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Auction 156, Lot 5

Subject: Title Pages - Portraits

Hondius

Gerardus Mercator ... Iudocus Hondius..., 1613

Size: 17.4 x 15 inches (44.2 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Famous Portraits of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 6

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

Size: 19.6 x 13.3 inches (49.8 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 8

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
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 9

Subject: World

Mercator, Rumold

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho..., 1587

Size: 20.5 x 11.3 inches (52.1 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Mercator's Double-Hemisphere World Map in Full Original Color
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 10

Subject: World

Maffei (Maffeius), Peter

Indiarum Orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589

Size: 19.2 x 10.2 inches (48.8 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,500
Scarce Italian World Map Based on Ortelius
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 12

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1625

Size: 20.3 x 11.3 inches (51.6 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 13

Subject: World

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1630

Size: 21.6 x 15 inches (54.9 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 14

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.4 x 16.1 inches (54.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 15

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: 20.6 x 15.6 inches (52.3 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $11,000 - $14,000
Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 17

Subject: World

Fer, Nicolas de

Mappe-Monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre, Divisee en Deux Hemispheres..., 1700

Size: 27.7 x 17.3 inches (70.4 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Rare First State of De Fer Two-Sheet Map of the World
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 37

Subject: Ancient World

Jansson, Jan

Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca… [in book] Histoire des Grands Chemins de l'Empire Romain, Contenant l'Origine, Progres & Etendue Quasi Incroyable des Chemins Militaires…, 1736

Size: 8.2 x 10.2 inches (20.8 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Famous Peutinger Table in History of Roman Roads
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 40

Subject: North Pole

Mercator/Hondius

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1623

Size: 15.5 x 14.5 inches (39.4 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 41

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
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 46

Subject: Celestial

Seutter, Matthias

Planisphaerium Coeleste Secundum Restitutionem Hevelianam et Hallejanam, 1745

Size: 22.3 x 19.4 inches (56.6 x 49.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Seutter's Striking Celestial Chart
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 47

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius/Schenk & Valck

Scenographia Systematis Copernicani, 1708

Size: 19.8 x 16.8 inches (50.3 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Cellarius' Striking Chart of the Copernican Cosmography
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 48

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius/Schenk & Valck

Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici, 1708

Size: 19.7 x 16.8 inches (50 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Cellarius' Striking Chart of the Ptolemaic Cosmography
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 60

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Munster, Sebastian

Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales & Indianas Vocant, 1559

Size: 13.5 x 10.1 inches (34.3 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World
Sold for: $7,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 61

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1587

Size: 18.9 x 13.8 inches (48 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 62

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Bry, Theodore de

America sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestris Pars, 1596

Size: 15.6 x 12.9 inches (39.6 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,000
De Bry's Rare Map of the New World Featuring Explorers
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 63

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Hondius, Jodocus

America, 1609

Size: 19.7 x 14.8 inches (50 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Hondius' Important Map of the Americas
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 64

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Speed, John

America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged, 1626

Size: 20.1 x 15.4 inches (51.1 x 39.1 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Speed's Popular Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 67

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula, 1633

Size: 18.3 x 14.2 inches (46.5 x 36.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Rare Edition of Blaeu's Map of the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 68

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Bertius, Petrus

Carte de l'Amerique Corrigee, et Augmentee, Dessus Toutes les Aultres cy Devant Faictes Lannee 1640, 1640

Size: 19.8 x 15.1 inches (50.3 x 38.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Scarce Derivative of Hondius' Map of 1618
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 69

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula, 1643

Size: 21.9 x 16.3 inches (55.6 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,000
Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 70

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Wit, Frederick de

Nova Totius Americae Descriptio, 1660

Size: 22 x 17.4 inches (55.9 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
De Wit's Uncommon Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 81

Subject: North America

Sanson/Jaillot

Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties, 1694

Size: 22.9 x 18.4 inches (58.2 x 46.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare First State with California as an Island
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 82

Subject: North America

Hennepin, Louis de (Fr.)

