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Auction 149, Lot 732

Subject: Atlases

Ptolemy/Ruscelli & Valgrisi

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Nuovamente Tradotta di Greco in Italiano..., 1561

Size: 6.4 x 9.3 inches (16.3 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $13,000 - $15,000
Complete First Edition of Ruscelli's <i>Geographia</i>
Unsold
Closed on 5/21/2014

Auction 149, Lot 733

Subject: Atlases

Speed/Kaerius

A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World [bound with] England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described…, 1627-46

Size: 6.6 x 4.3 inches (16.8 x 10.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
First Edition of the Miniature Speed Dual Atlas
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 5/21/2014

Auction 149, Lot 740

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1852

Size: 14 x 17.3 inches (35.6 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
A Very Early Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Atlas
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 5/21/2014

Auction 149, Lot 751

Subject: Geography Books

Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

The American Geography; or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America..., 1794

Size: 9.2 x 11.5 inches (23.4 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Includes the Stockdale Edition of Filson's Map of Kentucky
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 5/21/2014