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Auction 159, Lot 2

Subject: Title Pages - Portraits

Hondius

Gerardus Mercator ... Iudocus Hondius..., 1613

Size: 17.4 x 15 inches (44.2 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Famous Portraits of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 5

Subject: Continents

Hondius/Jansson

[Lot of 4] America Noviter Delineata [and] Africae Nova Tabula [and] Asia Recens Summa Cura Delineata [and] Europa Exactissime Descripta, 1646

Size: 19.6 x 14.8 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Matching Set of Continents in Full Original Color
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 7

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1587

Size: 19.1 x 13.9 inches (48.5 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Third World Map in an Oval Projection
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 8

Subject: World

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1630

Size: 21.6 x 15 inches (54.9 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 9

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.4 x 16.1 inches (54.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 10

Subject: World

Speed, John

A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers, 1651

Size: 20.6 x 15.6 inches (52.3 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 11

Subject: World

Tavernier, Melchior

[Lot of 2] Carte de l'Amerique Nouvellement Dressee Suivant les Nouvelles Descouvertes & Mise en Fransois [and] Carte Nouvelle de l'Europe Asie & Afrique Nouvellement Dressee & Misse en Francois, 1661

Size: 11.7 x 11.6 inches (29.7 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Elegant World Map in Two Separate Hemispheres
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 41

Subject: Ancient World

Jansson, Jan

Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca… [in book] Histoire des Grands Chemins de l'Empire Romain, Contenant l'Origine, Progres & Etendue Quasi Incroyable des Chemins Militaires…, 1736

Size: 8.2 x 10.2 inches (20.8 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Famous Peutinger Table in History of Roman Roads
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 45

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioining, 1680

Size: 23.1 x 18.1 inches (58.7 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Gorgeous English Map of the North Pole
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 50

Subject: South Pole, Southern South America

Metellus, Natalius Sequanus

Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra, 1598

Size: 11.3 x 8.9 inches (28.7 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,800
Metellus's Rare Reduced Version of Wytfliet's Map of Terra Australis
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 51

Subject: Celestial

[Lot of 2] Figura I. Latus B [and] Figura II. Latus A, 1666

Size: 10.3 x 10.3 inches (26.2 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce Pair of Celestial Charts Depicting Habrecht's "Rhombus"
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 59

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Military Game

Schenk, Pieter

Das Festung Baues Spiel. In Welchem die Unterschiedene Wercke..., 1710

Size: 23.9 x 18.1 inches (60.7 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare Military-Themed Game in Sepia Ink
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 60

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Military Game

Schenk, Pieter

Das Kriegs-Spiel Darinen Alles das Jenige..., 1710

Size: 24 x 18.2 inches (61 x 46.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare "Game of War" in Sepia Ink
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 68

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Munster, Sebastian

Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales & Indianas Vocant, 1550

Size: 13.5 x 10.1 inches (34.3 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 69

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Bry, Theodore de

America sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestris Pars, 1596

Size: 15.6 x 12.9 inches (39.6 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
De Bry's Rare Map of the New World Featuring Explorers
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 70

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Mercator/Hondius

America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem in Compendium Redacta, 1619

Size: 18.2 x 14.5 inches (46.2 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Original Color
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 71

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Hondius, Jodocus

America, 1619

Size: 19.8 x 14.8 inches (50.3 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Hondius' Important Map of the Americas in Full Original Color
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 77

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud, Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Tres Utiles Non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Mer..., 1719

Size: 56 x 31.3 inches (142.2 x 79.5 cm)
Estimate: $15,000 - $17,000
Spectacular Wall Map Celebrating the New World
Sold for: $10,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 83

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Sayer, Robert

A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided Into North and South and West Indies ... Wherein Are Exactly Described the United States of North America..., 1786

Size: 46.5 x 40.7 inches (118.1 x 103.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Impressive Four-Sheet Map Featuring the New United States and Two Possible Locations for a <i>River of the West</i>
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 91

