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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

750		Atlas Historique de la France Ancienne et Moderne'par M. Rizzi Zannoni'Execute par le S. Desnos'		Atlases Rizzi-Zannoni		1765 A		$1,100.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 11 inches) A fine and complete atlas with approximately sixty decorative, copper engraved maps, all set within ornamental borders. Atlas contains approximately 54 double-page maps of France, plus 2 large folding maps of France, 3 of European interest and one that shows most of the Eastern Hemisphere. The folding maps are titled: "Galliae Veteris..." and "La France Divisee en toutes ses Provinces'.." Hardb...

751		Carte Topographique de l' Egypte et de Plusieurs Parties des pays Limitrophes; Levee Pendant l' Expedition de l' Armee Francaise, par les Ingenieurs - Geographes'		Atlases - Egypt Col. Pierre Jacotin		1818 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 33 x 25 inches) A remarkable atlas of Egypt containing 48 individual copper engraved maps. This monumental mapping effort was ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte. The map is so accurate it was used by Allied troops in WWII. The maps together make up a huge 12 meter by 4 meter map! Complete with title page, list of maps, 50 sheets total, never bound. Map is comprised of 48 copper engraved sheets with the map on 4...

752		A Historical and Classical Atlas, Illustrating, by a Series of Maps and Charts, Ancient History and Geography, Both Sacred and Profane: and also, Grecian and Roman Mythology'		Atlases Henry Bostwick		1828 B		$50.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14 x 16.7 inches) A disbound folio atlas of classical geography. Consists of title page, four maps (2 double-page), and five plates (3 double- page). Map titles include: A Historical, Chronological and Genealogical Chart, comprising a Map of Ancient Countries (24" x 14.7"); Map of Germany and the Netherlands (24" x 14.7"); Map of Greece (24" x 14.7") by Peter Maverick; and four Holy Land related maps on one shee...

753		Mitchell's New General Atlas		Atlases S.A. Mitchell		1866 B		$950.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 15.2 inches) Nearly complete atlas with 85 (of 87) maps and plans on 52 sheets, each surrounded by Mitchell's signature floral border. Thirty of the sheets are related to the United States with individual state, regional and city maps. Includes two world maps, one hemispheric and the other on Mercator's Projection, and a nice example of the Texas map. All maps except the double hemisphere world map (time ta...

754		Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc.,		Atlases S.A. Mitchell		1870 B		$375.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13 x 15.7 inches) A partially broken atlas that is missing sixteen maps. Originally contained 95 maps on 67 sheets plus a full-page time table. This atlas is missing the following maps: Plan of Boston; Plan of the City of Philadelphia; Plan of the City of Baltimore; Plan of the City of Washington; Georgia and Alabama; Florida; Mobile; Utah and Nevada; Arizona and New Mexico; California; Northwestern America; Mexi...

755		Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World		Atlases George F. Cram & Company		1886 B		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 14 inches) Complete illustrated world atlas "revised to August 1886." Title, table of contents, contents and maps, index. 231pp., ninety-six maps and diagrams. Maps of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and countries throughout the world, most printed on both sides of the sheets. All double-page maps are printed on one sheet and attached to atlas with a backstrap. Historical section on the Un...

756		Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World Indexed		Atlases George F. Cram & Company		1887 A		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.5 x 13.7 inches) Nearly complete and nice later 19th century atlas with over 90 maps and numerous diagrams and historical charts. Maps of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and countries throughout the world, most printed on both sides of the sheets. All double-page maps are printed on one sheet and attached to atlas with a backstrap. Historical section on the United States includes additional thematic...

757		Bradley's Atlas of the World for Commercial and Library Reference		Atlases William M. Bradley [& Bros.]		1889 A		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.2 x 19.5 inches) Very fine complete American and world atlas, divided into two sections (Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere). Complete atlas with 76 hand-colored lithographed maps, mostly double-page, plus numerous insets and small maps. Contains two double-page maps of the United States, one of which is a great railroad map with printed red route lines and 36 other state and regional map of the United St...

