Old color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending... Show moreOld color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending north of the Mediterranean from Turkey across Greece to Italy. Extracted from map of Asia in 1567 edition of Ortelius previous map, but this map with more detail based on Ortelius own map of Asia, which was in turn derived from Giacomo Gastaldis Il Disegno della Seconda Parte dellAsia (1561), for the Arabian detail. A description of the Ormus region is given in a blank space in Persia. Considered to be far superior to all previous maps of Asia, as it was informed by the published travels of Marco Polo, which appeared in Ramusios Navigationi et Viaggi (1550-59). Ortelius map features the Arabian Peninsula prominently and shows lands surrounding the eastern Mediterranean, with Italy in the northwest, southward to the east coast of Africa. The coastlines are fairly accurate, but the interiors are less defined and many of the rivers, lakes and mountain ranges bear mythological names from antiquity. The seas are richly embellished with sailing ships, with a great monster in the Black Sea. Latin text on verso, Abraham Ortelius map of the Middle East, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean is the best known of all the 16th-century maps of the Ottoman Empire. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00059 Print Map Item-ID: i11401424 BIB-ID: 1789994 Show less
The celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate... Show moreThe celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate engraving, shows the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Africa and Persia. Details of the topography of the interior are almost completely fanciful though the place names having been based upon reports of travelers and traders are of great historical interest. Among these place names is Qatar given as Catara. [Gerard Merkator]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00175 Print Map Item-ID: i2066168x BIB-ID: 1842141 Show less
[Translated into Arabic by Juste de Beauvais.]. Text in Arabic ; translated from the original French. Show more[Translated into Arabic by Juste de Beauvais.]. Text in Arabic ; translated from the original French. Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1508
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum at the end Capital spaces with guide letters. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1508 Book Item-ID: i22814644 BIB-ID: 2427303 Show less
gravé par Le Tellier. Shows most of the Middle East, and part of Egypt. Relief shown pictorially. Cartographer and publication date from dealer's notes. ... Show moregravé par Le Tellier. Shows most of the Middle East, and part of Egypt. Relief shown pictorially. Cartographer and publication date from dealer's notes. Inset: Supplement pour l'Asie et l'Afrique. Gift of Henry David Epstein. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01214 Print Map Item-ID: i11404711 BIB-ID: 1172814 Country labels in French. Show less
1522 reduction by Laurentz Fries of Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 map of India and Southeast Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01233 Print Map I... Show more1522 reduction by Laurentz Fries of Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 map of India and Southeast Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01233 Print Map Item-ID: 1140448 BIB-ID: 1729748 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show less
Asiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are... Show moreAsiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are given around the edge for reference to the gazetteer. This map is much more finely engraved and more accurately fitted to the tables, than any of the maps of the previous Ptolemy editions. Size: 31 x 46 cm. Published in 1578 and reprinted in 1584-1704. Latin. (Qatar name in map = Catara). See Tibbets no 40, though this is not the same Shows territorial divisions, rivers, and cities. Relief shown by illustrations of mountains. Based on Ptolemy's Geography. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00174 Print Map Item-ID: i11401631 BIB-ID: 2764263 Show less
Nautical chart Relief shown pictorially The map covers the Persian Gulf from Basra to Cap de Jask. Scale: Lieu Francoises de 3000 pas Geomemetriqe... Show moreNautical chart Relief shown pictorially The map covers the Persian Gulf from Basra to Cap de Jask. Scale: Lieu Francoises de 3000 pas Geomemetriqe ou de 2500 Toises 30. Lieues Marines, de 20 au degre 30. Parsange, de 22 au degre 30. Parasanges de 19 au degre 30. [up r. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01108 Print Map Item-ID: i11403548 BIB-ID: 1172697 Show less
