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The Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography Imago Mundi No. 30 (Second Series, Volume 4)

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Imago Mundi No. 30

£20

By The Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography, 1978

ORTELIUS, Abra[ham] [Autograph letter to his nephew].

Ortelius writes to his “most brilliant and dearest nephew”

£50,000

By ORTELIUS, Abra[ham], 4 January 1595.

LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van. John Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of Voyages unto ye Easte & West Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.

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“The navigator’s vade mecum for the Eastern seas” – one of the most influential English travel books of the sixteenth century

£250,000

By LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van., 1598.

HUTTICH, Johann and Simon GRYNAEUS Novus Orbis

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The Basel edition of Huttich’s ‘Novus Orbis’ containing the Holbein/Münster Map of the World

£19,624

By HUTTICH, Johann and Simon GRYNAEUS, 1537.

PRY, Paul [pseud. of Thomas BURKE] with illustrations by Philip GOUGH For Your Convenience

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A verbal and visual map of London’s ‘cottages’

£2,000

By PRY, Paul [pseud. of Thomas BURKE] with illustrations by Philip GOUGH, 1937

DESNOS, [Louis-Charles] Catalogue des ouverages,

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Catalogue of Louis-Charles Desnos

£1,000

By DESNOS, [Louis-Charles], 1765.

SENEX, John A treatise of the description and use of both globes.

“a true and exact representation of the Earth and Heavens”

£1,200

By SENEX, John, 1718.

EVANS, Lewis Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical and Mechanical essays.

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The Laird U. Park example of Lewis Evans’s treasonous defense of his controversial 1755 map

£33,541

By EVANS, Lewis, 1756.

[DEE, John (1527-1608)]. General and Rare Memorials Pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation.

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A hand-coloured example of the first work to discuss the law of the sea, the first to use the term “Brytish Impire”, and the first to propose a “Pety-Navy-Royall’.

£250,000

By [DEE, John (1527-1608)]., 1577

BARBIE DU BOCAGE, Jean-Denis; DE MANNE, Louis-Charles-Joseph Notice des ouvrages de M. D'Anville,... Precedee de son Eloge.

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The first bibliography of D’Anville’s works

£2,500

By BARBIE DU BOCAGE, Jean-Denis; DE MANNE, Louis-Charles-Joseph, 1802

THE ADMIRALTY Persian Gulf Pilot

Rare pilot of the Arabian Gulf with early views of Dubai and Abu Dhabi

£20,000

By THE ADMIRALTY, 1932 [additions to 1936].

DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste Description Geographique Historique, Chronologique, Politique, et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine.

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The Ducs de Luynes copy of the first edition of Du Halde’s “encyclopedic survey of China”

£45,000

By DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste, 1735