Auction 203, Lot 156

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)

Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500

Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast

Unsold

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 168

Subject: Mississippi River

Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Head of the Passes in Thirty Two Sheets, 1881-85

Size: 23.8 x 14.8 inches (60.5 x 37.6 cm)

Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900

A Remarkable Production by the Newly Established Mississippi River Commission

Sold for: $800

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 452

Subject: France, Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

[Volume 2, Part 1] Novus Atlas, das ist Welt-beschreibung mit Schoenen Newen Ausfuehrlichen Land-Taffeln..., 1647

Size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250

Price Reduced by $300! Superb Atlas of France with 48 Maps

Sold for: $2,200

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 748

Subject: Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas ... Tweede Deel, 1642

Size: 13.5 x 20 inches (34.3 x 50.8 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Second Volume of Blaeu's Atlas Featuring Maps of the Americas and Asia

Sold for: $9,000

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 749

Subject: Atlases

Lattre, Jean

Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre par Plusieurs Auteurs, 1762

Size: 12 x 15.3 inches (30.5 x 38.9 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300

Complete Atlas with 35 Maps in Contemporary Color

Sold for: $1,700

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 763

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Pacific Railroad

U.S. War Department

[3 Volumes] Report of the Secretary of War Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations, 1855

Size: 6 x 9.3 inches (15.2 x 23.6 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400

Scarce, Complete Octavo Edition of Pacific Railroad Reports

Sold for: $1,600

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 764

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, United States

U.S. Coast Survey

Maps and Charts of the United States Coast Survey, 1856

Size: 9 x 11.9 inches (22.9 x 30.2 cm)

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250

Composite Atlas with 71 Early and Desirable U.S. Coast Survey Charts

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 202, Lot 745

Subject: Atlases

Ortelius, Abraham

Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon; sive Veteris Geographiae Tabulae..., 1624

Size: 12.8 x 18.6 inches (32.5 x 47.2 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

A Complete Example of Ortelius' Atlas of Ancient Geography

Sold for: $8,000

Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 746

Subject: Atlases

Speed, John

The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine [bound with] A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, 1676

Size: 12.5 x 18 inches (31.8 x 45.7 cm)

Estimate: $70,000 - $85,000

Speed's Dual Atlas with 96 Maps; from a Descendant of Speed

Sold for: $50,000

Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 763

Subject: Geography Books

Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America..., 1795

Size: 5.3 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)

Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400

Features Purcell's Map Locating the Proposed State of Franklin

Sold for: $800

Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 201, Lot 195

Subject: Mississippi River

Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Head of the Passes in Thirty Two Sheets, 1881-85

Size: 23.8 x 14.8 inches (60.5 x 37.6 cm)

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250

A Remarkable Production by the Newly Established Mississippi River Commission

Sold for: $1,300

Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 655

Subject: Russia in Asia

[5 Volumes & Atlas] Voyages de M.P.S. Pallas, en Differentes Provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie Septentrionale [Tomes I-V]... [and] Voyages du Professeur Pallas ... Nouvelle Edition ... Tome Neuvieme, (Planches.), 1788-93

Size: See Description

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250

Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates

Unsold

Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 657

Subject: China

Nieuhoff, Johann

L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie..., 1665

Size: 13.4 x 8.8 inches (34 x 22.4 cm)

Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000

Nieuhoff's Important Description of the Chinese Empire

Unsold

Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 759

Subject: Atlases

Arrowsmith & Lewis

A New and Elegant General Atlas. Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time. Containing Sixty Three Maps, Drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis..., 1812

Size: 9 x 10.9 inches (22.9 x 27.7 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

Complete Atlas Featuring Early Maps of the Trans-Appalachian West

Sold for: $1,600

Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 766

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: 4.2 x 6.9 inches (10.7 x 17.5 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

First Edition of the First Gazetteer of the United States

Sold for: $1,000

Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 200, Lot 2

Subject: Ancient World & Holy Land

[Ancient World & Palestine Maps in book] La Mer des Histoires..., 1543

Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches (34.3 x 23.6 cm)

Estimate: $27,500 - $35,000

Rare Medieval Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine

Unsold

Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 3

Subject: Atlases

Munster, Sebastian

La Cosmographie Universelle, Contenant la Situation de Toutes les Parties du Monde, avec Leurs Proprietez & Appartenances, 1560

Size: 8.2 x 12.3 inches (20.8 x 31.2 cm)

Estimate: $32,500 - $40,000

Complete Edition of Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views

Sold for: $32,500

Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 4

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Purchas, Samuel

[5 Volumes] Purchas His Pilgrimes. In Five Bookes..., 1625-26

Size: 8.6 x 12.9 inches (21.8 x 32.8 cm)

