Copy of ‘the earliest obtainable map printed in Arabic’ reaches 15-times estimate at Forum Auctions
The atlas 'Ay majmu’ kharitat rasm al-ard…,' published by the Church Missionary Society Press in Valetta, is today considered the earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic.
Issued in small numbers in 1833 and again in 1835, it had a profound impact at a time when cartogr…