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PRY, Paul [pseud. of Thomas BURKE] with illustrations by Philip GOUGH For Your Convenience

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A verbal and visual map of London’s ‘cottages’

£2,000

By PRY, Paul [pseud. of Thomas BURKE] with illustrations by Philip GOUGH, 1937

PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius Cosmographia.

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The first atlas printed in Germany, the first atlas made from woodcut blocks, the first to contain hand-coloured maps and the first mapping of the world by a named cartographer

£750,000

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius, 1482

ORTELIUS, Abraham Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

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“the first true atlas” in a contemporary Plantijn binding

£120,000

By ORTELIUS, Abraham, 1603

SIGNOT, Jacques La Carte d'Italie

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In the footsteps of Hannibal: the first route map through the Alps

£95,000

By SIGNOT, Jacques, 1515

ARKELL, George E. Jewish East London.

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Jewish East London

£7,500

By ARKELL, George E., 1899

ADRICHOM, Christiaan van Theatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis.

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Adrichom’s Holy Land in superb contemporary hand-colour

£25,000

By ADRICHOM, Christiaan van, 1590

REISCH, Gregor Marguarita philosophica.

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“… the first hint of Columbus’s discoveries on a printed world map.”

£50,000

By REISCH, Gregor, 1504

DE PÉRIGORD, A.B. [Horace RAISSON and Léon THIESSÉ] Nouvel Almanach des gourmands.

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Travels in French food and wine

£1,200

By DE PÉRIGORD, A.B. [Horace RAISSON and Léon THIESSÉ], 1827

COLOM, Arnold Lighting Colom of the Midland-Sea,

Rare English edition of Colom’s Mediterranean Sea pilot

£44,000

By COLOM, Arnold, 1660

D'ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon Nouvel Atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise, et du Thibet

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“the principal cartographic authority on China during the eighteenth century”

£13,700

By D'ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, 1737

MERCATOR, Gerard; Jodocus HONDIUS Atlas.

The first ‘atlas’

£100,000

By MERCATOR, Gerard; Jodocus HONDIUS, 1613

BASSANTIN, Jacques Astronomique discourse

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An unique magnificent coloured astronomical work from the library of Mary, Queen of Scots

£600,000

By BASSANTIN, Jacques, 1557