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846 Geografia Universale del P. Buffier Edizione Prima Romana Aumentata, Corretta, e Ridotta in Miglior Forma con un Nuovo Trattato della Sfera, e d'una Dissertazione Sopra l'Origine, e Progresso della Geografia dal P. Francesco Jacquier Atlases Claude Buffier 1775 B   $550.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 7 inches) This uncommon first Roman edition of Buffier's gazetteer was published in Rome by Venanzio Monaldini. It contains 18 folding maps, including a double hemisphere mappamondo, and the map of America both showing an insular California. America Settentrionale has a large Mare d'Ouest, or Sea of the West opening to the Pacific and is attributed to the purport...

847 Atlas Elementaire Atlases Charles Francois Delamarche 1800 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.3 x 8.8 inches) This difficult to find French atlas contains thirty double page maps and one foldout map. These are all beautifully engraved and have attractive outline color. The map of Amerique Septentrionale shows the United States' western boundary not past the Mississippi River, and a misshapen Florida is still in Spain's possession. The maps show very good detail, with towns, villages, rivers, tri...

848 School Atlas to Adams' Geography. Atlases Lincoln & Edmands 1817 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7 x 8.3 inches) This charming and difficult to find atlas contains five single page and two double page copper engraved maps. Each map is well detailed and shows topography, rivers, towns and much more. The map of the United States shows West Florida, a large Mississippi that includes present day Arkansas, and a very large Illinois taking up the entire northwestern portion of the country. The maps...

849 Smith's New General Atlas' Atlases C. Smith 1820 A   $3,250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 16 inches) This is an unusually fine and complete example of this important and desirable atlas. All of the maps are finely engraved with full, original hand coloring. The map of North America shows Louisiana ending at the Continental Divide. Spain is in control of the entire west coast, here called New Albion with an indistinct northern boundary. Alaska is Russian Settlements and is completely blank inl...

850 Atlas of the United States of North America' Atlases Rogers & Johnston 1857 A   $5,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 14.5 inches) This fine atlas was a collaboration between the British cartographer Alexander Keith Johnston and the American geographer Henry Darwin Rogers. Their combined efforts produced one of the finest groups of U.S. maps in the 19th century. There are 23 expertly rendered double-page maps, each with a crisp engraving and a combination of hand and lithograph coloring. In the back of this terrific atlas ...

851 Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical' Atlases Johnson & Browning 1860 B+   $2,400.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 19 inches) This complete atlas contains 23 double-page and 41 single-page, beautifully hand-colored and very detailed maps that were "Compiled, drawn, and engraved by J.H. Colton and A.J. Johnson." There are a number of important and desirable maps in this atlas and this example includes an additional, un-numbered plan of Georgetown in the City of Washington. The highly regarded California Territ...

852 Smith's New Geography Atlases Roswell C. Smith 1866 C+   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 13 inches) This complete geography contains "over 100 maps" most of which are single page, and many have insets. This example also features numerous thematic maps, small city plans and is illustrated by many engraved vignettes. Arizona Territory is shown with its panhandle into southern Nevada. Wyoming is not yet formed, the area labeled "Transferred to Dakota." The maps of the continents are further dec...

853 Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography' Atlases A.K. Johnston 1874 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 15 inches) A terrific folio atlas has 44 double-page, and 2 single-page maps in lithographic outline color, along with a 99-page index of placenames. Each map is very detailed with a crisp impression, a decorative keyboard-style border and delicate coloring. The map of New Zealand is particularly nice with an inset of "The Southern Alps of New Zealand." Folio. Complete with all pages, index and end paper...

854 Hand Atlas uber Alle Theile der Erde und uber das Weltgedaude Atlases Stieler 1875 B+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 15 inches) This handsome atlas contains 84 steel engraved maps with a combination of hand coloring and printed color. Each map is a study in precision engraving, with exceptional detail. Of the maps, four are celestial, two are thematic, and the rest cover the continents and the polar regions. Most of the maps include insets of principal cities and topographical features. A beautifully engraved, two-shee...

855 Richard Andree's Stora Hand Atlas Atlases Richard Andree 1881 B   $180.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 17 inches) This is an interesting Swedish edition of a popular German atlas. The complete atlas contains 72 highly detailed maps, 24 of which are double-page. The maps cover the world and include several very interesting thematic maps including great maps of the world's volcanic regions and trade winds/shipping lanes. The maps are in German with the 97 pages of descriptive text and index written in Swedis...

856 The Unrivalled Atlas of Modern Geography for Schools and Families Thirty-Four Maps' Atlases 1881 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 14.5 inches) This handsome atlas has 34 very detailed maps engraved by W. and A.K. Johnston, published by the New England Publishing Co. in Boston. The maps are accompanied by a 33-page index that contains twenty thousand names. These attractive maps show topography, rivers, roads and railways, and some include insets. The Chart of the World shows shipping lanes and the submarine telegraph cables tha...

857 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Dollar Atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1884 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 10.3 inches) This is the complete first edition of this charming atlas. There are 36 single-page and 13 double-page, wax engraved maps and more than a dozen diagrams and charts. Each map is accompanied by a description and an illustration of an official seal of the state or province. A page of advertisements for other Rand, McNally & Co. publications is inside the back cover. 128 pages. Complete. 8vo. H...

