for the printer to evaluate quality. It is, like in this case, printed BEFORE title was added, i.e. before going into series. These proofs are VERY RARE!)

Copper etching by Pierre Nicolas Ransonette (1745-1810)

Finished by M.a. Benoits

After the drawing by Louis-Francois Cassas (1758-1827)

Published in: ãDESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été ... artistes qui prirent part à l' expédition de l'Armée française et de Napoléon en Egypte." Paris, 1809-1815

Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition took place from 1798 to 1801. He was accompanied by a large group of scientists and artists. The result was a gigantic encyclopedia of Egypt, published in eleven folio-sized volumes starting in 1809

Condition: Image is perfect. In margins within plate marks, but away from image are some minor scrape-offs of surface paper.

Image: 38,7 x 26,1 cm (ca. 15.2 x 10.3")

Page size: ca. 52 x 35 cm (ca. 20 x 13.5")

$ 660.00

Order Nr. EGYPT237825

Cairo. - ãVue de la Porte Bar-El-Fotouh"

Lithograph in original hand-coloring. By Emile Edmond Ollivier (1800-1864)

After the drrawing by Pascal Xavier Coste (1787-1879)

Published in his: ãL'Architecture arabe ou Monuments du Caire"

Paris, 1837-1839

Rare and beautiful!!!

Even age toning. Along the wide margin edges traces of age and use.

Image: 44,5 x 30,5 cm (ca. 17.5 x 12")

Sheet size: 56 x 40 cm (ca. 22 x 15.7")

$ 650.00

Order Nr. EGYPT237828

Cairo. - ãVue de la Fontaine et de l'Ecole D'Iismayil-Bey sur la Rue Souo-El-Asr"

Hand-colored lithograp by Hebon after drawing by Xavier Pascal Coste (1787 - 1879). Published by Courtain / Letronne. in: in: ãArchitecture arabe ou Monuments de Kaire..." Paris, ca. 1870

Ismail-Bey was the second son of Ibrahim Pasha. He was an important educator.

Some minor traces of age and use in margins.

30.5 x 44.8 cm (12 x 17.6")

$ 580.00

Order Nr. EGYPT237165

"Mosquee El-Azhar dite vulgarmente des fleurs"

Steel engraving for Lemaitre ca 1845.

9 x 13.8 cm ( 3.5 x 5.4 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. EGYPTCAIRO234959

Cairo. - "Bab en Nasr, or Gate of Victory, and Mosque of El Hakim, Cairo".

Hand-colored lithograph from ãEgypt and Nubia" Published in London 1849 and , ãThe Near East and the Holy Land" by David Roberts (1796 - 1864). Published in London 1842 - 1849

On the full page with text print below and on reverse side.

Some minor traces of age and use. A fairly small water stain in bottom margin

24 x 34 cm (9.4 x 13.4")

$ 320.00

Order Nr. DAVID ROBERTS236039

"Tombs of the Memlooks, Cairo, with an Arab Funeral"

Title is in lower margin. A few small repaired tears on margin edges. A few light scattered spots in margins.

24.5 x 34.5 cm ( 9.6 x 13.5 ")

$ 620.00

Order Nr. DAVIDROBERTS4731

"Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo"

Repaired tear on upper margin edge. A few minor spots in margins.

Page size: 62.5 x 45 cm ( 24.6 x 17.7 ")
Image size: 51.2 x 33.6 cm ( 20.1 x 13.2 ")

$ 1500.00

Order Nr. DAVIDROBERTS4735

"Indostan or British India"

In the lower right corner is an inset titled "Continuation of British India".

Type of print: Lithograph

Color: Original hand coloring

Publisher: George W. Colton

Published in: "Colton's Atlas of the World illustrating physical and political geography"

Published: New York, 1856

Map has overall pleasant age toning. A few scattered apots in upper right area.

40 x 33.5 cm ( 15.7 x 13.1 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. INDIAMAP239611

"Magni Mogolis Imperium"

"Amstelodami Sumptibus apud P. Schenk et G. Valk"

Copper engraving published ca 1720 by Schenk and Valk in Amsterdam.

Original hand coloring.

The map shows the courses of the Indus and Ganges Rivers. Native animals decorate

the map. The map extends from Persia to Pakistan.

Fine condition. Vertical centerfold. Very, very minor signs of age and use.

Map image: 36.5 x 49 cm 14.3 x 19.2 ")

$ 440.00

Order Nr. INDIA250721

"Vorder- und Hinter-Indien"

Lithograpph by E. Serth. Darmstadt.

Published in Brommes Illustrators Hand-Atlas, 1862

Very pretty map. Clean. Along margin edges some browning.

Very nice borderline hand-colored Bromme-Atlas

30 x 38 cm (ca. 11.8 x 15")

$ 170.00

Order Nr. INDIAMAP249524

"India Intra et Extra Gangem"

Copper engraving by Johann Christoph Weigel ca 1720 from Atlas Minor.

Published in Nuremberg. Original hand coloring.

Spotting and smudging in margins. Map image is clean.

Image: 15 x 19 cm ( 5.9 x 7.4 ")

$ 180.00

Order Nr. INDIAMAP249557

"India Vetus" Copper etching by Peter Bertius (1565-1629) for Philipp Cluver Philipp (1580 - 1623) , an early author of historic maps. His works were published long beyond his lifespan. The This map comes from a pocket size atlas (duodez): Philippi Cluverii. Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam veterem quam novam Libri. Amsterdam, 1661. Originally colored.

Very historical map with ancient names of India and part of Southeast Asia.

Centerfold. has been flattened. Right and left margins have been widened.

11.7 x 12,5 cm ( 4.6 x 4.9").

$ 240.00

Order Nr. INDIAMAP249558

"Map Of Hindoostan, Farther India, China, and Tibet."

Steel engraving from "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc. Embraced In Forty-Seven Quarto Maps, Forming A Series Of Seventy-Six Maps And Plans, Together With Valuable Statistical Tables." Published in Philadelphia 1860. This is from the first edition of the atlas that was published until 1893. Original hand coloring.

"Farther Asia" refers to what we refer to as Southeast Asia.

Margins have lght spotting. Overall pleasant light age toning.

Map with border: 28.5 x 35 cm ( 11.2 x 13.7 ")

$ 120.00

Order Nr. INDIAMAP239574