Rare Books
Browse our collection of rare books, antique books and first editions. Specialising in travel and discovery, including antiquarian books and works by explorers such as Columbus, Cook, Darwin, Drake, Krusenstern, La Perouse, Scott, and Vancouver.
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Apianus’ rare work on cosmology
APIANUS, Petrus
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The rare first edition of Apianus’ rare work on cosmology
APIANUS, Petrus
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The instructions to the famous “Carta Marina”, incorporating a rare map by Martin Waldseemüller showing the voyage of Alvise Cadamosto
FRIES, Laurent; and Martin WALDSEEMÜLLER
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The Paris edition of Huttich’s ‘Novus Orbis’ containing Oronce Fine’s striking world map
HUTTICH, Johann and Simon GRYNAEUS
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The Basel edition of Huttich’s ‘Novus Orbis’ containing the Holbein/Münster Map of the World
HUTTICH, Johann and Simon GRYNAEUS
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The first text on surveying printed in English
FITZHERBERT, [?Anthony or John]
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The 1540 and 1550 Latin editions’ of Apianus’s ‘Cosmographia’ bound in one volume
APIANUS, Petrus; Gemma Frisius
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A sea of stories
COMMIN, Vincent, probable translator
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Territorial sovereignty in the classical world
LAZIUS, Wolfgang
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See that your vines are well married
COPLAND, Wyllyam [William]
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The “finest and most influential pictorial introduction of Turkish characters and costumes” in contemporary colour and a contemporary Lyonaise binding
NICOLAY, Nicolas de, seigneur d'Arfeville.
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One of only two known examples complete with maps
ANANIA, Giovanni Lorenzo d'