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 engraved plan, dissected and mounted on linen, extending east to west from Salford to Beswick and north to south from Cheetham to Hulme, edged with green silk, folding into grey marbled endpapers. Dimensions: 1260 by 1900mm (49.5 by 74.75 inches). Scale: 1 inch to every 90 yards.
£3,750 -
Large engraved plan, dissected and mount on linen, folding into original green cloth slipcase, with the publisher's label pasted on. Corners bumped and worn. Dimensions: 630 × 1000mm (24.75 × 39.5 inches).
£2,250 -
Copper engraving, 695 x 514 mm. hand-coloured in outline.
£300 -
Double-page engraved map; a few creases, paper restored. Dimensions: 400 by 510mm (15.75 by 20 inches).
£375 -
Map dimensions 670 × 475 mm (26.5 × 18.5 inches), copperplate folding map on linen in 16 squares, in soft original wash colour. Good condition.
£700 -
Hand-coloured engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, geological section from 'Lands End to the German Sea' in bottom border, key upper right; without slipcase, some folds torn without loss. Dimensions: 1440 by 1000mm. (56.5 by 39.25 inches).
£1,250
