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

778		Etrennes Geographiques		Atlases Christophe Ballard		1760 A+		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 3 x 5 inches) A fine and complete example of this beautiful and desirable miniature atlas. Title page and frontispiece, advertisement, list of maps, and 26 double-page maps. The maps cover the world and are in beautiful condition with original coloring. A lovely atlas with an attractive original binding in brown leather covers with raised bands. Gilt tooling with floral device all corners and gilt titling. ...

779		The Bible Atlas, or Sacred Geography Delineated, in A Complete Series of Scriptural Maps		Atlases Richard Palmer		1847 B		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 5.5 x 8.2 inches) Scarce Bible atlas revised and compared with the most recent authorities by Geo. Bush. Title page, introduction, list of maps, 24 of 26 engraved and hand colored maps, and index, 32 pp. Missing maps No. 5 "Journeyings of the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan" and map No. 9 "Judah". Published by Wm. M. Brownson, 56 Gold Street. 8vo, hardbound, paper covered boards and leather spine.

780		Atlante Geografico		Atlases Various		1850-60 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 12 inches) Composite world atlas with 70 maps. Many of the maps were folded prior to being bound in a uniform manner. Maps are by Dufour, Vulllemin, Levasseur and Duvutenay plus some of Italian origin. All are Italian editions, most published in Torino. The majority are focused on Europe with fewer from Asia, the Americas and Africa. Hand written list of maps with a small portion cut out of one page. A...

781		The World in Miniature: with Descriptions of every Nation and Country, Together with a Treatise on Physical Geography. The Western Hemisphere.		Atlases Charles G. Colby		1857 A		$375.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7 x 8 inches) This is the complete American volume of the atlas, also known as the Diamond Atlas. Title page, preface, contents, text and scores of hand colored maps concentrating on the United States. There are individual state maps, hemispheres, several thematic world maps, North America, Canadian provinces and regional maps of the West Indies, Central and South America. This New Orleans edition of ...

782		Geographischer Schul-Atlas uber alle Theile der erde und das Wichtigste uber das Weltgebaude		Atlases G. Joseph Manz		1859 B		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.7 x 9.2 inches) Complete school atlas with twenty-five engraved maps. Published in Regensburg. The maps are beautifully engraved with original color. Hardbound in paper covered boards.

783		Atlas de Geographie Militaire adopte par M. Le Ministre de la Guerre'		Atlases Furne & Cie		1865 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.5 x 16.5 inches) This atlas has 13 double-page maps that cover the world including Europe (2), France (2), central Europe, Britain, Italy, Turkey in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Amerique Septentrionale. All with original hand coloring. The next 37 maps cover various military campaigns including expeditions to Egypt and Syria, Algeria and the Crimea, plus military operations throughout Europe. These are uncolored a...

784		Mitchell's New General Atlas		Atlases Samuel Augustus Mitchell		1872 A		$1,000.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches) A complete atlas missing the front cover and title page. Sixty maps plus diagrams, list of maps, and reference table of cities and counties. All maps feature Mitchell's decorative grapevine style border and fine hand coloring. Should be considered a collection of maps, however they are all still bound together and can be easily reestablished as an atlas with the addition of a cover, frontis and...

785		The Cosmographic Atlas of Political, Historical, Classical, Physical and Scriptural Geography and Astronomy with Indices and Descriptive Letterpress		Atlases W. & A.K. Johnston		1884 B		passed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15 x 19.4 inches) Complete folio world atlas. Contents: title page, note, 40 full-page geographical maps, index, seven historical maps with explanation and index, seven classical period maps with explanation and index, four full-page thematic maps with explanation, five scriptural maps with explanation and index, six beautiful astronomical charts with explanation. A total of seventy-two maps and charts, complete ...

786		Watson's New and Complete Illustrated Atlas of the World Indexed		Atlases Gaylord Watson		1885 B		$275.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 14 inches) Complete illustrated world atlas. Title, table of contents, text and maps, index. 231pp. Eighty-two maps and diagrams. This atlas uses a licensed edition of Cram's maps with double-page maps printed on one sheet and attached to atlas with a backstrap. Includes fine, double-page maps of Texas and California. Filled with wood engravings in text. Very handsome graphics and embossing on cloth...

787		Tunison's Peerless Universal Atlas of the World		Atlases H.C. Tunison		1885 A		$650.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 14.5 inches) A lovely atlas filled with 80 maps and diagrams all with decorative borders and some with vignettes. Many maps are printed on both sides. Large octavo, 208 pp with embossed cloth boards, gilt front cover and spine.

788		Universal Atlas of the World'		Atlases Rand McNally& Co.		1893 B		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 11.5 x 14.5 inches) Complete atlas with a large, but uncounted, number of maps. Title, introduction, table of contents, text and maps, 318 pp., plus detailed listing of towns and counties for each state (94 pp.). A world atlas, but the majority of maps are of U.S. interest including all states and territories. Hundreds of wood engraved views in text. All double-page maps are printed on two sheets. Embossed burgu...

789		The Times Atlas		Atlases The Times		1895 A		$250.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 17 inches) A very nice complete folio atlas that, according to the title page, contains "117 Pages of Maps, and comprising 173 Maps and an Alphabetical Index to 130,000 Names." All in nice printed color with incredible detail, many double-page. Includes a really great engraving of the moon with four insets of crater detail. Maps are all printed on one side only and tipped in. Hardbound, quarter calf wit...