758		Northern Boundary of the United States According to the Treaty of Ghent		Atlases - Treaty of Ghent U.S. Gov.		1891 B		$50.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 24 x 16 inches) A collection of 28 charts delineating the Treaty of Ghent. All maps are dated 1818-19 but these are reprints by U.S. Light-House Board, U.S. Navy, November 1891. Republished by permission of the U.S. State Department. Held in a paper cover with original blue paper label. All maps sized 24" x 16". The Treaty of Ghent, signed in 1814, was an agreement ending the War of 1812 betwee...

759		Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World Indexed		Atlases George F. Cram & Company		1900 A		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 15 inches) Complete atlas with over 200 maps and plates covering U.S. states, cities and countries of the world. The atlas includes 147 single-page and 33 double-page maps, plus 24 thematic maps and charts. The double-page maps are printed on a full sheet that is pasted to a paper strip extending from the binding. This edition includes an expanded number of city plans, 49 in all, and includes some rarely ...

760		Ideal Reference Atlas of the World (Revised Edition)		Atlases George F. Cram & Company		1906 B		$40.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 15 inches) Complete small folio atlas filled with maps and charts. Contains 87 maps comprised of 28 single-page and 53 double-page maps. This atlas was published during the conversion period from full double-page maps to split ones, as we see in atlases today. Seventeen of the maps are printed in the old way, on a full sheet of paper, folded and pasted onto a strip of paper extending from the binding. 2...

761		New Atlas of the State of Minnesota		Atlases - Minnesota Rand McNally& Co.		1909 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11 x 14 inches) Complete atlas including maps of the world (2), North America, United States, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Hawaii, British North America, Manitoba, British Columbia, North Polar Regions, Cuba, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, the Isthmus of Panama, South America, and numerous maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, plus numerous thematic charts and maps. The section on Minnesota inc...

762		Atlas of the City of Boston		Atlases - Boston George W & Walter S. Bromley		1912 B		$850.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 17.5 x 22.5 inches) This is a fabulous large format, commercial atlas of Boston showing the city with incredible detail on 34 (of 36) double-page maps. Includes a really fine index map of the whole city. Each map is a fine lithograph, with original full wash hand coloring. They are a graphic depiction of the city with each building, including the company name or property owner's name, colored to indicate the type ...

763		The New Ideal State and County Survey and Atlas of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. New Subscription Edition.		Atlases Rand McNally& Co.		1913 A		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.5 x 14.5 inches) Complete atlas with 67 single-page maps, 3 thematic plates, and 4 large, folding maps. The folding maps are: "The Rand-McNally New Commercial Atlas Map of Pennsylvania" (37" x 25.5") legend names and keys to the map with 106 railroads; "'New Jersey" (18.5" x 25.8) lists 26 railroads and numerous ship routes in the Atlantic and Delaware Bay; "'Europe" (25.8" x 19") titled above "War Map of Europe,...

764		Atlas of the World and Gazetteer		Atlases Hammond Publishing Co.		1923 A		$30.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6.5 x 9.2 inches) Early 20th century atlas with detailed maps of each U.S. state, countries and regions throughout the world. 175 pp. Soft covers.

765		Clason's Touring Atlas of the Unite States with Road Maps of Every State and Ontario and Quebec, Canada		Road Atlas Clason Map Company		1926 +A		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16 x 12 inches) This is an early automobile road atlas with paper cover and alternate title "Best Roads of All States Across the Continent Motor Atlas. Paved Roads - Road Distances." Cover with a pictorial ad for "Pep Boys," shortly after the founding of the company and showing 5 locations in Philadelphia and one in Camden. Remarkably, their logo is virtually identical to the one used today. On the inside fro...

