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Auction 156, Lot 120

Subject: Canada & United States, Boundary Surveys

Twining, William J. (Capt.)

Reports upon the Survey of the Boundary Between the Territory of the United States and the Possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains..., 1878

Size: 9.8 x 12.1 inches (24.9 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 159

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States, Revolutionary War

Chastellux, Francois Jean, Marquis de

[2 Volumes] Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782..., 1777

Size: 5.3 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $850
Sold for: $500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 207

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Aa, Pieter van der

'T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida Door Ferdinand de Soto Nader Ontdekt en Groot Deels Bemagtigd [with book] De Gedenk Waardige Voyagie van Don Ferdinand de Soto, na Florida..., 1706

Size: 8.8 x 6 inches (22.4 x 15.2 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $850
Sold for: $425
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 432

Subject: English Counties, Atlases

Moule, Thomas

[Atlas to] Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, Newly Revised, 1842

Size: 9.6 x 11.4 inches (24.4 x 29 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Sold for: $350
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 663

Subject: Taiwan

A Map of Formosa [with] An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island Subject to the Emperor of Japan..., 1705

Size: 6.7 x 7.8 inches (17 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Completely Fictitious Account of Formosa
Sold for: $500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 797

Subject: Atlases

Sanson, Nicolas

Die Gantze Erd-Kugel / Bestehend Inden vier Bekannten Theilen der Welt / als Europa, Asia, Africa und America..., 1679

Size: 7.6 x 9.8 inches (19.3 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sanson's Quarto Atlas of the World
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 798

Subject: Atlases

Le Rouge, George Louis

Atlas Nouveau Portatif a l'Usage des Militaires. Et du Voyageur Contenant 91 Cartes Dressees sur les Nouvelles Observations..., 1748

Size: 7.2 x 9 inches (18.3 x 22.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Charming Mid-Eighteenth Century French Atlas
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 799

Subject: Atlases

Lotter/Lobeck

Atlas Geographicus Portatilis XXIX. Mappis Orbis Habitabilis Regna Exhibens..., 1760

Size: 5.9 x 4.6 inches (15 x 11.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Uncommon Miniature Atlas
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 800

Subject: Atlases

Pinkerton, John

A Modern Atlas, from the Latest and Best Authorities, Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World, with Its Chief Empires, Kingdoms, and States, in Sixty Maps, Carefully Reduced from the Largest and Most Authentic Sources, 1815

Size: 18 x 22.8 inches (45.7 x 57.9 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Gorgeous Example of Pinkerton's Magnificent Elephant Folio Atlas
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 801

Subject: Atlases

Olney, A. N.

Olney's School Atlas, 1844

Size: 9.8 x 12.3 inches (24.9 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $275 - $350
Sold for: $240
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 802

Subject: Atlases

Morse & Gaston

The Diamond Atlas with Descriptions of All Countries … The Western Hemisphere, 1857

Size: 6.5 x 7.5 inches (16.5 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $300
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 803

Subject: Atlases

Mitchell/Cowperthwait

Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps and Tables Designed to Accompany Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1857

Size: 9.9 x 11.9 inches (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Sold for: $110
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 804

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: $2,100
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 805

Subject: Atlases, Pennsylvania

Railroad Companies, (Various)

[Manuscript Railroad Atlas] Lewisburg Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad Right of Way and Real Estate Laurelton Westward Sections 19 to 53 Drafts No 83 to No 193, 1874

Size: 23.8 x 16 inches (60.5 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
One-of-a-Kind Manuscript Railroad Atlas
Sold for: $250
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 806

Subject: Atlases

Watson, Gaylord

Watson's New and Complete Illustrated Atlas of the World. Indexed, 1889

Size: 11.7 x 13.9 inches (29.7 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $275 - $350
Sold for: $200
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 807

Subject: Atlases

Bartholomew, John

Handy Reference Atlas of the World , 1889

Size: 5.1 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $100 - $140
Sold for: $75
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 808

Subject: Atlases, Ohio

Railroad Companies, (Various)

[Manuscript Railroad Atlas] Land Map. Main Line. C. & P.R.R., 1890

Size: 16.9 x 16.3 inches (42.9 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
One-of-a-Kind Manuscript Railroad Atlas
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 809

