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Auction 191, Lot 59

Subject: Moon

U.S. Air Force

Rectified Lunar Atlas - Supplement Number Two to the USAF Lunar Atlas, 1963

Size: 19 x 15.3 inches (48.3 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Important Milestone in Preparation for 1969 Moon Landing
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 633

Subject: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Description Geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree..., 1771

Size: 8.1 x 10.5 inches (20.6 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Bellin's Complete Work on the Adriatic Sea and the Western Coasts of Greece
Unsold
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 815

Subject: Atlases

Homann, Johann Baptist

Grosser Atlas uber die Gantze Welt..., 1751

Size: 13.3 x 21.3 inches (33.8 x 54.1 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Featuring 110 Maps in Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 817

Subject: Atlases

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

[5 Volumes] Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil de Cartes et Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde..., 1764

Size: 10 x 13.1 inches (25.4 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $24,000 - $30,000
Bellin's Complete Five-Volume Maritime Atlas with 581 Maps & Plates
Sold for: $33,500
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 819

Subject: Atlases

Delisle/Dezauche

Atlas Geographique et Universel, 1785

Size: 17.3 x 22.5 inches (43.9 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $12,000
Features 91 Maps in Contemporary Color Including Two Early U.S. Maps Dated 1783
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 820

Subject: Atlases

Cary, John

[Composite Atlas with 60 Maps] Cary's New Universal Atlas, Containing Distinct Maps of All the Principal States and Kingdoms Throughout the World..., 1808

Size: 15.3 x 22.3 inches (38.9 x 56.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
One of the Finest English Atlases of the Period
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 822

Subject: Atlases

Buchon, Jean Alexandre

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

Size: 15 x 21.8 inches (38.1 x 55.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
French Edition of Carey & Lea's "American Atlas"
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 824

Subject: Atlases

SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

[2 Volumes] Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowlege, 1844

Size: 13.9 x 16.4 inches (35.3 x 41.7 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Rare, Complete 2-Volume Atlas with 218 Maps, Including 51 City Plans
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 825

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1851

Size: 14.3 x 17.6 inches (36.3 x 44.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
First Edition Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 837

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Pages, Pierre M. F. Vicomte de

[2 Volumes] Voyages Autour du Monde, et Vers les Deux Poles, par Terre et par Mer..., 1782

Size: 5.2 x 8.3 inches (13.2 x 21.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
First Edition of Pages' Account of Circumnavigation of the World with 10 Maps & Plates
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 191, Lot 838

Subject: Exploration & Surveys, European Colonization

Raynal, Abbe

[8 Volumes] A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, 1783

Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Important Account of European Colonization with Early Map of United States
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/8/2023

Auction 190, Lot 42

Subject: Moon

U.S. Air Force

Orthographic Atlas of the Moon - Supplement Number One to the Photographic Lunar Atlas, 1960

Size: 22.8 x 18.5 inches (57.9 x 47 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Important Milestone in Preparation for 1969 Moon Landing
Unsold
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 407

Subject: France & Belgium, Atlases

Sanson/Mariette

Cartes Geographiques des Gaules et de la France , 1707

Size: 16.4 x 21.3 inches (41.7 x 54.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Elephant Folio Atlas with 121 Maps in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 698

Subject: Music

Graduale Iuxta Morem Sacrosancte Ecclesie Romane..., 1551

Size: 11.5 x 17.3 inches (29.2 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Superb Crown Folio Gradual with Manuscript and Printed Music
Unsold
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 710

Subject: Atlases

Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert

Tablettes Geographiques, ou Recueil des Principales Cartes Generales et Particulieres..., 1695

Size: 5 x 7.6 inches (12.7 x 19.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,500
Rare Small Atlas Known in Only 3 Other Examples
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 712

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, 1756

Size: 7.5 x 9.6 inches (19.1 x 24.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Charming Mid-Eighteenth Century French Atlas with 90 Maps
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 714

Subject: Atlases

Buy de Mornas, Claude

[4 Volumes] Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire, 1761-62

Size: 11.1 x 13.4 inches (28.2 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Contains 135 Double-Page Maps in Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 716

Subject: Atlases

Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche

Atlas Universel, 1788

Size: 18 x 22.5 inches (45.7 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $9,000 - $11,000
Complete Elephant Folio Atlas in Contemporary Color with 112 Maps
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 720

