New Worlds; Maps from the Age of Discovery
London: Quercus, 2008. Octavo, 30 x 24.6cm, 224pp, lavishly illustrated with maps from 1475-1899, white boards, illustrated dustjacket. More
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Norwich’s Maps of Africa
Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 1997. Second Edition. Octavo, 29 x 22cm, xxxvii +448pp, colophon; photographs and description of 345 maps; orange boards, illustrated dustjacket with red and green title. The illustrations are for the most part taken directly from Dr Norwich’s photographs and digitised by G.B. Manasek Inc., with Jared... More
Langley & Belch’s New Map of London
1812. In original slipcase. Folding map, original colour, dissected and laid on linen; 13 vignette views of London Buildings along top border and 11 along bottom border with explanation of symbols. Borders marked in half miles and map divided into lettered squares. EXTENT: Pentonville – Stratford – Vauxhall – Kensington... More
Imagined Corners. Exploring the World’s First Atlas
London: Review, 2003. First Edition. Octavo, 25.3 x 19.5cm, 314pp, lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, map endpapers : Typus Orbis Terrarum, or World Map, from the 1570 Theatrum, blue boards, gilt titling on spine, gilt accented illustrated dustjacket. Brings vividly to life the Antwerp that produced Abraham... More
The Mapping of North America. A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670
Rickmansworth: Raleigh, 1996. Tall octavo, 37 x 27 x 5.5cm, pp. (6), xxxiv, 568, map endpapers, 11 colour plates, 418 black and white illustrations, brown cloth, illustrated dust-jacket. Expert map collector and dealer Philip D. Burdon documents the printed cartographic record of the discovery of the American continent to 1670... More
The LONDON DIRECTORY, or a New & Improved PLAN of LONDON, WESTMINSTER & SOUTHWARK, 1783; With the adjacent County, the New Buildings, the New Roads, and the late alterations by Opening of New Streets & Widening of others.
EXTENT: Islington – Shadewell – Newington Butts – Tyburn. Margin Marked off in half miles and lettered for reference. Imprint and table of references to churches and public buildings below map. Howgego 138 (7). This linen-backed copy is very fragile with separation along some of the folds most notably the vertical... More
The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700.
London: New Holland, 1993. Pp. [2] blank, i-viii, Preface to the 1983 edition, ix-xlvi, [2], 669, illustrated endpapers, red cloth boards, illustrated dustjacket based on a world map in the 1593 edition of De Jode’s Speculum. A little shaken, previous owner name on ffep. First printed in 1984 and with correction... More
Proceedings of the Vinland Map Conference
University of Chicago Press, 1971. Octavo, 28.4 x 22cm, 185pp including bibliography and list of participants. Previous owner stamp on front pastedown and front free endpaper, minor foxing to the first and last gatherings and to the edges of the leaves. Occasional pencil notation. Includes the papers presented at the conference... More
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