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8 pp, 12mo. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to 'Dear Ernest'. He begins by congratulating Gye on his promotion and 'on going to Tangier - a delightful spot'. It is however 'very sad' that Gye's 'guiding hand over our destinies will no longer be there in the Office'. He thanks Gye for his 'kindness' and 'sympathy': 'My path has lain along uneventful ways and it has been an untold solace to feel you did not despise those who had mearly [sic] to 'stand & wait''. Gye will find Tangier ('the gateway to Morocco') a 'joy', and 'the light there & in the rest of Morocco - it varies a lot, will give your brush new elements with which to deal. It was interesting to watch its influence on the paintings of Bishop (Henry A.R.A.)' Gye will 'no doubt meet the weird but not untalented "Teddy Wolf" who seems to be less eccentric as an artist now than when first he came to Fez in 1928.' He finds Damascus 'curiously reminiscent of its offspring - Fez', and he finds it 'so little changed in ten years apart from the devastations of the Forces bombardment in 1925'. Ends by discussing accommodation. He 'can't bear Mrs. Hole's choice of a house', but hopes to change address. 'I feel strongly at the moment that H.M.G. ought to own all official houses'.

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Hardcover. Good. Some filled wormholes with some loss. Size 10 x 7 Inches. This is an attractive, scarce example of Gianfrancesco Pivati's view of the Syrian city of Damascus, printed in 1747 for inclusion in Pivati's Nuovo Dizionario Scientifico E Curioso Sacro-Profano . The view is intended to portray the contemporaneous Muslim walled city. Its mosques are prominent, recognizable by the crescent atop towers and minarets. Spare trees and barren hillsides loom in the background. Smaller towns appear in the foreground along the road to Damascus. While it does not resemble the prior views of the city produced by 'Braun and Hogenberg' and 'Olfert Dapper,' it shares in common with these the reality that Pivati did not visit the places depicted in his dictionary. So, the depiction of the city relies on a combination of travelers' reports and imagination. It nonetheless remains one of the few acquirable, early views of Damascus. Publication History and Census This view appeared in the 1747 sixth volume of Pivati's Nuovo Dizionario Scientifico E Curioso Sacro-Profano . The ten-volume set is listed in OCLC by about 20 institutional collections. The separate view is not cataloged and we see no market record.

Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Closed edge tears professionally repaired on verso. Verso repairs to fold separations. Size 19 x 26 Inches. This is a 1955 Y?suf Sam?rah pictorial tourist map of Damascus, Syria, issued to promote and capitalize on the 2nd Damascus International Fair. A Closer Look Coverage embraces Damascus from Syrian University to the al-Sheikh Raslan Mosque and from Alshahbandar Square to just south of the Chapel of Saint Paul.Significant sites are illustrated pictorially, including Syrian University and the Chapel of Saint Paul, along with the Palace of Justice, the Umayyad Mosque (one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world), Parliament, the Mariamite Cathedral, and the Mausoleum of Saladin. Other buildings are marked by their footprint, including several mosques, the telephone and telegraph exchange, and the Citadel. On the verso, printed photographs highlight key locations, among them Umayyad Mosque, the Mausoleum of Saladin, the Garden of Zenobia, and St. John the Baptist's Mausoleum. An index lists hotels, taxis, banks, cinemas, nightclubs, restaurants, and airlines and travel offices. A small 2nd Damascus International Fair advertisement also appears on the verso. The Damascus International Fair The first Damascus International Fair was held in Umayyad Square in September 1954. Twenty-six countries participated, and over 1,000,000 people visited. After the first fair's success, it was made into an annual event promoted as 'the Syrian economy's window to the world.' Annual fairs followed until the 2012 outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. After a lull of five years, they were revived in 2017 with a new 1.2 million-square-meter fairground. Publication History and Census This map was created by Y?suf Sam?rah and published in 1955 for the 2nd Damascus International Fair. We note 8 examples cataloged in OCLC, which are part of the collections at Harvard University, the Library of Congress, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the University of California Berkeley, Leiden University, and the Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam. References: OCLC 39367716.