790		The Twentieth Century Atlas of the Commercial Geographical and Historical World		Atlases J. Martin Miller		1902 B		$65.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12 x 16.5 inches) Nice example of a turn of the 20th century combination of history, geographic encyclopedia, gazetteer and atlas. Fifty-seven maps, including individual maps of the states, printed both sides in 388 pp. Hardbound in embossed boards with cloth spine and corners.

791		Stielers Hand-Atlas		Atlases Justus Perthes		1905 A		$325.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.7 x 16.5 inches) Complete folio atlas containing 100 double-page maps that are finely engraved with incredible detail. Title, list of contents, maps, index of the world's cities (236 pp.). A very handsome atlas with fancy embossed art nouveau cover with globe in an embossed and raised section on front cover. Hardbound in cloth with quarter leather and gilt titling.

792		Grant's Bankers & Brokers Railway System Atlas		Atlases George F. Cram & Company		1907 C		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15 x 18.5 inches) An informative and interesting atlas prepared for use by banks, brokers and railroad officials. Complete with 186 maps, 75 of which are of the United States including some great city plans. The maps are filled with superb detail focusing on the railroads with each separate line named and color-coded. Most maps are double-page, but there are a few single-page maps printed on verso. The extensive...

793		New Century Atlas of Counties of the State of New York		Atlases Everts Publishing		1912 A		$500.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 16 x 24 inches) Large, complete atlas of the entire state. Fifty-six double-page (28" x 22") maps show every county in the state in remarkable detail. The maps are printed on one sheet and attached to the binding with a backstrap. Hardbound with blue cloth, leather spine and corners. Embossed and gilt titling with some tooling. Title page, Alphabetical Index of Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, etc., Popula...

794		Barnes's Complete Geography		Geography Books James Monteith		1896 A		$55.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10.2 x 12.5 inches) Detailed school geography, with a principal focus on the various geographical regions of the United States, plus a special 12-page section at the back the states of New York. Profusely illustrated with in-text engravings and dozens of full-page color maps. Hardbound in decorated tan cloth boards.

795		Senate Maps and Views to Accompany Message and Documents 1853-4		Surveys - United States U.S. Gov.		1853-1854 B		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9 x 11.6 inches) Title page reads " Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session the thirty-third Congress. December 6, 1853 ' Part IV. Maps and other Illustrations Belonging to Reports Accompany the Message" Cloth cover, many survey and harbor maps, also a few maps and illustrations relating to Liberia. Lacks map of "Pot Rock" but with ...

796		Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Vol. II		Railroad Surveys U.S. War Department		1855 B		$300.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 9.5 x 11.7 inches) This is one of the most significant volumes of Pacific Railroad Survey. It contains Lt. Edward Beckwith's account of the expedition between the 38^th and 39^th parallels, led by Captain Gunnison. This proposed route, basically along the Santa Fe Trail, was favored by Senator Thomas Hart Benton and business interests in St. Louis, which would have become the eastern terminus. ...

797		Atlas of the North American Indian		History - Native American Carl Waldman		1985 A+		$14.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.5 x 11 inches) This book presents a European view of Indians as revealed through their maps. Maps and illustrations by Molly Braun. It covers the history, culture and tribal locations of Indian peoples in the United States and Canada from ancient times to the present. Published by Facts on File, 276 pp., over 100 two-color maps. A well researched and abundantly illustrated work. Hardbound in pictorial pape...

798		Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy		Reference Books Edward Luther Stevenson		1921 A+		$90.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 6 x 8.5 inches) This is the Martino Fine Books reprint of the original 1921 edition. Volumes I & II together. Hard cover in blue cloth, red spine with gilt titling. Considered the classic text on globes, from the early ones through the end of the 18th Century. The original 1921 volume now sells for about $900 - $1,000.

799		[Lot of 10 - Dealer Catalogs]		Reference Books Various		1932-89 B		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Nice group of old catalogs for maps, atlases, rare books, and prints. Includes "50 Rare American maps Colonial and Revolutionary 1650-1825" from Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston, 1932; "Concerning the Education of a Print Collector" by Harlow, Keppel & Co in New York; 3 rare book catalogs (#33, 34 & 35) by Kenneth Nebenzahl of Chicago; "The Geographical and Marine Collection of Mrs. Laurens Morgan...

800		Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries		Reference Books R. A. Skelton		1952 A		$25.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 10 x 12 inches) First edition, this being a revised edition of "Old Decorative Maps and Charts" by A.L. Humphreys. Mr. Skelton was the Superintendent of the Map Room at the British Museum when he published this work. 84 images in color and b/w, 80 text pages. Hard bound in red cloth, titled in gilt on spine.

801		The Thomas Winthrop Streeter Collection of Americana Vol. Two		Reference Books		1967 A		$80.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 7 x 10 inches) This is Volume II of the auction catalogs for the famous collection of Americana formed by Thomas Streeter, sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1967. Considered one of the five most important sales of the last half of the twentieth century, the catalogues are now considered a standard reference for Americana. This volume includes books on New England, the American Revolution, the Middle Colonies, ...

802		Explorers' Maps		Reference Books R. A. Skelton		1970 A		$45.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 8.7 x 11.5 inches) This book has a two-fold fascination: it traces the development of cartography from the maps and charts of medieval travelers, who filled the unknown areas of their maps with drawings of sea monsters and sailing ships, to the scientifically accurate and highly sophisticated charts of l8th and l9th century surveyors; and it is the story of how Europe discovered and explored the rest of the world. ...

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