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SANDFORD, Francis A Genealogical History of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain &c. From the Conquest, Anno 1066 to the year 1677

£1,500

By SANDFORD, Francis, 1677

WALTER, Lutz. Japan, A Cartographic Vision: European Printed Maps from the Early 16th to the 19th Century

Out of stock

Cartobibliography of Japan

£100

By WALTER, Lutz., 1994

BRAUN, G[eorg] [Autograph letter to Ortelius].

To Abraham Ortelius, “the most brilliant and best of good friends”

£30,000

By BRAUN, G[eorg], 22 January 1595.

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].

Out of stock

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.

DUDLEY, Robert; and others Direttorio Marittimo

Dudley’s original manuscript manual for the use and instruction of the officers of the Tuscan fleet

£300,000

By DUDLEY, Robert; and others, c.1637-1647].

TOOLEY, R. V. Map Collectors Circle.

Tooley’s influential publication on the history of cartography

£10

By TOOLEY, R. V.,

MAGGI, Giovanni Battista Catalogo di alcune fra le migliori e piu' recenti carte geografiche

Book supplier to the King of Italy

£1,200

By MAGGI, Giovanni Battista, [c1862].

DAVIS, William A complete treatise on land surveying,

Out of stock

“Chain, Cross, and Offset Staffs Only”

£200

By DAVIS, William, 1804.

CAREY, Mathew Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Maps, and Prints

Out of stock

Carey’s catalogue

£2,500

By CAREY, Mathew, 1795

ACKERMANN, Rudolph A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. In two volumes.

Out of stock

The Pendarves copy of the first edition of Ackermann’s Oxford

£3,600

By ACKERMANN, Rudolph, 1814

GONZALEZ dE MENDOZA, Juan; and Giuseppe ROSACCIO Il gran regno della China, novamente dalli Reverendi Padri di S. Agostino, S. Francesco, & Gesù, discoperto

The first map to show Korea as a peninsula, the only known example of this issue

£27,500

By GONZALEZ dE MENDOZA, Juan; and Giuseppe ROSACCIO, 1589.

GOSS, John The Mapmaker's Art: An Illustrated History of Cartography

Out of stock

The Mapmaker’s Art

£60

By GOSS, John, 1993