Arabia Mecca Medina East Africa Nile Source 1792 Elwe Delisle Rare folio Map Moscovie 5" tear from left edge

5" tear from left edge inset tab closed on reverse with archival tape and easy to overlook or miss

20-35 pages

Engraved frontis portrait protected by original tissue guard

Scene of the Great Union Barbecue" "The Gunboat New Era

10 1/4" H x 15" W

Arabia Mecca Medina East Africa Nile Source 1792 Elwe Delisle Rare folio Map Moscovie 5" tear from left edgeCarte de l'Egypte de la Nubie de l'Abissinie &c (Old Maps, 18th Century Maps, Africa, North Eastern Africa, Barbary Coast, Nile River, Red Sea, Arabia, Persian Gulf). Issued 1792, Amsterdam by Jan Elwe after Delisle for l'Academic Royal des Sciences a Paris. Rare large format late 18th century Dutch map. Engraved with original hand color. Wonderful details, including Nile source lakes and mountains, endless notes about tribes, kings and kingdoms,