Norwich, VT: Terra Nova Press, 1997, Second Edition, Revised. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 409 pp. Terra Nova Press, Over the course of forty years, Oscar Norwich accumulated the world's greatest private collection of African maps. From the fabulous creatures depicted on early maps to the blank "regions unknown"..... More
Ann Arbor: Arbor Libri Press, 1995, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 146 pp. Arbor Libri Press, If you've ever wondered about the people who run Ye Olde Bookshoppe or the guy who sells the fantastically expensive Audubon prints, you're likely to have some of your questions answered in..... More
Utrecht: HES Publishers, (1991), First Edition. large quarto, rust cloth in dust jacket. (840) pp. HES Publishers, At the height of its power and influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth century the VOC – acronym for the United Netherland East India Company – was the greatest commercial concern in the..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1971, First Edition. quarto, green cloth in printed dust jacket. (xx), (104)pp. At the Clarendon Press, Frontispiece and two illustrations. With 11 facsimiles of title pages. With the bookplate of Dr. Eugene S. Flamm, neurosurgeon, bibliophile and former president of the Grolier Club. A very..... More
New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 2012, First Edition. large octavo, pictorial wrappers. 216 pp. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, In 1975, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University acquired an exceptional mid-16th-century map of Mexico City, which, until 1521, had been the capital..... More
[London]: Review, (2003), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (320)pp. Review, The Theatrum orbis terrarium, published in Antwerp on May 20, 1570, was the world's first atlas. The brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the zest for exploration and discovery and the linked activities of international..... More
Suffolk, Eng: Boydell & Brewer, 1989, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 205pp. Boydell & Brewer, Pepys's music collection ranges from psalm-books to operas, includes treatises on the subject of musical theory and items of historical interest. The map collection concentrates on material related to navigation and the `Calligraphical..... More