Extremely Rare – a pair of large-format maps respectively depicting Northern and Southern India, featuring the ecclesiastical divisions of the Roman Catholic on the subcontinent, prepared for the Vatican’s State Secretariat by Girolamo Petri, issued within his monumental atlas, ‘L’Orbe Cattolico ossia Atlante Geografico Storico Ecclesiastico’.
A rare large format Japanese map of India and Burma, ‘pirated’ from a British map by the venerable bookseller Maruzen, issued during the height of World War II, as Japan conquered Burma and before its (ultimately ill-fated) invasion of India during ‘Operation U-Go’ (1944). Colour print, folding into original printed paper sleeve (Very Good, some toning along old…
A map from Umûm Vilayât-ı Şâhâneyi Hâvi Küçük Atlas - Umûmî Küçük Atlas (General Small Atlas) 2 Chromolithographs, not joined. Each 9 x 13,5 cm (3.5 x 5.3 inches).
Very Rare – the first broadly accurate British sea chart of the southwestern coast of Sumatra, a critical region home to the important British base of Benccoolon-Fort Marlborough (modern Bengkulu), published by William Herbert in 1758.
Very Rare - the first broadly accurate British sea chart of the Straits of Sunda, but also extending to include West Java (including Jakarta) and southeastern Sumatra, published by William Herbert in 1758.
Very Rare – the first printing of Captain William Nichelson’s fine chart and profile view of Tioman Island (Malaysia), then a important waypoint for navigation between the Straits of Malacca and the Far East, issued within William Herbert’s ‘A New Directory for the East Indies’ – a stellar example with the often-lacking original extension fly-leaf of remarks.
A very rare wall map of the Federation of Malaya (today’s peninsular Malaysia) made only the year after its independence from Britain, an entirely bilingual work (Chinese-English) executed by a Chinese draftsman, Li Menphy, and published in Hong Kong for the benefit of Malaya’s large Chinese population and the many Hong Kongers who had strong connections to that country…
First modern, separately printed geological map of Mount Fuji Colour print on thin paper 95 x 75 cm (38.2 x 29.5inches) (slightly age-toned, soft folds, small holes on the crossings of the folds).
A very rare, large format, separately issued map of Asia, that is perhaps the last great map of the continent to be printed in Ottoman Turkish script, with attractive colours and adorned with the flags of major Asia and Middle Eastern states. Colour lithograph, 61 x 92 cm (soft folds with tiny tears and holes, small tears…
Colour print, 79 x 66 cm (31.1 x 26 inches), with an original brochure with an index: 8°, 17 pp., [2 pp.], wrappers with title, stapled. . Housed in an original illustrated wrappers with a flap (a small hand-written monogram of the previous owner, otherwise in a near-mint unused condition with a minimal stains on the spine of the wrappers).…
![INDIA / BURMA: 國帝度印 [The British Raj].](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Junemap178-copy-265x331.jpg)
![INDIA AND SRI LANKA: هندستان [India]](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/69208-7-265x331.jpg)
![INDONESIA – SOUTHWESTERN SUMATRA (BENGKULU): [Untitled Chart of the West Coast of Sumatra, including Bengkulu (Bencoolen), extending to the Straits of Sunda].](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/65412-265x331.jpg)
![INDONESIA – WEST JAVA (JAKARTA) / SUNDA STRAITS / SOUTHEASTERN SUMATRA: [Untitled Sea Chart of the Straits of Sunda, West Java, Southeastern Sumatra, Banka and Belitung].](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/65427-265x331.jpg)
![MOUNT FUJI / GEOLOGICAL CHART: 富士山地質圖 [Fujisan chishitsuzu / Mount Fuji Geological map]](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/69380-265x331.jpg)
![Ottoman Cartography / Asia: يكى اسيا [Yeni Asya / New Asia]](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/69347-1-265x331.jpg)
![PAKISTAN – SOVIET CARTOGRAPHY: Пакистан [Pakistan]](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/69099_2-265x331.jpg)
