World and continents

PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS Cosmographia.

The world Columbus knew – Ptolemy’s Second Projection, and the first map signed by its author

£1,200,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS, 16 July 1482.

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[SEUSS, Theodor Geisel and Munro LEAF] THIS IS ANN…..she drinks blood! [and] Newsmap / Monday, November 8, 1943

Dr Seuss’s Malaria Map

£2,000

By [SEUSS, Theodor Geisel and Munro LEAF], 1943.

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WILLDEY, George [Map screen].

“…one of the largest, beautifullest, most useful, and diverting Ornaments…”

£160,000

By WILLDEY, George, [1721].

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DUDLEY, Robert Dell'arcano del Mare di D. Ruberto Dudleo Duca di Northumbria, e Conte di Warwich…

The first atlas on Mercator’s Projection

£900,000

By DUDLEY, Robert, 1661.

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BORDONE, Benedetto di Isolario di Benedetto Bordone

Bordone’s Isolario in contemporary binding

£40,000

By BORDONE, Benedetto di, [c1565].

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WALLIS, Edward Wallis's Elegant and Instructive Game exhibiting the Wonders of Nature, in Each Quarter of the World.

“probably Edward Wallis’s most beautiful production” (Whitehouse)

£3,500

By WALLIS, Edward, [c.1818].

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D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste Le Neptune Oriental, dédié au Roi [with] Supplement

The greatly enlarged second edition of this rare French Sea Atlas with four maps of the Arabian Peninsula

£35,000

By D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste, [1775 – 1781].

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DE VINE HUNT, Frank A. Dunkirk to Berlin, June, 1940 - July, 1945.

Charting the trips undertaken by Churchill during the Second World War

£1,000

By DE VINE HUNT, Frank A., 1947, [but 1956].

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SPEED, John A New And Accurat Map Of The World

The first world map in a world atlas compiled and published by an Englishman

£8,400

By SPEED, John, 1626 [but 1627-1632].

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DE JODE, Cornelis Hemispheriu ab Aequinoctiali Linea

De Jode’s striking world map on a north and south polar projection

£40,000

By DE JODE, Cornelis, 1593.

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QUIN, Edward An historical atlas: in a series of maps of the world known at different periods..

The world unveiled

£15,000

By QUIN, Edward, 1830.

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SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann<br /> Secunda etas mundi.

“Outlandish creatures and beings that were thought to inhabit the furthermost parts of the earth”.

£24,000

By SCHEDEL, D. Hartmann
, June 1493.

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