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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Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, partly folded. An excellent example. Dimensions: 65by 81 cm. Scale: 65 miles to the inch.
£1,450 -
Hand-coloured lithograph map, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into publisher's yellow advertisements and original green cloth covers.
£200 -
Engraved sea chart, with manuscript annotations, neat restoration to edges and centrefold. Dimensions: 680 by 1010 mm. (26.75 by 39.75 inches).
£600 -
Engraved sea chart, inset of coast profiles and directions, loss to left of chart, some loss to text, border skilfully replaced in facsimile.
£800