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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Watercolour map on thick paper, the title on a flap. Dimensions: 540 x 1017 mm. Mounted.
£8,000 -
Double-page, engraved, hand-coloured map with decorated title cartouche at upper left, small loss to one area.
£1,000 -
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 -
Engraved playing card, with original hand-colour, with engraved place names in French in the lower part of the card.
£375 -
Map engraved by Perrier, printed on 20 sheets, dissected and mounted on two sheets of linen, with slipcase (worn). Dimensions: 970 by 1140mm. (38 by 45 inches).
£250 -
Manuscript plan with fine original hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, key below title and plan.
830 by 500mm (32.75 by 19.75 inches). Scale: (approx.) 15cm to 1km.£10,000 -
Double-page engraved plan (49.5 x 58cm) with full contemporary body wash colour. Framed dimensions: 63 x 71cm.
£2,500 -
Double-page engraved plan (46 x 55.5cm). Framed dimensions: 60 x 71cm. Slightly foxed but otherwise an very fine impression.
£2,000 -
Double-page engraved plan (49 x 57 cm) with full contemporary body wash colour. Framed dimensions: 63 x 70 cm.
£1,750 -
Double-page engraved plan with contemporary full hand-colour (33.5 x 48 cm), French text to verso; light marginal repairs, central fold flattened. Framed and glazed; framed dimensions: 46 x 59cm.
£1,950
