Splendid ornamental cartouche,with title flanked by four figures, with the pyramids in the background, sheaths of corn on the ground. North to the right of picture. Various animals and short texts adorn the map

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 40 / 19½ x 15½

An interesting map of north east Africa, with plenty of information, mostly very speculative about the interior of Africa- its people, regions and kingdoms.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 61 x 49 / 24 x 19½

A large and detailed map of the coast of Abyssinia: Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia and The Red Sea.

Dimensions (W x H): 72.5 x 56 / 28½ x 22

This stylish map, has lavish illustrations of the pyramids, waterfalls, and Egyptian antiquities, and clearly delineates 3 areas of Egypt; ‘Inferior, Media and Superior.’ Text on the title and map itself is in Latin, the text on the illustrations is in German

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 55 / 18½ x 21½

Attractive map of Egypt, with a wealth of detail about ancient remains in the Nile Valley, and the mountains in the Sinai. Decorated cartouche with the sphinx and pyramids at lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 64 / 17½ x 25

Two maps on the same sheet. To the left, Egypt and to the right is Abyssinia. The Abyssinian map contains a wonderful mixture of fact and hearsay with such texts as ‘Here the river is lost in the sands or led off in canals by natives’. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best ...

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 49.5 / 23 x 19½

Very similar to Jansson’s map of the same name, but with addition of an inset map of the eastern Mediterranean. The print is less bold, the decorated cartouche is a little smaller

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 39.5 / 18½ x 15½

Very similar to Jansson’s map of the same name, but with addition of an inset map of the eastern Mediterranean. The print is less bold, the decorated cartouche is a little smaller than Jansson’s map.

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 37 / 20 x 14½

A ‘special gratis supplement’from the Graphic magazine, as it informs us at top right. This is an unusual plan of Cairo, half map (locations and camel and railway routes are written on map) half view (from high ground above pyramids, showing main buildings of Cairo and a balloon above the desert)

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 39 / 22 x 15½

Handsome map of Egypt, showing the Nile valley, and the Sinai in great detail and exploration and camel routes. John Arrowsmith constantly revised and improved his popular London Atlas and it ran to many editions.

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 59 / 19 x 23

Egypt fairly fancifully represented. Decorative cartouche. Various biblical scenes on map. Arms of Henrico Nevile at lower left. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11

Attractive map of part of North Africa from Libya to Egypt, and the Red Sea. Decorative title cartouche at lower left with title written on a tablet next to a fallen obelisk with a sphinx to the left and pyramids behind.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 32 / 18½ x 12½

Attractive map of Egypt. Title cartouche at left centre. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Brion’s ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 27.5 / 8 x 11

A clear map of Egypt, with a coloured cartouche at top right. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such as Captain ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 42 / 13 x 16½

Map of the northern end of the Red Sea, with compass showing north to the right, with inset of the town of Suez. Text on map in French and German

Decorated cartouche with waterfalls and crocodiles at top left. With six scales

Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 44 / 12 x 17½

A highly decorative map of Egypt, with four vignettes showing towns, ruins and mosques. The map and the vignettes are surrounded by an elegant uncoloured border.

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 35 / 10 x 14

Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 45 / 12 x 17½

Very detailed map of the area of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia separated into north and south regions.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 34 / 19½ x 13½

Map of the course of the Nile at centrefold, flanked by texts and four small engravings of Egyptian anitiquities. Chateleain’s Atlas Historique was a major seven volume atlas and encyclopaedia, ornately decorated and with text by Nicholas Geudeville

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 37 / 19 x 14½

Map of Egypt, with routes of pilgrims to Mecca, the line bewteeen Africa and Arabia, and numerous anotations. Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 35 / 11 x 14

Interesting map of the Gulf of Suez, showing mountains of the south Sinai and St Catherine’s Mount North to the left. Decorated cartouche at top left.

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 18.5 / 11 x 7½

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 50 / 15 x 19½

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 35 / 17 x 14

Attractive map of north eastern Africa, including Egypt and northern Libya. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 17 / 10½ x 6½

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 28 / 9 x 11

Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 45 / 12 x 17½

Before the Suez canal.With detail of the Nile valley, and main routes across the desert, and the Sinai

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 40.5 / 13 x 16

Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½

Attractive map of Egypt, with the Nile valley, routes across the desert and the Sinai peninsula shown in detail.

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 40.5 / 13 x 16

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 35 / 10 x 14

Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 29 / 15½ x 11½

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 69 / 16 x 27