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Auction 164, Lot 748

Subject: Atlases

Buchon, Jean Alexandre

Atlas Geographique, Statistique, Historique et Chronologique des Deux Ameriques et des Iles Adjacentes..., 1825

Size: 14.9 x 21.8 inches (37.8 x 55.4 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
French Edition of Carey & Lea's "American Atlas"
Unsold
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 753

Subject: Atlases

Greenleaf, Jeremiah

A New Universal Atlas; Comprising Separate Maps of All the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States Throughout the World..., 1840

Size: 12.5 x 14.8 inches (31.8 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Very Rare First Edition of Greenleaf's Atlas with Important Maps of Texas and Wisconsin
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 767

Subject: Atlases

White, Ruth Taylor

[Lot of 2] Our U.S.A. - A Gay Geography [and] United Air Lines - A Gay Geography of the Main Line Airway, 1935-38

Size: See Description
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Ruth Taylor's First Edition Pictorial Atlas & Brochure
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 769

Subject: Geography Books

Scott, Joseph

The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States Their Situation, Extent, Boundaries, Soil, Produce, Climate, Population, Trade and Manufactures..., 1795

Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
First Edition of the First Gazetteer of the United States
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 773

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Western Hemisphere

Bry, Theodore de

Americae Pars Quinta, Nobilis & Admiratione Plena..., 1595

Size: 10.4 x 14.8 inches (26.4 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Part V of De Bry's Grands Voyages, with 1 Map and 22 Plates
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 775

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

[3 Volumes] Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen im Sud-Meer..., 1774

Size: 8.6 x 10.1 inches (21.8 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Hawkesworth's Account of Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, with Important Maps of Australia
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 777

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Kotzebue, Otto von

Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in Search of a North-East Passage; Undertaken in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the Ship Rurick, 1821

Size: 5.5 x 8.6 inches (14 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Second English Edition of Kotzebue's Important Exploration
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/13/2017

Auction 164, Lot 787

Subject: History Books

Bernard, Jean Frederic

[2 Volumes] Histoire des Yncas Rois du Perou, Depuis le Premier Ynca Manco Capac...[and] Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride..., 1737

Size: 7.8 x 9.8 inches (19.8 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
French Edition of Lasso de la Vega's Histories
Unsold
Closed on 9/13/2017