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British colour-printed aerial maps of Iraq for use in the Persian war

[MAPS - IRAQ]. [Reconnaissance maps of Iraq].
[UK Government], Survey Directorate HQ Tenth Army / Indian Field Survey Co., 1942 42 chromolithographed topographic maps of parts of Iraq, made from aerial photographs during World War II, on a scale of 1:100,000 and 1:253,440 (a quarter-inch to a mile). 68 x 50.5 cm & 60 x 47 cm. Full description
€ 6,500
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Charts & Maps Iran / Persia Military History (20th Century)
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Rare journal of De la Salles last American voyage, exploring the Mississippi River,
including the large folding map, rarely included

JOUTEL, Henri (Monsieur DE MICHEL, ed.). Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.
Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. With a large folding engraved map. Contemporary calf. XXXIV, 386 pp. Full description
€ 10,000
Charts & Maps North America Travel & Voyages North America
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World atlas including one 6-sheet and eleven 4-sheet wall maps

KITCHIN, Thomas and others. Kitchin's general atlas, describing the whole universe.
London, Robert Laurie, James Whittle, 1808. Imperial folio (53 x 39.5 cm). With 28 engraved maps (numbered in 41 parts) assembled from 67 sheets. Most include elaborate cartouches with pictorial decoration. With the maps coloured in outline. Contemporary half calf. 1 leaf plus maps. Full description
€ 18,000
Atlases & Globes Charts & Maps USA - United States of America
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Rare publication by the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute containing 24 charts of the currents
in the Gulf of Guinea and around the equator

KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDSCH METEOROLOGISCH INSTITUUT. [KLUIT, M.E.B.J. and P.F. van HEERDT]. De Guinea en Equatoriaal stroomen voor iedere maand afzonderlijk bewerkt volgens de gegevens van 2900 journalen, gehouden aan boord van Nederlandsche schepen.
Utrecht, printed by stoom-, boek- en steendrukkerij "De Industrie", J. van Druten for the KNMI, 1895. Folio (58 x 36,5 cm). With 24 double-page charts of the currents in the Gulf of Guinea off the West-African coast, 2 charts for each month, printed in blue, black and red. Half buckram and marbled paper over boards. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [3], [1 blank] pp. and 24 double page charts. Full description
€ 1,950
Central Africa Charts & Maps Marine Biology & Oceanography Naval History
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Large map depicting the world's oil industry, including the Middle East and Egypt

KORYTKO, Stefan. General orientative map of the world's oil industry | Übersichtskarte der Welt- Naphtha-Industrie | Carte d'orientation de l'industrie de pétrole du monde | Mapa pogladowa swiatowego przemyslu naftowego.
Lviv, Stefan Korytko, 1925. Large folding chromolithographed map (map size 65.5 x 88 cm). Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Full description
€ 6,500
Charts & Maps Earth Sciences
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Linschoten's nautical chart of the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and surroundings, engraved in 1596

LANGREN, H. F. van. Deliniantur in hac tabula, orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani: al Maris Rubri-Arabiae ...
Engraved map of Arabia, India and surroundings in 2 sheets (38.5 x 53.5 cm as assembled), engraved for J. Huygen van Linschoten, Itinerario, 1596). Matted. Full description
€ 9,500
Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Charts & Maps India & Sri Lanka
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Dutch edition of a detailed account of an important circumnavigation

LAPLACE, Cyrille Pière Théodore. Reis rondom de wereld door de zeeën van Indië en China; . . .
Zaltbommel, Johannes Noman and sons, 1834-1836. 7 volumes bound as 3. 8vo. Each volume with a lithographed title-page, each with a different topographic view, folding engraved map tracking Laplace's journey, 13 lithographed plates (7 folding). Near contemporary uniform blue-black half calf, gold- and blind-tooled spines. XXXVI, 511, [1]; [II], 328; [II], 272; [II], 288; IV, 272; [II], 262, [1], [1 blank]; IV, 323, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,750
Anthropology & Ethnography Brazil Charts & Maps China Circumnavigation City Plans, Topography & Views India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Latin America Malaysia Pacific Islands Philippines South America Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages Pacific Travel & Voyages South America Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia
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A rare guide to Moscow, with 8 plates

LECOINTE DE LAVEAU, Georges. Guide du voyageur à Moscou, contenant ce que cette capitale offre de curieux et d'intéressant...
Moscow, August Semen, 1824. 8vo. With lithographed frontispiece, 7 lithographed plates, 4 folding tables, and several tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled, half purple sheepskin, spine faded to brown, marbled sides and edges. [4], VI, 11-459, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
Charts & Maps Eastern Europe Russia (incl. Siberia) Travel & Voyages Europe
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Rare first Dutch edition of the famous Lewis and Clarke expedition

LEWIS, Meriwether, William CLARKE and Nicolaas Godfried van KAMPEN (translator). Reize naar de bronnen van den Missouri, en door het vaste land van America naar de Zuidzee. Gedaan op last van de regering der Vereenigde Staten van America, in de jaren 1804, 1805 en 1806.
Dordrecht, A. Blussé and son, 1816-1818. 3 volumes. 8vo. With a large folding engraved map of the Missouri River (34.5 x 71 cm) by Cornelis van Baarsel and son, after the map in the first British edition. Modern half calf. XXXII, 398; VIII, 390; "XII" (lacking I-II), 335, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 8,500
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