Old World Auctions
Auction #108 - Closed September 29, 2004
Featuring 684 lots of original antique maps, atlases, globes, reference books and vintage graphics.




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Lot#       Title   Creator/Subject   Period   Sold for:    
1   Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orbem, Orbi Spectandum Galleus Ortelium   Ortelius/Galle
 · Portrait
  1579   550   $448.00
2   De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus   Braun & Hogenberg
 · Title Pages
  1575   375   passed
3   Cosmographia oder Beschreibung der Gantzen Welt…   Sebastian Munster
 · Title Pages
  1618   275   $336.00
4   Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas... La Seconde partie de la Premiere   Blaeu Family
 · Title Pages
  1643   375   passed
5   De Bello Belgico…   Strada
 · Title Pages
  1649   950   $784.00
6   Mundus Subterraneus   A. Kircher
 · Title Pages
  1678   220   $560.00
7   The Gentlemans Recreation   Richard Blome
 · Title Pages
  1686   200   passed
8   Suite de l' Europe Ancienne et Moderne des Terres Australes et de l' Amerique Tome V   Allain Mallet
 · Title Pages
  1687   140   $78.40
9   Het Leven en Bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter…   Blaeu Family
 · Title Pages
  1691   140   $134.40
10   Atlas Francois, Contenant les Cartes Geographiques dans les quelles sont tres exactement remarquez les Empires, Monarchies, Royaumes et Estats de l' Europe, de l' Asie, de l' Afrique et de l' Amerique:…   Alexis-Hubert Jaillot
 · Title Pages
  1695   275   $336.00
11   Introduction a la Geographie   Nicholas de Fer
 · Title Pages
  1717   200   passed
12   Atlas Geographicus Maior   Homann Heirs
 · Title Pages
  1759   250   passed
13   Atlas National et General de la France …   Louis Charles Desnos
 · Title Pages
  1790   120   $100.80
14   Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departements et des possessions de la France…   Victor Levasseur
 · Title Pages
  1854   120   $280.00
15   Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus, Auctus, et Icunculis Illustratus   Anonymous
 · World
  1648   2500   $2,128.00
16   Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus, Auctus, et Icunculis Illustratus   Nicolas Visscher
 · World
  1657   2100   $2,576.00
17   Den Aardkloot nade Zondvloed, in haar gebroken stand, met Bergen en dalen, groote Zee-Boesem, en der selver Eilanden en Ondiepten vertoond   Willelm & Jan Goeree
 · World
  1690   350   $280.00
18   Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale de la Terre…   Nicholas de Fer
 · World
  1705   700   $784.00
19   Carta Hydrographica oder Algemeine Welt und Commercien Carte…   Stridbeck/Bodenehr
 · World
  1706   350   $308.00
20   Totius Orbis Terrarum Tabula, Ejusque Post Diluvium Divisio Inter Filios Noachi   James Moxon
 · World
  1709   500   $448.00
21   [Untitled - World]   Magini and Porro
 · World
  1713   400   passed
22   Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita   Daniel Stoopendaal
 · World
  1714   1800   $1,792.00
23   Werelt Caert   Daniel Stoopendaal
 · World
  1716   1500   $1,232.00
24   De Aard-Kloot, volgens de hedendaagse gedaante   Willelm & Jan Goeree
 · World
  1730   700   $560.00
25   Globus Terrestris   Johann Georg Schreiber
 · World
  1750   350   passed
26   Orbis Vetus in utraque continente juxta mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astronomicis…   Robert de Vaugondy (family)
 · World
  1752   1000   $840.00
27   A Map of the World on Mercators Projection   Anonymous
 · World
  1755   190   $145.60
28   Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo Ridotto in Quadro   Antonio Zatta
 · World
  1774   450   $616.00
29   Mappamondo o' Descrizione Generale del Globo Terraqueo Con i Viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook   Giovanni Maria Cassini
 · World
  1788   2100   passed
30   [Lot of 2] Westliche Halbkugel [and] Oestliche Halbkugel   Johannes Walch
 · World
  1818   140   $145.60
31   Algemeene Kaart Dienende tot de reis van Korvet la Favorite, onder bevel van den Fregats Kapitein Laplace   Capt. Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace
 · World
  1835   200   $168.00
32   Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher   Nicolas Visscher
 · World
  1842   1000   $784.00
33   Nouveau Planisphere indiquant les grandes divisions physiques et politiques de la Terre la Geographie statistique et industrielle des differents etats, les Colonies Europeenues et l' epoque des principales decouvertes   A. Vuillemin