Amerique Septentrionalis Carte d'un Tres Grand Pays Entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale..., 1698

Size: 20.7 x 17 inches (52.6 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Hennepin's Influential Map of North America
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 99

Subject: North America

Williams' Slated Outline Map North America, 1899

Size: 43.4 x 47.9 inches (110.2 x 121.7 cm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
Highly Unusual "Slate" Wall Map
Sold for: $180
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 102

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies

Popple/Covens & Mortier

A Map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements Adjacent Thereto, 1741

Size: 18.9 x 19.3 inches (48 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Index Sheet of Popple's Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 108

Subject: Eastern Canada and Greenland

Goos, Pieter

Paskaert Zynde de Noordelijckste Zeekusten van America van Groenland door de Straet Davis en de Straet Hudson tot Terra Neuf, 1666

Size: 21.4 x 17.5 inches (54.4 x 44.5 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Goos' Uncommon Sea Chart Centered on Hudson Strait
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 116

Subject: Prince Edward Island, Atlases

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Province of Prince Edward Island..., 1880

Size: 14.7 x 17.8 inches (37.3 x 45.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Highly Detailed Atlas of Prince Edward Island
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 122

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Morden, Robert

A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia Maryland Carolina Pennsylvania New York New Iarsey New England Newfoundland New France &c., 1695

Size: 23.4 x 19.8 inches (59.4 x 50.3 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
First State of Morden's Rare Map of the American Colonies
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 123

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, aux Environs des-quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples &c..., 1719

Size: 19.1 x 16.6 inches (48.5 x 42.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
One of the Most Informative 18th Century Maps of the French Possessions in North America
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 124

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada, Great Lakes

Bernard, Jean Frederic

Le Cours du Fleuve Missisipi Selon les Relations les Plus Modernes, 1737

Size: 17.3 x 14.7 inches (43.9 x 37.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Scarce and Desirable Early Hennepin Variant
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 171

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Gerritsz/De Laet

Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, 1630

Size: 14.1 x 11.1 inches (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
A Map of Extreme Importance in the Cartographic Evolution of North America
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 172

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1642

Size: 19.9 x 15.4 inches (50.5 x 39.1 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Important Map of Colonial New England and the Mid-Atlantic - Full Original Color
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 174

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Visscher, Nicolas

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Partis Virginiae Tabula Multis in Locis Emendata, 1684

Size: 21.8 x 18.3 inches (55.4 x 46.5 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Visscher's Influential Map with Early View of New York City
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 183

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1630

Size: 19.6 x 15.1 inches (49.8 x 38.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
One of the Most Important 17th Century Maps of the Chesapeake Bay
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 186

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Speed/Lamb

A Map of Virginia and Maryland, 1676

Size: 19.4 x 14.9 inches (49.3 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
The First Printed Map to Draw Upon the Legendary Herrman Map of the Chesapeake Bay
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 188

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Browne/Senex

A New Map of Virginia Mary-land and the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey..., 1719

Size: 21.9 x 19.1 inches (55.6 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Map of Chesapeake Bay Based on Landmark Herrman Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 189

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Homann, Johann Baptist

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum Industria Excultae, 1714

Size: 22.9 x 19.3 inches (58.2 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Map Created to Promote German Immigration to the New World
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 191

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Robert de Vaugondy, Didier

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressee sur la Grande Carte Angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson..., 1755

Size: 25.4 x 19.1 inches (64.5 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
An Essential Map of Virginia and Maryland
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 198

Subject: Colonial Southeast United States

Hondius, Jodocus

Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio, 1628

Size: 19.3 x 13.6 inches (49 x 34.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $3,000
A Seminal Map of the Southeast and Early American Cartography
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 199

Subject: Colonial Southeast United States

Blaeu, Willem

Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, Interjacentiumq Regionum Nova Descriptio, 1662

Size: 19.6 x 15.2 inches (49.8 x 38.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Blaeu's Decorative Map of the Southeast
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 202

Subject: Colonial Southeast United States

Bowen, Emanuel

A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Drawn from Original Draughts, Assisted by the Most Approved Maps and Charts, 1763

Size: 18.8 x 14.3 inches (47.8 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Important Map of the Georgia Colony
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 212

Subject: Southern United States, Civil War

U.S. Coast Survey

Southern Mississippi and Alabama Showing the Approaches to Mobile, 1863

Size: 24.5 x 22.3 inches (62.2 x 56.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
First Edition of this Rare Civil War Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 214

Subject: South Central United States, Louisiana

Senex, John

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi, 1721

Size: 22.7 x 19.1 inches (57.7 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important Map of Colonial Louisiana and the Mississippi River
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 256

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Thackara, James

Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government After the Year MDCCC, 1792

Size: 26.4 x 20.3 inches (67.1 x 51.6 cm)
Estimate: $13,000 - $16,000
The First "Official" Plan of Washington
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 257

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Russell, John C.

Plan of the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government, After the Year 1800, 1795

Size: 20.9 x 15.9 inches (53.1 x 40.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare, Early Large Format Map of Washington D.C.
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 276

Subject: Boston, Massachusetts

Stedman, Charles

A Plan of the Action at Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775. Between His Majesty's Troops, Under the Command of Major General Howe, and the American Forces: Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War, 1793

Size: 16.9 x 19.2 inches (42.9 x 48.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
The Most Precise and Detailed Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/17/2016
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