Middle East.- Rossi (Giacomo Giovanni), Regno di Persia ..., showing from the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz and the Indus River, from Rossi's 'Mercurio Geographico', engraved map, on laid paper with watermark of two concentric circles and indistinct device within, by Giorgio Widman, 445 x 560 mm. (17 1/2 x 22 in), central vertical fold, repaired tear to the lower left corner, and other nicks and tears some just going within the map, light damp-staining and surface dirt, Rome, 1689 § Buache (Philippe), Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio Tabula, engraved map showing the Empire of Alexander the Great, on two sheets joined, 475 x 815 mm. (18 3/4 x 32 in), repaired marginal loss, some browning, several handling creases, minor nicks and tears, Paris, circa 1745; and with a group of 13 maps of the Middle East, several illustrating the Alexandrian Empire, by Hondius, Merian, Vaugondy, and others, engravings, some with hand-colouring, various sizes, mainly 18th and 19th century (15).