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Tabula Asiae VIII
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 08/09/2022 Description: Sebastian Münster was a German mapmaker, cosmographer and professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel. Among his notable works was the Latin edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geography, first published in Basel in 1540. This edition featured twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps, including…
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Australian Agricultural Company – Acts of Parliament
Acquired From: Harbeck Rare Books Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 21/2/2014 Description: The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo.) was formally established by an Act of the British Parliament, enacted on 21 June 1824 under the citation 5 Geo. IV c. 86. This foundational legislation granted the newly incorporated company broad powers and authorities…
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This set of three engraved globe gores was
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 7/5/2023 Dealers ID No.: 19197 Description: This set of three engraved globe gores was produced by Vincenzo Coronelli in Venice in 1688, forming part of the printed version of his monumental terrestrial globes originally created for King Louis XIV of France. Designed…
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Wilhelm en Maurits van Nassau Princen van Orangien haer leven en bedryf
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 31/12/2021 Dealers ID No.: 19031 Description: This richly illustrated biographical chronicle celebrates the lives and military careers of William the Silent and his son Maurice of Nassau, key figures in the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule. First published in 1610 by Jan Janszoon…
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Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies: deuided into foure bookes
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 2/10/2017 Date Acquired: 30/12/2017 Description: In 1583 Jan Huygen van Linschoten, a Dutch explorer, travelled to Goa, India where he served as secretary to João Vicente da Fonseca, the newly appointed Portuguese Archbishop. At the time, Goa was the capital of the Estado da Índia, the administrative…
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Carte generale des Indes orientales et des isles adiacentes
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 20/4/2024 Dealers ID No.: 19453 Description: This map of South East Asia extends from the Maldives to the southern tip of Japan. It is based on Henricus Hondiuss 1636 map of the region and incorporates updates reflecting Dutch landfalls and explorations in both…
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Delle navigationi et viaggi
Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 3/10/2024 Date Acquired: 29/12/2020 Description: The present set comprises the following editions: Vol. 1: 1588. Vol. 2: 1583. Vol. 3: 1565.nFor forty-three years, Giovanni Battista Ramusio served as a Venetian civil servant and secretary to the Council of Ten, the governing body of the Venetian…
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Diev et mon droit
Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Description: This unsigned titlepage is from the fourth book of John Speeds atlas, titled The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, first published 1611-1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles, and the first attempt by an Englishman at atlas production on a scale comparable with the great…