1st item: DE BESCHRYVING VAN DE REYSEN PAULI, EN VAN DE ANDERE APOSTELEN map, engraved by Daniel Stoopendaal after Bastian Stoopendaal, published by Pieter and Jacob Keur, Amsterdam, ca. 1730. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring depicting a map of areas surrounding the Mediterranean sea with counties, cities and towns, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and other points of interest pertaining to the life and travels of the Apostle Paul identified in Dutch text. Decorative title cartouche, lower center, flanked by vignettes depicting biblical scenes to the left and right. LeMieux Galleries, Inc., New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana, gallery label en verso. Housed and matted under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 11 3/4" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed: 19 1/4" H x 24 3/4" W. 2nd item: CARTE DE L'ASIE MINEURE OU DE LA NATOLIE ET DU PONT EUXIN map, drawn by Johann Matthias Haas, published by the Heirs of Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, ca. 1743. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring depicting Asia Minor, primarily Turkey and the regions surrounding the Black Sea, including cities and towns, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and other areas of interest, with text in Latin. Title, across the top above image, decorative cartouche with Classical and Medieval motifs with text and scales of miles, top left of map. Surrounded by scale notations. Housed and triple matted under glass in a carved giltwood frame. Image: 19 3/8" H x 22 3/4" W. Sight: 19 3/4" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed: 29 1/4" H x 32 1/4" W. 3rd-4th items: LA PERSIE, LA GEORGIE ET LA TURQUIE D'ASIE AVEC LA PARTIE SEPTENTRIONALE DE L'ARABIE Map and Description Text Sheet, 2 items, by Nicholas de Far, published in Paris, 1705. Copperplate engraving with hand coloring depicting Persia and the Middle East including the eastern Mediterranean and northern Egypt, with cities and town, mountain ranges, bodies of water, deserts, and other areas of interest identified in French text. Title and scale of miles, top right. Surrounded by a line border. Description Text Sheet also in French text, surrounded by a line border. Both items unframed. Map image: 9 1/4" H x 13 3/8" W. Sheets approximately: 11" H x 16 3/8" W. 5th item: Italian carved wood Renaissance style heraldic wall plaque having a crest-shaped coat of arms with lion and fleur de lis surmounted by a knight. Stamped MADE IN ITALY, en verso. 24 1/2" H x 12" W. 20th century.

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia.

CONDITION: 1st item (Stoopendaal map): Minor tears, largest 3/4, to fold lines. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item (Haas map): Scattered foxing spots, staining, largest 1/4". 1/4" tear, top of center fold line. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with minor abrasions. 3rd-4th items (de Far): Toning, scattered areas of foxing, and areas of dampstaining, largest 7 1/2" x 14 3/4", primarily to text sheet. Tears, largest 1 1/4", areas of loss, largest 1/8" x 1 1/8", to edges of sheets. Map with ink numeral "96," top right. 5th item (plaque): Overall very good condition.