A natural complement to our specialist area of rare books on travel & exploration is maps and atlases, which appeal to cartographically curious collectors for a variety of reasons; for some maps are simply aesthetically appealing, for others they supply an invaluable insight into social and/or topographical history, mapping mankind’s exploration of the world and, in the case of celestial maps, beyond…
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Maps & Atlases
Contact Julian MacKenzie for more information about Antique Maps & Atlases For Sale at Shapero Rare Books.
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Hand-coloured double-page engraved map, Dutch text on verso, flanked at sides with 17 coats of arms of the colleges, plus a blank shield, and seven family coats of arms, plus a blank, near-fine; 430 x 525 mm (17 1/2 x 22 inches); framed glazed (modern) 540 x 645 mm (21 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches).
£850
