Ravine at Petra Printed Area Measurement_9.5 x 13.4 cm

Ravine at Petra Printed Area Measurement_9.5 x 13.4 cmLondon: Day & Son for FG Moon, 1842 45. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after Roberts, 51 x 33. 5 cm, light marginal waterstaining. From the first edition of The Holy Land which, with Egypt and Nubia, form one of the most important and elaborate ventures in nineteenth century publishing, and the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph (Abbey). Part of the lower Siq, the ravine leading into the ancient Nabataean settlement of Petra. Abbey, Travel, 385.

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suggesting that this is an early issue

and Jefferys’ six-sheet map

French naval chart of Smyrna

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This map of Scandinavia is from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia

This map of the Nile delta (with crocodiles) is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers

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Cary is perhaps best known for his English county atlases

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