"[Lot of 2] Arabia [and] Mittel - und Nord - Africa (oestl. Theil) und Arabien",

1) Arabia, by R.W. Seale, 1764, black & white, (14.5 x 12.6"). This boldly engraved map is centered on Arabia, extending to show Jirja and Alexandria in Egypt and to the east are Iraq and part of Persia. Names Baghdad, Basra and Shiraz, Cabara and Tul. Shows all of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the Bay of Ormuz. In the Holy Land Palestine and Jerusalem are located. Embellished with a compass rose and decorative title cartouche. The inset "The Temple of Mecca, as it was formerly; from a Draught in the Bodleian Library" has a second decorative cartouche. It is a birds-eye view of the elaborate temple. This map was engraved for Sale's translation from the Koran in 1764. It is a very nice example with binding trim at lower right as issued (A+)

2) Mittel - un Nord - Africa (oestl. Theil) und Arabien, from Stieler's Hand Atlas 1848, hand color, (15 x 12.5"). This very finely engraved map presents in amazing detail a wider view of the region than the first map. It extends from the Egyptian desert across Arabia to show all of Persia and part of Turkey. Locates Nubia, the Habesch region, Syria, Arabia, Somalia, the islands of Cyprus and Crete and more. The large inset shows Sub-Saharan Ethiopia in great detail with the Arabic title "Habesch." A couple small spots, otherwise flawless (B+).

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