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, uncoloured; 38.8 x 63.5 cm, plus advertissement and echelles at top. Toned uniformly, paper thin in places, where an old backing has been removed; trimmed, with the imprint at bottom retained; good.
£2,500 -
Colour lithographed plan (98 x 69 cm); folds professionally restored.
£850 -
Hand-coloured, double-page engraved map sheet, incorporating three sections, forming a continuous strip-map of the river from source to sea; centrefold restored.
£550 -
14 engraved maps on separate sheets (sheets size: 14 x 20.5, plate size of general map 10 x 16 cm, plate sizes of maps of provinces 9 x 11 cm), maps of provinces numbered 1 - 13, uncut.
£5,750 -
Manuscript map (40 x 54 cm), pen and black ink, outlined in watercolour, on thick card; light surface dirt and browning, minor spotting. Hinged into cloth covered boards of that time, other leaves removed, folio (55.5 x 41 cm); worn, with some spotting.
£750 -
Engraved playing card, with original hand-colour, with engraved place names in French in the lower part of the card. Dimensions: 115 by 65mm.
£550 -
Double page engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, French text on verso; a few brown spots.
£2,250 -
Manuscript map in watercolour and ink on linen, 41 x 54 cm, framed. Some spotting.
£1,450 -
Engraved map with fine original outline hand-colour, backed with early marbled paper to make a playing card.
£900 -
Engraved map, with the associated description table; centrefold restored, bottom right hand corner re-instated, with small loss.
£250