Asher Rare Books

1565/66 pilgrimage to the Middle East, with author's portrait, coat of arms and 6 illustration plates

FÜRER VON HAIMENDORF, Christoph. Itinerarium Aegypti, Arabiae, Palaestinae, Syriae, aliarumque regionum orientalium.
Nuremberg, Abraham Wagenmann, 1621 (colophon: Nuremberg, printed by Abraham Wagenmann, 1620). Small 4to. With finely engraved full-page portrait of the author by Peter Isselberg, full-page engraved Fürer von Haimendorf coat of arms, 6 folding engraved plates. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment. [16], 118, [114] pp. Full description

€ 12,500

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Balkan & Greece Charts & Maps Church History & Missions City Plans, Topography & Views Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus North Africa & Egypt Travel & Voyages Europe Travel & Voyages Middle East

Map of the southern coast of Arabia

HAINES, Stafford Bettesworth. Survey of part of the south east coast of Arabia.
London, The Royal Geographical Society, 1845. Engraved map (36 x 30 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Full description

€ 350

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Charts & Maps

British exploration of the South Arabian coast

HAINES, Stafford-Bettesworth. Description des cotes meridionales d'Arabie, depuis l'entre de la Mer Rouge jusqu'a celle du Golfe Persique.
Paris, Paul Dupont, 1849. 8vo. Later library cloth with original publisher's printed paper front wrapper bound in. 92 pp. Full description

€ 3,850

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Iran / Persia Navigation Travel & Voyages Middle East

Important work on the natural history of Palastine

HASSELQUIST, Friedrich and Carl LINNAEUS. Reise nach Palästina in den Jahren von 1749 bis 1752. auf Befehl ihro Majestät der Königinn von Schweden herausgegeben vond Carl Linnäus aus em Schwedischen.
Rostock, Johann Christian Koppe, 1762 (colophon: Leipzig, Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, 1761). 8vo. With woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary half vellum. [18], 606 pp. Full description

€ 1,800

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Faunas & General Zoology Fishes Medicine & Pharmacy (18th Century) North Africa & Egypt Travel & Voyages Middle East

Official map of the Hejaz railway, from Damascus to Medina
(with the planned extension to Mecca, never built)

[HEJAZ RAILWAY]. [Map and profile of the Hijaz Railway route].
Constantinople, Matba a-i Bahriye, 1320 Rumi [= 1904 CE]. Colour-lithographed map (76.5 x 49.5 cm), trimmed to neat line. Full description

€ 22,000

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Charts & Maps Turkey & Ottoman Empire West Asia

A voyage through the Persian Gulf

HEUDE, William. Reis op de Perzische golf, en verder over land, van Indie naar Engeland, in 1817.
Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1820. 8vo. With 4 aquatint plates, including a frontispiece by W.H. Hoogkamp. Original publisher's boards. XVI, 426, [6] pp. Full description

€ 1,750

India & Sri Lanka Iran / Persia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Middle East Travel & Voyages Southern Asia

Massive navigational directory for the East

HORSBURGH, James. The India directory, or, directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the interjacent ports ... third edition.
London, printed for the author and sold by Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, booksellers to the East India Company (back of title-page: printed by Plummer & Brewis), 1826-1827. 2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half calf, rebacked with the original backstrips laid down. [8], XXVI, 503, [1], 16; [8], 642, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description

€ 15,000

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Australia China India & Sri Lanka Navigation Southeast Asia Southern Africa UAE - United Arab Emirates

Massive navigational directory, with sections on the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the Gulf

HORSBURGH, James, Gerrit KUIJPER and D. BOES LUTJENS. Zeemans-gids, naar, in en uit Oost-Indiën, China, Japan, Australiën, de Kaap de Goede Hoop, Braziliën en tusschenliggende havens, volgens de vierde Engelsche uitgave van James Horsburgh, ...
Amsterdam, C.F. Stemler, (back of half-title: printed in Haarlem by H. Bakels), 1841. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine lettered in gold, marbled sides. I-XII, [2], XIII-XXIV, XXVIII, 1376 pp. Full description

€ 3,750

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Australia China India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Iran / Persia Japan & Far East Navigation Southern Africa UAE - United Arab Emirates

Massive navigational directory, this edition updated with information on the northeast coasts of Africa and Arabia

HORSBURGH, James. The India directory, or, directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the interjacent ports of Africa and South America ... Seventh edition.
London, Wm. H. Allen & Co. (back of title-pages: printed by Cox and Wyman), 1855. 2 volumes. Large 4to (28 x 23 cm). Contemporary half calf; rebacked with the original backstrips laid down. XII, XXXIV, [2], “681”[=683], [1 blank]; VIII, 978 pp. Full description

€ 18,000

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States China India & Sri Lanka Iran / Persia Navigation Southeast Asia UAE - United Arab Emirates

British military terrain map of the Persian Gulf, published in Calcutta

HUNTER, Frederic Fraser (editor); Sir Sidney Gerald BURRARD (director). Southern Asia series - Southern Persia sheet - Persia, Arabia and Turkey in Asia
[Dehradun, Survey of India Office], sold at the Map Record and Issue Office, Calcutta, 1912. 61.5 x 88 cm. Large photozincographed (heliozincographed) folding map on a scale of 1:2,000,000 in black, blue and red, with relief shown by contours, hachures and gradient tints. Folded. Full description