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LEONARD OF CHIOS (Archbishop of Mytilene)

[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]   [Italy?, third quarter of… 1450.

THE "MOST AUTHORITATIVE" EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

£47,500

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Quarta de Asia, 1482.

THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA AND THE HOLY LAND

£4,500

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Quinta de Asia, 1482.

THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF IRAN

£6,500

CAXTON (William), printer, & HIDGEN (Ranulf), author.

[Leaf from the Polychronicon mentioning Muhammad.], 1482.

AN EARLY PRINTED ACCOUNT OF MUHAMMAD IN ENGLISH

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PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BUCKINCK (Arnold).

Quinta Asiae Tabula, 1507.

Earliest Available Printed Map of Persia

£4,500

ROTA (Giovanni).

Das Leben Unnd Gewonheyt, und Gestalt des Sophi… 1515.

A VERY EARLY REPORT ON TRAVELS IN PERSIA

£19,500

[ANON.].

Das ist ein anschlag eins zugs wider die… 1518.

Rare ‘Turkish Fear’ Pamphlet

£3,800

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Tertia d Asia, 1520.

THE THIRD PRINTED MAP OF THE CAUCASUS

£4,500

BORDONE (Benedetto).

Isolario di ... Nel qual si ragiona ditutte… 1534.

THE FIRST PRINTED MAP OF CONTINENTAL NORTH AMERICA

£25,000

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & FRIES (Laurent).

[Untitled Map of Persia], 1535.

£600

[LAWS FOR THE INDIES] & CHARLES V.

Leyes y ordenancas nueuamente hechas por su Magestad… 1543.

THE FIRST BOOK OF AMERICAN LAW

£130,000

LEO (Johannes).

Description de l'Afrique, 1556.

£25,000

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & RUSCELLI (Girolamo).

Geographia Cl. Ptolomaei Alexandrini olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimerio… 1562.

£12,000

GOMARA (Franceso Lopez). & GRAVALIZ (Augustin) Translator.

Historia delle Nuove Indie Occidentali. Con Tutti i… 1564.

SPANISH CONQUESTS IN AMERICA

£1,500

GUICCIARDINI (Lodovico).

Commentarii di Lodovico Guicciardini, 1566.

£500

MONLUC (Blaise de).

[Ms. documents concerning the financing of a ship… 1568.

EARLY VOYAGE DOCUMENTS

£2,500

GIRAVA (Geronimo).

La Cosmographia y Geographia ... En la qual… 1570.

THE HARMSWORTH - DE SALVA COPY.

£4,250

VALLÉS (Pedro).

Historia del fortissimo y prudentissimo capitan Don Hernando… 1570.

£750

ORTELIUS (Abraham).

Persici sive Sophorum Regni typus, 1573.

£500

LERY (Jean)

Histoire Memorable de la Ville de Sancerre, 1574.

FRANCE AND BRAZIL COMPARED

£12,000

POLYBIUS

Polybius Romische Historien , 1574.

FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN

£5,500

SIMLER (Josias).

De Republica Helvetiorum Libri duo, auctore Iosia Simlero… 1576.

THE FIRST HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND

£1,250

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & MERCATOR (Gerard).

Asiae X Tab: , 1578.

£400

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & MERCATOR (Gerard).

Asiae V Tab: , 1578.

£600

SADELER (Jan) & BARENDSZ (Dirk)

[Los Cuartro Continentes. The Four Continents.], 1581.

£500

LA POPELLINIERE (Lancelot-Voisin, Seigneur de).

L'Amiral de France, et par occasion, de celuy… 1584.

PROMOTING THE FRENCH COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD

£18,750

CONESTAGGIO (Girolamo Franchi di).

Dell' Unione del regno di Portogallo, 1585.

£3,250

LERY (Jean).

Historia navigationis in Brasiliam, qae et America Dicitur, 1586.

£8,500

MAFFEI (Giovani Pietro).

Le Historie delle Indie Orientali;, 1589.

£1,800

MAFFEI (Giovanni Pietro).

Ioan. Petri Maffeii, Bergomatis e Societate Iesu, Historiarum… 1593.

PORTUGUESE MISSIONARY ACCOUNTS, WITH LENGTHY PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION

£7,500

AMMIRATO (Scipione).

Orazione di Scipione Ammirato alla Maesta Cattolica del… 1594.

£850

PASSE (Crispin van de, sr.)

[Engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a… 1598.

£2,500

VEER (Gerrit de).

Tre Navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi Al… 1599.

THE DISCOVERY OF SPITZBERGEN AND A FIRST ARCTIC WINTERING

£6,000

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & RUSCELLI (Girolamo).

Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Tradotto di Greco… 1599.

£8,000

BOTERO (Giovanni).

Le Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero, divise in… 1600.

Includes maps of the four continents, based on Ortelius

£3,500

LEO AFRICANUS.

A Geographical Historie of Africa, 1600.

WILFRED THESIGER'S COPY: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

£30,000

CAYET (Pierre Victoire).

Chronologie Septenaire de l'Histoire de la Paix entre… 1605.

£850

MEDINA (Pietro da).

Arte del Navigare dell'Eccel. Dottor Pietro da Medina… 1609.

£3,000

PEREZ DE LARA Alonso

Compendio de las tres gracias de la santa… 1610.

£2,500

VARIOUS AUTHORS.

L'Histoire de Portugal, 1610.

£500

ORLERS (Jean J.) & HAESTENS (Henry van).

The Triumphs of Nassau or, a Description and… 1613.

£750

[JOURDAIN (Sylvester).]

A Plaine Description of the Barmudas, now called… 1613.

£300