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Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française.

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A very fine example of “one of the greatest achievements of French publishing” in its original binding presented to Guy de Lavau, Prefect of the Police of Paris

£267,700

By Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte, 1809-1828.

LIGON, Richard A True & exact History of the Island of Barbados.

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The first separate map of Barbados

£12,000

By LIGON, Richard, 1657.

GREENWOOD, Jonathan The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals as they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.

The first printed English signals book

£8,000

By GREENWOOD, Jonathan, 1714-1715].

LONG, A. Derek At The Sign of Atlas': the Life and Work of Joseph Moxon, a Restoration Polymath

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Biography of Joseph Moxon

£35

By LONG, A. Derek, 2013

PERELLE, Adam; Israel SILVESTRE [A Review of Paris].

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A lavishly bound composite album or ‘recueils factices’ of views of seventeenth century Paris

£4,000

By PERELLE, Adam; Israel SILVESTRE, [c1680].

NEWHOUSE, Daniel The Whole Art of Navigation; in Five Books.

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Scarce first edition of this instructive work on navigation

£40,000

By NEWHOUSE, Daniel, 1685

NIEUHOF, Johannes, and John OGILBY An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces

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One of the most informative accounts of China from the seventeenth century

£7,500

By NIEUHOF, Johannes, and John OGILBY, 1669

[BILL OF MORTALITY (Weekly)] The Diseases and Casualties this Week.

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Dying in seventeenth century London

£3,500

By [BILL OF MORTALITY (Weekly)], From 5. August to the 12., 1679.

RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista Delle navigationi e viaggi.

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“The definitive geographies of the sixteenth century” with the first printed map devoted toNew England

£32,000

By RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista, 1588 (vol I); 1583 (vol II); 1565 (vol III).

The Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography Imago Mundi No. 38

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Imago Mundi No. 38

£20

By The Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography, 1986

C. K., Unfeigned and hearty lover of England Some Seasonable and Modest Thoughts, Partly occasioned by, and partly concerning the Scots East-India Company.

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Rare work expounding the virtues of the newly formed Scots East-India Company

£2,150

By C. K., Unfeigned and hearty lover of England, 1696.

GAULD, George An Accurate Survey of the Coast of Florida...

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Rare pamphlet to accompany Gauld’s chart of the Florida coast

£28,000

By GAULD, George, 1779