Bowen, Emanuel
Collection of engraved maps, c.1750-65
£550
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including: A New and Accurate Map of China; A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of Japan; Turky in Asia, Arabia, etc.; A New and Accurate Map of Persia; A New and Accurate Map of Anatolia or Asia Minor, with Syria and Other Provinces of the Turkish Empire; A New and Accurate Chart of the World; all approx. 36.5 x 43cm, each with central fold, trimmed close to or past neatline in places, World map browned, light browning to others. Together with 3 engraved plates ('A Genealogical Table of the Tribes of the Genuine Arabs'; 'A Genealogical Table of ye Tribes of the Naturalized Arabs'; 'The Tribe of Koreish'), and 48 further engraved maps, 18th century, European, historical or biblical, by Bowen, Blundell, Basire and others (57 in 1 folder)