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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 117

Subject: United States & Canada

Bryant, William C.

[2 Volumes] Picturesque America; or, the Land We Live In..., 1872-74

Size: 10.5 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $425
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 188

Subject: Western United States

American Automobile Assoc.

Official Touring Information for Year 1916 - The Automobile 16th Year AAA Blue Book - Volume 5 Mississippi River to Pacific Coast, 1915

Size: 5.3 x 9.4 inches (13.5 x 23.9 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Exhaustive Automobile Tour Guide to Western United States
Sold for: $240
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 245

Subject: Southwestern Nevada

Atlas of the Goldfield Tonopah and Bullfrog Mining Districts of Nevada, 1905

Size: 5.6 x 8.8 inches (14.2 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for: $325
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 255

Subject: New York City, New York

Hammond, C. S.

Barnes' Atlas of New York City and the Metropolitan District, 1907

Size: 10.5 x 13.4 inches (26.7 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $230
Sold for: $50
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 259

Subject: Oklahoma

U.S. Department of Interior

Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1904 - Indian Affairs. Part II. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes..., 1904

Size: 6.1 x 9.4 inches (15.5 x 23.9 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Sold for: $250
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 757

Subject: Atlases

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Geographie Ancienne Abregee, 1769

Size: 15.9 x 22.8 inches (40.4 x 57.9 cm)
Estimate: $500 - $650
Sold for: $375
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Bonne/Raynal

[3 Text Volumes & Atlas] Histoire Philosophique et Politique, des Etablissemens & du Commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes, 1775-80

Size: 7.6 x 10.3 inches (19.3 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Raynal’s Classic Treatise with Bonne's Atlas
Sold for: $800
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 759

Subject: Atlases

Stackhouse, Thomas

An Universal Atlas, Consisting of a Complete Set of Maps, to Illustrate Ancient and Modern Geography..., 1800

Size: 17.3 x 21.2 inches (43.9 x 53.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 760

Subject: Atlases

Harris, John

Mr. Butler's Outline Maps to his Geographical and Biographical Exercises, for the Use of Young Ladies, 1816

Size: 10.3 x 8.3 inches (26.2 x 21.1 cm)
Estimate: $190 - $210
A Very Early Atlas Designed for the Education of Women
Sold for: $140
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 761

Subject: Atlases

Le Sage

Atlas Historique, Genealogique, Chronologique, et Geographique, 1827

Size: 15 x 21.3 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Estimate: $475 - $600
Sold for: $350
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 762

Subject: Atlases

Ansart, Felix

Atlas de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne, Dresse pour l'Usage des Colleges, 1840

Size: 10.8 x 15.1 inches (27.4 x 38.4 cm)
Estimate: $240 - $300
Sold for: $180
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 763

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps and Tables Designed to Accompany Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1853

Size: 9.9 x 11.9 inches (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $180 - $220
Sold for: $130
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 765

Subject: Road Atlas

Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Junior Auto Trails Atlas of the United States Including a Brief Description of the National Parks and Monuments, and a Listing of All Tourist Camp Sites, 1924

Size: 6.4 x 8.8 inches (16.3 x 22.4 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $190
Earliest Rand McNally Road Atlas
Sold for: $160
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 766

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

Messier, Charles

Journal du Voyage de M. Le Marquis de Courtanvaux, sur la Fregate l'Aurore, pour Essayer par Ordre de l'Academie..., 1768

Size: 8 x 10.2 inches (20.3 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Account of Voyage to Accurately Measure Longitude
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 767

Subject: Exploration & Surveys

U.S. Coast Survey

Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1853, 1854

Size: 9 x 11.6 inches (22.9 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $220 - $250
Features Several Charts of the California Coastline
Sold for: $160
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 768

Subject: History Books, United States

The Stranger in America: Containing Observations Made During a Long Residence in That Country, on the Genius, Manners and Customs of the People of the United States..., 1807

Size: 8.7 x 11 inches (22.1 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Includes Earliest Published Image of the White House
Sold for: $625
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 196, Lot 770

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Beadle, D. W.