 · World
  1854   450   $476.00
34   Planisphere   Victor Levasseur
 · World
  1854   350   $246.40
35   Colton's Map of The World on Mercator's Projection   Joseph Hutchins Colton
 · World
  1855   90   $84.00
36   [Lot of 2] Map of the World showing the Distribution of Active Volcanoes Regions of Earthquakes and of Coral Reefs & Islands   Arnold Guyot
 · World
  1872   120   $112.00
37   [Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [with] Asia [and] America [and] Africa [and] Europa   Ortelius/Coignet
 · World and Continents
  1601   2750   $3,640.00
38   [Lot of 7 - World & Continents]   Carey & Lea
 · World and Continents
  1832   220   $190.40
39   Ptolemeisch General Tafel die halbe Kugel der Welt begreiffende   Munster/Petri
 · Ancient World
  1588   1000   $1,064.00
40   Ptolemaei Typus   Ptolemy/Magini
 · Ancient World
  1621   275   $308.00
41   De tweede Weereld door Noachs dry Zonen bevolkt   Willelm & Jan Goeree
 · Ancient World
  1700   160   $134.40
42   Veteris Orbis Climata ex Strabone   Anonymous
 · Ancient World
  1700   160   $134.40
43   Carte Historique, Cronologique, et Geographique de l' Empire Romain, ou l' on fait Observer son Etendue, et Diverses Remarques pour l' Intelligence de l' Historie   Henry Abraham Chatelain
 · Ancient World
  1719   275   $224.00
44   De Oude Wereldt tot beter verstandt der Oude Geschiendenissen in het licht gegeven en nagezien door Isaak Vernburg   Wetstein
 · Ancient World
  1730   275   $560.00
45   Tabula Geogr. in qua admiranda navigationis cursus et recursus designatur   Johannes Isaksen Pontanus
 · North Pole
  1611   1200   $1,120.00
46   Regiones Sub Polo Arctico   Willem Jans Zoon Blaeu
 · North Pole
  1680   950   $1,120.00
47   [Untitled - Globe Gore]   Vicenzo Maria Coronelli
 · North Pole
  1694   1000   $560.00
48   Terre Artiche…   Vicenzo Maria Coronelli
 · North Pole
  1696   1200   $1,456.00
49   Regionum Circum Polarium Lapponiae Islandiae et Groenlandiae Novae et Veteris Nova Descriptio Geographica   Scherer
 · North Pole
  1701   1100   $896.00
50   This Draught of the North Pole is to Shew all the Countries near and adjacent to it, as also the most remarkable Tracks of the Bold Discoverers of them, and Particularly the Attempts of our own Countrymen to find out the N. East and N. West Passages   Herman Moll
 · North Pole
  1705   400   $420.00
51   A Map of the Icy Sea in which the several Communications with the Land Waters and other new Discoveries are exhibited   John Gibson
 · North Pole
  1760   200   $168.00
52   Carte du Globe Terrestre ou les Terres de l' Hemisphere Meridl. sont supposees etre vues a travers Celles de l' Hemisphere Septentl.   Buache/Dezauche
 · Polar
  1746   275   $364.00
53   Chart of the Antarctic Polar Circle, with the Countries adjoining, According to the New Hypothesis of M. Buache   Anonymous
 · South Pole
  1763   200   $168.00
54   Sud-Polar-Karte   Justus Perthes
 · South Pole
  1878   120   $112.00
55   [Untitled - Wind Rose]   Heinrich Petri
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1545   90   $72.80
56   No. 5 Horologium Horizon Tale Signa Zodiaci Ascendentia…   Franz Ritter
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1640   800   $672.00
57   Volvelle   Giovanni Paolo Galluci
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1657   150   passed
58   Globe Terrestre [Figure LXXI]   Allain Mallet
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1683   140   $100.80
59   Discus Chronologicus, in quo Omnes Imperatores et Reges orbis Europaei a nato Christo ad praesens tempus…   Christoph Weigel
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1730   750   $616.00
60   The Artificial Sphere   Anonymous
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1763   80   $67.20
61   Terrestrial Globe - Celestial Globe   Middleton
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1779   80   $67.20
62   Tableau Analytique des differentes positions de la Sphere, des differens systemes, des revolutions et des distances des Planetes, &c.   Charles Francois Delamarche
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1824   300   $246.40
63   A Map of the Principal Rivers Skewing their Courses, Countries, and Comparative Lengths   SDUK
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1834   120   $224.00
64   A Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains in the Western Hemisphere   John Tallis
 · Cartographic Miscellany
  1850   70   $123.20
65   The United States Map Puzzle   Parker Brothers