conatibus D. Robert de Vaugondy ; El. Haussard fecit. Carton : "India." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01189 Print Map Item-ID: i11404760 BIB-ID:... Show moreconatibus D. Robert de Vaugondy ; El. Haussard fecit. Carton : "India." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01189 Print Map Item-ID: i11404760 BIB-ID: 1172819 Show less
[d'Après de Mannevillette]. Numéroté 27. In : "Neptune oriental" / Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis d'Après de Mannevillette, Paris : Malassis, 1775 d... Show more[d'Après de Mannevillette]. Numéroté 27. In : "Neptune oriental" / Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis d'Après de Mannevillette, Paris : Malassis, 1775 d'après National maritime museum cat., vol. 3, p. 224. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01195 Print Map Item-ID: i1140484x BIB-ID: 1172827 Show less
The plan of one of the mud-walled village upon the banks of the Nile. [low l. h. with key note below]. Abr. Elton del [low l. h.]. In cartouche: ... Show moreThe plan of one of the mud-walled village upon the banks of the Nile. [low l. h. with key note below]. Abr. Elton del [low l. h.]. In cartouche: "To the Reverend and Honourable Richard Trevor Ltd. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford" [oval cart low r. h.]. The Persian wheel [centre right. plan and key note]. The rivers and mountains are shown pictorially. There is presentation of road lines and historical monuments with their description. Size: 40.40 x 33.40 cm. Published in 1720. Coloured. English. Upper right hand corner above neatline: "Obs: P. 377" Frame Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00910 Print Map Item-ID: i11402362 BIB-ID: 1172579 Show less
[map 1.] Descriptio antiquae vrbis Hierosolymorum, qua amplitudine et splendore tempore Christi Saluatoris nostri conspicua fuit -- [map 2.] Noua... Show more[map 1.] Descriptio antiquae vrbis Hierosolymorum, qua amplitudine et splendore tempore Christi Saluatoris nostri conspicua fuit -- [map 2.] Noua vrbis Hierosolymitanae descriptio, qua forma et situ nostro seculo se conspiciendam praebet. On left of sheet is imaginary topographic description of the ancient city at the time of Jesus Christ; on right side is topographical description of the modern city. Relief shown by shading, hachures, and pictorially. From: Civitates orbis terrarum / Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Köln, 1572, Vol. I, No. 52 (should read 53), according to Laor. "The maps are drawn after Laicstain-De Jode's original but without mentioning the names." Laor, p.152. Inset at bottom right of Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law. Copperplate. Latin text on verso: "Ierosolyma." Includes index. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00912 Print Map Item-ID: i11402386 BIB-ID: 1172581 Show less
according to the latest observations by Tho. Bowen. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01035 Print Map Item-ID: i11402799 BIB... Show moreaccording to the latest observations by Tho. Bowen. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01035 Print Map Item-ID: i11402799 BIB-ID: 1172622 In English. Show less
by Eman.l Bowen. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures, depth by stippling No. 46 Prime meridian: London. From: "A complete atlas, or distinct view... Show moreby Eman.l Bowen. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures, depth by stippling No. 46 Prime meridian: London. From: "A complete atlas, or distinct view of the known world" von Emanuel Bowen (London, 1752). Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00572 Print Map Item-ID: i11401928 BIB-ID: 1172535 Show less
Paradise, Paradise-- Maps, Deluge, Deluge--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Christianity--Middle East--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Christianity--Palestine--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Deluge
Imaginary depiction of the location of paradise in the Canaan, country the place is inserted in Quadrans sive Regio Edenis and bordered by Eden on... Show moreImaginary depiction of the location of paradise in the Canaan, country the place is inserted in Quadrans sive Regio Edenis and bordered by Eden on the western side, Nabataei on the eastern side and chus et chut on the north. There is presentation of Adam and Eve in the garden and shows their expulsion from the garden. The map covers from Cilicia in west and Auxumitee in the east. From north is Carmaniae Pars and Panopolis in the south. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Shows topography, drainage, vegetation, boundaries, settlements, places of historical interest. Descriptive text throughout. Decorative cartouche with illustrations of men. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00886 Print Map Item-ID: i1140226x BIB-ID: 2762486 Show less
