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Auction 187, Lot 1

Subject: World & Continents

Ortelius/Galle

[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio [and] Africae Tabula Nova [and] Asiae Nova Descr: [and] Europa, 1589

Size: 4.3 x 3.1 inches (10.9 x 7.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Matching Set of Miniature Ortelius Maps
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 2

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

Size: 19.8 x 13.4 inches (50.3 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 7

Subject: World

Visscher, Claes Janszoon

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula Auctore N. I. Piscator, 1652

Size: 22.3 x 17.9 inches (56.6 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Visscher's Rare Carte-a-Figures World Map
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 47

Subject: South Pole

Robert de Vaugondy, Didier

Hemisphere Austral ou Antarctique Projette sur un Horizon dont le Zenith est Situe a 140 Degres de Longit? Orient? de l'Isle de Fer..., 1777

Size: 24.4 x 25.4 inches (62 x 64.5 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Rare Separately Published Map of New Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 50

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Flamsteed/Fortin

Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Publie en 1776 ... Troisieme Edition..., 1795

Size: 6 x 8.9 inches (15.2 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Flamsteed's Reduced-Size Atlas with 30 Celestial Plates
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 51

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius, Andreas

Planisphaerium Ptolemaicum, sive Machina Orbium Mundi Ex Hypotheis Ptolemaica in Plano Disposita, 1661

Size: 20.9 x 17.5 inches (53.1 x 44.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Gorgeous Chart Showing Ptolemy's Earth-Centric Model of the Solar System
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 52

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius, Andreas

Planisphaerium Braheum, sive Structura Mundi Totius, Ex Hypothesi Tychonis Brahei in Plano Descriptio, 1661

Size: 20.4 x 16.6 inches (51.8 x 42.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,750
Decorative Chart Depicting Tycho Brahe's Model of the Universe
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 54

Subject: Orrery, Globe

Philip, George

[Orrery with 3-inch Terrestrial Globe], 1900

Size: 14.5 x 8.8 inches (36.8 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Superb Model Demonstrating the Movements of the Earth and Moon
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 4/27/2022