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L'Art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe.
Prisse d’Avennes was one of the foremost scholars of Arabic art and architecture of the 19th century; this work represents the summation of his studies. From the aspect...
Place & Date: Paris, Morel, 1877
Original copperplate.
Showing the coast of southern Morocco, the Sahara with the Canary Islands. Copperplates that had been used in the production of early maps are of the greatest rarity and ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
Tabula Prima Africa.
The map apart from depicting Morocco also shows southern Spain and the Balearic Islands. In north Africa the map extends eastwards toward modern day Algeria and to the we...
Place & Date: Strasbourg, 1513
Fortezza di Gerbi.
Rare and early plan the fortress in present-day Jarbah Hawmat-as on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the largest African island in the Mediterranean.The fortress is still o...
- $2200 / ≈ €2059
Place & Date: Rome, 1586 / 1602
Fessae et Marocchi Regna.
One of the new maps added by Hondius, when he took over publication of the Atlas, a finely engraved and decorative map of north-west Africa, with the Canaries. With an in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Nieuwe Pascaert van al de Carnarisse Eylanden. . .
So-called "Blue-back" sea- charts of the Canary Islands.Latitude scale, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings, anchorage's, etc. A wealth of cities ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700
.Tabu nova partis Aphri.
Based on Waldseemüller's map. The maps show Northern Africa as it was known to Europeans at the first part of the 16th century. There is great details across north Afric...
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535
Insulae de Cabo Verde olim Hesperides sive .. Zoute Eylanden.
Original copper engraving, hand colored in outline, when published. Double page chart covering detailed the Cap Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean (Isla de San Antonia, ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655
Manoeuvres executées du 7 au 13 mai sous le Commandement du général Koeltz,par le XIXe Corps d'Armée. . .
Poster by Gaston Ry [aka René Rostagny] (1902-1978) showing the allied manouvers in Tunesia. On May 4, 1943, the nineteenth CA offensive drew most of the German tanks to...
Place & Date: Alger, Bacconnier, 1943
Nouvelle carte du Roiaume D'Alger divisée en toutes ses provinces, avec une partie due cotes D'Espagne . . .
Rare and detailed map of the coast of Algeria. Large inset map of the Bay of Alger (El-Jazir). Shows a coastline of Spain around Alicante. Two compass roses in the Medite...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
Le cours entier du grand et Fameux Nil. . .
Scarce. A splendid map of ancient Egypt. West is at the top and the Nile bisects Egypt. A inset shows modern Egypt to good detail. With the Red Sea and part of the Arabia...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1760
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Tabula IIII Aphricae. [with Prester John]
Early Ptolemaic woodcut map of the regions of Africa that were known to the ancients. The twin lake sources of the Nile are located near the Mons Lune (Mountains of the M...
- $950 / ≈ €889
Place & Date: Vienna, 1522- 1535
Carte de L\'Egypte de la Nubie de L\'Abissinie. . .
Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1740
.Caarte voor een gedeelte der Canarise Eylanden als Canaria, Tenerifa, Forteventura, etc.
Very rare chart of the Canaries. Showing Palma, Ferro, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Forteventura, Lancerota. In upper right hand corner inset of harbour of Lancerota.
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis ( 3 maps on 1 sheet)
Three maps on one sheet. Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis. From "...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberrima.
North to the right. Showing the Atlas Mountains in the south to the southern coast of Spain, along the coast at Ceuta, Tangiers, and Arzilla.A finely engraved, decorative...
- $650 / ≈ €608
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiara. / Tzaffin. / Septa. / Arzilla/ Sala.
Views of the five northern and western African coastal town-view on one sheet: Latin text.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and wri...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
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Red Sea - Strait of Jubal.. [2838]
Large chart focused on the Strait of Jubal in the Gulf of Suez. With the Juzur Tawilah Islands at the center and an inset plan of the Tur Harbour (At Tur, South Sinai) o...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: London (1853) corrected for 1862
Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiara. / Tzaffin. / Septa. / Arzilla/ Sala.
Views of the five northern and western African coastal town-view on one sheet: Latin text.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and wri...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde. . .
This is a splendid map of the northwestern coast of Africa and the Cape Verde Islands.The map provides details of the various Portuguese discoveries in the region in the ...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Venice, 1696
De Cust van Barbaryen van out Mamora tot Capo Blanco..
Six charts on one sheet. The two upper charts covering an area from Cape Blanc to Casablanca. In lower part four insets with detailed charts of islands as Madera, Porto S...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
.Aphricae Tabula secunda continet.
