A Belgian <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/maps-&amp;-botanicals?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of the Middle East by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_gerard-de-jode-de-jodes-rare-cordiform-world-map-1578-8ddb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gerard De Jode</a>.<ul><li>Gerard De Jode (Dutch).</li><li>Secundae Partis Asiae typus..</li><li>Antwerp: Arnold Coninx for the widow and heirs of Gerard de Jode, 1593.</li><li>Hand color.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A very fine example of this rare 16th century map of south west Asia, covering mainly Arabia, southern Persia, and the west coast of India &amp; Maldives, and including Egypt &amp; the Nile. Although the map was engraved circa 1566-1570, publication of De Jode's atlas, the Speculum Orbis Terrarum, was held back until 1578 by Ortelius's patent. Some of the most famous names in cartography of this period appear on this map: De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, with whom he had a long-running feud; Gastaldi, De Jode's source, is best known for his maps in 'Lafreri-type' atlases; and Lucas &amp; Jan van Doeticum, the engravers, are renowned for the flair of their work for Waghenaer, Linschoten and Ortelius. Neither edition of the Speculum atlas sold well, as Ortelius's Theatrum already dominated the market. This second edition was to be the last: after 1600 the plates were bought by Jan Baptiste Vrients, who also acquired the Ortelius rights, to ensure De Jode's maps were never printed again. Thus all editions of the De Jode maps are scarce.

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