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Auction 200, Lot 2

Subject: Ancient World & Holy Land

[Ancient World & Palestine Maps in book] La Mer des Histoires..., 1543

Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches (34.3 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $27,500 - $35,000
Rare Medieval Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine
Unsold
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 3

Subject: Atlases

Munster, Sebastian

La Cosmographie Universelle, Contenant la Situation de Toutes les Parties du Monde, avec Leurs Proprietez & Appartenances, 1560

Size: 8.2 x 12.3 inches (20.8 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $32,500 - $40,000
Complete Edition of Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views
Sold for: $32,500
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 4

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Purchas, Samuel

[5 Volumes] Purchas His Pilgrimes. In Five Bookes..., 1625-26

Size: 8.6 x 12.9 inches (21.8 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $55,000 - $70,000
Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia
Sold for: $40,000
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 5

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Western Hemisphere

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages - 9 Parts in 2 Volumes], 1590-1602

Size: 10 x 14.3 inches (25.4 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $120,000 - $150,000
Complete First Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX
Unsold
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 199, Lot 156

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000
Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 436

Subject: France, Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

[Volume 2, Part 1] Novus Atlas, das ist Welt-beschreibung mit Schoenen Newen Ausfuehrlichen Land-Taffeln..., 1647

Size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Superb Atlas of France with 48 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 198, Lot 341

Subject: Britain

Camden, William

Guili. Camdeni Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive Florentiss. Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Insularumq Adiacentium ex Intima Antiquitate Descriptio..., 1639

Size: 3.2 x 5.6 inches (8.1 x 14.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Miniature Version of Camden's Britannia Published by Blaeu
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 347

Subject: England & Wales, Atlases

Bowen, Thomas

Atlas Anglicanus, or a Complete Sett of Maps of the Counties of South Britain; Divided into Their Respective Hundreds, Wapentakes, Wards, Rapes, Lathes &c..., 1777

Size: 8.8 x 10.6 inches (22.4 x 26.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,750
Complete English County Atlas with 44 Maps
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 591

Subject: Caucasus

[Map Bound in 2 Volumes] Neue Carte des Caucasus Groestentheils aus Gueldenstaedts... [in] Reisen durch Russland und im Caucasischen Geburge..., 1787-91

Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,000
Rare and Important Study on the Caucasus with 27 Maps and Plates
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 610

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: $2,750 - $3,500
Nieuhoff's Important Description of the Chinese Empire
Unsold
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 717

Subject: Atlases, Texas

Tanner, Henry Schenck

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1845

Size: 14.4 x 17.4 inches (36.6 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of the Republic of Texas & Iowa Territory
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 721

Subject: Atlases

White, Ruth Taylor

Our U.S.A. - A Gay Geography, 1935

Size: 13.2 x 9.6 inches (33.5 x 24.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Ruth Taylor's First Edition Pictorial Atlas
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 197, Lot 37

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Goldbach, Christian Friedrich

Neuester Himmels-Atlas zum Gebrauche sur Schul- und Akademischen Unterricht, nach Flamsteed, Bradley, Tob. Mayer, De la Caille, Le Francais de la Lande und v. Zach..., 1803

Size: 11.5 x 10 inches (29.2 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Unique Celestial Atlas with Stars in Relief Against a Black Sky
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 98

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Coxe, Daniel

[Map in Book] A Map of Carolana and of the River Meschacebe &c. [in] A Description of the English Province of Carolana. By the Spaniards Call'd Florida, and by the French, la Louisiane, 1741

Size: 21.5 x 16.8 inches (54.6 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
First English Depiction of the Mississippi Valley
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 157

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast
Unsold
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 162

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] [New Map of Georgia] [in] Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, with Regard to the Trade of Great Britain..., 1733

Size: 7.3 x 5.3 inches (18.5 x 13.5 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
First Printed Map to Name Georgia
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 417

Subject: European Countries

Aleph

Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries. With an Introduction and Descriptive Lines, 1869

Size: 9.3 x 11.1 inches (23.6 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Book with 12 Satirical Maps of European Countries
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Munster, Sebastian

[Cosmographey oder Beschreibung aller Länder], 1567

Size: 8.8 x 12.5 inches (22.4 x 31.8 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Superbly Bound Edition of Cosmographia with 115 Maps & Views
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 757

Subject: Atlases

Ortelius/Vrients

Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Praecipuarum Orbis Regionum Delineationes..., 1601

Size: 6.5 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Complete, Rare Miniature Atlas Based on Ortelius with 126 Maps
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Cary, John

Cary's New Universal Atlas, Containing Distinct Maps of All the Principal States and Kingdoms Throughout the World. From the Latest and Best Authorities Extant, 1808

Size: 14.6 x 21.6 inches (37.1 x 54.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
One of the Finest English Atlases of the Period
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 760

Subject: Atlases

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1848

Size: 14.3 x 17.6 inches (36.3 x 44.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Mitchell's Desirable Atlas Complete with 73 Plates
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 761

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Seventy Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets..., 1860

Size: 15.3 x 18 inches (38.9 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Colton's Impressive General Atlas with 103 Maps
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 767

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Hakluyt, Richard

The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Ouer Land..., 1589

Size: 7.3 x 10.9 inches (18.5 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $13,000
First Edition of Hakluyt's Voyages with Sir Francis Drake Insert
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 774

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Blaeu, Johannes

[Lot of 12 - Facsimile Atlas] The Third Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas ou Cosmographie Blaviane, 1967-70

Size: 13 x 22.5 inches (33 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Magnificent Limited Facsimile Edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior - Previously Owned by R.A. Skelton
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 196, Lot 59

