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Auction 152, Lot 753

Subject: Atlases

Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Cosmographia [with] Charta Cosmographica, cum Ventorum Propria Natura et Operatione, 1564

Size: 10.8 x 7.8 inches (27.4 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Apianus' Popular Book on Cosmography
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 754

Subject: Atlases, Asia

Sanson, Nicolas

L'Asie en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles, et Exactes; & en Divers Traitte's de Geographie, et d'Histoire..., 1658

Size: 7.3 x 10 inches (18.5 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Sanson's Complete Atlas of Asia in Original Color
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 755

Subject: Atlases

Ptolemy/Mercator

Orbis Antiqui Tabulae Geographicae Secundum Cl. Ptolemaeum, cum Indice Philologico Absolutissimo..., 1730

Size: 11.9 x 19 inches (30.2 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Complete Edition of Mercator's Ptolemaic Atlas
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire Methodique et Elementaire pour l'Etude de la Geographie et de l'Histoire, 1782

Size: 9 x 11.5 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
A Decorative French Atlas Published Prior to the Conclusion of the Revolutionary War
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 757

Subject: Atlases

Lavoisne/Aspin

A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; Being a General Guide to Ancient and Modern History..., 1821

Size: 12.4 x 17.9 inches (31.5 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Includes Melish's Popular Map of the United States
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold

Atlas Accompanying Rev. C.A. Goodrich's Outlines of Modern Geography, 1826

Size: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
Estimate: $300 - $375
Sold for: $220
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 759

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Mitchell's School Atlas, 1839

Size: 9.8 x 12 inches (24.9 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $300 - $375
Sold for: $375
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 760

Subject: Atlases

Findlay, Alexander George

A Junior Atlas of Modern Geography. Containing Seventeen Maps, Finely Coloured..., 1852

Size: 6.7 x 9.8 inches (17 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Sold for: $150
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 761

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Seventy Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred Imperial Folio Sheets, 1857

Size: 15 x 18 inches (38.1 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
Colton's Impressive General Atlas
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 762

Subject: Atlases

Johnson & Ward

Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Physical Geography, and with Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, and Historical..., 1864

Size: 14.8 x 18.8 inches (37.6 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 763

Subject: Atlases, Kansas

Everts, L. H. & Company

The Official State Atlas of Kansas Compiled from Government Surveys, County Records and Personal Investigations, 1887

Size: 15.5 x 18 inches (39.4 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $6,000
Huge, Scarce Atlas of Kansas
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 764

Subject: Atlases

Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co.

Arbuckles' Illustrated Atlas of the United States of America, 1889

Size: 11.2 x 7 inches (28.4 x 17.8 cm)
Estimate: $600 - $750
Sold for: $450
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 765

Subject: Atlases, Civil War

U.S. War Department

[2 Volumes] Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-1895

Size: 15.5 x 19 inches (39.4 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Complete Civil War Atlas
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 766

Subject: Atlases

Cram, George F. & Company

Cram's Standard Library Atlas of the World, Accompanied by a Complete and Simple Index of the United States..., 1893

Size: 13.9 x 18 inches (35.3 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Rare Cram Atlas Featuring Both Hand-Colored and Printed Maps
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 767

Subject: Atlases

Bartholomew, John George

The Times Survey Atlas of the World A Comprehensive Series of New and Authentic Maps Reduced from the National Surveys of the World..., 1922

Size: 12.5 x 18.3 inches (31.8 x 46.5 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $450
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $75
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 768

Subject: Facsimile Atlases

Ptolemy

[Facsimile] Cosmographia Roma 1478, 1966

Size: 12.2 x 17.7 inches (31 x 45 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $375
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 769

Subject: Facsimile Atlases

Speed, John

[Facsimile] A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, 1966

Size: 12.1 x 18 inches (30.7 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $240 - $300
Sold for: $250
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 770

Subject: Facsimile Atlases

Mercator/Hondius

[Facsimile - 2 Volumes] Atlas or a Geographicke Description of the World, 1968

Size: 12.3 x 18.6 inches (31.2 x 47.2 cm)
Estimate: $450 - $550
Sold for: $325
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 771

Subject: Facsimile Atlases

Claesz, Cornelis

[Facsimile] Caertboeck vande Midlandtsche Zee, 1970

Size: 11.9 x 17 inches (30.2 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $110 - $140
Sold for: $110
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 772

Subject: Geography Books

Didot, Firmin

Dictionnaire Geographique-Portatif, ou Description des Royaumes, Provinces, Villes, Patriarchats..., 1761

Size: 7.3 x 4.5 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $250
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 773

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Carver, Jonathan (Capt.)

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 ... The Second Edition, 1779

Size: 5.4 x 8.2 inches (13.7 x 20.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Carver's Landmark Work on the Exploration of the American West
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 774

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, North America

Weld, Isaac

Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, 1800

Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $500 - $650
Sold for: $350
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 775

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Panama Canal

U.S. Government

[Maps and Report] Canal - Atlantic to Pacific., 1839

Size: 6.3 x 9.4 inches (16 x 23.9 cm)
Estimate: $100 - $130
Sold for: $130
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 776

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, United States

General Land Office

The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1845

Size: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Sold for: $100
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 777

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Marcy, Capt. R.B.

