Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Closed
November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
IRAQ GOVERNMENT
Two documents issued by the Development Board, together with a collection of photographs of Iraq and elsewhere, c.1950s, comprising:
Development of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. Baghdad: Al-'Ani Press, 1955, 4to (305 x 210mm.), 12 numbered maps and plates, original printed stapled green wrappers, slight wear to wrappers--Major Irrigation Projects. Baghdad: Al-'Ani Press, 1955, 4to (305 x 210mm.), folding maps and photographic plates, original printed stapled red wrappers, slight wear to wrappers
Together with a large collection of over 300 photographs of Iraq and elsewhere (average size 80 x 100mm., or the reverse), many documenting construction work, architecture and landscapes