Asia. The first part being an accurate description of Persia, and the several provinces thereof. The vast empire of the Great Mogol, and other parts of India, and their several kingdoms and regions…
London: John Ogilby. 1673. Binding: No binding, loose., Notes: John Ogilby (1600 – 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario, printer, and cartographer. Ogilby took on an ambitious project in writing a multi-volume description of the world, the third of which would be on Asia. Ogilby’s Asia volume is largely a translation of Olfert Dapper’s Asia; Oder, Genaue, Und Grundliche Beschreibung Des Gantzen Syrien Und Palestins, Oder Belobten Landes…, published a year earlier.
, Size: Small Folio, Illustration: Lacks the maps and 1 print.
Missing:
1. Preface: “The General Description of Asia,” 7 pages
2. Between dedication/preface: “A New Map Of Asia”
3. 9: “Schamachie”
4. 11: “Derbendt”
5. 17: Saba
6. 18: Cachan
7. 25: Ardebeile
8. 30: Caspise Zee
9. 90: Tabula Colchicis Hodie Mengrelie
10. 104: Magni Mogolis Imperium
11. 136: Waras of Warrahas autaer, de derde
12. 140: Rams, or Ram Katas, the seventh
13. 143: Bhodes, Boudhas, the ninth
14. 143: Callenkyns, the tenth
, Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran;. Very good condition. Item #B6725
Price: $750.00