1. [Conder, Josiah].

Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

Three Volumes. London, Printed for James Duncan, 1827. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. Arabia-Volume: IV, 362 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume I: IV, 366 pages / Egypt/Abyssinia-Volume II: IV, 364 pages. Includes three folded maps and nine black and white illustrations showing: 1. Map of Arabia / 2. Map of Egypt / 3. Map of Nubia and Abyssinia / 4. View of Mount Sinai / 5. Mosques at Mekka and Medinah / 6. View of Moosa / 7. Temple of Apollinopolis / 8. Cataracts of the Nile / 9. View on the River Tacazze / 10. Obelisk and King’s Seat at Axum / 11. View of Cairo / 12. The Pyramids from Old Cairo. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Minor foxing only. [The Modern Traveller- Volume 4-6].

2. [Conder, Josiah].

Palestine / [in: The Modern Traveller- A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1824. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 368 pages. With fold-out map and 3 black and white engravings showing: 1. Map of Palestine / 2. View of Jerusalem / 3. View of Bethlehem / 4. Plan of Jerusalem. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel slightly loose. Minor foxing.

3. di Poggibonsi, Niccolo / [Noe Bianchi; Joannes Cola; Piero Ciza].

Viaggio da Venetia al Santa Sepolcro & Al Monte Synai.

Niccolo Zoppino and Vincenzo di Paolo, [1521]. Small Octavo (15.5x11cm). D1-4 (disbound) and E1-O8 (84 leaves) – and therefore lacking entirely the first 3 gatherings, half the fourth and everything after O8. This represents about two thirds of the book as published, which contained 128 leaves. Hardcover / Bound in modern vellum with the armorial bookplate of ‘William Bliss’ and blanks preceding the text amounting to the first 4 gatherings and afterwards. D1-4 are laid in and heavily worn with traces of an early inscription on the first leaf; the bound gatherings are in good to very good condition, a little staining. Overall 116 of the book’s 158 wood cuts are present, none of them the double-page city views. Comparison with other examples of this book suggests that this is one of the editions published by Zoppino in Venice between 1518 and 1538 all of which survive in tiny numbers.

4. Istanbul – Aveline, Pierre.

Constantinople – Ville de Romanie et de l’Empire des Turcs.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Paris, Jean, [c.1710]. Plate Size: 51.5 cm x 34.5 cm. Frame Size: 64 cm x 50.5 cm. In very good, actually remarkable condition. Very minor traces of browning only. Generous margins. In a stunning modern frame. Price includes international shipping per courier.

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

Vintage Map of Iran / Persia: “Perse” [showing the whole of Iran from the Caspian Sea to the Gulf of Basra (Golfe de Balsora) / Persian Gulf].

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).

6. 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).

7. Roberts, David. (1796 – 1864)

Site of Cana [Lebanon] of Galilee, April 21st, 1839 [″Cana, Vue Generale” – “Cana – General View”].

Original, mid-19th century, vintage Lithograph after the original painting in the Victoria & Albert Museum. [The original Lithograph is shown in the wonderful David Roberts-publication on page 23 and 24 in full colour. The History of the image is explained in full on page 22. The original monograph on David Roberts and his work, accompanies the Lithograph as a gift to any future buyer, showing on 120 colour plates 123 colour-facsimile-illustrations and reproductions from his Journal from his visits to the Holy Land]. London, Cassell etc., c. 1850. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Lithograph: 62 cm x 45.5 cm. Size of actual Lithograph: c. 34 cm x 50 cm. Excellent condition !

8. [Seymour, William Deane, Cobh] Wilson, Colonel Sir Charles W.

Picturesque Palestine – Sinai and Egypt [Volume III and IV of the First Edition in Full Red Morocco, from the library of Captain William Deane Seymour of Cobh [Queenstown, Ireland] with his bookplate to endpaper – these possibly working copies for his later work “A Tour in Syria and Palestine”].

First Edition. London, J.S.Virtue and Co., [1870]. Folio. Volume III: VI, Map of Palestine, 240 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings / Volume IV: VI, Map of Egypt and Sinai, 236 pages with numerous text-illustrations on wood and full-page steel-engravings. Very decorative full red Morocco with gilt lettering and ornament, bound by Francis Guy, Cork. Bindings rubbed with some minor wormhole-damage to Volume IV. PAstedowns and endpapers a little stained and dusty but interior absolutely excellent besides some foxing to tissue-guards.

9. Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn.

Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. Part I: Abraham to Samuel – With Maps and Plans (Plan of the Mosque at Hebron / Palestine before the Conquest / Migration of Abraham).

London, John Murray, 1863. Octavo. XLI, 523 pages with folded maps and plans. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Upper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

10. 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.