Urbis Kahira nec non oppidorum Bulak Masr… Cairo city plan—Giza—Niebuhr 1773 map
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Urbis Kahira nec non oppidorum Bulak Masr el Attik et Dsjise Ichnographia [Ground plan of the city of Cairo and the towns of Bulak, Old Cairo and Giza]
One of the most substantial and desirable plates from Niebuhr’s Egyptian material: a detailed plan of Cairo with Bulak, Old Cairo and Giza. The key identifies the residence of the ruling Pasha, the Citadel, Janissary and Assab quarters, Sultan Hasan, al-Azhar, Khan al-Khalili, the Jewish quarter, foreign consulates, churches, cemeteries, birkets, bridges and industrial sites. Niebuhr’s plan was made from pacing and compass observations, giving it the character of a working traveller’s survey rather than a decorative city view. It is a rich record of eighteenth-century Cairo’s political, religious, commercial and hydraulic geography. The original explanatory text pages are not available with this map, but we include a legend sheet transcribing the original German key with English translation.
Size 31 x 50 cm | 12.0 x 19.5 inches
Date Published: 1773
Type: Antique uncoloured copper-engraved folding city plan
Author: Niebuhr, Carsten
Publication: Niebuhr's Description de l’Arabie
Condition: Good |
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