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869 Abrege du Theatre d'Ortelius, Contenat la Description des Principales Parcies & Regions du Monde, Representees en Petites Cartes, & Illustrees de Sommaires Expositions. Atlases Ortelius/Vrients 1602 A   $8,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 5 inches) This rare and magnificent miniature atlas was produced by Vrients, who acquired the plates of the Ortelius pocket atlas from Philip Galle between 1598 and 1601. It contains a total of 123 maps including two new plates (a celestial and a double hemisphere world), which were added by Vrients. Each map has its corresponding description in French on verso. The beautifully engraved title page is hig...

870 Introductio in Universam Geographiam' Atlases Philipp Cluver 1697 A   $3,000.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7 x 9.5 inches) This is one of the later issues of this much respected and highly popular early geography that was first published in 1624. It contains 42 copper engraved maps: 28 double page and 14 folding, single page copperplate engraved maps. Five tables, a bold red and black title page with a small vignette and a beautifully engraved frontis are also included. This difficult to find example includes the em...

871 Atlas Historique. Tome III Atlases, Great Britain Zacherie Chatelaine 1737 A   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 18.5 inches) This French thematic atlas focuses mainly on Great Britain, but also includes information on Switzerland , France, Savoy, Lorraine and the Republic of Venice. There are 13 copper engraved double page folding maps and 17 double page engravings that serve as chronological and genealogical tables. These tables are embellished with numerous vignettes of local inhabitants and related maps. The maps a...

872 Geographia Antiqua et Nova: or a System of Antient and Modern Geography, with a Set of Maps, Engraven from those of Cellarius' Atlases Andreas Cellarius 1768 A   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches) The second edition of this highly regarded geography containing thirty-three double-page maps. The book focuses on the three divisions of the Ancient World -Europe, Asia and Africa. The attractive, boldly engraved maps are in Latin, and use two different typestyles, Italic and Roman, to distinguish between ancient and modern place names. They show excellent detail with topography, towns, church...

873 The Scripture Atlas or a Series of Maps to Illustrate the Old and New Testament Atlases 1812 B+   $275.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 12 inches) A beautiful first edition atlas containing fifteen single-page and five double-page, steel engraved maps. Individual maps representing the twelve tribes of Israel each feature a unique vignette to accompany the title. The maps are crisply engraved, highly detailed examples filled with notes regarding biblical events, and each includes a key explaining the sizes of cities and towns, as well as th...

874 Ewing's New General Atlas Atlases Thomas Ewing 1830 B   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9 x 11.5 inches) Very nice, rarely offered atlas containing 27 copper engraved maps of the world and continents. The N. America map shows Mexico still in possession of the Southwest, and shows Texas identified only as a city. The U.S. controls the northwest into British Columbia to the 54'40 boundary. The map of the United States shows the country as far west as the large Territory of Arkansas. ...

875 Modern Atlas, on a New Plan; to Accompany the System of Universal Geography Atlases William Channing Woodbridge 1833 B+   $220.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 12 inches) This uncommon geography contains six double-page and four single-page, hand colored maps including a very nice Geographical & Statistical Map of united States that shows both the state of Missouri, and a very large Territory of Missouri occupying much of the west. Texas is named the Spanish Province of Texas. An interesting Moral & Political Chart of the Inhabited World' use...

876 [Lot of 40 School Atlas Maps] Atlases 1844-52 C+   $300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 12 inches) This selection consists of forty maps of the continents and the states and territories of the United States. Twenty-four are disbound from Mitchell's 1852 and 1853 school geographies, including two identical 1852 versions of his popular No. 13 Map of the State of Texas. The remaining sixteen maps are still bound in Olney's School Atlas, 1844. It contains a teriffic Map of the U...

877 Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas' Atlases Johnson and Ward 1863 C+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 18 inches) This transitional atlas contains more than 60 beautifully rendered, steel engraved maps with hand color and bright, crisp impressions. There are several thematic maps and diagrams interspersed throughout the text that display the geology, weather, tides, agriculture and animal kingdoms of the world. This 1863 edition is the last year with steel engraved plates and the version in which many of th...

878 Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Eighty Steel Plate Maps and Plans' Atlases G. W. & C.B. Colton 1872 B+   $2,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 17.5 inches) Colton's massive General Atlas, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of American cartography in the latter part of the 19th Century. There are 77 single-page and 22 double-page maps in all, including many highly sought after state and regional maps such as California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.

879 Caldwell's Atlas of Ashland Co. Ohio Atlases, Ohio Joseph A. Caldwell 1874 B+   $250.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14.5 x 17.5 inches) This difficult to find atlas that lists and contains 35 maps (2 double page and 1 folding) also includes an unlisted, folding Map of the City of Ashland Montgomery Tp. Ohio (28.5 x 26") for a total of 36. These maps are filled with important information, and point out the railroads, rivers, churches, cemeteries, landowners, mills, businesses, schools and farms. The beautifully engraved v...

880 Mitchell's New General Atlas Atlases Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1882 B+   $850.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 15.5 inches) Complete atlas with 147 maps and plans on 72 sheets, most surrounded by a grapevine border and dated 1882. Eighty-three of the sheets are related to the United States with individual states, regions and city plans. This example includes the Railroad Map of the United States' and a charming Map of the Original Thirteen Colonies that has engraved examples of the "first money coined b...

