[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
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
(Utrecht): HES Publishers, 1998, First Edition. large quarto, red cloth with pictorial paper labels on front and back covers. 432 pp. HES Publishers, With an introduction by Leon Voet, and with 20 contributions by Günter Schilder, Rodney Shirley, Dennis Reinhartz, H.A.M. van der Heijden, Marijke Spies and others. Extensively illustrated..... 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
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
Houten: HES & De Graaf, (2010), First Edition. large quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 708 pp. HES & De Graaf, The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) was for a period of 200 years responsible for the navigation material for the journey between the Netherlands and the Far..... 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
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Windham, CT: Hawthorn House, 1940; 1942, First Edition, each Limited to 250 numbered coppies;. octavo, pictorial boards with blue cloth spine; blue cloth with pictorial label on front cover. 66 pp.; 111 pp. Hawthorn House, Both volumes illustrated with maps, some fold-out. The first volume is signed by Edmund Thompson..... More
[The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff], 1927, folio, boards and cloth with printed paper label on front cover. Ribbon ties. Martinus Nijhoff], Cover title. Text pages numbered 27 to 50, describing plates numbered 26-38. Plates 26-38 bear inscription: "Petrus Plancius, World map published in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz and in Antwerp by..... More
New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1944, First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. (vi), (87-268) pp. Bibliographical Society of America, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Vol. 38, No. 2, 1944. With 22 folding plates. A very fine, clean, nearly as new copy. Uncut and unopened. More