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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 200, Lot 3

Subject: Atlases

Munster, Sebastian

La Cosmographie Universelle, Contenant la Situation de Toutes les Parties du Monde, avec Leurs Proprietez & Appartenances, 1560

Size: 8.2 x 12.3 inches (20.8 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $32,500 - $40,000
Complete Edition of Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views
Sold for: $32,500
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 4

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Purchas, Samuel

[5 Volumes] Purchas His Pilgrimes. In Five Bookes..., 1625-26

Size: 8.6 x 12.9 inches (21.8 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $55,000 - $70,000
Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia
Sold for: $40,000
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 5

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Western Hemisphere

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages - 9 Parts in 2 Volumes], 1590-1602

Size: 10 x 14.3 inches (25.4 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $120,000 - $150,000
Complete First Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX
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 199, Lot 55

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Munster, Sebastian

Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula, 1545

Size: 13.6 x 10.1 inches (34.5 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 56

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1587

Size: 19 x 13.9 inches (48.3 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 57

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula, 1634

Size: 22 x 16.3 inches (55.9 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 85

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies

Homann, Johann Baptist

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula, 1715

Size: 22.4 x 18.7 inches (56.9 x 47.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
First State of Decorative Map of Colonial America in the Era of the War of the Spanish Succession
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 92

Subject: Prince Edward Island, Canada, Atlases

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

Size: 14.6 x 17.8 inches (37.1 x 45.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Highly Detailed Atlas of Prince Edward Island
Sold for: $750
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 101

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Senex, John

A New Map of the English Empire in America viz Virginia Maryland Carolina Pennsylvania New York New Iarsey New England Newfoundland New France &c., 1719

Size: 23.3 x 19.8 inches (59.2 x 50.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Senex's Important Map of the American Colonies
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 105

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Norumbega et Virginia, 1607

Size: 11.6 x 9.1 inches (29.5 x 23.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important, Early Map of the East Coast with Mythical City
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 118

Subject: United States

U.S. War Department

Military Map of the United States, 1869

Size: 41.3 x 28.3 inches (104.9 x 71.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Reduced Version of Freyhold's 1868 Map
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 121

Subject: United States

Bootlegger's Map of the United States, 1926

Size: 34.1 x 21.4 inches (86.6 x 54.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
McCandlish's Humorous Prohibition Map
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 122

Subject: United States, Aviation

Rand McNally & Co.

Illustrated Map of the Route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. , 1929

Size: 30.9 x 14.1 inches (78.5 x 35.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
One of the Earliest Commercial Airline Maps
Sold for: $800
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 129

Subject: Eastern United States

A New and Embellished Map of the United States. Compiled from the Latest & Most Authentic Documents, 1845

Size: 47.4 x 36.3 inches (120.4 x 92.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Decorative Wall Map in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 132

Subject: Eastern United States, Civil War

Prang, Louis

Distance Maps. Map of the Atlantic States Showing 50 Mile Distances from Washington..., 1861

Size: 15 x 22.1 inches (38.1 x 56.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Rare Civil War Distance Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 135

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Blaeu, (Family)

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1663

Size: 19.9 x 15.3 inches (50.5 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Important Map of Colonial New England and the Mid-Atlantic
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 141

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1630

Size: 19.4 x 15.1 inches (49.3 x 38.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
One of the Most Important 17th Century Maps of the Chesapeake Bay
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 151

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Speed/Lamb

A New Description of Carolina, 1676

Size: 20 x 14.9 inches (50.8 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Speed's Map of the Carolinas Based Upon the Lords Proprietor's Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 152

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Keulen, Johannes van

Pas Kaart van de Kust van Carolina Tusschen C de Canaveral en C Henry, 1702

Size: 23 x 20.3 inches (58.4 x 51.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,300 - $2,750
Dutch Chart of the Carolinas
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 153

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Covens & Mortier

Carte General de la Caroline. Dresse sur les Memoires le Plus Nouveaux par le Sieua S..., 1730

Size: 18.3 x 22.4 inches (46.5 x 56.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
The First Map of the Carolinas Published Outside of England
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 156

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000
Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 161

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Bernard, Jean Frederic

New Map of Georgia, 1737

Size: 10.3 x 7.5 inches (26.2 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
One of the Earliest Published Maps of the English Colony of Georgia
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 163

Subject: Southern United States, Civil War

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

J.H. Colton's Map of the Southern States. Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas..., 1864

Size: 52.7 x 38 inches (133.9 x 96.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Large-Scale Map of the South Issued During the Civil War
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 212

Subject: Amelia Island, Florida

Jefferys, Thomas

A Chart of the Entrance into St. Mary's River Taken by Captn. W. Fuller in November 1769 [on sheet with] Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida [and] A Chart of the Mouth of Nassau River... , 1770

Size: 24.1 x 20 inches (61.2 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important Charts Detailing Amelia Island and Surrounding Rivers
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 251

Subject: New York City, New York

[On 4 Sheets] Map of Upper New York City and Adjacent Country. Showing the City Above 125th Street. The City of Yonkers and Townships of East Chester..., 1889

