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Maps & Atlases

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…

Contact Julian MacKenzie for more information about Antique Maps & Atlases For Sale at Shapero Rare Books.

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  1. 8vo (98 x 69 cm), lithograph with hand-colouring ,dissected into 25 sections and mounted on linen, minor offsetting and browning, folding into red straight-grain morocco gilt by 'Wickwar Binder London', upper cover decorated with Royal coat of arms and lettered 'Plan of Lucknow, fine.

    £3,500
  2. Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, partly folded. An excellent example. Dimensions: 65by 81 cm. Scale: 65 miles to the inch.

    £1,450
  3. Heliozincograph map, printed in colours, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into original cloth covers.

    £350
  4. Watercolour map on thick paper, the title on a flap. Dimensions: 540 x 1017 mm. Mounted.

    £8,000
  5. Copper engraving, 85 x 179 cm. The complete map comprising 6 parts on 8 conjoined sheets, an excellent example. Framed and glazed, overall size: 96cm by 190.5cm.

    £3,750
  6. Hand-coloured lithograph map, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into publisher's yellow advertisements and original green cloth covers.

    £200
  7. Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and mounted on linen, extending west to east from London to Kracow and north to south from Copenhagen to Genoa, inset road map of Europe, lower left, key to map lower right, 'G. Biggs' mapseller's advertisements pasted to recto, publisher's label and advert pasted to endpapers, red cloth slip-case with label, worn, discolouration to map.

    £280
  8. Double-page, engraved, hand-coloured map with decorated title cartouche at upper left, small loss to one area.

    £1,000
  9. Engraved playing card, with original hand-colour, with engraved place names in French in the lower part of the card; brown stain to lower part of the card.

    £450
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