 · Cartographic Miscellany - Puzzle
  1907   100   $168.00
66   [Untitled Pair of Celestial Charts]   Antoine de Fer
 · Celestial
  1650   2000   $3,360.00
67   Etoilles Nouvelles   Allain Mallet
 · Celestial
  1683   200   passed
68   Haemisphaerium Stellatum Boreale Antiquum   Cellarius/Schenk & Valk
 · Celestial
  1708   4000   $3,360.00
69   Planisphaerium Caeleste   Eimmart/Homann
 · Celestial
  1720   1200   $1,120.00
70   [Lot of 4] Premiere partie de l' Hemisphere Celeste Septentrional [with] Seconde Partie de l' Hemisphere Celeste Septentrional [and] Premiere Partie de l' Hemisphere Celeste Austral [and] Seconde Partie de l' Hemisphere Celeste Austral   Jean C. Back
 · Celestial
  1743   450   $532.00
71   The Constellations for each Month in the Year   F. J. Huntington
 · Celestial
  1856   140   $95.20
72   [Untitled - Solar System]   Louis Brion de la Tour
 · Solar System
  1766   100   $100.80
73   Systeme de Copernic ou Abrege de l' Astronomie   Charles Francois Delamarche
 · Solar System
  1804   150   passed
74   A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances   F. J. Huntington
 · Solar System
  1835   140   $112.00
75   [Lot of 6 - Muggletonian Planetary Charts]   Isaac Frost
 · Solar System
  1846   1300   $1,064.00
76   Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio   Munster/Petri
 · Western Hemisphere
  1588   1500   $1,232.00
77   America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde …   John Speed
 · Western Hemisphere
  1626   8500   $8,960.00
78   Americae Descriptio   Jan Jansson
 · Western Hemisphere
  1631   600   $504.00
79   America noviter delineata   Matthaus Merian
 · Western Hemisphere
  1631   2200   $2,240.00
80   Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio   Frederick de Wit
 · Western Hemisphere
  1670   2400   passed
81   Nouveau Continent Avec plusieurs Isles   Allain Mallet
 · Western Hemisphere
  1683   275   $201.60
82   America Septentrionalis Novissima / America Meridionalis Accuratissima   Pieter Schenk
 · Western Hemisphere
  1700   2000   $1,680.00
83   America   Philipp Cluver
 · Western Hemisphere
  1711   475   $392.00
84   America   Magini and Porro
 · Western Hemisphere
  1713   400   $336.00
85   L' Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale…   Nicholas de Fer
 · Western Hemisphere
  1717   800   $1,568.00
86   Nouveau Continent ou Amerique   Allain Mallet
 · Western Hemisphere
  1719   200   $168.00
87   Les Colonies des Europeens en Amerique   Bourgoin
 · Western Hemisphere
  1740   100   $84.00
88   L' Amerique Suivant les dernieres observations de l' Acad. Royale des Sciences.   Macquart
 · Western Hemisphere
  1760   200   passed
89   L' America Secondo le ultime osservazioni Divisa ne' suoi Stati Principali   Giovanni Maria Cassini
 · Western Hemisphere
  1788   1200   $1,456.00
90   Carte Generale et Politique de l' Amerique…   Edme Mentelle
 · Western Hemisphere
  1802   250   $201.60
91   Charte von America   Gussefeld/Homann Heirs
 · Western Hemisphere
  1813   250   passed
92   Amerique Dressee par E. Desbuissons   Eugene Cortambert
 · Western Hemisphere
  1860   120   $100.80
93   Amerique Septentrionale Par N. Sanson…   N. Sanson/Mariette
 · North America
  1690   2500   $2,128.00
94   L' Amerique Septentrionale, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations…   Pieter van der Aa
 · North America
  1715   750   $616.00
95   A New Map of North America According to the Newest Observations   Herman Moll
 · North America
  1721   500   $728.00
96   Nova Orbis sive America Septentrionalis divisa per suna Regna Provinc: et Insul: cura et opera   Matthias Seutter
 · North America
  1744   550   $560.00
97   North America, Performed under the Patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood   Solomon Bolton
 · North America
  1774   1100   $896.00
98   Amerique Septentrionale   Rigobert Bonne
 · North America
  1783   140   $145.60
99   Carte Encyprotype de l' Amerique Septentrionale Reduite de la Carte sur 4 Feuilles du meme Auteur   Adrien Hubert Brue
 · North America
  1815   2000   passed
100   North America   Samuel Walker
 · North America
  1834   80   $44.80
101   North America   SDUK
 · North America
  1843   220   $179.20
102   North America   A.K. Johnston
 · North America
  1845   250   $235.20
103   Nord America   Carl Flemming
 · North America
  1845   120   $145.60
104   North America   Rev. David Blair
 · North America
  1845   100   $89.60
105   Amerique Septentrionale   Victor Levasseur
 · North America
  1845   350   $336.00
