Middle East.- Egypt.- Covens & Mortier (Publishers) Aegypti ac Nobilissimi eius Fluminis a Cataractis usque ad Ostia Fidelis atque Accurata Descriptio, engraved map, [c.1746]; and a Bruan & Hogenberg

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Middle East.- Egypt.- Covens & Mortier (Publishers) Aegypti ac Nobilissimi eius Fluminis a Cataractis usque ad Ostia Fidelis atque Accurata Descriptio, focussing on the Nile, with five insets of the Nile delta according to Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus, Pliny and Ptolemy, engraved map, sheet 650 x 535 mm (25 1/2 x 21 in), horizontal fold, some minor damp-stains and surface dirt, marginal repaired nicks and tears, unframed, [circa 1746]; together with a good but trimmed impression of Braun & Hogenberg's 'Cairus, quae olim Babylon; Aegypti Maxima Urbs', engraved bird's-eye view, sheet 330 x 482 mm (13 x 19 in), spotting and surface dirt, unframed, circa [1572 - 1618] (2)

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