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852, 1853

Size: 5.9 x 9.2 inches (15 x 23.4 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $400
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 778

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. State Surveys

[U.S. State Surveys - 12 Maps], 1856

Size: 8.9 x 11.9 inches (22.6 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Sold for: $130
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 779

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. Railroad Surveys

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume V, 1856

Size: 9 x 11.5 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $450
Sold for: $275
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 780

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Powell, John Wesley

[Fifth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey], 1884

Size: 7.9 x 11.6 inches (20.1 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Complete in Presentation Binding with McGee Map
Sold for: $300
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 782

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Gottfried, J.L.

Historische Kronyck…, 1698

Size: 9.3 x 14.5 inches (23.6 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Gottfried’s Scarce World History Complete with the Scarce World Map
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 783

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Baldwin, Robert

The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, 1759

Size: 5.6 x 8.8 inches (14.2 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Sold for: $100
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 784

Subject: Miscellaneous Books, America

Bartlett, W. H.

American Scenery Vol. I & Vol. II, 1840

Size: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Sold for: $500
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 785

Subject: Miscellaneous Books, Native Americans

Donaldson, Thomas

The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution) with Memoir and Statistics, 1886

Size: 6.2 x 9.3 inches (15.7 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $425
Sold for: $375
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 786

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

The City of Rome Atlas of Rome The Form of the City on a 1:1000 Scale Photomap and Line Map, 1992

Size: 11.6 x 11.8 inches (29.5 x 30 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $230
NO RESERVE
Unsold
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 787

Subject: References

Portinaro & Knirsch

The Cartography of North America 1500-1800, 1987

Size: 9.8 x 13.2 inches (24.9 x 33.5 cm)
Estimate: $120 - $150
Unsold
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 788

Subject: References

Tooley & Bricker

Landmarks of Mapmaking An Illustrated Surveys of Maps and Mapmakers, 1976

Size: 11.1 x 15.9 inches (28.2 x 40.4 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $100
Sold for: $40
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 789

Subject: References

Gole, Susan

Early Maps of India, 1976

Size: 7.3 x 9.9 inches (18.5 x 25.1 cm)
Estimate: $70 - $90
Sold for: $55
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 790

Subject: References, Incunabula

Wilson, Adrian

The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1978

Size: 9.9 x 14 inches (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
Estimate: $150 - $180
Sold for: $110
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 791

Subject: References

Verner & Stuart-Stubbs

The Northpart of America, 1979

Size: 16.4 x 14.3 inches (41.7 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for: $125
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 792

Subject: References

Tooley, R. V.

The Mapping of Australia, 1979

Size: 7.6 x 10.1 inches (19.3 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $450
Sold for: $180
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 793

Subject: References

[Lot of 2] Looking at Old Maps [and] Maps, Charts, Globes: Five Centuries of Exploration, 1979-92

Size: See Description
Estimate: $80 - $110
Sold for: $45
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 794

Subject: References

Shirley, Rodney W.

Early Printed Maps of the British Isles A Bibliography 1477-1650, 1980

Size: 7.6 x 10 inches (19.3 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
NO RESERVE
Unsold
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 795

Subject: References

Shirley, Rodney W.

The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, 1983

Size: 9.8 x 13.5 inches (24.9 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $400
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 796

Subject: References

Cartographical Innovations An International Handbook of Mapping Terms to 1900, 1987

Size: 7 x 9.8 inches (17.8 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $100 - $130
Sold for: $75
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 797

Subject: References

An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China -- From the Warring States Period to the Yuan Dynasty (476B. C. -- A. D. 1368), 1990

Size: 10.6 x 14.2 inches (26.9 x 36.1 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $400
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 799

Subject: References

Suarez, Thomas

Shedding the Veil Mapping the European Discovery of America and the World, 1992

Size: 8.8 x 11.9 inches (22.4 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $100
Sold for: $65
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 800

Subject: References

Goss, John

The Mapmaker's Art - An Illustrated History of Cartography, 1993

Size: 10.9 x 14.9 inches (27.7 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $110
Sold for: $65
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 801

Subject: References

[3 Volumes] La Galleria delle Carte Geografiche in Vaticano / The Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, 1994

Size: 10 x 13.1 inches (25.4 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $850 - $1,000
Sold for: $450
Closed on 2/18/2015

Auction 152, Lot 802

Subject: References

Burden, Philip D.

[2 Volumes] The Mapping of North America - A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670 [and] The Mapping of North America II - A List of Printed Maps 1671-1700, 1996-2007

Size: 10.6 x 14.3 inches (26.9 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $325 - $425
Sold for: $500
Closed on 2/18/2015
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