Acquisitions Maps & Prints

Our newly acquired rare maps and antique prints category is updated regularly to present the newest additions to our inventory of original historical material. This curated selection includes rare world maps, regional charts, city plans, natural history lithographs, architectural prints, travel engravings, and illustrated plates spanning the sixteenth through early twentieth centuries.

Recent additions regularly feature work by important cartographers and artists such as Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Willem and Joan Blaeu, Guillaume Delisle, J. B. B. d’Anville, John Speed, Thomas Jefferys, Aaron Arrowsmith, John Arrowsmith, as well as celebrated printmakers including John Gould, Edward Lear, George Edwards, Ellis Rowan, Hall Thorpe and other leading publishers.

As availability is limited and stock turns over quickly, collectors are advised to revisit this category frequently to secure unique original pieces before they are placed into private collections. These newly acquired maps and prints offer a constantly evolving window into the history of exploration, science, and visual culture.