Stanford's Map of the Middle East

Two maps, a travel guide, and framed photograph belonging to Luigi Gabbrielli, Fascist Italy's Consul-General to Palestine and Minister to Iraq] 1. Asia Minore: Armenia, Caucasia Merid., Siria, Mesopotamia e Regioni Adiacenti (Edizione Provvisoria) N. 558 - 1920 / 2. Stanford's Map of the Middle East / 3. A Guide Through the ruins of Babylon and Borsippa (With 18 pictures and 2 maps) / 4. Photograph] Sir Percy Z Cox's "Banogue" (P. Wilson up)

No Binding. Condición: Good. Luigi Gabbrielli (1885-?) was Italy's Consul General in Jerusalem from 1930 then Minister in Baghdad. After Iraq cut relations with Germany at the start of WW2 Gabbrielli led the Axis' anti-British propaganda efforts with the support of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al Husseini. This culminated in the Axis-supported Golden Square Coup (1 April 1941) which brought Rashid Ali al Gaylani to power. In the ensuing Anglo-Iraqi War (2-31 May) the British ousted Gaylani, restoring pro-British Regent Abd al-Ila. Gabbrielli, Gaylani, and the Grand Mufti fled together to Iran. With them was Fritz Grobba, Nazi Germany's former Minister to Iraq and Saudi Arabia who had facilitated the training of anti-imperialist Iraqi officers in Germany (the four leading members of which nicknamed the "Golden Square") and transfer of German military advisors to Baghdad. 1. MAP: Dardano, A (Capo Cartografo) Asia Minore: Armenia, Caucasia Merid., Siria, Mesopotamia e Regioni Adiacenti (Edizione Provvisoria) N. 558 - 1920, Roma : Ministero delle Colonie, Ufficio Cartografico Colour folding map dated 1919 and 1920, 1:3,000,000, 85 x 70cm dissected in 36 sections mounted on linen, uncased. Colour coding shows political interests (Ottoman, Russia, Persia, Italy, Britain, Greece) with Ottoman administrative boundaries, railways and tracks. Labelled in Italian with Italian-Turkish glossary. This and the Stanford map have almost identical geographical coverage. Some lifting from linen, scuffing and staining. A couple of routes into the Syrian Desert have been drawn in blue crayon. Gabrielli's bookplate to verso with name and date in blue crayon (Gabbrielli Bagdad 1936). Rare - 4 copies on Worldcat (University of Illinois, BnF, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Biblioteca Nacional de Espana). None on Jisc. 2. MAP: Stanford's Map of the Middle East, London: Edward Stanford, 1936. Colour map 103 x 73cm dissected in 32 sections backed on linen, uncased. Dated 26 June 1936 (from the code 26636). 1:2,500,000. Borders are colour shaded, demarcating the British and French Mandates. Features include military and civil aerodromes and landing grounds, and oil fields. Major pipelines are shown including Kirkuk to Haifa and Tripoli with its pumping stations (this began operation in 1935), and the Anglo Persian Oil Company Pipeline terminating at Abadan. Railways including the Hejaz and Baghdad lines are marked with their stations. In the more sparsely populated areas, wells, waterholes, jebels and wadis are individually named and desert routes shown. Very good with pinholes to the edges. Gabrielli's bookplate to verso with name and date in blue crayon (Gabbrielli Bagdad 1940). Stanford issued a few editions in the 1930s which are now rare. Worldcat and Jisc record editions for 1933, 1939, 1940. 3. GUIDE: Jordan, J. Department of Antiquities A Guide Through the ruins of Babylon and Borsippa With 18 pictures and 2 maps, Baghdad: Government Press, 1937 First and only edition. Printed blue wraps 15 x 21cm. 21pp + 18 full page b/w figures + 2 folding maps as called for (I. Babylon, II. The Inner Town of Babylon) with errata slip laid in. Wraps good, fading to edges. Interiors good, foxed with faint damp stain at fore-edge. Maps neatly folded. The author was Technical Advisor to the Antiquities Department. Gabbrielli's bookplate inside front wrap. 4. PHOTO: Sir Percy Z Cox's "Banogue" (P. Wilson up), Baghdad: Kerim Studio, nd, c 1920s B/w photo 29 x 24cm with pencilled caption mounted in contemporary wood frame 47 x 37cm by Abdul Kerim. The photo shows a racehorse belonging to former British High Commissioner to Iraq Sir Percy Zachariah Cox with its rider P. Wilson. Aside from the caption there are no ownership marks, and it is not clear how this came into Gabbrielli's possession. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3833

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