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PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro De la Sfera del Mondo. [and] De Le Stelle Fisse.

The first printed star atlas

£12,000

By PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro, 1540.

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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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LARMAT, Louis Atlas de la France Vinicole.

Complete set of the world’s first national wine atlas

£12,000

By LARMAT, Louis, 1941-1947.

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CAMDEN, William Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae,

A fine example of Camden’s Britannia in a contemporary binding

£16,000

By CAMDEN, William, 1600

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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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BORDONE, Benedetto di Isolario di Benedetto Bordone

Bordone’s Isolario in contemporary binding

£40,000

By BORDONE, Benedetto di, [c1565].

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WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon Teerste Deel vande Spieghel der Zeevaert... [and] Der ander Theil. Dess Spiegels der Seefart

The first printed sea pilot

£325,000

By WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon, 1589.

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D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste Le Neptune Oriental, dédié au Roi [with] Supplement

The greatly enlarged second edition of this rare French Sea Atlas with four maps of the Arabian Peninsula

£35,000

By D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste, [1775 – 1781].

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BLAEU, Jean Novus Atlas Sinensis

First atlas of China made in Europe

£35,000

By BLAEU, Jean, [1655].

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BLAEU, Willem 'T Derde deel van 't Licht der zee-vaert, inhoudende de beschryvinghe der zeecusten van de Middelandtsche Zee,

Blaeu’s pilot of the Mediterranean

£160,000

By BLAEU, Willem, 1618.

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[CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY] Atlas, ay majmu' kharitat rasm al-ard...

The earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic

£60,000

By [CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY], 1835].

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RENARD, Louis. Atlas van Zeevaert en Koophandel door de Geheele Weereldt.

A magnificent example of Renard’s ‘Sea Atlas’

£65,000

By RENARD, Louis., 1745.

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