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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“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 a modern world

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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

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

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