Subject: Atlases

Keulen/Vooght

[Facsimile] De Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel, 't Vyfde Deel... Vol. V - VI, 1970

Size: 12.9 x 21.6 inches (32.8 x 54.9 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $650
Sold for: $400
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 810

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Africa, China

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre ... Tome Cinquieme, 1748

Size: 8 x 10.3 inches (20.3 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,100
Sold for: $700
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 811

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. Government

[Maps and Views] Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress…Part III, 1854

Size: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $240 - $300
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $190
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 812

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume IV. Comstock Mining and Miners, 1883

Size: 9.5 x 12 inches (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $250
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 813

Subject: History Books

The History of the Bucaniers of America; from Their First Original Down to this Time; Written in Several Languages; and Now Collected into One Volume..., 1699

Size: 4.9 x 7.9 inches (12.4 x 20.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Exquemelin's Rare History of Buccaneers
Sold for: $800
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 814

Subject: History Books, Caribbean

Edwards, Bryan

[3 Volumes] The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 1801

Size: 5.9 x 9.4 inches (15 x 23.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Edwards' Rare History of the Caribbean Islands with 11 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 816

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

[2 Volumes] Oeuvres de Fenimore Cooper...Les Pionniers [and]...La Prairie, 1836-39

Size: 5.3 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 817

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Beadle, D. W.

The American Lawyer, and Business-Man's Form Book…, 1851

Size: 5 x 7.8 inches (12.7 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $140 - $170
Sold for: $75
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 819

Subject: References

Hakluyt, Richard

[Facsimile - 10 Volumes] The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation Made by Sea or Overland..., 1927

Size: 5.5 x 8.1 inches (14 x 20.6 cm)
Estimate: $240 - $300
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 820

Subject: References

[Facsimile] Lewis Evans by Lawrence Henry Gipson to Which Is Added Evans' A Brief Account of Pennsylvania..., 1939

Size: 8.8 x 12.3 inches (22.4 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $75 - $100
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $55
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 821

Subject: References

Bagrow, Leo

History of Cartography, 1964

Size: 7.8 x 10.9 inches (19.8 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $30 - $45
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $30
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 823

Subject: References

[10 Volumes] The Collected Catalogues of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach 1904-1951..., 1967

Size: 6.3 x 9.3 inches (16 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $240
Sold for: $100
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 824

Subject: References

[Lot of 3] Investing in Maps [and] Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment [and] The Shape of the World, 1969-91

Size: See Description
Estimate: $40 - $55
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $45
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 825

Subject: References

[Lot of 2] The Discovery of North America [and] The Cartography of North America 1500-1800, 1972-87

Size: See Description
Estimate: $100 - $130
Sold for: $50
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 826

Subject: References

Nebenzahl, Kenneth

A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795, 1975

Size: 5.8 x 8.8 inches (14.7 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $40 - $60
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $65
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 827

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: $160 - $190
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 828

Subject: References

Schwartz & Ehrenberg

The Mapping of America, 1980

Size: 11.8 x 11 inches (30 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $100
NO RESERVE
Unsold
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 829

Subject: References

Lopez, Juan (don)

[2 Volumes] Cartografia y Relacciones Historicas de Ultramar Tomo I America en General - Carpeta de Cartografia [and] ... Carpeta Descriptiva, 1983

Size: 9.7 x 13.6 inches (24.6 x 34.5 cm)
Estimate: $100 - $130
Sold for: $50
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 832

Subject: References

Tooley, R. V.

[Lot of 2] The Mapping of America [and] Maps and Map-Makers, 1987-88

Size: See Description
Estimate: $140 - $170
Sold for: $100
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 833

Subject: References

Tooley & Bricker

Landmarks of Mapmaking - An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking, 1989

Size: 10.4 x 14.5 inches (26.4 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $50 - $70
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $75
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 835

Subject: References

Wheat, Carl I.

[5 Volumes in 6 Books] Mapping the Transmississippi West ... 1540-1861, 1995

Size: 9.3 x 12.3 inches (23.6 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $950
Sold for: $300
Closed on 2/17/2016

Auction 156, Lot 836

Subject: References

[Lot of 43] Mercator's World The Magazine of Maps, Atlases, Globes and Charts, 1996-2003

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $375 - $450
Sold for: $275
Closed on 2/17/2016
45 lots