Auction 140, Lot 697

Subject: Middle East

Plancius/Cloppenburg

Tabula Geographica, in Qua Paradisus, nec Non Regiones, Urbes, oppida, et loca describuntur; quorum in Genesi mentio fit: Auct. D.R.M. Mathes…, 1643

Size: 19.5 x 11.4 inches (49.5 x 29 cm)

Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900

Sold for: $1,200

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 701

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Merian, Matthaus

Constantinopolis, 1640

Size: 27.8 x 9 inches (70.6 x 22.9 cm)

Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 702

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Bruyn, Cornelius de

[Constantinople], 1698

Size: 39 x 11.5 inches (99.1 x 29.2 cm)

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 721

Subject: Jerusalem, Holy Land

Bruyn, Cornelius de

Ierusalem, 1698

Size: 49 x 11 inches (124.5 x 27.9 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 731

Subject: Asia

Speed, John

Asia with the Islands Adioyning Described, the Atire of the People, & Townes of Importance, All of them Newly Augmented, 1626

Size: 20.5 x 15.8 inches (52.1 x 40.1 cm)

Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500

The First English Printed Map of Asia

Sold for: $2,750

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 732

Subject: Asia

Blaeu, Willem

Asia Noviter Delineata, 1670

Size: 22 x 16.3 inches (55.9 x 41.4 cm)

Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000

Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia

Sold for: $4,250

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 737

Subject: Asia

Sayer, Robert

A New Map of Asia, Divided into its Empires and Kingdoms, with all the European Settlements in the East Indies…, 1757

Size: 37.5 x 22.5 inches (95.3 x 57.2 cm)

Estimate: $800 - $1,000

Sold for: $550

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 750

Subject: China

Ortelius, Abraham

Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio, 1584

Size: 18.8 x 14.5 inches (47.8 x 36.8 cm)

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

The First European-Printed Map of China

Sold for: $3,750

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 762

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Speed, John

The Kingdome of China Newly Augmented, 1626

Size: 20.3 x 15.5 inches (51.6 x 39.4 cm)

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250

Sold for: $2,300

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 766

Subject: China & Korea

Jansson/Valck & Schenk

Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio. Auctore Joh van Loon, 1700

Size: 20.8 x 18.5 inches (52.8 x 47 cm)

Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 767

Subject: Japan & Korea

Ortelius, Abraham

Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio, 1595

Size: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)

Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500

Ortelius' Influential Map of Japan

Sold for: $2,400

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 768

Subject: Japan & Korea

Jansson, Jan

Iaponiae Nova Descriptio, 1636

Size: 17.5 x 13.5 inches (44.5 x 34.3 cm)

Estimate: $2,100 - $2,400

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 769

Subject: Japan & Korea

Jansson, Jan

Nova et Accurata Iaponiae Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum adjacentium…, 1658

Size: 22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300

Unsold

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 771

Subject: Japan & Korea

Mercator/Hondius

Iaponia, 1613

Size: 17.5 x 13.3 inches (44.5 x 33.8 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 776

Subject: Southeast Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, 1570

Size: 19.5 x 13.8 inches (49.5 x 35.1 cm)

Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000

Ortelius' Important Map of Southeast Asia

Sold for: $4,250

Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 780

Subject: Southeast Asia

Blaeu, Willem

India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes, 1635

Size: 19.8 x 16.2 inches (50.3 x 41.1 cm)

Estimate: $1,600 - $2,100

The First Popular Map to Show European Discoveries in Australia

Sold for: $2,000

Closed on 5/23/2012