Estimate: $55,000 - $70,000

Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia

Sold for: $40,000

Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 5

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, Western Hemisphere

Bry, Theodore de

[Grands Voyages - 9 Parts in 2 Volumes], 1590-1602

Size: 10 x 14.3 inches (25.4 x 36.3 cm)

Estimate: $120,000 - $150,000

Complete First Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX

Sold for: $70,000

Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 199, Lot 156

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)

Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000

Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 436

Subject: France, Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

[Volume 2, Part 1] Novus Atlas, das ist Welt-beschreibung mit Schoenen Newen Ausfuehrlichen Land-Taffeln..., 1647

Size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)

Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500

Price Reduced by $300! Superb Atlas of France with 48 Maps

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 198, Lot 341

Subject: Britain

Camden, William

Guili. Camdeni Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive Florentiss. Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Insularumq Adiacentium ex Intima Antiquitate Descriptio..., 1639

Size: 3.2 x 5.6 inches (8.1 x 14.2 cm)

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200

Miniature Version of Camden's Britannia Published by Blaeu

Sold for: $1,300

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 347

Subject: England & Wales, Atlases

Bowen, Thomas

Atlas Anglicanus, or a Complete Sett of Maps of the Counties of South Britain; Divided into Their Respective Hundreds, Wapentakes, Wards, Rapes, Lathes &c..., 1777

Size: 8.8 x 10.6 inches (22.4 x 26.9 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,750

Complete English County Atlas with 44 Maps

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 591

Subject: Caucasus

[Map Bound in 2 Volumes] Neue Carte des Caucasus Groestentheils aus Gueldenstaedts... [in] Reisen durch Russland und im Caucasischen Geburge..., 1787-91

Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm)

Estimate: $7,000 - $8,000

Rare and Important Study on the Caucasus with 27 Maps and Plates

Sold for: $5,000

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 608

Subject: Russia in Asia

[5 Volumes & Atlas] Voyages de M.P.S. Pallas, en Differentes Provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie Septentrionale [Tomes I-V]... [and] Voyages du Professeur Pallas ... Nouvelle Edition ... Tome Neuvieme, (Planches.), 1788-93

Size: See Description

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250

Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates

Unsold

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 610

Subject: China

Nieuhoff, Johann

L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie..., 1665

Size: 13.4 x 8.8 inches (34 x 22.4 cm)

Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500

Nieuhoff's Important Description of the Chinese Empire

Unsold

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 717

Subject: Atlases, Texas

Tanner, Henry Schenck

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1845

Size: 14.4 x 17.4 inches (36.6 x 44.2 cm)

Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750

Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of the Republic of Texas & Iowa Territory

Sold for: $2,400

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 721

Subject: Atlases

White, Ruth Taylor

Our U.S.A. - A Gay Geography, 1935

Size: 13.2 x 9.6 inches (33.5 x 24.4 cm)

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300

Ruth Taylor's First Edition Pictorial Atlas

Sold for: $1,200

Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 197, Lot 37

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Goldbach, Christian Friedrich

Neuester Himmels-Atlas zum Gebrauche sur Schul- und Akademischen Unterricht, nach Flamsteed, Bradley, Tob. Mayer, De la Caille, Le Francais de la Lande und v. Zach..., 1803

Size: 11.5 x 10 inches (29.2 x 25.4 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400

Unique Celestial Atlas with Stars in Relief Against a Black Sky

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 98

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Coxe, Daniel

[Map in Book] A Map of Carolana and of the River Meschacebe &c. [in] A Description of the English Province of Carolana. By the Spaniards Call'd Florida, and by the French, la Louisiane, 1741

Size: 21.5 x 16.8 inches (54.6 x 42.7 cm)

Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500

First English Depiction of the Mississippi Valley

Sold for: $7,500

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 157

Subject: Southeastern United States

Bartram, William

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws..., 1791

Size: 5.9 x 9.8 inches (15 x 24.9 cm)

Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000

Complete First Edition of Bartram's Work on the American Southeast

Unsold

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 162

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] [New Map of Georgia] [in] Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, with Regard to the Trade of Great Britain..., 1733

Size: 7.3 x 5.3 inches (18.5 x 13.5 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500

First Printed Map to Name Georgia

Sold for: $4,000

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 417

Subject: European Countries

Aleph

Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries. With an Introduction and Descriptive Lines, 1869

Size: 9.3 x 11.1 inches (23.6 x 28.2 cm)

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500

Book with 12 Satirical Maps of European Countries

Sold for: $1,200

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Munster, Sebastian

[Cosmographey oder Beschreibung aller Länder], 1567

Size: 8.8 x 12.5 inches (22.4 x 31.8 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Superbly Bound Edition of Cosmographia with 115 Maps & Views

