Arabian Peninsula.- Wyld the Younger (James, cartographer and geographical publisher, 1812-1887) [Three-part manuscript map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf], large set of three sheets of outline maps of the South West, South East, and North East quadrants of the Arabian Peninsula, including modern day Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain, with part of the south west coast of Iran, also with major cities and trunk roads highlighted including Mecca, pen and ink with watercolour wash over pencil underdrawing, on cream wove paper without watermark, one sheet inscribed 'Drawn by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East', three sheets each approx. 680 x 830 mm. (26 3/4 x 32 3/4 in), some surface dirt, minor nicks and tears to extremities, [circa 1840 and later].

⁂ An early three-part manuscript map of Arabia, from one of the most renowned London-based map, chart and globe manufacturers of the 19th century.