Excellent. slight toning to edges and faint wear to centerfold, else fine. Size 12 x 15 Inches. This is a beautiful example of Jacob Meurs' engraved view of the Syrian city of Damascus, printed in 1681 as part of Olfert Dapper's history of Asia Minor and the Holy Land. The view is intended to portray the contemporaneous Muslim walled city; its mosques prominent. Some churches illustrated as well, though one of these, the Church of Saint Paul, is in ruins. In the foreground, noblemen in Ottoman styles converse as footmen lead their camels, replete with a covered chaise, towards the city. Before the walls of the city, the view presents a bustling scene of nobles, fishermen, cattle herders and soldiers. The Source Dapper, as a rule, does not seem to have visited the places in his histories, instead he compiled his tales from travel narratives. The same, it seems, can be said for the sources for his views. Although the perspectives used to depict the city differ, it must be said that the content of the Meurs/ Dapper view and that of the 'Braun and Hogenberg' a century prior are materially the same. That said, the differences in execution are striking, and Meurs' engraving shows the monumental development of the art of the engraver that took place over the course of the 17th century. Publication History and Census This view was engraved for inclusion in Dapper's 1681 Asia oder genaue und gru?ndliche Beschreibung des gantzen Syrien und Palestins . The book is well represented in institutional collections. Examples of the separate view are catalogued in OCLC at George Washington University, the National Library of Israel, and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. References: OCLC 163522722.

Fair to Good. Manuscript map drawn on wax paper. All color present and all text easily readable. Exhibits loss along top and bottom margins that does not effect the map. Exhibits tears along original fold lines. Blank on verso. Size 12 x 16 Inches. This is a one-of-a-kind c. 1942 manuscript map of Damascus, Syria created during the British occupation of the city after the successful June 1941 battle during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign. Illustrating only a small part of the city, 'in-bounds' areas are shaded three different colors to emphasize where British troops were allowed to explore. The red shaded areas, which include the medical school (Falcultie de Medicine) and the racecourse, are parts of the city the soldiers were allowed to exist in, while the green areas, which are the Citadel and the Omayad Mosque, were 'in bounds' during daylight hours except on Fridays. The three streets shaded gray were only 'in bounds' during daylight hours. Thirty-two locations around the area are numerically identified and correspond with a key situated along the right side. Some of these include cinemas, hotels, the Church Army Hostel, the Y.M.C.A., and the headquarters of the military police. Intriguingly, the map's title, the key (index) and the text explaining which areas are 'in bounds' when have all been typed on a typewriter while the rest of the map was completed in manuscript. . The Battle of Damascus and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign In 1941, Syria and Lebanon were held by Vichy France. A coup d'état in Iraq on April 1, 1941 instigated the Anglo-Iraqi War (May 2-31, 1941) after the leader of the Iraqi nationalists Rashid Ali appealed to Nazi Germany for help. This war ended in the establishment of a British puppet government in Iraq. Britain then launched the Syria-Lebanon campaign (June 8 - July 14, 1941) in an effort to prevent Nazi Germany from using Vichy-French controlled airfield in Syria and Lebanon to attack British forces in Egypt. During this campaign, which suffered from a severe lack of troop strength, the British were also preparing for the operation to relieve the Siege of Tobruk in North Africa and were fighting in the East African Campaign as well. Damascus was captured on June 21, 1941, and Beirut fell to the Australian 21st Brigade on July 10. The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre was signed four days later. Dating the Map Unfortunately, the map is not dated, and very little scholarship is available about Damascus itself during this period in its history. Luckily, we were able to locate a digitized reminiscence of an American Field Service volunteer named Charles P. Edwards who was a member of a British ambulance unit in the Middle East and North Africa from October 1942 until at least January 1943. Edwards spent six weeks in Damascus from mid-November through the end of December 1942 working at a casualty clearing station and references a transit camp outside of town. A transit camp is referenced here as well, with an arrow in the upper right corner pointing up off the map toward a transit camp. Thus, thanks to Edwards's account, we are able to place a date of c. 1942 on this piece. Publication History and Census This map was drawn in Damascus, Syria, likely by a British or Australian soldier, during the occupation of Damascus c. 1942. This is likely a one-of-a-kind artifact, as we have been unable to unearth anything even remotely comparable. Signed by Author(s).