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Auction 178, Lot 1

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1587

Size: 19.1 x 13.9 inches (48.5 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Ortelius' Third World Map in an Oval Projection
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 3

Subject: World

Ritter, Franz

[Untitled - World], 1610

Size: 14.4 x 11.6 inches (36.6 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $11,500 - $13,000
Ritter's Fascinating Sundial World Map - First State
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 4

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus, 1647

Size: 20.1 x 11.3 inches (51.1 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Unsold
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 5

Subject: World

Visscher, Nicolas

Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, 1658

Size: 22.1 x 18.5 inches (56.1 x 47 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map in Full Contemporary Color with Gold Highlights
Unsold
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 6

Subject: World

Blome, Richard

A Mapp or Generall Carte of the World Designed in Two Plaine Hemisphers, by Monsieur Sanson..., 1670

Size: 20.9 x 15.5 inches (53.1 x 39.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Scarce English Double-Hemisphere World Map Based on Sanson
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 9

Subject: World

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus Auctus et Incunculis Illustratus, 1716

Size: 18.8 x 14.3 inches (47.8 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Rare Variant of Nicolas Visscher's Dutch Bible Map
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 23

Subject: North Pole

Mercator/Hondius

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1634

Size: 15.5 x 14.5 inches (39.4 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 27

Subject: South Pole

Hondius, Henricus

Polus Antarcticus, 1639

Size: 19.5 x 17.2 inches (49.5 x 43.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Magnificent Early Map of the South Pole in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 6/10/2020

Auction 178, Lot 41

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Playing Cards

Anon.

Pasquins Windkaart. Op de Windnegotie van 't Iaar 1720, 1720

Size: 17.3 x 20.4 inches (43.9 x 51.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Sheet of Playing Cards Satirizing the Mississippi Bubble
Unsold
Closed on 6/10/2020