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EHRENBERG, L.G. and RÜPPELL, Eduard (1794-1884). Arabia und das Nil-Land. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1835.
Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, bisected and mounted on linen (occasional very faint offsetting and browning), folding into original 8° black calf case, covers with gilt border, lettered in gilt on upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed), 598 x 832mm.
FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE MAP OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA based on the work of Carsten Niebuhr. Inset plans include Jeddah, Mecca and Medina, and a trompe-l'oeil of the caravan route from Jeddah to Mecca and on to Taife. Only three copies can be traced via AE/ABPC-online as having sold at auction since 1975.
Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, bisected and mounted on linen (occasional very faint offsetting and browning), folding into original 8° black calf case, covers with gilt border, lettered in gilt on upper cover (extremities lightly rubbed), 598 x 832mm.
FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE MAP OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA based on the work of Carsten Niebuhr. Inset plans include Jeddah, Mecca and Medina, and a trompe-l'oeil of the caravan route from Jeddah to Mecca and on to Taife. Only three copies can be traced via AE/ABPC-online as having sold at auction since 1975.
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