The American Lawyer, and Business-Man's Form-Book; Containing Forms and Instructions..., 1860

Size: 4.8 x 7.5 inches (12.2 x 19.1 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $100
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $90
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 771

Subject: References

Brown, Lloyd Arnold

The Story of Maps, 1949

Size: 7.6 x 10.4 inches (19.3 x 26.4 cm)
Estimate: $20 - $30
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $55
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 773

Subject: References

Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf E.

Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI Centuries, 1973

Size: 11.1 x 16 inches (28.2 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $140 - $170
Sold for: $100
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 774

Subject: References

[Lot of 2] Antique Maps for the Collector [and] Antique Maps, 1973-95

Size: See Description
Estimate: $50 - $70
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $11
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 777

Subject: References, Magazines

Tooley, R. V.

[40 Issues in 5 Volumes] The Map Collector, 1977-87

Size: 8.6 x 12 inches (21.8 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $230
Attractive Set of Bound Magazines
Sold for: $150
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 779

Subject: References, Ortelius

Ortelius Atlas Maps - An Illustrated Guide, 1996

Size: 5.5 x 9.8 inches (14 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $80 - $95
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $110
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 780

Subject: References, Incunabula

The Nuremberg Chronicle - A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493, 1950

Size: 9.4 x 13.5 inches (23.9 x 34.3 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $240
Sold for: $110
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 781

Subject: References, Longitudes

[Lot of 2] The Quest for Longitude [and] The Illustrated Longitude, 1996-98

Size: See Description
Estimate: $40 - $60
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $85
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 782

Subject: References, World

Shirley, Rodney W.

The Mapping of the World - Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, 1983

Size: 9.7 x 13.7 inches (24.6 x 34.8 cm)
Estimate: $375 - $450
Sold for: $190
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 784

Subject: References, Western Hemisphere & Exploration

[Lot of 2] 1421 - The Year China Discovered America [and] 1491 - New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, 2003-11

Size: See Description
Estimate: $20 - $35
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $50
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 785

Subject: References, North America

Goss, John

The Mapping of North America - Three Centuries of Map-Making 1500-1860, 1990

Size: 10.4 x 14.3 inches (26.4 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $60 - $75
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $16
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 786

Subject: References, United States

Historical Atlas of the United States with Original Maps, 2006

Size: 10.3 x 13.9 inches (26.2 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $20 - $30
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $38
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 789

Subject: References, Central America

Kapp, Kit S.

Central America Early Maps Up to 1860, 1974

Size: 7.3 x 9.8 inches (18.5 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $100 - $130
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $26
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 790

Subject: References, Colombia

Kapp, Kit S.

The Early Maps of Colombia Up to 1825, 1971

Size: 7.3 x 9.8 inches (18.5 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $55 - $70
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $60
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 195, Lot 54

Subject: Celestial, Atlases

Jamieson, Alexander

A Celestial Atlas Comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps Illustrated by Scientific Descriptions of Their Contents..., 1822

Size: 12.1 x 9.6 inches (30.7 x 24.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 57

Subject: Moon

The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, 1874

Size: 8.8 x 11.4 inches (22.4 x 29 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Selenology with 12 Woodburytypes
Sold for: $650
Closed on 11/15/2023

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 95

Subject: Colonial North America, Asia & Pacific Ocean

Robert de Vaugondy/Diderot

[10 Maps in Book] Suite du Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques. Avec Leur Explication. Tome Troisieme, 1779

Size: 8.1 x 10.4 inches (20.6 x 26.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Includes Complete Set of 10 Maps from Diderot's Encyclopedia & 140 Plates
Sold for: $900
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 112

Subject: Western North America

Vancouver, George (Capt)

[5 Volumes & Atlas] Voyage de Decouvertes, a l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord, et Autour du Monde... [and] Atlas du Voyage de Decouvertes..., 1801

Size: 5.1 x 7.9 inches (13 x 20.1 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Sold for: $700
Closed on 11/15/2023

Auction 195, Lot 114

Subject: Canada, Atlas

Tackabury, George N.

Tackabury's Atlas of the Dominion of Canada, 1875

Size: 14.1 x 18.1 inches (35.8 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $400
Closed on 11/15/2023
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