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LONDON MAP FAIR 2024
Saturday 10th June 2023; 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Sunday 11th June 2023; 10.00 am to 6.00 pm
Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 (Entrance Exhibition Road)
Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in London, specialising in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper, with particular expertise in fine illustrated books from the 15th to the 20th century, travel & voyages, natural history, modern firsts, rare children’s books, guidebooks, Hebraica & Judaica, Eastern European, and Islamica.
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An attractive atlas with a world map and five maps of the Americas.Folio (35 x 26 cm), 24 engraved maps by Lapie and Poirson, hand coloured in out...
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Interesting map of India with tables of distances between the principal towns and military stations based on the latest surveys.First edition. eng...
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Folding hand-coloured engraved map, dissected and laid on linen as issued. Size: 780 x 510 mm. Small mark to bottom left corner, otherwise good co...
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An interesting, mid-Victorian lithographed map of London extending from Stoke Newington in the North to Battersea park in the South, and from Nott...
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A large colour lithographed plan of Delhi, published under the direction of Brigadier Jamshed Dalal, the Surveyor General of the Republic of India...
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Ratte and Andreasen's map of the Jabal Sawdah was part of the pioneering project to a complete geological and geographical survey of Saudi Arabia....
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Brown and Jackson's map of the Asir Quadrangle was part of the pioneering project to a complete geological and geographical survey of Saudi Arabia...
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An interesting sectional map of southern India from the turn of the nineteenth century extending from Bombay in the North, to Cape Comorin in the ...
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Philips Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourist and Travellers, showing physical and topographic features political boundaries, neighbouring countries...
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London. Lithograph folding map, dissected and mounted on linen, extending west to east, from Chiswick to Plaistow and north to south, from Highgate...
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One of the largest & finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum. One of the largest and finest editions of Ortelius's Theatrum, comprising 156 plat...
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A detailed plan of London as it stood in the Dickensian age, extending from Stamford Hill in the North, to Camberwell in the South, and from Kensa...
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An engraved map of London and its environs published Josiah Whitbread, extending form Muswell Hill in the North to Mitcham in the South and from T...
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A large map of the world showing the British Empire at its height marked in pink. Insets record a wealth of additional detail, including the princ...
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London and its environs. An interesting snapshot of London and its environs in the pre-industrial age, extending from Edmonton in the north to Beck...
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Cary (1755-1835) was the 'most prominent and successful' cartographer and engraver of the late eighteenth century (Fordham), popularising the pock...
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Turky in Europe. John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globe...
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Sweden. John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, an...
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A fine example, with aristocratic provenance, of Dury's London edition of two wall-maps of North-Western Italy: Borgonio's Carta corografica degli...
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Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join us this Easter as we travel through the imaginary places and winding roads of children’s literature.
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has an illustrious history, welcoming collectors and art loves alike for more than three decades.
