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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Large folding map in full original wash colour, dissected and mounted on linen as issued. Dimensions: 1100 × 790 mm (43 × 30.5 inches). Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 85.5cm by 118.5cm by 4.87cm.
£3,750 -
Engraved map on four sheets, joined in two sections as a single map, fine original hand-colour; some slight offsetting, small repairs to margins, laid on linen. Dimensions: 128 × 148 cm (50.5 × 58.25 inches).
£9,500 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour. Good condition.
£650 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour. Good condition.
£650 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour.
£850 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour. Good condition.
£750 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour. Good condition.
£450 -
Playing card, fine original outline hand-colour. Good condition.
£450 -
Lithograph map, hand-coloured; closed tear in the middle of upper part.
£450 -
Blueback chart, oriented west, extending north to south from Cape Fear to Cape Hatteras, inset charts of Cape Fear River from its entrance to Smithville, Beaufort Harbor, Cape Fear, Cape Lookout, Hatteras Shoals and, Bar & Roads of Occracock.
£750