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Auction 202, Lot 1

Subject: World

Waldseemuller/Fries

Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta, 1522

Size: 18.9 x 13.9 inches (48 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
One of the First Ptolemaic Maps to Name America
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 2

Subject: World

Munster, Sebastian

Typus Orbis Universalis, 1540

Size: 13.5 x 10.2 inches (34.3 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Rare First Block of Munster's World Map - First Edition
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 3

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

Size: 19.4 x 13.3 inches (49.3 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 5

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1624

Size: 20.1 x 11.3 inches (51.1 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 6

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 9

Subject: World

Visscher, Nicolas

Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, 1658

Size: 21.8 x 18.4 inches (55.4 x 46.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map with Representations of the Elements
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 18

Subject: World

Bailleul, Nicolas

Nouvelle Mappe-Monde avec la Representation des Deux Emispheres Celestes, les Disques du Soleil, et de la Lune, et les Diferents Sentiments sur le Mouvemt. des Planetes..., 1755

Size: 28.8 x 20.6 inches (73.2 x 52.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Map Featuring Interesting Cartography in the Northwest
Sold for: $4,250
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 29

Subject: World

[Japanese Manga World Map - New Cartoon View of the World], 1924

Size: 41.6 x 28.3 inches (105.7 x 71.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map Published After WWI
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 48

Subject: Moon

[On 9 Sheets - Polnaya Karta Luny], 1967

Size: 26.5 x 17.3 inches (67.3 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Spectacular 9-Sheet Soviet Lunar Map
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 57

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the World Wide Web - The World Wide Web Business and Beyond, 1995

Size: 36.5 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Scarce Map of the Early World Wide Web
Unsold
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 201, Lot 20

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1811

Size: 25.4 x 19 inches (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 30

Subject: World

Dudley Chase, Ernest

Peace Map of the World United - A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications from Jonah to the Jet Plane as Paths to Permanent Peace, 1945

Size: 35.3 x 14.9 inches (89.7 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Rare Pictorial Map Promoting Unity after World War II
Sold for: $550
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 37

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioning, 1680

Size: 23 x 18.1 inches (58.4 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Beautiful English Map of the North Pole in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 200, Lot 1

Subject: World

Fine, Oronce

Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio, 1531

Size: 16.6 x 11.5 inches (42.2 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $50,000 - $60,000
Rare First Edition of Double-Cordiform World Map with First Reference to Magellan's Voyage
Sold for: $35,000
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 2

Subject: Ancient World & Holy Land

[Ancient World & Palestine Maps in book] La Mer des Histoires..., 1543

Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches (34.3 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $27,500 - $35,000
Rare Medieval Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine
Unsold
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 199, Lot 13

Subject: World

Moll, Herman

A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations, 1730

Size: 38.3 x 22.3 inches (97.3 x 56.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500
Moll's Large-Scale Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 27

Subject: World

[Japanese Manga World Map - New Cartoon View of the World], 1924

Size: 41.6 x 28.3 inches (105.7 x 71.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map Published After WWI
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 50

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Northern Africa, Western Turkey

Ptolemy/Sylvanus

[Secunda Africae Tabula / Quarta Africae Tabula / Prima Asiae Tabula / Prima Africae Tabula], 1511

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Venice Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 54

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the World Wide Web - The World Wide Web Business and Beyond, 1995

Size: 36.5 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Scarce Map of the Early World Wide Web
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 198, Lot 3

Subject: World

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1641

Size: 21.5 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 4

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1642

Size: 21.4 x 16.1 inches (54.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 19

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1811

Size: 25.4 x 19 inches (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Unsold
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 47

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the Internet - The Internet, 1994

Size: 35.8 x 23.8 inches (90.9 x 60.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce and Groundbreaking Map of the Early Internet
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 197, Lot 2

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 5

Subject: World

Greene, Robert

A New Mapp of the World, 1676

Size: 21.4 x 17.1 inches (54.4 x 43.4 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $18,000
Rare World Map with Unique Representations of Four Continents
Sold for: $12,000
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 7

Subject: World

Zahn, Johannes

Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes Igniuomos in Universo Orbe..., 1696

Size: 16.7 x 14.1 inches (42.4 x 35.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Early Example of Thematic Cartography
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 33

Subject: South Pole, Antarctica

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra, 1597

Size: 11.6 x 9.1 inches (29.5 x 23.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Early Map of Terra Australis and the Strait of Magellan
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 37

