Rare Maps
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In this section we explore in more detail some of our favourite rare maps, atlases, and first editions of travels and voyages, as well as antique globes and scientific instruments.
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Top Nine Things to See at TEFAF Maastricht
From TEFAF’s “signature style” of museum-quality collectables, Fad Magazine has highlighted our Rotterdamum wall map as a star item.
Recreating the library of renowned cartographer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, this TEFAF edition we focus on
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The Birthplace of Free Trade
We’re delighted to have our stand at TEFAF covered at such length by Fine Books Magazine.
Taking the striking frontispiece from Waghenaer’s Thresoor der zeevaert (1592) as inspiration, our exhibition includes a a Kussenkast
“I’m speaking to you from New York…”
Daniel Crouch is on the Gambling Files podcast, speaking on the world’s largest private collection of playing-cards – including 3,000 decks dating from 1480 to 2024. Listen from 27:03-1:03.11 to hear Daniel’s
Winter Show Highlight
On Time Out’s recommended list of things to do, we’re featured as one of the highlights at the Winter Show – returning for its 71st edition at the Park Avenue Armory from January
Playing Cards at The Winter Show
For the Winter Show 2025, Fine Books Magazine have highlighted our collection of playing-cards from The Jean Verame Collection – the largest held in private hands. Verame is a French visual artist, and the
Firsts Hong Kong Revived
Formally the China in Print fair, Firsts have taken the Hong Kong international book fair under their umbrella for this coming December. It will be held in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from 6
Was Frieze Seoul worth the hype?
Edward Behrens for Apollo
Banned Books to be Featured at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair
London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edition, with 120 international dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery
Inside the secretive world of the art-fair vetting committee
Gareth Harris for the Financial Times
10 Fantastic Finds from Jewelry to Painting at TEFAF Maastricht 2019
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