29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
De L'Isle (G.).
A Map of Turky, Arabia & Persia, Corrected from the latest Travels and from the Observations of the Royal Societys of London and Paris.
John Senex, 1711, hand-coloured engraved map, 490mm x 600mm, mounted, framed and glazed.
Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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