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Lot 20

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1811

Size: 25.4 x 19 inches (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments

Price:
$2,000

Lot 30

Subject: World

Dudley Chase, Ernest

Peace Map of the World United - A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications from Jonah to the Jet Plane as Paths to Permanent Peace, 1945

Size: 35.3 x 14.9 inches (89.7 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Rare Pictorial Map Promoting Unity after World War II
Sold for: $550
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 37

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioning, 1680

Size: 23 x 18.1 inches (58.4 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Price reduced by $300! Beautiful English Map of the North Pole in Full Contemporary Color

Price:
$1,500

Lot 51

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1579

Size: 19.6 x 14.2 inches (49.8 x 36.1 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color

Price:
$4,000

Lot 52

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula, 1663

Size: 21.7 x 16.1 inches (55.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 85

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies

Homann, Johann Baptist

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae eet Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula, 1720

Size: 22.3 x 18.6 inches (56.6 x 47.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Price reduced by $100! Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America in the Era of the War of the Spanish Succession

Price:
$1,100

Lot 98

Subject: Montreal, Canada

Gastaldi/Ramusio

La Terra de Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia, 1556

Size: 15.1 x 10.9 inches (38.4 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 11/20/2024

Price:
$2,000

Lot 118

Subject: Canada & Alaska

Johnston, W. & A.K.

Chart of the North-West Passage Discovered by Capt. McClure H.M.S. Investigator, 1850-1853, 1855

Size: 20.5 x 12.2 inches (52.1 x 31 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
One of the First Maps to Depict the Northwest Passage and New Discoveries in the Arctic
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 131

Subject: United States

Bootlegger's Map of the United States, 1926

Size: 34.1 x 21.5 inches (86.6 x 54.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
McCandlish's Humorous Prohibition Map
Sold for: $750
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 132

Subject: United States, Aviation

Rand McNally & Co.

Illustrated Map of the Route of Transcontinental Air Transport Inc., 1929

Size: 30.9 x 14.1 inches (78.5 x 35.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
One of the Earliest Commercial Airline Maps
Sold for: $800
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 149

Subject: Eastern United States

Chapin & Taylor

Chapin's Ornamental Map of the United States with Plans of the World, British Possessions, West Indies & Colombia, 1845

Size: 56.4 x 47.5 inches (143.3 x 120.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Decorative Wall Map of the Eastern United States
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 154

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Blaeu, (Family)

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1642

Size: 19.9 x 15.3 inches (50.5 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Important Map of Colonial New England and the Mid-Atlantic in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 155

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Jansson, Jan

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1652

Size: 19.8 x 15.3 inches (50.3 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast
Sold for: $700
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 165

Subject: Colonial New England United States

Bowles, Carrington

Bowles's New Pocket Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England; Comprehending the Provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire; with the Colonies of Connecticut & Rhode Island..., 1776

Size: 20.8 x 25.4 inches (52.8 x 64.5 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates

Price:
$3,500

Lot 171

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1638

Size: 19.5 x 15 inches (49.5 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
One of the Most Important 17th Century Maps of the Chesapeake Bay in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 177

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Mercator/Hondius

Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio, 1638

Size: 19.1 x 13.5 inches (48.5 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
A Seminal Map of the Southeast and Early American Cartography in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 178

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Blaeu, Willem

Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, Interjacentiumq Regionum Nova Descriptio, 1642

Size: 20 x 15.3 inches (50.8 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Blaeu's Decorative Map of the Southeast in Full Contemporary Color

Price:
$750

Lot 180

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Speed/Lamb

A New Description of Carolina, 1676

Size: 19.8 x 14.8 inches (50.3 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Speed's Map of the Carolinas Based Upon the Lords Proprietor's Map

Price:
$1,800

Lot 181

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Bowen, Emanuel

A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Drawn from Original Draughts, Assisted by the Most Approved Maps and Charts, 1748

Size: 18.8 x 14.3 inches (47.8 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important Map of the Georgia Colony
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 183

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Le Rouge, George Louis

Nouvelle Carte des Cotes des Carolines Septentrionales et Meridionales du Cap Fear a Sud Edisto..., 1777

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Rare French Chart of the Carolina Coast

Price:
$900

Lot 192

Subject: Southern United States, Civil War

Wyld, James

Map of the Southern States of North America with the Forts, Harbours & Military Positions, 1861

Size: 40.9 x 26.8 inches (103.9 x 68.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Price reduced by $100! Scarce Civil War Map for a British Audience

Price:
$1,200

Lot 195

Subject: Mississippi River

Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Head of the Passes in Thirty Two Sheets, 1881-85

Size: 23.8 x 14.8 inches (60.5 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
A Remarkable Production by the Newly Established Mississippi River Commission
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 240

Subject: Western Florida & Cuba

Keulen, Gerard van

Pas Kaart van de Boght van Florida met de Canaal Tusschen Florida en Cuba , 1734

Size: 22.8 x 20.1 inches (57.9 x 51.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
One of the First Charts of the Florida Gulf Coast
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 246

Subject: Florida, Natives

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages, Part II, Set of Plates] Brevis Narratio Eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia Gallis Acciderunt, Secunda in Illam Navigatione..., 1601

Size: 9.6 x 13.8 inches (24.4 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Title Page and Native Floridian Plates from Part II of Grands Voyages
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 287