881 Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1883 A+   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) A complete and fine example of this wonderful atlas features tipped in maps and fancy borders. Complete with 64 wax engraved maps, including 16 double-page maps. All states and territories are represented with 39 maps of U.S. interest. Other charts include Flags of the World, five thematic charts, types of the Races of Men, several pages of portraits, and a most interesting 'improvements of the...

882 Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1884 B+   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) A handsome example of this atlas that features 70 tipped-in, wax engraved maps with fancy borders, 16 of which are double-page. All states and territories are represented with 47 maps of U.S. interest. Other charts include Flags of the World, five thematic charts, types of the Races of Men, several pages of portraits, and a charming improvements of the century page with numerous engravin...

883 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: 7.3 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. There are an additional 14 pages of charts, tables and statistics preceding the maps, and a page of advertisements for other R...

884 Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1885 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) A complete example of this terrific atlas that features tipped-in maps with fancy borders. Complete with 79 wax engraved maps, 15 of which are double-page. All states and territories are represented with 51 maps of U.S. interest. Other charts include Flags of the World, five thematic charts, types of the Races of Men, several pages of portraits, and more. This edition was originally published ...

885 Bradley's Atlas of the World for Commercial and Library Reference Atlases William M. Bradley [& Bros.] 1888 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 14 x 19 inches) Very fine world atlas, divided into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The atlas is complete 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. Plus 36 other state and regional map of the United States including a map of Long Islan...

886 An Atlas of the Campaign of Waterloo by John Codman Ropes Atlases 1893 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 15.5 inches) This is the first edition of the atlas volume containing 14 double page maps intended to accompany Ropes' "Campaign of Waterloo--A Military History". The maps are heliotype reproductions taken from Charra's "Atlas of the Campaign" and Jomini's "Atlas of the Wars of the Revolution." Each show the positions and movements of the Anglo, Prussian and French armies during the campaign. A few maps feat...

887 Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Atlas Accompanying the Counter Case of the United States before the Tribunal Convened at London under the Provisions of the Treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, Concluded January 24, 1903. Atlases U.S. Gov't Printing Office 1903 B   $375.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 18 inches) This atlas accompanied the case of the United States before the Tribunal in London under the provisions of the Hay/Herbert Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain, Jan. 24, 1903. The atlas contains thirty-four maps of Alaska and the coastline of British Columbia. These maps (No. 26 through No. 47) include reproductions of historical maps by such well-known cartographers as Arrowsmith, Johnston,...

888 [Lot of 2] Popular Atlas of Los Angeles and Orange County [and] Los Angeles and Vicinity California Atlases 1915-56 passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.5 x 8.3 inches) The Popular Atlas of Los Angeles and Orange County is a charming and informative atlas, published by Thomas Bros., Los Angeles, CA in 1956, contains more than 150 maps of L.A. and Orange County. The maps show highways, private roads, existing and proposed streets, address block numbers, parks, schools, points of interest, postal delivery zones and more. Complete street indexes follow both s...

889 The American Atlas - Facsimile Atlases Thomas Jefferys 1976 A+   $750.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.5 x 21.5 inches) This superb facsimile atlas was published to commemorate the bicentennial by the Times Newspapers Limited in association with the Royal Geographical Society and David Paradine Developments Limited. The book was strictly limited to an edition of 200 copies, but oddly this book does not have a number. The original atlas was published in London by R. Sayer and J. Bennett in 1776. This reproduction e...

890 The American Universal Geography, or, a View of the Present State of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular. Part Two Geography Books Rev. Jedidiah Morse 1796 B+   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 8.3 inches) This is the second edition of Part II, which focuses on the Eastern Hemisphere. This highly regarded geography contains 692 pages of text with ten foldout maps and numerous tables interspersed throughout. The maps include nicely engraved examples of the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and some of their individual countries. Europe is the frontispiece. The map of Poland shows the c...

891 View of the United States, Historical, Geographical, and Statistical' Vol. I Geography Books William Darby 1828 B+   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4 x 5.8 inches) This charming book contains eleven nicely engraved maps that focus on the United States and an attractive map of the world that has a red line showing the northern limits of grain cultivation and marks the boundary between the horse and rein deer. The small (6.4 x 4.8") folding maps all show good detail with roads, topography, towns, Indian villages and reservation lands. Volume I only, ...

892 A Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing the operations of that office during parts of the years 1839 and 1840 Exploration and Surveys, Midwest and Southern United States General Land Office 1841 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5.8 x 9 inches) This informative report includes a statement of public lands sold during 1839 and into 1840, as well as reports from each state's surveyor general. It contains twenty-one foldout and two single page-maps, most with delicate and attractive outline color done by hand. At the back are early survey maps named as follows: No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Illinois, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Missouri...

893 Geological and Mineralogical Reports by Charles T. Jackson Exploration and Surveys, Michigan General Land Office 1849 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 9 inches) This is an extensive and informative report on the geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral lands in Michigan lying south of Lake Superior and north and northwest of Lake Michigan. The purpose of the survey was to determine which lands should be classified "mineral lands" and which "agricultural lands". Included in the congressional mandate was a provision for the establishment of a Ge...

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