Rare Books
Explore our collection of rare and important books relating to exploration, geography and social history. Highlights include accounts of James Cook’s third voyage, featuring the first published map of Hawaii; the monumental Navigationi et Viaggi compiled by Giovanni Battista Ramusio; and the groundbreaking social survey Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth.
Each book is selected for its historical importance. New material is added as significant examples in good condition become available.
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The first scholarly study of Fra Mauro's world map
ZURLA, Placido. Date: 1806 Stock #: 26079 £1,000.00
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Containing one of the earliest maps of the south coast of Victoria
GRABERG, Jacob. Date: 1802 Stock #: 24997 £7,500.00
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A rare two volume geographical lexicon
LASOR A VAREA, Alphonsus. Date: 1713 Stock #: 24516 £17,500.00
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Ramusio's important 16th century compilation of travels and voyages
RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista. Date: 1583 Stock #: 24633 £32,500.00
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An Italian edition of an account of the Amherst Embassy to China
ELLIS, Henry. Date: 1819 Stock #: 23936 £400.00
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A bibliography and biography of Hollar, extra-illustrated with original etchings
VERTUE, George. Date: 1745 Stock #: 22727 £6,500.00
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The first published volume of Booth's 'Labour and Life' in London
BOOTH, Charles. Date: 1889 Stock #: 21934 £3,500.00
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An Italian poem about hunting, illustrated with Ludovico Dolce's world map
SCANDIANESE, Tito Giovanni. Date: 1556 Stock #: 17393 £1,600.00
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An important Italian translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
DOLCE, Lodovico. Date: 1557 Stock #: 15464 £1,800.00
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