1. Mediterranean – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Natoliae, quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio – Aegypti Recentior Descriptio – Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, [c.1600]. Plate Size: 49 cm x 32.5 cm. Sheet Size: 53.8 cm x 36.2 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Clean and crisp. Reverse carries Latin text.

2. Turkey and Balkans – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Turkey and Europe – With inset of Island of Cadia and Vignettes of Ali Pasha, Greek Caloyer and the Bosphorus and Constantinople.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. London and New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size : 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Greece – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Ionian Isles and Greece – With Vignettes of the Temple of Jupiter Olympus at Athens, Greek Corsairs off Corfu, Modern Greek and Ancient War Chariot. With Depiction of Two Wrestlers. Inset maps of Corfu and Stampalia also.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by A.H. Wray and engravings by J.b Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin. J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 30.5 cm x 25.3 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

4. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Ancient Palestine with Vignettes and illustrations of Tomb of Absalom, Syrian Sheep, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nazareth, Ancient Cedars of Lebanon. With the ancient districts: Phoenicia, Peraea or Galilee beyond Jordan, Simeon, Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, Trachonitis Hauran (Golan) etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition. Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Express.

5. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Syria with Vignettes and illustrations of a Carawan with Baggage Camels, Local Arabs, Jerusalem. The map shows in the north Asia Minor, Diyarbekr, Damascus, Acre, Gaza,

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39 cm x 49 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

6. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Asia Minor (Turkey / Anatolia with the North of Syria and Armenia and the Armenian Highlands) with Vignettes and illustrations of Mount Olympus, Rhodes. Showing the historical provinces of Turkey: Anadolia (Anatolia), Rum or Sivas, Themisonde, Aleppo, Itshili, Adana, Kharidj Karamania, Cyprus. With the Sea of Marmara and the Southern Black Sea.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of Frame with map: 49 cm x 39 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

7. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Turkey in Asia, showing Asia Minor and the Middle East: Damascus (Syria), Gaza, Acre (Haifa, Islare), Tripoli (Lebanon), Aleppo, Irak Arabi, Gezira, Karamania, Armenia, Koordistan with Vignettes and illustrations of Jerusalem, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

8. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Arabia (Arabian Peninsula / Gazirat al-Arab) with the Arabian Gulf / Red Sea. With Vignettes an illustrations of Mount Sinai, Arab Women, Arabs. The map shows Oman, El Hassa, El Jebel, Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, El Yemen (Jemen), El Hejaz.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Excellent condition.

9. Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Persia (Iran) with the 19th century naming of the different regions in Iran and neighbouring countries: Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] / IrakaJemi / Khorassan / Kirman / Fars / Laristan / Khuzistan / with Vignettes and Images of Ispahan (Isfahan / Irak) / Kurds (a group of Kurdish Men) / a Persian on a horse / a Bactrian Camel /

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully framed. Size of Frame with map: 35 cm x 45 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

10. Middle East – Fer, Nicholas de / [Nicolas de Fer]. (1646 – 1720)

Vintage Map of the Middle East: “Turquieen Asie” [showing the Aegean Sea, The Black Sea with Georgia in the very North of the Map and the showing the whole of Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia (″Turcomanie Armenie”], continuing south to Syria and Lebanon with Palestine (″Terres Judee”) and showing parts of Persia to the east and all the way south to Medina – With a corresponding map [along the “Tropic of Cancer”] mounted verso: “Asie” [Showing the whole of Asia from the Mediterranean to Japan with Borneo, Phillipines etc.].

Original copper engraved maps. [Paris], c. 1700. 15.5 cm wide x 13 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with a tiny library stamp to the mounting paper (The stamp is NOT on the Map).