766		La Chine d'Athanase Kirchere de la Compagnie de Jesus, Illustree De plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacres que Profanes'Nature & de l'Art		Exploration - China A Kircher		1670 B		$1,450.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10 x 15 inches) An extensive account of China compiled from Kircher's Jesuit sources. Filled with information on language (including a dictionary), customs, rituals, religion, etc. Numerous plates show costumes, flora and fauna, alphabets and views. Two folding maps, "Tabula Geodoborica Itincrum a varijs in Cataium'" and "Imperium Sinicum in XV Regna seu Provincias'" Published by Johann Jansson a Waesberge & l...

767		Beschreibung des Konigreichs Persien		Exploration - Asia Olivier Dapper		1681 B		$550.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 13 inches) Dapper's comprehensive treatise on Asia was one of the best works on the Near East published in the 17th century. Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) was a Dutch physician and scholar who produced a number of popular historical and geographical studies. His travel accounts are drawn from various other sources, including eyewitness accounts. This is the first German edition after the original edition publ...

768		A Voyage Round the World In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas		Exploration - World George Anson		1748 B		$600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 5.3 x 8 inches) Title continues, "Compiled From Papers and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction. By Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. The Third Edition. With Charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and the Track of the Centurion round the World." Folding charts are: ...

769		A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere'		Exploration - Pacific Capt. James Cook		1784 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10 x 12.5 inches) Complete and matched quarto set of three volumes with all eighty-seven maps and plates (some folding) bound in. This is the more desirable second edition that is uniformly bound in newer cloth and paper with gilt leather label on spine. Uncut pages, all with deckled edges. The title continues: "Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resoluti...

770		De Beschryving van Japan, Behelsende een Verhall van den Ouden en Tegenwoordigen Staat en Regeering'Engelbert Kaempfer, M.D. Geneesheer		Exploration - Japan Kaempfer/Scheuchzer		1733 A		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 14 inches) Very nice Dutch example of this scarce and richly illustrated book describing two Dutch explorations to Japan in the years 1641 and 1661. A fundamental book on Japan with 43 (of 45) engraved and folding maps, city plans, views, natural history, customs and costume, festivals, temples, etc. Very early engraved views or plans of Bangkok, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Macao, etc. and numerous maps of Japan. H...

771		Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry'		Exploration - Japan Adm. Matthew Perry		1856 B		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7 x 10 inches) A complete first Appleton edition of this historical work that documents, in text, maps and profuse illustration, this important expedition. This expedition established relations between the United States and Japan. Perry established a treaty in 1854 that required that ship-wrecked sailors in Japanese territory be treated humanely, and that coal would be sold to U.S. ships. It also opene...

772		Ninth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1887-88		Geological Survey J.W. Powell		1889 B		$150.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 11.5 inches) A comprehensive report by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, describing all progress and discoveries made during 1887 and 1888. Includes a nice, large fold-out map of the United States showing progress of the topographic survey. Provides the financial statement of the department, the administrative reports and accompanying papers. With the following reports: "The Charleston Ea...

773		Treaty Series No. 2 - Convention of the Regulation of Aerial Navigation - Paris, October 13, 1919.		Aeronautical Regulation		1922 B		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6 x 9.5 inches) By 1919 air travel had become a reality and there was great need for a decision regarding universally accepted projections and charts for navigation. This is one of the first international efforts at regulating aviation. Includes three blank, folding charts showing the titles, marginal notations, diagrams and legends to be adopted. Published by 'His Majesty's Stationery Office.'

774		Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil'		Miscellaneous - United States William C. Bryant		1872 A		$450.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.3 x 13.1 inches) One of the most beautiful plate books on the United States ever produced. Forty-seven beautifully rendered and engraved steel plate views and over 500 wood engravings, many full-page. Works by Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins, F.O.C. Darley and other important American artists of the 19th century. Two volumes with matching tooled leather bindings. Hardbound, in full leather, fancy t...

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