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[Globes] George Louis Le Rouge.
Globe Terrestre. Globe Celeste.
Paris, 1748. 210 x 280mm. Coloured. Trimmed close bottom left, losing part of the printed border.
Illustration of terrestrial and celestial globes, with a compass rose and two diagrams of eclipses.
LERO0007 |
£68 |
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[Diagrams of the position of different peoples of the world.] Louis Brion de la Tour.
Position respective des Peuples de la Terre.
Paris: Desnos, 1766. 355 x 420mm. Original colour.
Africa south of the Equator, within a separately-printed decorative border.
BRIO0002 |
£45 |
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[Various Geometrical Diagrams of the Earth] Louis Brion de la Tour.
Démonstrations Géométriques des Sphères Driote, Paralelle, et Oblique.
Paris: Desnos, 1766. 355 x 420mm. Original colour.
Within a separately-printed decorative border.
BRIO0003 |
£95 |
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[Various Geographical Diagrams of the Earth] Louis Brion de la Tour.
Suite de la Planche précédente.
Paris: Desnos, 1766. 355 x 420mm. Original colour.
Within a separately-printed decorative border.
BRIO0004 |
£95 |
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[Globes] Crépy
Globe Terrestre. Globe Celeste.
Paris, 1767. 210 x 280mm. Original colour,
Illustration of terrestrial and celestial globes, with a compass rose and two diagrams of eclipses.
CREP0004 |
£125 |
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[Geographical terms] Middleton.
The Terms and Principles of Geography with their Astronomical Connections.
London, c.1780. 320 x 200mm. Coloured.
The diagrams 'Nominal Parts of the World'; 'Geographical Circles'; the Solar System; and an Orrery. Published in 'Middleton's Complete System of Geography'.
MIDD0003 |
£98 |
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[Ancient picts] Theodore de Bry.
[Set of Five Ancient Britons.]
Frankfurt, 1590 [-1630?]. Five engravings, each c. 225 x 160mm, with five pages of Latin text describing the figures.
Five plates, numbered 1 - 5, showing the costumes and tattoos of the ancient Picts, with both men and women armed with swords and spears. Despite the antiquity of the dress the ships, buildings and the trophy heads have a very sixteenth century look. Originally published in 1590, Matthias Merian, De Bry's son-in-law, published another edition in 1630.
DEBR0001 |
£325 |
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[Armillary Sphere] Alain Manesson Mallet.
De La Sphere.
Paris, 1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured.
MALL0071 |
£79 |
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[Diagram of the Solar System.] Nicolas De Fer
Correspondance du Globe Terrestre a la Sphere Celeste. Situation des Habitans du Monde, Des Circles de Longitude et de Latitude, et des Diverses Positions de la Sphere.
Paris, c.1700. 135 x 165mm. Trimmed to printed border, new margins on all sides.
Diagrams of the world illustrating geographic terms.
DEFE0030 |
£39 |
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[Chart of the Solar System predicting the return of Halley's Comet in 1758.] Emanuel Bowen.
The Solar System, with the Orbits of 5 remarkable Comets.
London, c.1750. 335 x 235mm.
The solar system out to Saturn. One of the five unnamed comets is Halley's Comet, which the chart predicted would return in 1758.
BOWE0020 |
£150 |
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[Celestial diagrams including the Zodiac.] John Walker.
[Untitled celestial diagrams.]
London, 1802. 210 x 240mm. Coloured. Narrow top margin .
Published in 'Walker's Geography'.
WALK0001 |
£80 |
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[Set of Six Celestial Maps.] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
[Six Maps of the Stars.]
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1830. 6 steel engravings, printed area c.310 x 330mm. With titlepage and 2pp. descriptive text. Occasional spots.
A detailed set of celestial charts on the Gnomic Projection, projected on the map in perspective. Thus the sheets form a rough cube. Each star is marked with its apparent magnitude and is shown within its classical constellation. The text contains an extensive quote from Flamsteed discussing his research on the originators of these constellations.
SDUK0062 |
£250 |
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[Early diagram of the world.] Sebastian Munster
[The World.]
Basle, c.1600. Woodcut, 175 x 165mm, set in text.
Early geographical illustration, showing the horizon and tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
MUNS0029 |
£45 |
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