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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) 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

 

 

Seller Table Bay c1675

Price: £ 3000

John Seller's rare and decorative late 17th Century English chart of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Bay

 

Braun & Hogenberg Edinburgh c1581

Price: £ 1125

Braun & Hogenberg's finely engraved bird's eye view of the Scottish Capital Edinburgh during the time of Mary Queen of Scots

 

Visscher Americas 1652

Price: £ POR

Nicolas Visscher's superb mid 17th Century "carte-a-figures" of the Americas

 

Moll Scotland 1714

Price: £ 1350

Herman Moll's impressive early 18th Century double-sheet map of Scotland with border views of important Scottish towns, castles and settlements

 

Visscher Asia 1657

Price: £ 4000

Pieter van den Keere & Claes Jansz. Visscher’s fine Dutch "carte-a-figures" of Asia, in superb original colouring and here in the fourth & final Nicolaas Visscher state dated 1657 

 

Arnold Colom World c1650

Price: £ POR

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

 

 
 
 
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