The Earl of Lonsdale’s copy of Thompson’s Alcedo
By ALCEDO, Antonio de, and G.A. THOMPSON, 1816; [text] James Carpenter, [1812-1815].
Rare Maps
Rare Atlases
Rare Books
Rare Prints
Salamanca and Lafreri’s double-cordiform world
By SALAMANCA, Antonio, 1564.
The “bicycle spoke” map of the world
By FLORIANO, Antonio, 1555].
The only map of Sri Lanka published by the Lafreri school
By [?LAFRERI, Antonio], c1570].
The most important maps of the Middle East and Arabia published in the sixteenth century
By GASTALDI, Giacomo & LAFRERI, Antonio, 1561].
First edition of Magini’s Italia
By MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio, and Fabio, 1620.
The only known examples of instruments made for an unpublished quarto edition of ‘Dell’Arcano del Mare’
By LUCINI, Antonio Francesco, ?c.1665].
Bucareli Bay
By LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de; Francisco Antonio MOURELLE DE LA RUA; and Juan Francisco BODEGA Y QUADRA, Nov 1st 1798.
With an early bird’s-eye view of Venice
By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da, 1521.
The Henry Huth – James C. McCoy copy of the first printed collection of voyages; the earliest mention of the ‘Arabian’ gulf; and, “after Columbus’s letter, the most important contribution to the early history of American discovery”
By MONTALBODDO, Antonio Fracanzano da; translated into Latin by Archangelo MADRIGNANO, 1508.
