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Auction 201, Lot 33

Subject: Ancient World

Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodo

Macrobii Ambrosii Aurelii Theodosii, Viri Consularis, & Illustris, in Somnium Scipionis, Lib. II. Saturnaliorum, Lib. VII…, 1548

Size: 4.4 x 6.9 inches (11.2 x 17.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Macrobius' Miniature Ancient World Map
Sold for: $800
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 40

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Burritt, Elijah H.

Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, Comprising the Following Maps or Plates, 1835

Size: 14.4 x 16.3 inches (36.6 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $375
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 41

Subject: Moon, Atlases

[2 Volumes] [Atlas Obratnoy Storony Luny - Atlas of the Dark Side of the Moon] [and] First Photographs of the Reverse Side of the Moon, 1960

Size: 9.1 x 11.7 inches (23.1 x 29.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Sold for: $750
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 120

Subject: United States

Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

[Map in Book] United States [in] The Traveller's Guide; or Pocket Gazetteer of the United States..., 1826

Size: 17 x 10.3 inches (43.2 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $500 - $650
Sold for: $350
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 141

Subject: Eastern United States

Melish, John

[Map in Book] Map of the United States of America [in] Travels in the United States of America, in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811... [Volume 1 Only], 1812

Size: 17.4 x 13.3 inches (44.2 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Price reduced by $150! First Edition
Sold for: $500
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 144

Subject: Eastern United States

Marshall, John

Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington, 1832

Size: 5.8 x 8.8 inches (14.7 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $425
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, 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

Auction 201, Lot 200

Subject: Western United States

Fremont/Preuss

[Map with Report] Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 [with] Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains..., 1845

Size: 51 x 30.8 inches (129.5 x 78.2 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $950
Price reduced by $100! Inscribed to James Whitcomb, Governor of Indiana (1843-48)
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 201

Subject: Western United States

Franklin, William Buell [Lt.]

[Map in Report] Map of the Route Pursued by the Late Expedition Under the Command of Col. S.W. Kearny, U.S. 1st Dragoons [in] Report of a Summer Campaign to the Rocky Mountains..., 1845

Size: 13 x 8 inches (33 x 20.3 cm)
Estimate: $250 - $325
Sold for: $150
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 205

Subject: Southwestern United States

Emory, William Hemsley

[Map with Report] Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas Rio del Norte and Rio Gila... [bound in] Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California..., 1848

Size: 67.8 x 30.4 inches (172.2 x 77.2 cm)
Estimate: $375 - $450
Price reduced by $75
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 207

Subject: Southwestern United States

Ives, Joseph C. (Lt.)

[2 Maps with Report] Map No. 1 [and] Map No. 2 Rio Colorado of the West... [in] Report upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858..., 1861

Size: 34.8 x 14.7 inches (88.4 x 37.3 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $400
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 323

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von

[4 Volumes] Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain..., 1822

Size: 5.6 x 8.9 inches (14.2 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Sold for: $650
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 648

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Asia

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre ... Tome Septieme, 1749

Size: 8.8 x 11.9 inches (22.4 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $850
Sold for: $500
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, 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
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Buy de Mornas, Claude

[Volumes III & IV] Atlas Historique et Geographique…, 1762

Size: 12.6 x 15.8 inches (32 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Contains 74 Double-Page Maps in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, 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

Auction 201, Lot 761

Subject: Atlases

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co.

Arbuckles' Illustrated Atlas of the United States of America, 1889

Size: 11.3 x 7 inches (28.7 x 17.8 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 762

Subject: School Atlases

Morse, Jedidiah & Sydney

Modern Atlas, Adapted to Morse's School Geography, 1823

Size: 9.3 x 11.3 inches (23.6 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Sold for: $150
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 763

Subject: School Atlases

Olney, Jesse

A New and Improved School Atlas, to Accompany the Practical System of Modern Geography, 1837

Size: 9.5 x 11.3 inches (24.1 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $190
Price reduced by $20
Sold for: $100
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 764

Subject: School Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps, Etc., Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1847

Size: 9.6 x 12.1 inches (24.4 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $500 - $650
Features Texas in Its Stovepipe Configuration
Sold for: $350
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 765

Subject: School Atlases, Jefferson

Smith, Roswell C.