Subject: Colonial North America

Sanson/Jaillot

Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties, ou sont Distingues les uns des Autres les Estats..., 1698

Size: 25.4 x 18 inches (64.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
A Superb Map Showing the Island of California
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 94

Subject: Colonial North America

Moll, Herman

To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers ... This Map of North America According to ye Newest and Most Exact Observations..., 1732

Size: 38.3 x 22.9 inches (97.3 x 58.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Moll's Famous "Codfish Map" of North America
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 109

Subject: Colonial North America & West Indies

Seutter, Matthias

Accurata Delineatio Celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ol. Canadae et Floridae Adpellatione in Septemtrionali America Descriptae..., 1730

Size: 22.3 x 19.3 inches (56.6 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Map Focusing on the Mississippi River and the "Mississippi Bubble"
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 123

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, aux Environs des-quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples &c..., 1719

Size: 19.4 x 16.7 inches (49.3 x 42.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
One of the Most Informative 18th Century Maps of the French Possessions in North America
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 125

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

[On 4 Sheets] Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises, 1755

Size: 44.5 x 18.8 inches (113 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
D'Anville's Spectacular Map of Eastern Seaboard
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 127

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Kitchin, Thomas

A New and Accurate Map of the British Dominions in America, According to the Treaty of 1763; Divided into the Several Provinces and Jurisdictions..., 1766

Size: 24.8 x 20.8 inches (63 x 52.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Rare Map of the British Colonies Just After the French & Indian War
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 140

Subject: Colonial Great Lakes

Coronelli/Nolin

Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France ou Sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et Plusieurs Autres Peuples; avec la Louisiane Nouvellement Decouverte etc., 1688

Size: 23.3 x 17.4 inches (59.2 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Third State of Coronelli's Important Map of the Great Lakes
Sold for: $11,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 159

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States, Louisiana Territory

Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dressee sur un Grand Nombre de Memoires Entr' Autres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, 1730

Size: 23.6 x 17.3 inches (59.9 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Delisle's Influential Map of the Louisiana Territory
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 170

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Gerritsz/De Laet

Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia, 1630

Size: 14.1 x 11.1 inches (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
A Map of Extreme Importance in the Cartographic Evolution of North America
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 171

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Jansson, Jan

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia, 1639

Size: 19.9 x 15.3 inches (50.5 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 172

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Visscher, Nicolas

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Partis Virginiae Tabula Multis in Locis Emendata, 1684

Size: 21.9 x 18.4 inches (55.6 x 46.7 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Visscher's Influential Map with Early View of New York City
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 179

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Speed/Lamb

A Map of Virginia and Maryland, 1676

Size: 19.4 x 14.9 inches (49.3 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
The First Printed Map to Draw Upon the Legendary Herrman Map of the Chesapeake Bay
Sold for: $2,900
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 181

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Homann, Johann Baptist

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum Industria Excultae, 1714

Size: 22.9 x 19.3 inches (58.2 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Map Created to Promote German Immigration to the New World
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 186

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Robert de Vaugondy, Didier

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressee sur la Grande Carte Angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson, 1793

Size: 25.3 x 19 inches (64.3 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
An Essential Map of Virginia and Maryland
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 189

Subject: Mid-Atlantic United States, Chesapeake & Delaware Bays

Lucas, Fielding

A Chart of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, 1852

Size: 28.3 x 40.5 inches (71.9 x 102.9 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Scarce Sea Chart of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 191

Subject: Maryland & Washington, D.C., Atlases

Walling & Gray

New Topographical Atlas of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. With Descriptions Historical, Scientific, and Statistical..., 1873

Size: 13.9 x 17.6 inches (35.3 x 44.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Complete Rare Atlas of Maryland and DC
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 192

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Hondius, Jodocus

Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio, 1606

Size: 19 x 13.5 inches (48.3 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
A Seminal Map of the Southeast and Early American Cartography - First Edition
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 194

