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Atlases, maps and printed books, relating to travel and exploration: including Ptolemaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia [1490] ; Geografia, 1561 ; Waghenaer (L.J.) Speculum nauticum super navigatione maris Occidentalis, 1586 ; Ortelius (Abraham) Théâtre de l'Univers, 1574 ; Theatrum Orbis Terrartum, 3 parts in 2 vol., N.D.-1595 ; Speed (John) The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1611-12 ; Blaeu (J.) Townbooks of the Netherlands, 2 vol. [1649] ; Blaeu (W. and J.) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [1640] ; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [1650] ; Cellarius (A.) Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1661 ; Pitt (Moses) The English Atlas, 4 vol., 1680-83 ; Coronelli (V.M.) Prima parte dello Specchio del Mare, 1698 ; Le Neptune François, 3 parts in 1 vol., 1693-1700 ; Popple (Henry) A map of the British Empire in America [1733] ; Cassini De Thury (C.F.) Carte de France, 3 vol. [1789], also atlases of Arrowsmith, Blaeu, Bowen, Cary, Faden, Johnston, Kitchin, Moll, Pinkerton, Thomson & Co., and others : Camden (William) Britannia, editions of 1695 and 1753 ; Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion, 1622 ; Ogilby (John) and John Senex. The Roads through England, 1762, etc. ; engraved maps of many parts of the world, including English counties, mostly of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, by Blaeu, Homann, Mercator, Moli, Ortelius, Senex, Seutter, Speed, Van Der Aa and others ; printed books: Astley (T.), A new general collection of voyages and travels, 4 vol., 1745-47 ; Cook (Capt. James) First, second and third voyages, 1773-85 ; Harris (J.) Collection of voyages, 2 vol., 1744-48 ; Hunter (J.) Journal of transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 1793 ; Byron (G.A., Lord) Voyage to the Sandwich Islands, 1826 ; Flinders (M.) Voyage to Terra Australis, 1814 ; Franklin (Sir J.) Journey to the Polar Sea, 1823 ; Graah (W.A.) Reise til Ostkysten af Grönland, 1832 ; Saint-Non (l'Abbé R. de) Voyage pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicilie, 4 vol. in 6, 1781-86 ; and other works

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Atlases, maps and printed books, relating to travel and exploration : including Ptolemaeus (Claudius) Cosmographia [1490] ; Geografia, 1561 ; Waghenaer (L.J.) Speculum nauticum super navigatione maris Occidentalis, 1586 ; Ortelius (Abraham) Théâtre de l'Univers, 1574 ; Theatrum Orbis Terrartum, 3 parts in 2 vol., N.D.-1595 ; Speed (John) The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1611-12 ; Blaeu (J.) Townbooks of the Netherlands, 2 vol. [1649] ; Blaeu (W. and J.) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [1640] ; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [1650] ; Cellarius (A.) Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1661 ; Pitt (Moses) The English Atlas, 4 vol., 1680-83 ; Coronelli (V.M.) Prima parte dello Specchio del Mare, 1698 ; Le Neptune François, 3 parts in 1 vol., 1693-1700 ; Popple (Henry) A map of the British Empire in America [1733] ; Cassini De Thury (C.F.) Carte de France, 3 vol. [1789], also atlases of Arrowsmith, Blaeu, Bowen, Cary, Faden, Johnston, Kitchin, Moll, Pinkerton, Thomson & Co., and others : Camden (William) Britannia, editions of 1695 and 1753 ; Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion, 1622 ; Ogilby (John) and John Senex. The Roads through England, 1762, etc. ; engraved maps of many parts of the world, including English counties, mostly of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, by Blaeu, Homann, Mercator, Moli, Ortelius, Senex, Seutter, Speed, Van Der Aa and others ; printed books: Astley (T.), A new general collection of voyages and travels, 4 vol., 1745-47 ; Cook (Capt. James) First, second and third voyages, 1773-85 ; Harris (J.) Collection of voyages, 2 vol., 1744-48 ; Hunter (J.) Journal of transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 1793 ; Byron (G.A., Lord) Voyage to the Sandwich Islands, 1826 ; Flinders (M.) Voyage to Terra Australis, 1814 ; Franklin (Sir J.) Journey to the Polar Sea, 1823 ; Graah (W.A.) Reise til Ostkysten af Grönland, 1832 ; Saint-Non (l'Abbé R. de) Voyage pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicilie, 4 vol. in 6, 1781-86 ; and other works
Publisher London : Sotheby's, 1982
Physical desc. 77 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note 08/03/1982; 09/03/1982
Property of various owners.
Includes a loosely inserted list of price estimates.
Annotated at page 19 (lot 64).
Date & place of sale Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 March 1982, London
Subject Rare books -- Catalogs
Atlases -- Catalogs
Maps -- Catalogs
Voyages and travels -- Catalogs
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