Smith's New Geography Containing Map Questions Interspersed with Such Facts as an Observing Tourist Would Notice..., 1861

Size: 11.8 x 13.5 inches (30 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $450 - $550
Features Three Maps Depicting the Proposed Jefferson Territory
Sold for: $300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, 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

Auction 201, Lot 767

Subject: Geography Books

Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

The American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Much More Full and Accurate Account ... on the American Continent, Also of the West India Islands..., 1798

Size: 5.6 x 8.6 inches (14.2 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
First English Edition of Morse's American Gazetteer
Sold for: $425
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 768

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, South America

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages, Part VII] Das VII. Theil America. Warhafftige unnd Liebliche Beschreibung Etlicher Furnemmen Indianischen Landschafften..., 1597

Size: 9.5 x 13.3 inches (24.1 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Complete Disbound Example of Ulrich Schmidel's Expedition to South America
Sold for: $550
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 769

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Oceans & Western Africa

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages ... Tome Troisieme, 1747

Size: 8.5 x 10.2 inches (21.6 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $475 - $600
Price reduced by $75
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 770

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, South Pacific Ocean

Hawkesworth, John

[Lot of 33 - Maps & Prints from Cartes et Figures des Voyages Entrepris par Ordre de sa Majeste Britannique...], 1774

Size: 7.4 x 9.9 inches (18.8 x 25.1 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Price reduced by $75
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 771

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Malham, John (Rev.)

[2 Volumes] The Naval Gazetteer; or, Seaman's Complete Guide. Containing a Full and Accurate Account, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Several Coasts..., 1797

Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $600 - $750
Price reduced by $150!
Sold for: $300
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 772

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Ptolemy/Berlinghieri

[Facsimile] Geographia - Florence 1482, 1966

Size: 12.2 x 17.9 inches (31 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate: $275 - $350
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 773

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Thornton & Seller

[Facsimile] The English Pilot - The Third Book, 1970

Size: 12 x 18.1 inches (30.5 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Sold for: $130
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 774

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Roggeveen, Arent

[Facsimile] The Burning Fen - First Part, 1971

Size: 12.3 x 18.4 inches (31.2 x 46.7 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $100
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $13
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 775

Subject: References

Lister, Raymond

Old Maps and Globes with a List of Cartographers, Engravers, Publishers and Printers Concerned with Printed Maps and Globes from c. 1500 to c. 1850, 1979

Size: 7.6 x 9.9 inches (19.3 x 25.1 cm)
Estimate: $35 - $45
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $46
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 776

Subject: References

Moreland & Bannister

Christie's Collectors Guides - Antique Maps, 1986

Size: 7.8 x 10 inches (19.8 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $25 - $40
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $120
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 777

Subject: References

Tooley/Bricker

Landmarks of Mapmaking - An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking, 1989

Size: 10.5 x 14.5 inches (26.7 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $50 - $70
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $75
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 778

Subject: References

[Lot of 2] Antique Maps and Charts [and] Collecting Antique Maps - An Introduction to the History of Cartography, 1989-99

Size: See Description
Estimate: $55 - $75
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $90
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 780

Subject: References, Miniature Maps

King, Geoffrey L.

Miniature Antique Maps - An Illustrated Guide for the Collector, 1996

Size: 7.4 x 11.1 inches (18.8 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $40 - $50
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $60
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 781

Subject: References, Mapmakers

Tooley, R. V.

Maps and Map-Makers, 1990

Size: 10.1 x 7.6 inches (25.7 x 19.3 cm)
Estimate: $30 - $50
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $70
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 782

Subject: References, English Mapmakers

Thrower, Norman

The Compleat Plattmaker - Essays on Chart, Map, and Globe Making in England in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1978

Size: 6.4 x 9.6 inches (16.3 x 24.4 cm)
Estimate: $30 - $45
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $2
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 783

Subject: References, Blaeu

Krogt, Peter van der

Atlas Maior - "The Greatest and Finest Atlas Ever Published", 2006

Size: 9 x 13.5 inches (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $120 - $150
Sold for: $90
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 784

Subject: References, Braun & Hogenberg

Goss, John

Braun & Hogenberg's The City Maps of Europe - A Selection of 16th Century Town Plans & Views, 1991

Size: 11.4 x 15.3 inches (29 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $60 - $80
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $75
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 785

Subject: References, Tallis

Antique Maps of the 19th Century World, 1989

Size: 10.4 x 14.2 inches (26.4 x 36.1 cm)
Estimate: $35 - $50
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $13
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 786

Subject: References, Western Hemisphere

America in Maps - Dating from 1500 to 1856, 1976

Size: 14.6 x 20.9 inches (37.1 x 53.1 cm)
Estimate: $325 - $400
Sold for: $190
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 787

Subject: References, Western Hemisphere

[5 Volumes] A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America Forming a Part of the Library of E.D. Church, 1995

Size: 5.7 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $190
Sold for: $160
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 788

Subject: References, North America

Schwartz & Ehrenberg

The Mapping of America, 1980

Size: 11.8 x 11 inches (30 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $70 - $90
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $120
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 789

Subject: References, North America

Burden, Philip D.

The Mapping of North America - A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670, 1996

Size: 10.6 x 14.3 inches (26.9 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $220 - $250
Sold for: $160
Closed on 11/20/2024
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