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Inscribed by Darwin
- Title
- Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of his Majesty's ships adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836.
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles, KING Philip Parker and Robert FITZROY
- Publication
- 1839
- Price
- £220,000
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Michele Marieschi's suite of views of Venice
- Title
- Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus...
- Author
- MARIESCHI, Michele
- Publication
- 1741
- Price
- £200,000
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A triumph of Venetian rococo book design
- Title
- L'Augusta ducale basilica dell'evangelista San Marco
- Author
- ZATTA, Antonio [VISENTINI, Antonio]
- Publication
- 1761
- Price
- £50,500
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Bound in red morocco for "The True Queen of France"
- Title
- Vraye description des trois voyages de mer tres admirables faicts en trois ans,
- Author
- VEER, Gerrit de
- Publication
- 1604
- Price
- £50,000
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One of only two known examples complete with maps
- Title
- La Universal Fabrica del Mondo
- Author
- ANANIA, Giovanni Lorenzo d'
- Publication
- 1573
- Price
- £35,000
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Adrichom's Holy Land in superb contemporary hand-colour
- Title
- Theatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis.
- Author
- ADRICHOM, Christiaan van
- Publication
- 1590
- Price
- £25,000
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The most vocal supporter of the Northwest Passage
- Title
- An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America
- Author
- DOBBS, Arthur
- Publication
- 1744
- Price
- £18,000
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A lavishly bound composite album or 'recueils factices' of views of seventeenth century Paris
- Title
- [A Review of Paris].
- Author
- PERELLE, Adam; Israel SILVESTRE
- Publication
- 1670
- Price
- £15,000
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First edition of an important history of the American Revolution and the first book to receive copyright in the United States
- Title
- The History of the Revolution of South Carolina,
- Author
- RAMSAY, David
- Publication
- 1785
- Price
- £15,000
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Murchison's seminal work on the Silurian System
- Title
- The Silurian System
- Author
- MURCHISON, Roderick Impey
- Publication
- 1839
- Price
- £10,000
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One of the earliest European chronicles of the American War of Independence
- Title
- Geschichte der Kriege in und ausser Europa vom Anfange des Ausstandes der brittischen Kolonien in Nordamerika an.
- Author
- KORN, Christoph Heinrich [attr.]
- Publication
- 1777
- Price
- £8,000
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The first printed English signals book
- Title
- The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals as they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
- Author
- GREENWOOD, Jonathan
- Publication
- 1715
- Price
- £8,000
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