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 playing card, with original hand-colour, with engraved place names in French in the lower part of the card.
£375 -
Engraved map with original hand-colouring; repairs verso at head and foot of central vertical fold and to lower right corner, short split in upper margin. Dimensions: 50 x 58cm. Framed and glazed: overall dimensions 62 x 70cm.
£2,950 -
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Frame dimensions: 430 × 510 mm (17 × 20 inches). A highly decorative frontispieceý in sepia manuscript, housed within a handsome frame, together with a wash line mount with gilt. Good condition.
£4,950
