[Two maps and a guidebook belonging to Luigi Gabbrielli, Fascist Italy's Minister to Iraq] (1) Asia Minore: Armenia, Caucasia Merid., Siria, Mesopotamia e Regioni Adiacenti (Edizione Provvisoria) N. 558 - 1920 // (2) Stanford's Map of the Middle East // 3. A Guide Through the ruins of Babylon and Borsippa
Language: English
Published by Ministero delle Colonie, Ufficio Cartografico; Edward Stanford; Government Press, Roma, London, Baghdad, 1919
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A set of two maps and a travel guide with the bookplates of Luigi Gabbrielli, formerly Fascist Italy's Consul General to Palestine, dating to when he was its Minister in Iraq. Supported by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al Husseini, Gabbrielli led the anti-British propaganda effort that resulted in the Golden Square Coup that brought the nationalist Rashid Al Gaylani to power briefly in April 1941. The three of them fled to Iran when the British ousted Gaylani in the Anglo-Iraqi War (2-31 May). With them went Fritz Grobba, Nazi Germany's former Minister to Iraq and Saudi Arabia who had facilitated the provision of German miliary advisors to Baghdad, and the training of anti-British Iraqi officers in Germany. [MAP 1] Dardano, A (Capo Cartografo) "Asia Minore: Armenia, Caucasia Merid., Siria, Mesopotamia e Regioni Adiacenti (Edizione Provvisoria) N. 558 - 1920", Roma: Ministero delle Colonie, Ufficio Cartografico Colour folding map dated 1919 and 1920, 1/3M, 85x70cm dissected in 36 sections mounted on linen, uncased. Gabrielli's bookplate to verso with name and date in blue crayon (Gabbrielli Bagdad 1936). Some lifting from linen, scuffing and staining. A couple of routes into the Syrian Desert have been drawn in blue crayon. Colour coding shows political interests (Ottoman, Russia, Persia, Italy, Britain, Greece) with Ottoman administrative boundaries, railways and tracks. Labelled in Italian with Italian-Turkish glossary. Rare with 4 copies on Worldcat (University of Illinois, BnF, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Biblioteca Nacional de Espana). None on Library Hub. // [MAP 2] "Stanford's Map of the Middle East", London: Edward Stanford, 1936. Colour map 103x73cm dissected in 32 sections backed on linen, uncased. Gabrielli's bookplate to verso with name and date in blue crayon (Gabbrielli Bagdad 1940). Very good with pinholes to the edges. Dated 26 June 1936 from the code (26636). On a scale of 1/2.5M, this has almost identical geographical coverage to the first map. Borders are colour shaded, demarcating the British and French Mandates. Features include military and civil aerodromes and landing grounds, and oil fields. Major pipelines are shown including Kirkuk to Haifa and Tripoli with its pumping stations (this began operation in 1935), and APOC Pipeline terminating at Abadan. Railways including the Hejaz and Baghdad lines are marked with stations. Wells, waterholes, jebels and wadis are individually named and desert routes shown. Stanford issued a few editions in the 1930s which are now rare. Worldcat and Library Hub record editions for 1933, 1939, 1940. // [GUIDE] J. Jordan, "A Guide Through the ruins of Babylon and Borsippa With 18 pictures and 2 maps", Baghdad: Government Press, 1937. First and only edition. Printed blue wraps 15x21cm. 21pp + 18 full page b/w figures + 2 folding maps as called for (I. Babylon, II. The Inner Town of Babylon) with errata slip laid in. Wraps good, fading to the edges, with Gabbrielli's bookplate inside front. Interiors good, foxed with faint damp stain at fore-edge. Maps neatly folded. Jordan was Technical Advisor to the Antiquities Department.…
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- Title
- [Two maps and a guidebook belonging to Luigi Gabbrielli, Fascist Italy's Minister to Iraq] (1) Asia Minore: Armenia, Caucasia Merid., Siria, Mesopotamia e Regioni Adiacenti (Edizione Provvisoria) N. 558 - 1920 // (2) Stanford's Map of the Middle East // 3. A Guide Through the ruins of Babylon and Borsippa
- Author
- Dardano, A (Capo Cartografo); Edward Stanford; J. Jordan
- Publisher
- Ministero delle Colonie, Ufficio Cartografico; Edward Stanford; Government Press, Roma, London, Baghdad
- Publication year
- 1919
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- No Binding
- Language
- English
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