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It is with great pleasure that Altea Gallery and Daniel Crouch Rare Books bring you this joint catalogue of the manuscript and printed archive of the world-renowned maritime chart publisher Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd.
 
The collection is a unique portrait of the Enlightenment world at the turn of the eighteenth century.

£750,000

By BLAEU, Johannes, 1663.

£50

Daniel Crouch Rare Books is proud to present a collection of playingcards and related items that are a store of artistic, political, industrial and cultural history spanning seven centuries and five continents. These palmsized pieces of paper have the power to enrich, educate, advertise or entertain.

The artistic and technical innovations of the generations of card-makers represented here have ensured that, even if you get dealt a bad hand, you are still holding good cards.

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Whether alone or in teams, for pleasure or profit, sporting or seated, games have been an ever-present feature of every civilization. During the eighteenth century, not only were industrial advances making large-scale printing easier, but they were also generating something that had never before been available to the majority of society: leisure time. Paired with growing literacy rates across society and greater understanding of the importance of childhood education, this gave birth to a wave of new and unique games, especially in the form of jigsaw puzzles, playing cards, and board games.

£150,000

By CANDIDASA, 1605.

£9,000

By GORDON, Lieutenant Colonel Charles George, 1865

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£500

By HOLLAR, [Wenceslaus], [?c1659].

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£12,500

By ARROWSMITH, Aaron, [1798] with additions and corrections to 1817 [but 1820-1823].

£12,000

By SAXTON, Christopher, 1579.

£3,000

By BECK, Harry, [January, 1933].

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