858 The People's Illustrated & Descriptive Family Atlas of the World Atlases People's Publishing Co. 1887 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) This is the eleventh edition, revised to June, 1887 and is complete with 73 single page and 32 double page maps. This atlas includes individual maps for each U.S. state and territory, the Canadian provinces, the world and continents plus several pages of plans of the principal cities of the United States and the world. This terrific example also contains illustrations of state seals, and the fla...

859 Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World, Indexed Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1889 B+   $70.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 15 inches) This atlas is a complete and very nice later 19th century atlas with 77 single page, and 17 double page maps of all the U.S. states, Canadian provinces and countries throughout the world. Most of the maps are printed on both sides of the sheet, and all double-page maps are printed on one sheet and attached to the atlas with a backstrap. There are numerous diagrams, historical charts and city pla...

860 The Rand, McNally Standard Atlas of the World Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1889 B+   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 14 inches) This terrific atlas is complete with 38 single-page and 35 double-page maps of the world and United States. This example features a title page in a vibrant green and black ink. There are several beautiful, full-page wood engraved views and vignettes interspersed throughout the text. An abundance of information can be found in the charts and diagrams, and the 6 pages of presidential portraits ad...

861 The Library Atlas of Modern Geography Atlases D. Appleton & Company 1892 A   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) This uncommon atlas has 60 double-page and 43 single-page maps in full, printed color. Each of the maps is followed by several pages of descriptive text that are decorated with beautifully engraved, uncolored views of well known buildings, local scenery or famous events. A pastedown label inside the front cover describes the "Patent Thumb Index"- a new and much easier way to navigate this atlas'...

862 The Columbian World's Fair Atlas Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1893 B+   $425.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) This uncommon atlas was published to commemorate the 1893 World's Fair and Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The scale and grandeur of the fair had a profound effect on architecture, the arts, Chicago's self image and American industrial optimism. This atlas, with maps by the Chicago map-maker George Cram was distributed compliments of the Pattridge Bros. in Tracy, Minnesota. Complete with 107 ...

863 Atlas zu Joh. Muller's Lehrbuch der Kosmischen Physik Atlases 1894 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 10 inches) This astronomical atlas contains 60 beautiful plates of the Solar System and thematic maps of the world. Many of the plates are in full, lithographic color. A large fold-out equatorial view of the stars shows the Milky Way and another plate that shows a comparison of solar flares. One of the most interesting illustrations is taken from Schiaparelli's map of Mars on Mercator's Projection showing...

864 The National Standard Family and Business Atlas of the World Atlases 1898 A   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14.5 inches) This uncommon atlas contains 17 double-page and 81 single-page, wax engraved maps by George Cram, published by the Fort Dearborn Publishing Company. Among the maps are 15 city plans including New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and Canton, China. Many of the maps contain insets and several have population statistics or other references printed in the margins and blank areas. All the maps are highly d...

865 Topographic Atlas of the United States Physical Geography of the Texas Region Atlases - Texas U.S.G.S 1900 A   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 18.5 x 21.8 inches) A terrific atlas with twelve pages of descriptive text, 33 detailed maps printed on 6 pages and the large foldout Map of Texas and Parts of Adjoining Territories. This large and highly detailed map of the state, published in 1899, also covers most of Oklahoma and New Mexico east of the Rio Grande and south of Taos. The details include counties, county seats, railroads, topographical and w...

866 Stielers Hand-Atlas Atlases Stieler 1919 A   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.5 x 16 inches) World atlas with 100 double-page maps including a star and constellation chart. The maps are pasted onto backstrap, as with older atlases, so the double-page sheets are continuous. The verso of each map features a small index map that shows the relationship of the map to its region. The maps are presented with typical German craftsmanship with great attention to detail. Many of the maps includ...

867 La Science de la Jeune Noblesse Geography Books Jean-Baptiste Duchesne 1729 B+   $325.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 7 inches) This charming book describes the geography, history and chronology of France, Rome and Christendom. This example has three volumes bound together and includes seven beautifully engraved, foldout maps of France, the world and the continents. Each map measures approximately 8 x 5". The map of L'Amerique Septentrionale shows California as an island, and L'Asie has an interestin...

868 [Lot of 8 School Geographies] Geography Books 1836-73 C+   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) This is a terrific collection of school geographies from the 19th century - a period of rapid growth in the American map publishing business. Much of the history of 19th century American cartography was related to improved printing technologies, driven in part by the demands of a nation intent on educating all of its children. School atlases are a particularly unique reflection of civilization b...

869 Mitchell's Intermediate or Secondary Geography. [North Carolina Edition] Geography Books Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1860 A   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 12 inches) A scarce edition of this geography that features a large and very detailed map of North Carolina along with four pages of text devoted to the state. This handsome example is filled with maps of the states and other parts of the world interspersed throughout the text, and a few larger maps including the World in Hemispheres, North America, the United States, and South America. In all, there are ...

870 The Common-School Geography: An Elementary Treatise on Mathematical, Physical, and Political Geography. By D. M. Warren Geography Books Cowperthwait & Co. 1869 B+   $55.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 12 inches) This terrific geography contains 22 single-page maps, and a very nice double-page Map of the United States. The maps are hand colored and many include insets. The textual pages are illustrated with numerous diagrams, tables and vignettes. In the back of this book are a map-making treatise, a pronunciation vocabulary and tables that show population, and the characteristics of the geograph...

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