[Ottoman cartography]. Collection of 2 maps from an Ottoman atlas: Arabian Peninsula and Hejaz Railroad.

No place, [ca. 1912].

207 x 177 mm each, colour-printed.

 1,800.00

A set of two maps removed from an Ottoman atlas published shortly before the Great War. The first map shows the Near East, Egypt and Northern Arabia with the Hejaz Railroad's branches as completed by 1911. Diagrams in the margin depict the elevation of the railroad along its line. The second map shows the Arabian Peninsula and its railroads; an inset shows the Suez Canal (with the date of its completion given as 1869 CE and 1285 Rumi calendar).

A soft central fold and tiny edge tears. Traces of former tab-mounting within an atlas; handwritten Ottoman Turkish titles in black ink on verso.