Subject: New York City, New York

Dripps, Matthew

Map of New York and Vicinity, 1863

Size: 19.1 x 25.1 inches (48.5 x 63.8 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Rare Dripps's Pocket Map of Manhattan Featuring Central Park Still Under Construction

Price:
$650

Lot 289

Subject: New York City, New York

Wonders of New York, 1953

Size: 31.9 x 24.1 inches (81 x 61.2 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Superb Pictorial Map of Manhattan
Sold for: $600
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 298

Subject: Southeastern Pennsylvania

Melish, John

Map of Chester County Constructed by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania Passed 19th March 1816, 1822

Size: 21.8 x 17.3 inches (55.4 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Price reduced by $350! Scarce Early Map of Chester County

Price:
$1,650

Lot 341

Subject: Belize & Honduras

Mount & Page

A Draught of the Bay of Honduras, and Part of the Musquetto Shore, 1766

Size: 41.2 x 28.6 inches (104.6 x 72.6 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Rare Chart of the Coast from Belize to Honduras
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 349

Subject: Cuba

May, Bernardo

Mapa Historico Pintoresco Moderno de la Isla de Cuba, 1853

Size: 22.3 x 17.4 inches (56.6 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,300 - $1,600
Rare Map of Cuba Surrounded by Vignettes
Sold for: $950
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 356

Subject: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Depot de la Marine

Plan du Principal Port de l'Ile de Porto Rico Leve en 1794..., 1801

Size: 22.1 x 15.8 inches (56.1 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Rare Chart of San Juan
Sold for: $850
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 393

Subject: Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Europa Recens Descripta, 1663

Size: 21.7 x 16.1 inches (55.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Europe in Full Contemporary Color

Price:
$1,800

Lot 547

Subject: Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo..., 1579

Size: 17.4 x 13.8 inches (44.2 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color

Price:
$1,000

Lot 549

Subject: Russia in Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Tabula Russiae ex Autographo, quod Delineandum Curavit Foedor Filius Tzaris Boris Desumta ... M.DC.XIIII, 1650

Size: 21.6 x 16.8 inches (54.9 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Blaeu's Decorative Map of Russia

Price:
$1,100

Lot 552

Subject: Moscow, Russia

Braun & Hogenberg

Moscauw, 1597

Size: 19.3 x 13.8 inches (49 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Braun & Hogenberg's First Plan of Moscow
Sold for: $950
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 557

Subject: Black Sea

Des Neueroffneten Kriegs-Theatri in Ruszland und Turckey..., 1740

Size: 22.2 x 14.6 inches (56.4 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Rare Map of Russo-Turkish War in 1736-37
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 592

Subject: Venice, Italy

Pianta di Venezia, 1876

Size: 21.7 x 26.7 inches (55.1 x 67.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Price reduced by $100! Intricately Detailed Map and Views Printed on Cloth

Price:
$800

Lot 639

Subject: Caspian Sea

Ottens

[On 2 Sheets] Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene Levee Suivant les Ordres de S.M. Czariene, par Mr. Carl Vanverden en 1719, 1720, et 1721..., 1723

Size: 23.5 x 17.9 inches (59.7 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Superb Map of the Caspian Sea with Panoramic Views of the Region

Price:
$800

Lot 641

Subject: Asia

Hondius/Jansson

Asia Recens Summa Cura Delineata, 1632

Size: 22 x 16.2 inches (55.9 x 41.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Jansson's Spectacular Carte-a-Figure Map of Asia
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 642

Subject: Asia

Blaeu, Willem

Asia Noviter Delineata, 1634

Size: 22 x 16.3 inches (55.9 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia

Price:
$2,200

Lot 657

Subject: China

Nieuhoff, Johann

L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie..., 1665

Size: 13.4 x 8.8 inches (34 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Price reduced by $300! Nieuhoff's Important Description of the Chinese Empire

Price:
$1,500

Lot 663

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Blaeu, (Family)

China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame Dicta, 1640

Size: 19.6 x 16.1 inches (49.8 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Attractive Example of Blaeu's Map of China Featuring Fictitious Lakes and Rivers

Price:
$1,000

Lot 682

Subject: Southern & Southeast Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, 1579

Size: 19.8 x 13.8 inches (50.3 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Ortelius' Important Map of Southeast Asia in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 688

Subject: Africa

Blaeu, Willem

Africae Nova Descriptio, 1634

Size: 22.1 x 16.3 inches (56.1 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa

Price:
$2,200

Lot 748

Subject: Early Printing

Anon.

[Book of Hours Leaf], 1520

Size: 5.9 x 8.8 inches (15 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Price reduced by $100! Superb Image of the Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights

Price:
$650

Lot 759

Subject: Atlases

Arrowsmith & Lewis

A New and Elegant General Atlas. Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time. Containing Sixty Three Maps, Drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis..., 1812

Size: 9 x 10.9 inches (22.9 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Complete Atlas Featuring Early Maps of the Trans-Appalachian West
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 11/20/2024

Lot 766

Subject: Geography Books

Scott, Joseph

The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States Their Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Soil, Produce, Climate, Population, Trade and Manufactures..., 1795

Size: 4.2 x 6.9 inches (10.7 x 17.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
First Edition of the First Gazetteer of the United States
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/20/2024
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