Rare Maps
Rare Atlases
Rare Books
Rare Prints
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Halley’s Comet in 1607
£3,000
By HERLITZ, David, 1607
![KAMER, William ver [and] MOREL, François [Tell-tale compass].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12773_1H.jpg?fit=1850%2C1900&ssl=1)
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The Captain’s compass
£750
By KAMER, William ver [and] MOREL, François, [18th century].
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“The greatest globe-maker of his day”
£25,000
By SENEX, John, c1730].
The only known examples of instruments made for an unpublished quarto edition of ‘Dell’Arcano del Mare’
£12,000
By LUCINI, Antonio Francesco, ?c.1665].
![ROUX, Joseph [Octant].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11905_1H.jpg?fit=1700%2C1613&ssl=1)
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An eighteenth century Octant
£2,000
By ROUX, Joseph, c1780].
![[Anonymous] Weltuhr](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11506_1H.jpg?fit=933%2C1900&ssl=1)
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A Time Zone Toy
£2,200
By [Anonymous], after 1844].
![LUSVERGH, Domenico and LUSVERG [LUSVERGH], Jacobus [Giacomo]. Notta delli Stromenti Piu Generali.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/18420_1H.jpg?fit=5610%2C4123&ssl=1)
Lusvergh’s sales catalogue of artists’ drawing and optical instruments, including Galileo’s Sector
£6,500
By LUSVERGH, Domenico and LUSVERG [LUSVERGH], Jacobus [Giacomo]., c1698].
![STAMPIOEN, Jan Jansz the Younger, [and] Marten CALMAM Onderwys in 't Regte Gebruyk van het Hemels-Plyn](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1992_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2819&ssl=1)
Telling the time with stars
£25,000
By STAMPIOEN, Jan Jansz the Younger, [and] Marten CALMAM, [c1722].
![VOOGHT, Claes Jansz. [after] Jan Jansz STAMPIOEN Onderwysing van't Gebruyk des Hemels Pleyn](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1991_1H.jpg?fit=3500%2C2954&ssl=1)
Vooght’s rare star chart and astronomical calculator
£25,000
By VOOGHT, Claes Jansz. [after] Jan Jansz STAMPIOEN, [c1680-1696].
![[Anonymous] [Traverse Board].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/14353_1H.jpg?fit=1275%2C1900&ssl=1)
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Dead-reckoning made easy
£3,000
By [Anonymous], Eighteenth century].
![RAMSDEN, Jesse [Sextant].](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/14243_1H.jpg?fit=1969%2C1900&ssl=1)
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George Vancouver’s Sextant
£75,000
By RAMSDEN, Jesse, [c1772].
![BERINGER, David [Diptych sundial and compass]](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3029_1H.jpg?fit=1453%2C1900&ssl=1)
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A portable diptych sundial with compass
£1,200
By BERINGER, David, [c.1750]
