Lot 755 755
''THE KINGDOME OF PERSIA with the cheef Citties and Habites described'' Speed J. (John Speede sic): The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef Cities and Habites described. Map with printed date of 1626 (Humble). Country's borders hand coloured in outline. The map also features the Caspian Sea and the territories of modern-day Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. Topographical features shown and most major towns, cities, mountain ranges and waterways are named together with the Caspian Sea and the territories of modern-day Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. Vertical borders feature the social hierarchy of Persian society with full-length illustrations of a nobleman, citizen, countryman, and Turkish man with their respective female partners. The upper horizontal border features panoramas of four major Persian cities: ''Spaha, Ormus, Tarvis & Gilan'' (present day Isfahan, Hormuz, Tabriz & Tehran). Engraved cartouche for title and scale. English text to verso. The map originally featured in Speed's Atlas: ''A Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World'', published 1626. Scarce.
756
Austin S.: Map of Texas with parts of the Adjoining States, 1836. Coloured quality facsimile, glazed and framed.
757
Cary J.: A New Map of Bedfordshire Divided into Hundreds, 1801. Hand coloured engraved map 'exhibiting' Roads, Rivers, other physical features, towns & villages.
£30 - £40
758 Bedford: Comitatus olim pars Cathifuclanorum, Nd. C.1610. Kip after Saxton. Hand coloured.
£30 - £40 759
Kitchin T.: England and Wales with the Roads, Nd. C. 1790. Engraved for Guthrie's new Geographical Grammar. Engraved titular cartouche, index of counties. Counties hand coloured in outline. Mounted, framed and glazed.
£450 - £650
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