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Auction 158, Lot 13

Subject: World

Ptolemy/Fries

Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, 1541

Size: 17.9 x 11.2 inches (45.5 x 28.4 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
"Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings
Sold for: $4,250
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 14

Subject: World

Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Typus Universalis Terrae, Iuxta Modernorum Distinctionem et Extensionem per Regna et Provincias, 1583

Size: 11 x 7.6 inches (27.9 x 19.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Apianus' Popular Cordiform World Map from the First Woodblock
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 15

Subject: World

Maffei (Maffeius), Peter

Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589

Size: 19.2 x 10.2 inches (48.8 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Scarce Italian World Map Based on Ortelius
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 19

Subject: World

Speed, John

A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers, 1651

Size: 20.8 x 15.6 inches (52.8 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $10,500
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 20

Subject: World

Happel, Everard Werner

[Lot of 2 - Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere], 1687

Size: 11.3 x 11.4 inches (28.7 x 29 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Striking Pair of Hemispheres with Native Figures
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 21

Subject: World

Wit, Frederick de

Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita, 1688

Size: 22.4 x 18.9 inches (56.9 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
De Wit's Stunning Double-Hemisphere Map
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 40

Subject: North Pole

Hondius, Henricus

Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1639

Size: 19.4 x 17 inches (49.3 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Magnificent Polar Map Surrounded by Whaling Scenes
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 6/22/2016

Auction 158, Lot 49

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Armillary Sphere

Cassini, Giovanni Maria

[Lot of 2] Circolo per Formare la Sfera Armilare [and] Circoli per Formare la Sfera Armillare, 1795

Size: See Description
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Rare Matching Set to Construct Armillary Sphere
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 6/22/2016