An important early map of the northern coast of Africa and including parts of the islands of Sicily and Sardine.
Place & Date: Vienne, 1541
De Cust van Barbaria, Gualata, Arguyn, en Gene..heo, van Capo S.Vincente tot Capo Verde.
An eye-catching chart of the north western coast of Africa. Including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and Azores.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most import...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
Aphricae Tabula I. (Mauritania - present-day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.)
Double-page woodcut Ptolemaic-style map by Sebastian Münster figuring Mauritania, present-day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, published in the edition of Strabo by Henri ...
Place & Date: Basle, Henri Petri, 1571
Monument Sépulcral près de Kymân El-Gyouchy. (XVIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Asselineau, representing a mausoleum. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emile Prisse d'Avennes,...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: "In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscr...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Tabula Africae IIII.
Gastaldi's map of the Northern Africa, based on Ptolemy. Showing all of the Mediterranean, Ethiopian Interior, the Red Sea, Egypt, the source of the Nile, Red Sea, Dead S...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Carte de L'Egypte de la Nubie de L'Abissinie..
Prepared by G.de l'Isle. Uncommon issue by Hendrik de Leth. Very detailed map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula shows the political divisions ...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1740
Carte de La Barbarie de La Nigritie et de la Guinée.
A detailed engraved map of north west Africa including the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. Engraved by Inselin. Address and date changed, now with the imprint "A Pari...
Place & Date: Paris, 1781
Barbaria. / Egypt / Tunesia.
Three maps on one sheet. Upper part, it shows the coast of Barbaria from Morocco to Egypt: the map on the left corner of Tunis includes a plan of Goletiae, and the right ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1641
Tombeau de Soultan Qalaoûn.
Lithograph by Bernard Schmidt representing the tomb of sultan Ibn Qalaoun, founder of the mamluk dynasty during the 13th century. The tomb has some rich stained glass and...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Sibyl d'Ahmed Hoceyn Margouch.
Lithograph by Fichou. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist & Muslim convert, obsessive in...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Porte du Palais du Soultan Beybars. (XIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, showing the walled-up entrance of Sultan Beybars' palace. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Souvenir Guide Map of Cairo.
A lovely small colored plan of central Cairo, published by Groppi in Cairo. Plan is housed within the original red and gold printed paper covers, with advertisements for ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Cairo, 1920-1950
Paskaart van de Kuste van, Gualate en Arguyn. Beginnende van C. Bajador tot C. Blanco. . .
A nautical showing the northwestern coast of Africa, along Western Sahara from Cape Bojador to Cape Blanc. Ornate title cartouche in top right corner shows two main figur...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1682
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Carthage, etc. [Foliu XL ]
VERSO: Portraits of scholars, and an imaginary view on Carthage in Tunisia (12x17cm.) Page from the famous Liber chronicarum of Hartmann-Schedel 1493, the first and Latin...
Place & Date: Nuremberg 12 July 1493
Paskaart van de kust van Maroca beginnende van Larache tot aan C. Cantin. . .
A nautical sea chart of the coast of Morocco. Insert at top right: 'Nieuwe Afbeelding van de Rivier Rio Rebata in 't Groot".Bottom right: chart number '32'. Compass ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca.1682
Beyt El-Emyr.
Lithograph by Mouilleron representing a young woman looking over a beautiful moucharabieh. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Algérie, Colonie Française. N°87.
Map of Algeria.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by medallion portraits and coats of arms, and ...
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
Egitto nuova tavola.
Fine early map of Egypt and the Nile delta. Extends east to the Upper Red Sea and West to "Deserto De Marmarica". Nice detail in the lower Nile regions. Page ta...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Egypt.
Quite a striking, large steel engraved map of Egypt. Following the course of the River Nile from Lower Egypt southwards to Upper Egypt, then crossing the border with Nubi...
Place & Date: London, 1839
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'El-Bordeyny.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
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Art arabe. - [No tittle]
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire...". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Canariae I.
Small map of the Canary Island. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : Wereld Spiegel, wae...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Royaume de Fez. . .
Map of Morocco prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseigneur . . . Le Telli...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Art arabe. - Mosquée d'el-Bordeyny. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Art arabe. - Séances de Hariry.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Aegyptus.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. Early map of Egypt published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With desc...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: London, 1625
Alexandrie Ville d'Egipte sur la mer Méditeranée..