Size: 23.3 x 31 inches (59.2 x 78.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Elaborate 4-Sheet Map of Upper New York City and Westchester County
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 279

Subject: Virginia, Native Americans

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages, Part I] Admiranda Narratio Fida Tamen, de Commodis et Incolarum Ritibus Virginiae, Nuper Admodum ab Anglis..., 1608

Size: 9.5 x 13.3 inches (24.1 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Set of De Bry's Native Virginians & Picts from Part I of Grands Voyages
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 359

Subject: North Atlantic

Wit, Frederick de

Terra Nova, ac Maris Tractus Circa Novam Franciam, Angliam, Belgium, Venezuelam Novam Andalusiam, Guianam, et Brasiliam / Terra Neuf, en de Custen van Nieu Vranckyck, Nieu Engeland, Nieu Nederland, Nieu Andalusia, Guiana en Venezuela, 1695

Size: 21.9 x 18.9 inches (55.6 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Magnificent Decorative Chart of the Western Atlantic, with a Fascinating Provenance
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 361

Subject: Iceland

Ortelius, Abraham

Islandia, 1585

Size: 19.4 x 13.3 inches (49.3 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $12,000
One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $10,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 363

Subject: Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Europa Recens Descripta, 1635

Size: 21.9 x 16.1 inches (55.6 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Europe
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 375

Subject: Britain

Blaeu, Johannes

Britannia Prout Divisa Suit Temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, Praesertim Durante Illorum Heptarchia, 1646

Size: 20.8 x 16.3 inches (52.8 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Blaeu's Decorative Map of Britain with Vignettes of Saxon History
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 398

Subject: Ireland

Ortelius, Abraham

Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt, 1579

Size: 19 x 13.9 inches (48.3 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Ortelius' First Map of Ireland in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $800
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 399

Subject: Ireland

Speed, John

The Kingdome of Irland Devided into Severall Provinces, and the Againe Devided into Counties. Newly Described, 1610

Size: 20 x 15.3 inches (50.8 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 436

Subject: France, Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

[Volume 2, Part 1] Novus Atlas, das ist Welt-beschreibung mit Schoenen Newen Ausfuehrlichen Land-Taffeln..., 1647

Size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Superb Atlas of France with 48 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 507

Subject: Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo..., 1575

Size: 17.4 x 13.8 inches (44.2 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 518

Subject: Black Sea

van Keulen en Zoonen, Johannes

Aan Zyne Doorluchtigste Hoogheid Willem de Vyfde ... Wassende Graade Paskaart van de Zwarte Zee..., 1775

Size: 38 x 19.4 inches (96.5 x 49.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Rare Two-Sheet Map of Black Sea Based on Work by Captain Van Kinsbergen
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 528

Subject: Croatia

Jode, Cornelis de

Croatiae, & Circumiacentiu Regionu Versus Turcam Nova Delineatio, 1593

Size: 15.6 x 12.9 inches (39.6 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,100
Rare Map of Croatia During Long Turkish War
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 573

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Braun & Hogenberg

Byzantium, nunc Constantinopolis, 1572

Size: 19.1 x 12.9 inches (48.5 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,300
Superb Bird's-Eye View During the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 597

Subject: Asia

Speed, John

Asia with the Islands Adjoyning Described, the Atire of the People, & Townes of Importance, All of Them Newly Augmented, 1626

Size: 20.3 x 15.6 inches (51.6 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,300 - $2,750
The First English Printed Map of Asia
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 600

Subject: Asia

Blaeu, Willem

Asia Noviter Delineata, 1663

Size: 21.9 x 16.2 inches (55.6 x 41.1 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 615

Subject: China

Ortelius, Abraham

Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio, 1584

Size: 18.7 x 14.5 inches (47.5 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
The First European-Printed Map of China
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 619

Subject: Hong Kong, China

Carte Topographique de l'Ile de Hong Kong, 1874

Size: 11.9 x 9.9 inches (30.2 x 25.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Volonteri's Scarce Bilingual Map of Hong Kong
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 622

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Speed, John

The Kingdome of China Newly Augmented, 1626

Size: 20.2 x 15.6 inches (51.3 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Speed's Striking Carte-a-Figures Map of China with the Island of Korea
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 630

Subject: Japan & Korea

Briet, Philippe

Royaume du Iapon Designe par le Pere Ph: Briet, de la Compagnie de Iesus…, 1658

Size: 20.5 x 14.6 inches (52.1 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Uncommon French Map of Japan
Sold for: $500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 637

Subject: East Indies - Indonesia, Singapore, & Macao

Bry, Johann Theodore de

[Petits Voyages, Part VIII] Achter Theil der Orientalischen Indien / Begreiffend Erstlich ein Historische Beschreibung der Schiffart..., 1606

Size: 7.9 x 12.3 inches (20.1 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $5,500
Complete Disbound Example of Petits Voyages, Part VIII, with Map of Strait of Singapore and Plan of Macao
Sold for: $2,900
Closed on 9/11/2024
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