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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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 -
Manuscript plan with fine original hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, key below title and plan.
830 by 500mm (32.75 by 19.75 inches). Scale: (approx.) 15cm to 1km.£10,000 -
Engraved map, fine original colour, dissected and mounted on linen, index of streets below, folding into green marble paper covers with publisher's label, rubbed and scuffed.
£600 -
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 -
Double-page engraved plan (49.5 x 58cm) with full contemporary body wash colour. Framed dimensions: 63 x 71cm.
£2,500 -
Double-page engraved plan (46 x 55.5cm). Framed dimensions: 60 x 71cm. Slightly foxed but otherwise an very fine impression.
£2,000 -
Double-page engraved plan (49 x 57 cm) with full contemporary body wash colour. Framed dimensions: 63 x 70 cm.
£1,750 -
Double-page engraved plan with contemporary full hand-colour (33.5 x 48 cm), French text to verso; light marginal repairs, central fold flattened. Framed and glazed; framed dimensions: 46 x 59cm.
£1,950
