“First detailed map devoted to Canada”; the first published history of the French settlements in America; The Shirley – Lathrop Harper – Streeter – Javitch copy ![[FOSTER, G.] The Seat of War in the West Indies](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/11874_1H.jpg?x80550)
Rare map published during the War of Jenkin’s Ear 
Rare Maps
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The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
£150,000
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS, 1511.
![[ANONYMOUS] Bank of Love. Promise (67579) to pay to you on demand (67579) the entire Love of the supplicant who sends this. 1868 Feb.y. 14. Temple of Hymen 14 Feb.y 1868. For the Gov.r and Compy:a of the Bank of Love. Cupid.](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/16496_1H.jpg?x80550)
Cashing in at the Bank of Love
£500
By [ANONYMOUS], 1868].
![SALAMANCA, Antonio [Untitled World Map].](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/13887_1H.jpg?x80550)
Salamanca and Lafreri’s double-cordiform world
£70,000
By SALAMANCA, Antonio, 1564.
