Books & Manuscripts
Bloomsbury sells 15th century text by one of the theologians who saved the Papacy
Jean Gerson's work On Simony leads a London auction ahead of Suetonius's history of Rome
Very rare 17th century atlas leads historic books auction
The Gerard Mercator work will star ahead of Samuel Johnson's dictionary and Charles Dickens
Newly-recognised 16th century manuscript leads Sotheby's auction at £500,000
The Hours of Anne de Montmorency leads the sale ahead of an early Pentateuch
'Most famous' 17th century map of Asia auctions for $6,500
By the famous Dutch cartographer, William Blaeu, this fascinating map mixes fact with fantasy
17th century De Wit map leads online auction
The hand coloured manuscript looks to find its way to $9k at Old World Auctions
18th century view of the world finds a home for £12k
Celebrated map maker Matthaus Seutter's work impressed bidders in a Gloucester sale
19th century Spanish botanical text leads auction
Featuring a rare copy of Martin de Argenta's Album de Flora Medico-Farmaceutica
18th century atlas charted to realise £12k
The text by famous map maker Matthaus Seutter is to find a buyer next week
16th century maps to sell at Bonhams
A unique collection of 1586 maps of Scilly and Cornwall will go under the hammer in Oxford, UK
16th century books stolen from the Nazis are returned
A teenager who swiped the books from a salt mine during WW2 is now giving them back