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Welcome to the Website of Roderick M Barron, one of the UK's leading private antiquarian map dealers.

We are based in Sevenoaks in Kent, 20 miles south east of London.

We have been involved in the antiquarian book and map trade for over 19 years. Our business was first established in 1989.

We are members of  the English Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ABA); the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); the International Antiquarian Mapsellers' Association (IAMA) and the International Map Collectors' Society (IMCoS).

We exhibit at a number of important antiquarian map and book Fairs and Exhibitions every year and issue regular illustrated catalogues.

Our focus is on fine, rare and decorative maps & atlases of most areas of the World, particularly from the 15th to 17th Century period. We have become recognised for our speciality in fine World maps & cartographic rarities. We are also acknowledged experts in the early European cartography of South East Asia, the Far East (particularly China & Japan) & Australasia.

Please feel free to browse our illustrated on-line Gallery, view details of our most recent Acquisitions, subscribe with us to receive email updates, or inquire about how we may be able to assist with your own specific interests or desiderata. You may also like to take the time to visit our unique & ever expanding illustrated on-Line reference listing of Explorer, Mapmaker, Publisher & Engraver Portraits.

If you would like to contact us with your feedback on our site or with any specific questions or inquiries, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We hope you enjoy our site & thank you for visiting. 

Roderick M Barron

 

 

Arnold Colom World c1650

Price: £ POR

One of the rarest and most imposing folio-sized Dutch World maps of the mid 17th Century

 

Ortelius Set of World & Continents 1592

Price: £ POR

A superb matched set of Ortelius’ World and Continent Maps 1592

 

Pocock Inflatable globe c.1830

Price: £ 3950

A extremely rare and unusual early 19th Century inflatable paper globe

 

Virgil Cosmological Map 1502

Price: £ 1400

A spendid woodblock interpretation of the contemporary Cosmos from an early 16th Century edition of Virgil's "Georgics", surrounded by wonderful portrayals of everyday medieval life on the land and at sea.

 

Coronelli Quantung c.1692

Price: £ 2500

Vincenzo Coronelli's spectacular and decorative late 17th Century Italian map of Southern China

 

 
 
 
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