Rare Atlases

Rare Atlases

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Rare Atlases

Rare Atlases

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Rare Atlases

MÜNSTER, Sebastian Cosmographei,

The Book that “sealed the fate of ‘America’ as the name of the New World”

£50,000

By MÜNSTER, Sebastian, 1550.

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VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Atlas Universel de Geographie: Sixieme partie: Oceanique.

An 8m globe, and the first world atlas on a uniform scale

£5,000

By VANDERMAELEN, Philippe, 1827.

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MERCATOR, Gerard; Jodocus HONDIUS Atlas.

The first ‘atlas’

£100,000

By MERCATOR, Gerard; Jodocus HONDIUS, 1613.

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U.S. NAVY Ice Atlas of the Northern Hemisphere.

Arctic Ice Atlas

£2,000

By U.S. NAVY, 1946.

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ROGGEVEEN, Arent La Primera Parte Del Nuevo Gran Espejo Maritimo, Alumbrando las Costas Maritimas de la Navigacion de la India Occidental,

Unrecorded Spanish edition of the First Sea Atlas of America

£180,000

By ROGGEVEEN, Arent, 1690.

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LUFFMAN, John A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales,

Luffman’s rare pocket atlas of England and Wales

£5,000

By LUFFMAN, John, 1806.

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LOOTSMAN, Jacob Lighting Colom of the Midland-Sea,

An unrecorded English edition of Lootsman’s pilot of the Mediterranean

£44,000

By LOOTSMAN, Jacob, 1677

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Cosmographia.

Ptolemy’s first projection, with the “finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerard Mercator”

£300,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius., 1490.

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DONCKER, Hendrik De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt,

The most up-to-date sea atlas of the second half of the seventeenth century

£80,000

By DONCKER, Hendrik, 1666.

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LEVANTO, Francesco Maria Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare, nel quale si Descrivono tutti li Porti, Spaggie, Baye, Isole, Scogli, e Seccagni del Mediterraneo…

Levanto’s rare pilot of the Mediterranean

£22,000

By LEVANTO, Francesco Maria, 1664

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS Liber geographiae

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.

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FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel [Composite atlas].

The best British mapmakers of the late eighteenth century

£20,000

By FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel, 1783-1797.

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