(AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST) Group of 4 seventeenth and eigh

Sale 2624 - Lot 4

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(AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST.) Group of 4 seventeenth and eighteenth-century double-page engraved maps. Vp, vd

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- Johann Baptist Homann. Totius Africae Nova Repraesentatio. Double-page engraved map of the continent with a decorative allegorical title cartouche. 19 3/4x23 1/4 inches sheet size, narrow margins; strong original hand-color in full; age toning. Nuremberg, circa 1720.

- Nicolas Sanson. Haute Ethiopie, ou Sont l'Empire des Abissins, la Nubie, et le Zanguebar. Double-page engraved map of eastern Africa. 17 1/2x24 inches sheet size, wide margins; original hand-color in full; minor aging at sheet edges but overall very nice. Paris, 1655.

- Olfert Dapper; or John Ogilby. Fezzae et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberrima. Double-page engraved map of Morocco with a decorative title cartouche. 14x16 3/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; hand-colored in outline; light staining. Amsterdam or London, 1670s.

- Tobias Conrad Lotter. Opulentissimi Regni Persiae Juxta Suas Provincias. Double-page engraved map of Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, parts of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. 21 1/2x24 3/4 inches sheet size, ample margins; original hand-color; center fold reinforced and discolored. Augsburg, circa 1740.