A very RARE panoramic view of the city of Alexandria, including a legend in the lower part. The plate is numbered in brown pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pi...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1690
Mosquée de Mohammed Ben Qalaoûn. Details du Minaret Partie Inférieure. (XIVe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Asselineau, showing architectural details of the minaret of Qalaoûn's mosque in Cairo. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Tombeau d'un Emir. (XIIIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, representing the mausoleum of an emir. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire". Emile Priss...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Tombeau du Soultan Tarabey. (XVIe. siècle)
Highly decorative lithography by Ch. Fichot, representing Sultan Tarabey's mausoleum. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire?". Emile Pr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
BARBARIE.
An uncommon and delightful map of Northern Africa extends from today's territory of Morocco as far as the Red Sea.With Inset maps of the Nile Delta and the Gulf of Tunis.
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Fessae Regnum.
Charming small map of the northwestern tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. Decorative title cartouche.From a Latin-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atla...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Carte de l'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne..
Attractive map showing part of the course of the river Nile. Boundaries are outlined in hand color.Ornated with a decorative title cartouche representing a crocodile flan...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, ca 1783
Aegyptus.
A small map focused on the Nile Delta, where the Nile divides into several branches.Included in the rare book : Wereld Spiegel, waer in vertoontword de Beschryvinge der R...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Arabesques. - Pages jumelles d'un qorân mauresque. (XVIIIe siècle)
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
'T Koninkryk van Marocco, verdeelt in Zeven Landschappen, enz. . .
A Dutch edition of this finely engraved map of Morocco filled with mountain ranges, oases and cities. The map is adorned with a decorative cartouche.
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1705
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[Attack of Dutch fleet commanded by Pieter van der Does of Gran Canaria in 1599].
Attack of Dutch fleet commanded by Pieter van der Does of Gran Canaria in 1599. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludw...
- $180 / ≈ €168
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
L'Egypte. . .
Scarce map of Egypt, prepared by Nolin and published by L.J. Mondhare for his Atlas Général a l'usage des colleges et maisons d'education.. Louis Joseph Mondhare was ac...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1783
Barbaria.
A nice miniature map of the north African region known as 'Barbary', published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. This lovely map also depic...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Aegyptus.
A fine miniature map of Egypt, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam early in the seventeenth century. The lovely map and has a strap-work title, in the lower left cor...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Arabesques. - Miroirs a main en métail. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Habillemens Des Arabes & Des Juifs qui sont au Caire avec une partie de leurs divertissements & quelques restes de L'Ancien Idolatrie des peuples D'Egipte.
Decorative set of images the costumes of the Arab and Jewish inhabitants of Cairo, with French text, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique. Henri Abraham ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Arabesques. - Reliure a recouvrement.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Description du Nil, de ses sources, de son cours depuis les cataractes jusques le Caire . . .
Detailed map of the course of the Nile, from the cataracts of the Nile at the south (top of the image) to Caïro and Giza. At the right, one of the Pyramids is shown (140...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Art arabe. - Mosquée cathédrale de qous assemblage & détails des pièces du mimbar. . .
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Carthaginensis Sinus.
A beautifully miniature map by Petrus Bertius of the ancient city of Carthage and the more modern town of Tunis, first published in 1598. There are numerous features tha...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Partie de la Barbarie ou est le royaume d'Alger. . .
Coastal map of North Africa prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseigneur ....
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Partie de la Barbarie ou sont les royaumes de Tunis et Tripoli. . .
Coastal map of Tunisia and Libya prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseign...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Arabesques. - Mosaïques Murales.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Royaume et desert de Barca, et Aegypte divisee. . .
Map of Egypt prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseigneur . . . Le Tellier...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, P. Mariette, 1667
Description des piramides d'Egypte tant au départ qu'au dehors . . .
Engraved text page with 5 views of the pyramids and an image of the Sphinx. From Chatelain's monumental 7 volume "Atlas Historique".Henri Abraham Chatelain (168...
- $36 / ≈ €34
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
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[Lot of 25 leaves of Africa and Egypt]
Twenty-five text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Africa and Egypt illustrated with maps, animals, plants.... From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Tunetanum Regnum.
Small map representing Tunisia and Algeria, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Include...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Le Royaume de Marroc.
Rare map of Morocco published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based upon Boi...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Arabesques. - Vase en Bronze damasquiné orné de martichores.
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1877
Le Royaume de Fez.
Rare map of Morocco published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is based upon Boi...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Arabesques. - Ornementation d'un Qoran Mauresque (XVIIIe siècle)
Lithographed by Daumont. From the author's "L'Art Arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire…". Emile Prisse d'Avennes, Orientalist and Muslim convert, obsessive i...
Place & Date: Paris, 1877