Sold for: $7,500

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 757

Subject: Atlases

Ortelius/Vrients

Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Praecipuarum Orbis Regionum Delineationes..., 1601

Size: 6.5 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)

Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500

Complete, Rare Miniature Atlas Based on Ortelius with 126 Maps

Sold for: $5,000

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Cary, John

Cary's New Universal Atlas, Containing Distinct Maps of All the Principal States and Kingdoms Throughout the World. From the Latest and Best Authorities Extant, 1808

Size: 14.6 x 21.6 inches (37.1 x 54.9 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500

One of the Finest English Atlases of the Period

Sold for: $5,500

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 760

Subject: Atlases

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1848

Size: 14.3 x 17.6 inches (36.3 x 44.7 cm)

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250

Mitchell's Desirable Atlas Complete with 73 Plates

Sold for: $2,500

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 761

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..., 1860

Size: 15.3 x 18 inches (38.9 x 45.7 cm)

Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500

Colton's Impressive General Atlas with 103 Maps

Sold for: $2,100

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 767

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Hakluyt, Richard

The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Ouer Land..., 1589

Size: 7.3 x 10.9 inches (18.5 x 27.7 cm)

Estimate: $10,000 - $13,000

First Edition of Hakluyt's Voyages with Sir Francis Drake Insert

Sold for: $9,000

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 197, Lot 774

Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas

Blaeu, Johannes

[Lot of 12 - Facsimile Atlas] The Third Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas ou Cosmographie Blaviane, 1967-70

Size: 13 x 22.5 inches (33 x 57.2 cm)

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750

Magnificent Limited Facsimile Edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior - Previously Owned by R.A. Skelton

Sold for: $2,200

Closed on 4/24/2024

Auction 196, Lot 59

Subject: Celestial, Atlases

Bode, Johann Elert

Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas..., 1782

Size: 11.2 x 8.6 inches (28.4 x 21.8 cm)

Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000

Later Edition of Fortin/Flamsteed Atlas with 34 Star Charts

Sold for: $1,600

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 452

Subject: France, Atlases

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Coup d'Oeil General sur la France..., 1765

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)

Estimate: $900 - $1,100

Early Thematic Atlas

Unsold

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Hondius/Bertius

Theatri Geographiae Veteris Tomus Prior in quo Cl. Ptol. Alexandrini Geographiae Libri VIII..., 1618-19

Size: 11.1 x 16.5 inches (28.2 x 41.9 cm)

Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000

Historical Atlas with 27 Mercator Maps, 14 Ortelius Maps, and Peutinger Table

Sold for: $10,000

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 764

Subject: Atlases, Civil War

U.S. War Department

[Subscription Format] Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95

Size: 15.3 x 18.8 inches (38.9 x 47.8 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700

Complete Civil War Atlas

Sold for: $1,600

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 769

Subject: History Books, Native American

McKenney and Hall

[3 Volumes] History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs..., 1854

Size: 7.1 x 10.9 inches (18 x 27.7 cm)

Estimate: $9,500 - $12,000

Important Portfolio of Native American Portraits

Sold for: $6,000

Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 195, Lot 58

Subject: Milky Way

[2 Volumes] A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way - Part I Photographs and Descriptions [and] Part II Charts and Tables, 1927

Size: See Description

Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500

Groundbreaking Atlas of the Milky Way

Sold for: $3,250

Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 208

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] [New Map of Georgia] [in] Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, with Regard to the Trade of Great Britain..., 1733

Size: 7.3 x 5.3 inches (18.5 x 13.5 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500

First Printed Map to Name Georgia

Unsold

Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 210

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

[Map in Book] A Map of the American Indian Nations, Adjoining to the Missisippi, West & East Florida, Georgia, S. & N. Carolina, Virginia. &c. [in] The History of the American Indians..., 1775

Size: 9.6 x 12.9 inches (24.4 x 32.8 cm)

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750

Important History of Native Americans in the Southeast with Map

Sold for: $2,000

Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 828

Subject: Atlases

Ptolemy/Ruscelli

La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino..., 1574

Size: 6.6 x 9.3 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)

Estimate: $9,000 - $11,000

Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps

Sold for: $6,000

Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 829

Subject: Atlases

Moll, Herman

Atlas Minor: or a New and Curious Set of Sixty Two Maps, in Which Are Shewn All the Empires, Kingdoms, Countries, States, in All the Known Parts of the Earth..., 1737

Size: 7.9 x 9.8 inches (20.1 x 24.9 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500

Complete with 62 Maps in Contemporary Outline Color

Sold for: $4,250

Closed on 11/15/2023