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Blaeu, Willem

Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis, Interjacentiumq Regionum Nova Descriptio, 1663

Size: 19.9 x 15.2 inches (50.5 x 38.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Blaeu's Decorative Map of the Southeast
Sold for: $800
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 196

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Speed/Lamb

A New Description of Carolina, 1676

Size: 20.1 x 14.9 inches (51.1 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Speed's Map of the Carolinas Based Upon the Lords Proprietor's Map
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 197

Subject: Colonial Southeast United States

Mortier, Pierre

Carte General de la Caroline. Dresse sur les Memoires le Plus Nouveaux par le Sieua S..., 1700

Size: 18.3 x 22.4 inches (46.5 x 56.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
The First Map of the Carolinas Published Outside of England
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 202

Subject: Southern United States

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Florida et Apalche, 1597

Size: 11.3 x 9.1 inches (28.7 x 23.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
One of the Earliest Obtainable Maps of Florida & the Southeast
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 246

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Plan der Stadt Washington in America, 1796

Size: 9.9 x 8.4 inches (25.1 x 21.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Extremely Rare Austrian Version of the Thackara & Vallance DC Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 250

Subject: Florida

Le Rouge, George Louis

[Lot of 2] Carte de la Floride Occidentale et Louisiane [and] La Peninsule et Golfe de la Floride ou Canal de Bahama avec les Isles de Bahama, 1777

Size: 24.2 x 18.9 inches (61.5 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Important Map of Florida and Its Coastlines
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 252

Subject: Florida, Bahamas, Cuba

Blunt, Edmund

The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida, 1847

Size: 48.7 x 38.7 inches (123.7 x 98.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Impressive Blueback Chart of the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 265

Subject: Hawaii

U.S. Government

[Lot of 8] Hawaii Hawaiian Islands [and] Kauai... [and] Lanai... [and] Maui County... [and] Maui... [and] Molokai [and] Niihau... [and] Oahu... , 1897-1906

Size: See Description
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
A Great Set of Hawaii Territory Maps
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 281

Subject: Colonial New York, Revolutionary War

Sauthier/Faden

A Plan of the Operations of the King's Army Under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey..., 1777

Size: 19.3 x 28.5 inches (49 x 72.4 cm)
Estimate: $11,000 - $14,000
Important Revolutionary War Map of the Battle of White Plains
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 287

Subject: New York City, New York

[On 4 Sheets] Map of Upper New York City and Adjacent Country. Showing the City Above 125th Street. The City of Yonkers and Townships of East Chester, West Chester Pelham and New Rochelle. And a Portion of Mamaroneck, 1889

Size: 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Impressive 4-Sheet Map of Upper New York City and Westchester County
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 313

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico, California

Fer, Nicolas de

Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique, est Tiree de Celle qui a ete Envoyee par un Grand d'Espagne pour Etre Communiquee a Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1705

Size: 13.4 x 8.9 inches (34 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
De Fer's Important Map of the Island of California
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 333

Subject: Portobelo, Panama

Bowles

A Perspective View of ye Harbour, Castles, & Town of Porto Bello: with ye Disposition of ye Ships Under ye Command of Vice Admiral Vernon..., 1740

Size: 19.2 x 15 inches (48.8 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Scarce Broadside of Battle of Portobelo
Sold for: $700
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 338

Subject: Gulf of Mexico, Florida & Peru

Ortelius, Abraham

Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus. Didaco Mendezio Auctore [on sheet with] La Florida. Auctore Hieron. Chiaves [and] Guastecan Reg., 1592

Size: 18.1 x 13.1 inches (46 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,300 - $1,600
The First Printed Map of the Southern United States
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 375

Subject: Cartagena Bay, Colombia

Durell, Philip

A Plan of the Harbour Town and Castles of Carthagena..., 1741

Size: 27.8 x 19.4 inches (70.6 x 49.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Rare Chart Published Four Months After the Battle of Cartagena
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 9/14/2016
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