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BASSANTIN, Jacques Astronomique discourse

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An unique magnificent coloured astronomical work from the library of Mary, Queen of Scots

£600,000

By BASSANTIN, Jacques, 1557.

ARKELL, George E. Jewish East London.

Jewish East London

£7,500

By ARKELL, George E., 1899.

DELISLE, Joseph-Nicolas and Philippe BUACHE Exposé des découvertes au nord de la Grande Mer;

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A volume containing three works concerned with the Delisle-Buache controversy over the geography of the North Pole

£50,000

By DELISLE, Joseph-Nicolas and Philippe BUACHE,

DRAYTON, Michael Poly-olbion

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The Poly-olbion

£12,500

By DRAYTON, Michael, 1622

GOLOVNIN, Vasili Mikhailovich [Title in cyrillic: Voyage around the world by order of His Majesty, the Emperor, on naval sloop Kamchatka in 1817, 1818, and 1819, by Fleet Captain Golovnin].

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Presentation copy of Golovnin’s rare account of his circumnavigation on the sloop Kamchatka, incorporating one of the earliest plans of Honolulu.

£95,000

By GOLOVNIN, Vasili Mikhailovich, 1822-23.

PICQUET, Charles and CHATEÂUNEUF, Louis-François Benoiston de Rapport sur la marche et les effets du choléra-morbus

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The first epidemiological maps

£2,000

By PICQUET, Charles and CHATEÂUNEUF, Louis-François Benoiston de, 1834

ARKELL, George E. Jewish East London.

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Jewish East London

£6,500

By ARKELL, George E., 1899

ORTELIUS, Abraham<br /><br /> Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

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“the first true atlas” in a contemporary red morocco binding

£325,000

By ORTELIUS, Abraham

, 1603

KIP, John Nouveau Théâtre de la Grande Bretagne.

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Kip’s monumental work on British Topography

£50,000

By KIP, John, 1715-1716. [Supplement: J. Groenewegen and N. Prevost, 1728].

DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugene Exploration du Terretoire de l'Oregon

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Presentation copy of the most detailed book on California before American occupation, in original parts

£40,000

By DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugene, 1844.

PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro De la Sfera del Mondo. [and] De Le Stelle Fisse.

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The first printed star atlas

£12,000

By PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro, 1540.

KIRCHER, Athanasius. Mundus Subterraneus.

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“Horrid phantasms and apparitions of Devils”

£225,000

By KIRCHER, Athanasius., 1665