Recent coverage of Daniel Crouch Rare Books and rare maps and atlases in the media.
In this section we explore in more detail some of our favourite rare maps, atlases, and first editions of travels and voyages, as well as antique globes and scientific instruments.

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ROCQUE, John A Plan of the Palace Gardens and Town of Kensington
Rocque’s Garden Plans

Head down to Bury Street to find our “cartographic rarities”, as described by the Londonist. You’ll find a carefully selected range of eighteenth-century garden and estate plans by John Rocque.

Written by Matt Brown, a journalist with a mission to hand-colour all 24 sheets of the 1794 Rocque map of London!

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ROCQUE, John A Plan of the Palace Gardens and Town of Kensington
Rocque’s Garden Plans

Head down to Bury Street to find our “cartographic rarities”, as described by the Londonist. You’ll find a carefully selected range of eighteenth-century garden and estate plans by John Rocque.

Written by Matt Brown, a journalist with a mission to hand-colour all 24 …

Latest featured items

ROCQUE, John A Plan of the Palace Gardens and Town of Kensington
Rocque’s Garden Plans

Head down to Bury Street to find our “cartographic rarities”, as described by the Read More …

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ROCQUE, John Plan of The House, Gardens, Park & Hermitage
London’s Most Iconic Gardens

Fine Books Magazine have covered our selection of beautifully engraved 18th century maps that chart the design and purpose of some of London’s most iconic gardens offered at this year’s Firsts London (May …

“You could say this was the GPS of some centuries ago…”

Chapeau TV have captured our Dutch Golden Age stand beautifully.

Watch here to find out why we’ve chosen the maps we have, how they appeal to a global audience, and how they stay relevant in …

Top Nine Things to See at TEFAF Maastricht

From TEFAF’s “signature style” of museum-quality collectables, Fad Magazine has highlighted our Rotterdamum wall map as a star item.

Recreating the library of renowned cartographer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, this TEFAF edition we focus on …

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

We’re delighted to have our stand at TEFAF covered at such length by Fine Books Magazine.

Taking the striking frontispiece from Waghenaer’s Thresoor der zeevaert (1592) as inspiration, our exhibition includes a a Kussenkast …

Daniel Crouch Rare Books in the Press - “I’m speaking to you from New York..."
“I’m speaking to you from New York…”

Daniel Crouch is on the Gambling Files podcast, speaking on the world’s largest private collection of playing-cards – including 3,000 decks dating from 1480 to 2024. Listen from 27:03-1:03.11 to hear Daniel’s …

Daniel Crouch Rare Books in the Press - Winter Show Highlight
Winter Show Highlight

On Time Out’s recommended list of things to do, we’re featured as one of the highlights at the Winter Show – returning for its 71st edition at the Park Avenue Armory from January …

Daniel Crouch Rare Books in the Press - Playing Cards at The Winter Show
Playing Cards at The Winter Show

For the Winter Show 2025, Fine Books Magazine have highlighted our collection of playing-cards from The Jean Verame Collection – the largest held in private hands. Verame is a French visual artist, and the …

BLAEU, Jean Novus Atlas Sinensis
Bringing pieces of history to Firsts Hong Kong

The Antiques Trades Gazette covered Firsts Hong Kong, where we exhibited the first and only Dutch edition of the first atlas of Chinas made in Europe. Read the full article here.

Firsts Hong Kong Revived

Formally the China in Print fair, Firsts have taken the Hong Kong international book fair under their umbrella for this coming December. It will be held in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum from 6 …

Daniel Crouch Rare Books in the Press - Speaking of Books
Speaking of Books

Highlights of our stand at the 56th California Antiquarian Book Fair included a 1482 Ulm Ptolemy and a set of pocket globes.   These are featured in this article from the Liberty Times of Taiwan, …

Unlocking the Secrets of Time: The San Zeno Calendar and the Astronomicum Caesareum

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Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture

By Sarah Cascone

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Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture

By Sarah Cascone

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Playing-card collectors look for the art of the deal

Rebecca Rego Barry

Financial Times …

Playing-card collectors look for the art of the deal

By Rebecca Rego Barry

Financial Times …

Antique Atlases: Snapshots of History

by Malcolm Hudson

NTD (New Tang Tv, USA) …

What Comes Next? TEFAF’s Young Dealers Reflect on the Future of the Art Market

TEFAF.com …

« Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale » consomment leur mariage

Le Journal des Arts.fr

Marie Potard …

Precious Antiques Shown at Paris Art Fair

by David Vives

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Dix œuvres à voir au salon Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale

The Art Newspaper

Alexandre Crochet …

Turbulence fails to dampen Frieze art fairs’ return to London

Melanie Gerlis for the FT …

Was Frieze Seoul worth the hype?

Edward Behrens for Apollo …

Banned Books to be Featured at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair

London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edition, with 120 international dealers exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery …

Inside the secretive world of the art-fair vetting committee

Gareth Harris for the Financial Times …

A Conversation with Daniel Crouch

Tova Ossad for Designed by Woulfe …

Literature’s Most Curious Creations

By Milan Solly

smithsonianmag.com …

BADA Friends returns to in-person events this summer

by Laura Chesters

antiquestradegazette.com …

Ancient Stargazing Marvel Seeks $1.1 Million at Auction

Bloomberg.com …

Worlds Within Worlds Mix It Up at the Winter Show

by Roberta Smith

The New York Times …

You Can Now Join Doctors as They Dissect a Corpse in RemTypet’s Most Famous Painting

by Sarah Cascone

Artnet news …

10 Fantastic Finds from Jewelry to Painting at TEFAF Maastricht 2019

by Lucy Rees

galeriemagazine.com …