“Nothing was more important for [ancient] Geography than to know the size of the Earth, and nothing seemed more difficult to undertake” (Cassini) 
First edition of Magini’s Italia ![FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel [Composite atlas].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12645_1H.jpg?fit=1700%2C1128&ssl=1)
The best British mapmakers of the late eighteenth century 
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![KEULEN, Johannes van [Hong Kong / Canton] Nieuwe Pas=Caart strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/24247_1H.jpg?fit=7536%2C6680&ssl=1)
£75,000
By Yu Chong (Qing dynasty), 4th year of the Guangxu reign (1878)
![ABDULLAH, Muhammad Morsi; and Federico de AGOSTINI [Physical map of Abu Dhabi].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/24426_1H.jpg?fit=4000%2C2979&ssl=1)
Out of stock
£28,000
By ABDULLAH, Muhammad Morsi; and Federico de AGOSTINI, [c1971].
By MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH, 1973.
![MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH [United Arab Emirates].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/24424_1H.jpg?fit=4000%2C3073&ssl=1)
By MUSTAFA, Ezzedin Ibrahim; and Muhammad Morsi ABDULLAH, 1974.
£1,500
By TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel; and BAYNES, Pauline, 1970.
Out of stock
£20,000
By FALDA, Giovanni Battista, 1705.
![[LANDSAT, attributed to] [Aerial photograph of Dubai].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/24380_1H.jpg?fit=7092%2C8132&ssl=1)
![LANDSAT [Group of four aerial photographs of Abu Dhabi].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/24376_1H.jpg?fit=11453%2C9941&ssl=1)
