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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest catalogue. Jointly curated by all of our specialists, the catalogue features items from across the Travel, Near East & Islamic, History, Natural History, Literature, Modern First Editions, Children’s Books, and Illustrated Books departments.
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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Hand coloured lithographs mounted on card as issued. Carter's rare views of Gibraltar, here in the deluxe issue with hand coloured lithographs. Car...
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Pitman outlines various proposals for constructing a canal through Central America in order to avoid having to sail round Cape Horn. The map shows...
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The late seventeenth century saw Morocco at the peak of its power, first under Emperor Al Rashid, who had united the ancient kingdoms of Fez and M...
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Publisher's presentation copy . Rare presentation copy from the publisher. Karl Friedrich Baedeker (1910-1979), grandson of Fritz Baedeker, revived...
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Unusual guide to Majorca.8vo (size 18 x 12 cm); 269 pp, numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps at front and rear ; publisher's red cloth, gilt let...
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A highly unusual set of guide-books to various walks in and around Poona in India. Very scarce.Poona, no known as Pune, lies in the west of India ...
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Maps include Milan, Genoa, Turin and Venice. This is the first handbook to be published since the unification of Northen Italy. Endpapers dated J...
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From the Timurid Courts of Persia. A fine Timurid copy of the complete Mathnavi by the revered Sufi Saint Jalal al-din Rumi.This is Rumi's most cel...
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Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised by great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...
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An attractive Ottoman Qur'an copied during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (r. 1774-1789). The concise calligraphy and elegant illumination thro...
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A fine and beautifully illuminated manuscript of the collected Divan of Hafez Shirazi, one of the most decorated and celebrated poets of the Persi...
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In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their collectability.
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.
