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Manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Page with large miniature 187 x 160mm. from the Shahnameh, or ("The Book of Kings"), which is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 9...

$400 / ≈ €352
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Kashmir, ca. 1830-1860

 


ABIETUM phyllulae et pulvini.s. Tab. 137.

From his famous work 'Flora Japonica'. Von Siebold was born in Wurtzburg, in Germany, and worked for the Dutch government as a doctor in Java. In Japan, where Von Siebold...

$80 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: VON SIEBOLD, P.Fr.B.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1852

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €1938
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


Scio. (Chios)

Very rare view of Chios Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...

$750 / ≈ €661
Maker / Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598