11th presentation memorial. A great rarity: an original quiros presentation memorial. 'The discovery of the Southern Continent, whenever, and by w...

Earliest Utopia set in Terra Australis - source for Gulliver?. A collection of three influential imaginary voyages and works of utopian fiction, he...

Early printing of Quiros' voyage. Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was an engraver, goldsmith, editor and publisher. Forced to flee his native Liege in t...

First edition of this account of the deeds of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza (1535-1609), Captain General of Peru and from 1590-1596 Viceroy of Peru. ...

Magnificent plates from Hortus Eystettensis, one of the earliest and most famous works in the field, which provides a pictorial record of the flow...

A rare map, covering the land modern of day Israel and beyond - from the southern tip of the Dead Sea and Edom region to the Golan Heights and mod...

Very rare First Edition of this legal treatise on trade and commerce dedicated to America and the colonies.Marquard (1610-68) was Mayor of Lübeck ...

A very good example, with wide margins, of Hessel Gerritsz's map of Russia, first issued 1613 and published by Blaeu after he acquired the plate f...

Plan of Antwerp and its environs, including three panoramic city views of Antwerp and ten vignette views of the city's remarkable buildings. Engra...

Belgium - Hainaut. An immensely detailed and 'compact' map of Hainault - a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium by the famous ...

The Netherlands. Map showing the fortifications of Wesel from Joan Blaeu's town book of the Netherlands, first published one year after the peace o...

France. From Blaeu's townbook of the southern Netherlands, first published in 1649. Blaeu composed his townbooks towards the end of the conflict wi...

An important panorama of Leiden from the drawing by Claude Rivet executed in 1640, and originally published by the engraver Jacob Savery. This sec...

Hoffman published two sets of playing cards, one of the world, the other of Europe. That of the world survives in just two known examples. The pre...

Russia. This rare little map, probably taken from an example of Seller's 'Atlas Minimus', began life as a playing card (only one known set), the II...

RUSSIA. The map was first engraved for Johannes Janssonius, but this state was published in London for Moses Pitt's 'The English Atlas', published ...

Copper-plate engraving. Inscribed in top margin, a very rich impression.

France - Limousin. Informative and attractive map of the Limousin region in south west France by Blaeu from his German edition of the 'Nouvus Atlas...

Germany - Hessen. Willem Blaeu's splendid map of north Hesse in Germany, centering in and around the administrative capital of Kassel (Cassel).The ...

Mantua. A fine Italian map centered on the Lombardian city of Mantua, and its surrounds by Willem Blaeu, from his German edition of the "Novus Atla...

Copper plate engraving from Album des metiers. The artisan is dressed in the accountrements of his occupation and set against a theatrical backdr...

Scandinavia. Double-page, engraved, hand-coloured map with decorated title cartouche at upper left, small loss to one area.

Copper plate engraving from Album des metiers. The artisan is dressed in the accoutrements of his occupation and set against a theatrical backdro...

Copper plate engraving from ALbum des metiers. The artisan is dressed in the accoutrements of his occupation and set against a theatrical backdro...