World and continents

PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS Liber geographiae

The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.

£150,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS, 1511.

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WIT, Frederick de, and Gerard VALK Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accurata Tabula.

Unrecorded Wall Map of the World

£60,000

By WIT, Frederick de, and Gerard VALK, [c.1690-1700].

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FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel [Composite atlas].

The best British mapmakers of the late eighteenth century

£20,000

By FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel, 1783-1797.

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JANSSONIUS, Johannes Cinquiesme partie du grand atlas

The first folio Sea Atlas

£60,000

By JANSSONIUS, Johannes, 1650.

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HOOGHE, Romeyn de; Jan & Caspar LUYKEN; Heyman van DIJCK Voorne caart-boeck van alle de dorpen,

Fine atlas of Southern Holland in full original colour

£18,000

By HOOGHE, Romeyn de; Jan & Caspar LUYKEN; Heyman van DIJCK, 1701.

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QUIN, Edward [An historical atlas: in a series of maps of the world known at different periods]

The world unveiled

£15,000

By QUIN, Edward, 1830].

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ROLEWINCK, Werner Fasciculus temporum.

The world unfurls in “little bundles of time”

£12,000

By ROLEWINCK, Werner, 28th May, 1484.

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MINARD, Charles Joseph Carte figurative et approximative des quantités de coton en laine importées en Europe en 1858 et en 1861.

Cotton Diplomacy’ starts to fail

£25,000

By MINARD, Charles Joseph, 1862

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS Cosmographia.

The world Columbus knew – Ptolemy’s Second Projection, and the first map signed by its author

£1,200,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS, 16 July 1482.

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[SEUSS, Theodor Geisel and Munro LEAF] THIS IS ANN…..she drinks blood! [and] Newsmap / Monday, November 8, 1943

Dr Seuss’s Malaria Map

£2,000

By [SEUSS, Theodor Geisel and Munro LEAF], 1943.

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WILLDEY, George [Map screen].

“…one of the largest, beautifullest, most useful, and diverting Ornaments…”

£160,000

By WILLDEY, George, [1721].

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DUDLEY, Robert Dell'arcano del Mare di D. Ruberto Dudleo Duca di Northumbria, e Conte di Warwich…

The first atlas on Mercator’s Projection

£900,000

By DUDLEY, Robert, 1661.

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