Atlases
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(57 results)
The first British atlas of Scotland, and the first road atlas of the country
MOLL, Herman, 1724.
£15,000
The British Empire reaches for the stars
FLAMSTEED, John; and Margaret FLAMSTEED, 1729.
£32,000
Dedication copy of Badeslade’s ‘Chorographia Britaniae’
BADESLADE, Thomas [and] TOMS, William Henry, 1742.
£7,500
An encyclopedic atlas of everything astronomical
DOPPELMAYER, Gabriel, 1742.
£32,000
In preparation of an invasion: rare French edition of Greenville Collins’ Pilot in full red morocco
COLLINS, Captain Greenville, 1757.
£8,000
Bonne’s miniature maritime atlas
BONNE, Rigobert, 1762.
£2,200
The Bowles’ post 1763 Treaty of Paris edition of Moll’s ‘Atlas Minor’
MOLL, Herman; and John and Carington BOWLES, 1763.
£5,500
The greatly enlarged second edition of this rare French Sea Atlas with four maps of the Arabian Peninsula
D’APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste, 1775.
£35,000
The best British mapmakers of the late eighteenth century
FADEN, William; WHITTLE, James and LAURIE, Robert; BOWLES, Henry Carington and CARVER, Samuel, 1783.
£20,000
‘The XIII United States of America’
ANONYMOUS, 1783.
£20,000
A rare edition of Jefferys’ ‘West India Atlas’
JEFFERYS [Thomas], 1792.
£32,000
Luffman’s rare pocket atlas of England and Wales
LUFFMAN, John, 1806.
£5,000
The “Father of Hydrography” — “I am very satisfied with your zeal, your application and your talents, as well as their results”
Dépot-générale de la marine — Beautemps-Beaupré, Charles-Francois, 1822.
£25,000
Manuscript atlas by the Tudor sisters
TUDOR, Elizabeth and Isabella, 1825.
£600
An eight metre globe and the first map of the world on a uniform scale…
VANDERMAELEN, Philippe, 1827.
£45,000
The earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 1835.
£60,000
Rare atlas of India and the Far East
THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, 1857.
£3,000
Charting the course for Queen Victoria’s Royal Yacht
THE ADMIRALTY, 1880.