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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

 

 

Hondius-Jansson Italy c.1642

£ 950.00

A beautifully embellished mid-17th Century Dutch map of Italy in fine original colour

 

Jansson Madrid 1657

£ 2000.00

The earliest printed plan of Madrid, a spendid double-sheet bird's eye perspective from Jan Jansson's 1657 Town book

 

Braun & Hogenberg Moscow c.1575

£ 1850.00

Based on the earlier view of Von Herberstein, Braun & Hogenberg's splendid late 16th Century panorama of the City of Moscow

 

Braun & Hogenberg Amsterdam c.1572

sold

Braun & Hogenberg's attractive late 16th Century bird's eye plan of the Dutch port of Amsterdam

 

Virgil Cosmological Map 1502

£ 1400.00

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.

 

Fullarton British Empire c.1865

£ 485.00

Archibald Fullarton's iconic mid 19th Century map of the World, depicting the extent of the British Empire at the height of the Victorian era

 

Braun & Hogenberg Venice c.1572

£ 2500.00

Braun & Hogenberg's spectacular late 16th Century bird's eye view of the City of Venice

 

Pocock Inflatable globe c.1830

£ 3950.00

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

 

Falck World Map (section) 1779

£ 2200.00

A 1-sheet section of an exceptionally scarce Danish Wall map by P Falck published in Copenhagen in 1779

 

 
 
 
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