DIE Statt Mecha fig. LXXXIV. [upper marg.] la Mecque [up cent.]. Panoramic view of town fo Mecca showing the arrival of pilgrims. Size: 9.10 x 13... Show moreDIE Statt Mecha fig. LXXXIV. [upper marg.] la Mecque [up cent.]. Panoramic view of town fo Mecca showing the arrival of pilgrims. Size: 9.10 x 13.80 cm. Published in 1686. Coloured. German + French. sheet Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00881 Print Map Item-ID: i11402234 BIB-ID: 1172566 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. From his "Cosmographia." Shows the Nile River delta and northwestern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. Printed from woodcut. Pi... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. From his "Cosmographia." Shows the Nile River delta and northwestern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. Printed from woodcut. Pictorial presentation of the river Nile in Egypt. Sinai is shown with massive mountain ranges. Towns depicted with castles. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00884 Print Map Item-ID: i11402246 BIB-ID: 1172567 From the collection of Louis Karpinski. Show less
This fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio... Show moreThis fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on the Ramusio's 'Raccolta di Navigationi et Viaggi'. In the book was an account of the voyage of the Parmentier Brothers, Frenchmen who ran the Portuguese blockade of the East Indies and landed on the west Sumatran coast. Both brothers died of fever and their crew did not acquire a great deal of wealth, which dissuaded the French from sending further expeditions. Prior to Ramusio's map, Sumatra had been confused with Sri Lanka and maps of the island contained conjectural geography based primarily on Marco Polo. The map is oriented with south at the top and the shape of the island and many of its features are quite accurately portrayed. However, there is no attempt to show any part of the Malay Peninsula or Java, although several of the surrounding small islands, such as Bancha (Banca) are shown. Charming scenes in the interior show vegetation, animals, and native figures at work and play, and there are numerous ships and creatures in the sea. First published in Giovani Battista Ramusio's Delle navigatione et viaggi. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the bottom. Page numbers on top margin of sheet: 433, 434. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00231 Print Map Item-ID: i11400493 BIB-ID: 1843418 Show less
This is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth... Show moreThis is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche, which was removed between 1606 and 1612 (van den Broecke). At the time of its publication it was the most expensive book ever produced. Between 1570 and 1612, it was issued in 31 editions and 7 languages. This map of Africa is based upon Gastaldi's 8 sheet wall map and Mercator's world map of 1569. The map was the first widely disseminated modernized map of Africa in the latter part of the 16th Century and became the standard map of the continent until well into the 17th Century. Relief shown pictorially. Title in decorative strapwork cartouche flanked by two caryatids. Map of Africa including part of Asia. Three sea monsters appear in the ocean and three ships are engaged in battle in the Indian Ocean. Map is based on the Gastaldi 8-sheet wall map of 1564 and Mercator's wall map of 1569 with some modifications engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Scale derived from latitude lines. Coordinates converted to Greenwich meridian. Latin text on verso with title: "Africa." Last line of text: "Ximo, habes litteras Ioannis Baptistae Rhamusi, & Hieronymi Fracastorij" points to the map published in a 1592 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum--(Van den Boecke, Koemans 31:041) From: Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00274 Print Map Item-ID: i11400687 BIB-ID: 1845455 Abraham Ortelius was born 1527 in Antwerp. He studied mathematics, Greek and Latin and travelled a lot across Europe. He established a business in dealing with books and drawing maps. His first remarkable map was a 8 sheet world map in the year 1564, but only three copies have survived. In 1570 he issued the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern "Atlas" with uniformly sized maps in a systematic collection. The term "Atlas" was not used until Mercator introduced it 20 years later. Most of the maps in Theatrum were engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Atlas Despite its expense, it was a big success and around 7000 copies were printed until 1612, in many editions and six different languages. Beside the Theatrum, Ortelius compiled a series of historical maps and published it in the "Parergon Theatri," which was bound with the Theatrum from 1579 onwards, or published separately. Show less