Catalogue XLIII: The Art of the Chart - Vol 1 - 3 
Rare Maps
Rare Atlases
Rare Books
Rare Prints
An exceptionally fine example of Blaeu’s great work on the towns of the Netherlands bound in full red morocco with the coats-of-arms of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
£300,000
By BLAEU, Willem and Johannes BLAEU., [1652].
The Poly-olbion
£15,000
By DRAYTON, Michael, 1613.
The first map in an atlas to name America, and Ptolemy’s third projection
£200,000
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; and Michael VILLANOVANUS, known as 'SERVETUS', 1541.
Superb facsimile of the Vatican’s Ptolemy Cosmographia of 1472
£6,000
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius,
From the inventory of the Van Keulen family of cartographers
£60,000
By CLOPPENBURG, Johannes, Anno 1630.
The Earl of Lonsdale’s copy of Thompson’s Alcedo
£65,000
By ALCEDO, Antonio de, and G.A. THOMPSON, 1816; [text] James Carpenter, [1812-1815].
![LA SALE, Antoine de La Salade, nouvelleme[n]t imprimee](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/21873_1H.jpg?x80091)
Salad Days
£75,000
By LA SALE, Antoine de, 1521].
![[WILLDEY, George] [Composite atlas].](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/12621_1H.jpg?x80091)
Willdey’s rare composite atlas
£75,000
By [WILLDEY, George], [c1721].
The British Empire reaches for the stars
£32,000
By FLAMSTEED, John; and Margaret FLAMSTEED, 1729
![[CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY] Atlas, ay majmu' kharitat rasm al-ard...](https://crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/14768_1H.jpg?x80091)
The earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic
£60,000
By [CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY], 1835].
