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…
Maps & Atlases
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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 -
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.
£375 -
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 -
Lithographic transfer, widest: 643 x 982 mm. Original wash colour, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into the original boards, with printed title label, two catalogue leaves pasted as end-papers.
£850 -
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