Subject: Celestial, Atlases

Bode, Johann Elert

Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas..., 1782

Size: 11.2 x 8.6 inches (28.4 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Later Edition of Fortin/Flamsteed Atlas with 34 Star Charts
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 452

Subject: France, Atlases

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Coup d'Oeil General sur la France..., 1765

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Early Thematic Atlas
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Hondius/Bertius

Theatri Geographiae Veteris Tomus Prior in quo Cl. Ptol. Alexandrini Geographiae Libri VIII..., 1618-19

Size: 11.1 x 16.5 inches (28.2 x 41.9 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Historical Atlas with 27 Mercator Maps, 14 Ortelius Maps, and Peutinger Table
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 764

Subject: Atlases, Civil War

U.S. War Department

[Subscription Format] Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95

Size: 15.3 x 18.8 inches (38.9 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Complete Civil War Atlas
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 769

Subject: History Books, Native American

McKenney and Hall

[3 Volumes] History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs..., 1854

Size: 7.1 x 10.9 inches (18 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $12,000
Important Portfolio of Native American Portraits
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 195, Lot 58

Subject: Milky Way

[2 Volumes] A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way - Part I Photographs and Descriptions [and] Part II Charts and Tables, 1927

Size: See Description
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Groundbreaking Atlas of the Milky Way
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 208

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] [New Map of Georgia] [in] Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, with Regard to the Trade of Great Britain..., 1733

Size: 7.3 x 5.3 inches (18.5 x 13.5 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
First Printed Map to Name Georgia
Unsold
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 210

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] A Map of the American Indian Nations, Adjoining to the Missisippi, West & East Florida, Georgia, S. & N. Carolina, Virginia. &c. [in] The History of the American Indians..., 1775

Size: 9.6 x 12.9 inches (24.4 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Important History of Native Americans in the Southeast with Map
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 828

Subject: Atlases

Ptolemy/Ruscelli

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino..., 1574

Size: 6.6 x 9.3 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $9,000 - $11,000
Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 829

Subject: Atlases

Moll, Herman

Atlas Minor: or a New and Curious Set of Sixty Two Maps, in Which Are Shewn All the Empires, Kingdoms, Countries, States, in All the Known Parts of the Earth..., 1737

Size: 7.9 x 9.8 inches (20.1 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Complete with 62 Maps in Contemporary Outline Color
Sold for: $4,250
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 831

Subject: Atlases

Carey & Lea

A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies..., 1822

Size: 12.4 x 18 inches (31.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Complete First Edition of Carey & Lea's Atlas
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 194, Lot 462

Subject: France, Atlases

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Coup d'Oeil General sur la France..., 1765

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Early Thematic Atlas
Unsold
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 719

Subject: Atlases

Ortelius/Galle

[Epitome Theatri Orteliani], 1589

Size: 6.4 x 4.8 inches (16.3 x 12.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Rare Miniature Atlas with 94 Maps Based on Ortelius
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 720

Subject: Atlases

Weigel, Christopher

Atlas Portatilis, oder Compendieuse Vorstellung der Ganzen Welt, in Einer Kleinen Cosmographie... , 1745

Size: 4.8 x 7.5 inches (12.2 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Handsome Small Atlas in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 721

Subject: Atlases

Seutter/Lotter

[Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis TerrarumImperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum...], 1750

Size: 11.4 x 9.2 inches (29 x 23.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Small Atlas with 20 Seutter/Lotter Maps Featuring Geographic Myths
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 730

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

[Colton's Atlas of the World, Illustrating Physical and Political Geography ... Volume I. - North and South America, Etc.], 1856

Size: 16.8 x 19.1 inches (42.7 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Features Many Desirable Maps of the Evolving American West
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 731

Subject: Atlases, North America

Rogers & Johnston

Atlas of the United States of North America, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica..., 1857

Size: 10.3 x 14.8 inches (26.2 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare Rogers & Johnston Atlas with Desirable Maps of the American West
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 736

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages ... Tome Quatorzieme, 1757

Size: 8 x 10.5 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Prevost's Volume on the Americas
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 193, Lot 589

Subject: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Description Geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree..., 1771

Size: 8.1 x 10.5 inches (20.6 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Bellin's Complete Work on the Adriatic Sea and the Western Coasts of Greece
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 193, Lot 748

Subject: Atlases

Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum..., 1745

Size: 11.4 x 8.9 inches (29 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Small Atlas with 20 Maps Featuring Geographic Myths
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 192, Lot 90

Subject: Colonial North America

Charlevoix, P. F. Xavier de

[3 Volumes] Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dan l'Amerique Septentrionale..., 1744

Size: 7.8 x 10.3 inches (19.8 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Important Account of French Possessions in Colonial North America with 28 Maps
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 192, Lot 740

Subject: Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas ... Eerste Deels, 1650

Size: 14.6 x 21.8 inches (37.1 x 55.4 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $14,000
Blaeu's Atlas of Germany and the Netherlands with 107 maps in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 192, Lot 754

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages ... Tome Quatorzieme, 1757

Size: 8 x 10.5 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Prevost's Volume on the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 191, Lot 59

Subject: Moon

U.S. Air Force

Rectified Lunar Atlas - Supplement Number Two to the USAF Lunar Atlas, 1963

Size: 19 x 15.3 inches (48.3 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Important Milestone in Preparation for 1969 Moon Landing
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 633

Subject: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Description Geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree..., 1771

Size: 8.1 x 10.5 inches (20.6 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Bellin's Complete Work on the Adriatic Sea and the Western Coasts of Greece
Unsold
Closed on 2/8/2023
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