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Goldbach, Christian Friedrich

Neuester Himmels-Atlas zum Gebrauche sur Schul- und Akademischen Unterricht, nach Flamsteed, Bradley, Tob. Mayer, De la Caille, Le Francais de la Lande und v. Zach..., 1803

Size: 11.5 x 10 inches (29.2 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Unique Celestial Atlas with Stars in Relief Against a Black Sky
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 52

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the World Wide Web - The World Wide Web Business and Beyond, 1995

Size: 36.5 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce Map of the Early World Wide Web
Unsold
Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 196, Lot 4

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572

Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 5

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus, 1592

Size: 20.3 x 11.3 inches (51.6 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare Second State
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 8

Subject: World

Hondius/Le Clerc

Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio, 1633

Size: 20.3 x 13.1 inches (51.6 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Le Clerc's Decorative World Map Engraved by Hondius
Sold for: $7,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 10

Subject: World

Danckerts, Family

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus. Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus, 1658

Size: 18.4 x 12.1 inches (46.7 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Unusual and Rare Oval Dutch Bible Map of the World
Sold for: $8,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 29

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1817

Size: 25.4 x 18.8 inches (64.5 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 42

Subject: Ancient World

Schedel, Hartmann

Secunda Etas Mundi, 1493

Size: 17.2 x 12.3 inches (43.7 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $14,000
Schedel's Ancient World Map
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 59

Subject: Celestial, Atlases

Bode, Johann Elert

Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas..., 1782

Size: 11.2 x 8.6 inches (28.4 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Later Edition of Fortin/Flamsteed Atlas with 34 Star Charts
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 63

Subject: Armillary Sphere

Anon.

[Armillary Sphere], 1800

Size: 14.3 x 22.4 inches (36.3 x 56.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Attractive French Armillary Sphere
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 195, Lot 2

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1584

Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 3

Subject: World

Danckerts, Family

Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita, 1665

Size: 19.9 x 11.8 inches (50.5 x 30 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Rare Bible Map Combining Old and New Cartography
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 40

Subject: Ancient World

Ptolemy/Mercator

Universalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemaeum, 1584

Size: 19.1 x 13.6 inches (48.5 x 34.5 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Rare First State of Mercator's Ptolemaic World Map
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 45

Subject: North Pole

Hondius, Henricus

Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1639

Size: 19.5 x 17.1 inches (49.5 x 43.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Magnificent Polar Map Surrounded by Whaling Scenes in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 58

Subject: Milky Way

[2 Volumes] A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way - Part I Photographs and Descriptions [and] Part II Charts and Tables, 1927

Size: See Description
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Groundbreaking Atlas of the Milky Way
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 69

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Fictional Map

The Land of Make Believe, 1935

Size: 36.3 x 24.8 inches (92.2 x 63 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Whimsical Map Representing Popular Fairy Tales
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 71

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the Internet - The Internet, 1994

Size: 35.6 x 23 inches (90.4 x 58.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce and Groundbreaking Map of the Early Internet
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 194, Lot 2

Subject: World & Continents

Ortelius/Coignet

[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] America [and] Asia [and] Africa [and] Europa, 1601

Size: 4.8 x 3.3 inches (12.2 x 8.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Matching Set from Miniature Ortelius Atlas
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 46

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Games, Eastern United States

Wallis, Edward

Game of the Star-Spangled Banner, or Emigrants to the United States, 1840

Size: 19.5 x 26.4 inches (49.5 x 67.1 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
One of the Earliest Game Maps of the United States
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 48

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Europe

Il Mondo Ammalato, 1879

Size: 13.4 x 20.8 inches (34 x 52.8 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Rare Satirical Broadside on the Ottoman Empire's Problems after the Russo-Turkish War
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 193, Lot 3

Subject: World

Munster, Sebastian

Typus Universalis, 1545

Size: 13.6 x 10.3 inches (34.5 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Rare First Block of Munster's World Map
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 193, Lot 9

Subject: World

Pitt, Moses

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1680

Size: 20.9 x 15.6 inches (53.1 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $11,000 - $13,000
Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 193, Lot 10

Subject: World

Blaeu/Valck

Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus, 1695

Size: 21.3 x 16 inches (54.1 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Superb World Map on a Polar Projection in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 6/21/2023
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