106   Stromgebiet von NordAmerica   Joseph Meyer
 · North America
  1847   140   passed
107   New Map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Mexico, also Central America and the West India Islands   Jacob Monk
 · North America
  1852   1000   $1,008.00
108   [Lot of 10 - North American Indians]   Henry R. Schoolcraft
 · North America
  1850   200   $224.00
109   Colton's North America   Joseph Hutchins Colton
 · North America
  1859   150   $168.00
110   Canada ou Nouvelle France   Allain Mallet
 · Colonial North America
  1683   180   $190.40
111   Accurata delineatio celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ol Canadae et Floridae adpellatione in Septemtrionali America descripta quae hodie nomine fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis…   Matthias Seutter
 · Colonial North America
  1740   1600   $1,344.00
112   Canada et Louisiane   Le Rouge
 · Colonial North America
  1755   2200   $2,576.00
113   A New Map of the British Dominions in North America; with the Limits of the Governments annexed thereto by the late Treaty of Peace, and settled by Proclamation, October 7th 1763   Thomas Kitchin
 · Colonial North America
  1763   200   $896.00
114   Theatre de la Guerre en Amerique   Le Rouge
 · Colonial North America
  1777   1500   $3,080.00
115   Nova Mappa Geographica Americae Septentrionalis in suas praecipuas Partes divisa   Johann Michael Probst
 · Colonial North America
  1782   2750   $1,792.00
116   Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada   Jacques Nicolas Bellin
 · Colonial Great Lakes
  1755   1600   $1,904.00
117   A Map of New England and New York   John Speed/Francis Lamb
 · Colonial New England
  1676   5500   $8,960.00
118   New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pensilvania &c.   Herman Moll
 · Colonial New England
  1708   375   $616.00
119   A Map of that part of America which was the Principal Seat of War in 1756   Anonymous
 · Colonial New England
  1757   400   $448.00
120   A New Map of Virginia. Maryland. Pensilvania. New Yarsey   Robert Morden
 · Colonial Mid Atlantic
  1687   300   $336.00
121   C. Virginia und Maryland   Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe
 · Colonial Mid Atlantic
  1765   550   passed
122   Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio   Jodocus Hondius
 · Colonial Southeast
  1634   3000   $2,576.00
123   Pas Kaart van de Kust van Carolina Tusschen C de Canaveral en C Henry   Van Keulen
 · Colonial Southeast
  1702   2500   $2,128.00
124   Tabula Californiae Anno 1702 Ex autoptica observatione delineata a R.P. Chino e S.I.   Eusebio Francisco Kino
 · Colonial California and Mexico
  1702   2000   $2,128.00
125   Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes   Joannes de Laet
 · Canada
  1630   900   $1,344.00
126   Plan de la Ville de Quebec   Jacques Nicolas Bellin
 · Canada
  1757   240   $212.80
127   A Particular Map, To Illustrate Gen. Amhersts, Expedition, to Montreal; with a Plan of the Town & Draught of ye Island   John Gibson
 · Canada
  1760   180   $168.00
128   Carte de la Baie de Hudson   Jacques Nicolas Bellin
 · Canada
  1774   140   $179.20
129   Partie de l' Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Canada, la Louisiane, le Labrador, le Groenland, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Floride &c.   Bonne/Lattre
 · Canada
  1776   180   $145.60
130   Plan of York Harbour   Joseph Bouchette
 · Canada
  1815   200   $364.00
131   Etats-Unis de l' Amerique Seple. avec le Canada et la Floride   Jean Lattre
 · Canada and United States
  1787   200   $190.40
132   British North America   Sidney Hall
 · Canada and United States
  1850   250   $212.80
133   L' Isle de Terre-Neuve, l' Acadie, on la Nouvelle Ecosse, I' Isle St. Jean, et la partie Orientale du Canada   Rigobert Bonne
 · Canada & New England
  1783   250   $257.60
134   Carte de la Partie Septentrionale des Etats Unis, comprenant le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse, New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-Yorck, Etat de Vermont, avec partie de Pensilvanie et de New-Jersey   Tardieu
 · Canada & United States
  1797   300   $336.00
135   A Map shewing the communication of the Lakes and the Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America   Anonymous
 · Canada and Alaska
  1790   220   $308.00
136   Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. From the latest Explorations and Surveys to accompany the Report of Edwin F. Johnson Chf. Engr. Northern Pacific R.R.   G. W. & C.