東都.[Edo]. 鈴亭主人森桑. 嘉永6 [ 1853]. Very attractive brightly coloured woodblock world map, folds into paper covered card covers with handwritten title on upper cover, housed in a modern box with toggles, legend and an illustration of the Earth lower section. Explantory notes in Japanese around the map, publication details on..... More

東京.[Tokyo]. 須原屋茂兵衛 [Suharaya Mohei] and 須原屋伊八 [Suharaya Ihachi]. 明治4 [ 1871]. Hand coloured copper engraved Japanese world map on the Mercator projection, folds into original cloth covered card covers with title label, scale not given but supplemented by latitude and longitude. Upper section: a world map; lower section: explanatory notes..... More

東京.[Tokyo]. 須原屋茂兵衛 [Suharaya Mohei] and 須原屋伊八 [Suharaya Ihachi]. 明治4 [ 1871]. Hand coloured copper engraved Japanese world map on the Mercator projection, folded, missing original cloth covered card covers, scale not given but supplemented by latitude and longitude. Upper section: a world map; lower section: explanatory notes, legend and publication..... More

London. Virtue & Co., [circa 1874]. Printed colour map, 18.4 x 24.1 cm, edge wear, marginal spotting and on the verso, but the map in very good condition. Unusual map showing time differences east and west of Greenwich, before the atomic clock and well before satellites! The explanatory text notes..... More

London. Robert Laurie and James Whittle. 1795. 25 maps with original hand-coloured outlines and black & white cartouches. Some are large format diptychs. Volume measures 54 x 39cm, boards are present but detached. An incomplete volume but with the majority of maps present. Contains: Maps 3 & 4: Europe divided..... More

No place of publication. 夢霞樓.[Monkarō ]. 弘化1 [ 1844]. Japanese 19th century world map presented as a handscroll housed in Japanese wood box, coloured, copperplate, a calligraphy style preface by 大槻崇 [Ōtsuki Takashi] with chop, to the right of the map dated 天保15 (1844). Paper speckled with silver with gold..... More

Late Edo Period. (circa 1850). Revised edition. Japanese coloured woodblock map of the world, folds into paper covers with title label on upper cover. Few tiny holes, paper covers little worn and marked. 32.2 x 43.9 cm. An oval shaped projection map with latitude and longitude, scale not given, includes..... More

No place of publication. No details of publisher. 嘉永6 [ 1853]. Very striking Japanese hand coloured woodblock world map, folds into original considerably worn paper covered boards, lower cover torn with split on edge showing the board inside, title label on upper board worn with loss. Some areas along folds..... More

Edo. 萬屋兵四郎. [Yorozuya Heishirō]. 文久1 [ 1862]. Large hand coloured copper engraved Japanese world map on the Mercator projection, folds into original wood covers with original paper title label. Some occasional worming mainly along edges, a little soiling and foxing in places, paper title label worn with a little loss..... More

(London). (Times Atlas of the World), ( 1895.). Map printed in colour, 23.2 x 35.9 cm., two edges gilt, with three inset maps, key to religions outlined in colour, bottom margin chipped, edges browned, a few silverfish abrasions affecting the verso, but in good condition. When referring to this item..... More