Subject: Atlases

Lavoisne/Aspin

A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; Being a General Guide to History, Both Ancient and Modern..., 1820

Size: 12.4 x 17.9 inches (31.5 x 45.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Includes Melish's Popular Map of the United States
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 723

Subject: Atlases

Tanner, Henry Schenck

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1836

Size: 13 x 16.1 inches (33 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
First Edition of Tanner's Universal Atlas - Complete
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 732

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Colonial Americas

Chambon

[2 Volumes] Le Commerce de l'Amerique par Marseille, ou Explication des Lettres-Patentes du Roi..., 1782

Size: 8 x 10.2 inches (20.3 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Colonial History of America with Description of Slave Trade
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 190, Lot 734

Subject: History Books, Native Americans

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

[2 Volumes] Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1851-52

Size: 10.5 x 13.3 inches (26.7 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
Schoolcraft's Native American Encyclopedia Containing 155 Plates
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 11/16/2022

Auction 189, Lot 429

Subject: Low Countries, Atlases

Duval, Pierre

[Two Atlases in One Book] Cartes et Tables de Geographie, des Provinces Eschues a la Reine Tres-Chretiene [and] Les XII. Provinces. Ou sont les Conquestes du Roy en Holande, et en Flandres, 1672

Size: 3.6 x 6 inches (9.1 x 15.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Two Miniature Atlases of Louis XIV's Attempts to Conquer the Spanish Netherlands
Sold for: $900
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 566

Subject: Holy Land

Dapper, Olivier

Asia, oder Genaue und Grundliche Beschreibung des Gantzen Syrien und Palestine..., 1688

Size: 8.3 x 13.1 inches (21.1 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Superb Volume on Syria and Palestine with 39 Maps and Views
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 726

Subject: Atlases

Blaeu, (Family)

Toonneel des Aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas ... Eerste Deels, 1650

Size: 14.6 x 21.8 inches (37.1 x 55.4 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $20,000
Blaeu's Atlas of Germany and the Netherlands with 107 maps in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 189, Lot 728

Subject: Atlases

Homann, Johann Baptist

Grosser Atlas uber die Gantze Welt..., 1751

Size: 13.3 x 21.3 inches (33.8 x 54.1 cm)
Estimate: $15,000 - $18,000
Featuring 110 Maps in Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2022

Auction 188, Lot 326

Subject: Peru, Natives

[2 Volumes] Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire du Perou..., 1777

Size: 5.4 x 8.5 inches (13.7 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Includes Manuscript Letter by Author and Proof Plates
Sold for: $950
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 350

Subject: Europe, Atlases

Sanson, Nicolas Fils

L'Europe, 1650

Size: 7.3 x 9.6 inches (18.5 x 24.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Sanson's Complete Quarto Atlas of Europe in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 426

Subject: Low Countries, Atlases

Jansson, Jan

[Nouvel Atlas Tome II], 1652

Size: 13.3 x 20.5 inches (33.8 x 52.1 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Jansson's Atlas of the Low Countries with 40 Maps in Vellum Binding
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 581

Subject: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Description Geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree..., 1771

Size: 8 x 10.6 inches (20.3 x 26.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Bellin's Complete Work on the Adriatic Sea and the Western Coasts of Greece
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 632

Subject: Asia, Atlases

Sanson, Nicolas

L'Asie en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles, et Exactes; & en Divers Traittes de Geographie, et d'Histoire..., 1652

Size: 7.5 x 10.2 inches (19.1 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
First Edition of Sanson's Quarto Atlas of Asia in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 778

Subject: Document - Early United States

Franklin, Benjamin

Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique, 1783

Size: 5.1 x 8 inches (13 x 20.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
First French Edition - 600 Copies Printed
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 785

Subject: Atlases

Munster/Petri

Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der Gantzen Welt..., 1628

Size: 9.8 x 15 inches (24.9 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $19,000
Largest Edition of Cosmographia with 262 Maps and Views
Sold for: $12,000
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 787

Subject: Atlases

Covens & Mortier

Nouvel Atlas, Tres-Exact et Fort Commode pour Toutes Sortes de Personnes, Contentant les Principales Cartes Geographiques..., 1735

Size: 13 x 10.2 inches (33 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $7,500 - $9,000
Superb World Atlas with 99 Maps in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 789

