Rare Atlases

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Rare Atlases

GOOS, Pieter De Zee-Atlas Ofte Water-World Water

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First edition of Goos’s stunning ‘Zee-atlas’, in fine original colour heightened with gold

£110,000

By GOOS, Pieter, 1666.

BLOME, Richard A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World.

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The first folio world atlas printed in England

£40,000

By BLOME, Richard, 1670

MELA, Pomponius. Pomponij Mellæ Cosmographi Geographi

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‘If, in a new lease of life, a man seeks to attain the worm-like paths of geography, he is bound to find the flowers that belong there, for he deserves them’

£25,000

By MELA, Pomponius., 18th July, 1482.

WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon The Mariners Mirrour...

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The first sea pilot printed in English

£195,000

By WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon, 1588].

BARENTSZ, Willem Description de la Mer Mediterranee

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“Set the standard for all future pilot guides”

£200,000

By BARENTSZ, Willem, 1609

CAMDEN, William Camden's Britannia Abridg'd;

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Reduced version of Camden’s Britannia with maps by John Seller

£3,500

By CAMDEN, William, 1701

[SELLER, John] Atlas Caelestis,

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The first pocket celestial Atlas and the first celestial atlas published in England

£18,000

By [SELLER, John], [c.1708].

BLAEU, Johannes Theatrum civitatum et admi- randorum

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The Earl of Essex’s copy of Blaeu’s Town Book of Rome and the Lazio region

£75,000

By BLAEU, Johannes, 1663.

BLACK, Adam and Charles Atlas of Australia

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The Gold Regions of Australia

£1,200

By BLACK, Adam and Charles, [c.1853].

VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique

An eight metre globe and the first map of the world on a uniform scale…

£45,000

By VANDERMAELEN, Philippe, 1827.

BLAEU, Johannes Le Grand Atlas,

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“The greatest and finest atlas ever published”

£750,000

By BLAEU, Johannes, 1663

JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert [and] MORTIER, Pieter Le Neptune François,

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A sumptuous example of the ‘Neptune François’, in full red morocco, lavishly gilt

£450,000

By JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert [and] MORTIER, Pieter, 1693–1708.