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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

Auction 195, Lot 831

Subject: Atlases

Carey & Lea

A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies..., 1822

Size: 12.4 x 18 inches (31.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Complete First Edition of Carey & Lea's Atlas
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 194, Lot 462

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: $1,000 - $1,300
Early Thematic Atlas
Unsold
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 719

Subject: Atlases

Ortelius/Galle

[Epitome Theatri Orteliani], 1589

Size: 6.4 x 4.8 inches (16.3 x 12.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Rare Miniature Atlas with 94 Maps Based on Ortelius
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 720

Subject: Atlases

Weigel, Christopher

Atlas Portatilis, oder Compendieuse Vorstellung der Ganzen Welt, in Einer Kleinen Cosmographie... , 1745

Size: 4.8 x 7.5 inches (12.2 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Handsome Small Atlas in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 721

Subject: Atlases

Seutter/Lotter

[Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis TerrarumImperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum...], 1750

Size: 11.4 x 9.2 inches (29 x 23.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Small Atlas with 20 Seutter/Lotter Maps Featuring Geographic Myths
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 730

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

[Colton's Atlas of the World, Illustrating Physical and Political Geography ... Volume I. - North and South America, Etc.], 1856

Size: 16.8 x 19.1 inches (42.7 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Features Many Desirable Maps of the Evolving American West
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 731

Subject: Atlases, North America

Rogers & Johnston

Atlas of the United States of North America, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica..., 1857

Size: 10.3 x 14.8 inches (26.2 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare Rogers & Johnston Atlas with Desirable Maps of the American West
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 194, Lot 736

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages ... Tome Quatorzieme, 1757

Size: 8 x 10.5 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Prevost's Volume on the Americas
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/13/2023

Auction 193, Lot 589

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: $1,900 - $2,200
Bellin's Complete Work on the Adriatic Sea and the Western Coasts of Greece
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 193, Lot 748

Subject: Atlases

Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Atlas Minor Praecipua Orbis Terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum..., 1745

Size: 11.4 x 8.9 inches (29 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Small Atlas with 20 Maps Featuring Geographic Myths
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 6/21/2023

Auction 192, Lot 90

Subject: Colonial North America

Charlevoix, P. F. Xavier de

[3 Volumes] Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dan l'Amerique Septentrionale..., 1744

Size: 7.8 x 10.3 inches (19.8 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Important Account of French Possessions in Colonial North America with 28 Maps
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 192, Lot 740

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: $12,000 - $14,000
Blaeu's Atlas of Germany and the Netherlands with 107 maps in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 4/26/2023

Auction 192, Lot 754

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages ... Tome Quatorzieme, 1757

Size: 8 x 10.5 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Prevost's Volume on the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 4/26/2023

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
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