Subject: Atlases

Buy de Mornas, Claude

[4 Volumes] Atlas Methodique et Elementaire de Geographie et d'Histoire, 1761-62

Size: 11.1 x 13.4 inches (28.2 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Contains 135 Double-Page Maps in Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 790

Subject: Atlases

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil de Cartes et Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde. Second Volume. Contenant l'Amerique Meridionale et ses Details, 1764

Size: 9.6 x 13.1 inches (24.4 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Bellin's Complete Atlas of Central & South America - 91 Maps
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 792

Subject: Atlases

Delisle/Dezauche

Atlas Geographique et Universel, 1785

Size: 17.3 x 22.5 inches (43.9 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $11,000 - $14,000
Features 91 Maps in Contemporary Color Including Two Early U.S. Maps Dated 1783
Unsold
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 795

Subject: Atlases

Carey, Mathew

Carey's General Atlas, Improved and Enlarged: Being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, Their Principal Empires, Kingdoms, &c., 1814

Size: 11.6 x 17.2 inches (29.5 x 43.7 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Carey's Famous 1814 General Atlas
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 796

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 - $9,500
Gorgeous Example of Pinkerton's Magnificent Elephant Folio Atlas
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 797

Subject: Atlases

Finley, Anthony

A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe..., 1824

Size: 10.9 x 14.1 inches (27.7 x 35.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
First Edition of Finley's General Atlas
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 188, Lot 798

Subject: Atlases

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1847

Size: 14.4 x 17.8 inches (36.6 x 45.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Second Edition of Mitchell's Desirable Atlas
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 6/22/2022

Auction 187, Lot 50

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Flamsteed/Fortin

Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Publie en 1776 ... Troisieme Edition..., 1795

Size: 6 x 8.9 inches (15.2 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Flamsteed's Reduced-Size Atlas with 30 Celestial Plates
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 174

Subject: New England United States

Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume De

[Three Volumes] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Americain Addressees a Wm. S... on Esqr. Depuis l'Annee 1770 Jusqu'en 1786..., 1787

Size: 5.1 x 8.1 inches (13 x 20.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Crevecoeur's Classic Account on American Life
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 231

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Russell, John C.

Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia... [bound in] An Historical Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies... Vol. III, 1795

Size: 5.3 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,300 - $2,750
Uncommon, Early Large-Format Map of Washington D.C.
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 426

Subject: Low Countries, Atlases

Duval, Pierre

[Two Atlases in One Book] Cartes et Tables de Geographie, des Provinces Eschues a la Reine Tres-Chretiene [and] Les XII. Provinces. Ou sont les Conquestes du Roy en Holande, et en Flandres, 1672

Size: 3.6 x 6 inches (9.1 x 15.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Two Miniature Atlases of Louis XIV's Attempts to Conquer the Spanish Netherlands
Unsold
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 614

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: 9.6 x 14.6 inches (24.4 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Nieuhoff's Important Description of the Chinese Empire
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 617

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Blaeu, Johannes

Novus Atlas Sinensis a Martino Martinio..., 1655

Size: 14.1 x 22 inches (35.8 x 55.9 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $19,000
Blaeu's Complete Atlas of China & Japan in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $12,000
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 187, Lot 735

Subject: Atlases

Bonne/Lattre

Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre [bound with] Recueil de Cartes sur la Geographie Ancienne, 1787

Size: 11.8 x 15.7 inches (30 x 39.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Two Complete Atlases in One Volume with 91 Maps in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 4/27/2022

Auction 186, Lot 226

Subject: Southwestern United States

Ives, Joseph C. (Lt.)

[4 Maps with Report] ] Map No. 1 [and] Map No. 2 Rio Colorado of the West... [and] Geological Map No. 1 [and] Geological Map No. 2 Rio Colorado of the West [bound in] Report upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored 1857 and 1858…, 1861

Size: 34.5 x 14.6 inches (87.6 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $850
Complete Ives Report with Scarce Geological Maps
Sold for: $350
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 329

Subject: Virginia

Jefferson, Thomas

[Map in Book] A Map of the State of Virginia... [in] Notes on the State of Virginia, 1801

Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
"First Hot-Pressed Edition" of Jefferson's Famous Work
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/9/2022
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