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15 lots

Auction 140, Lot 8

Subject: World & Continents

Ortelius, Abraham

[Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio [and] Africae Tabula Nova [and] Asiae Nova Descriptio [and] Europae, 1598

Size: 19.5 x 14 inches (49.5 x 35.6 cm)
Estimate: $24,000 - $28,000
Superb Folio Set of Ortelius World and Continents
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 9

Subject: World

Munster, Sebastian

Figura del Mondo Universale, 1571

Size: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 12

Subject: World

Ritter, Franz

[Untitled - World and Horological Diagrams], 1607

Size: 13.3 x 11 inches (33.8 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Ritter's Unusual Sun-Dial World Map
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 13

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.3 x 16.3 inches (54.1 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $17,000 - $20,000
Blaeu's Magnificent World Map
Sold for: $13,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 15

Subject: World

Camoens, Luis de

[Untitled - World], 1639

Size: 15.3 x 8 inches (38.9 x 20.3 cm)
Estimate: $6,500 - $7,500
A Scarce Spanish World Map
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 16

Subject: World

Wit, Frederick de

Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita, 1680

Size: 22.3 x 19 inches (56.6 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,250 - $5,000
De Wit's Stunning Double-Hemisphere Map
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 17

Subject: World

Duval, Pierre

Planisphere, ou Carte Generale du Monde…, 1676

Size: 23.5 x 13.3 inches (59.7 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 18

Subject: World

Pitt, Moses

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1680

Size: 20.8 x 15.5 inches (52.8 x 39.4 cm)
Estimate: $13,000 - $18,000
Sold for: $8,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 22

Subject: World

Robijn (Robyn), Jacobus

Nieuw Aerdsch Pleyn, 1700

Size: 20.5 x 23.3 inches (52.1 x 59.2 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,000
Rare World Map on a Singular Polar Projection
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 33

Subject: World

Arrowsmith, Aaron, Sr.

Map of the World on a Globular Projection Exhibiting Particularly the Nautical Researches of Capn. James Cook…, 1799

Size: 72.5 x 38.5 inches (184.2 x 97.8 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $20,000
A Seminal Map Illustrating the Important Discoveries of the Last Decade of the 18th Century
Sold for: $12,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 42

Subject: Ancient World

Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodo

Macrobii Ambrosii Aurelii Theodosii, uiri Consularis, et Illustris, In Somnium Scipionis, Lib. II. Saturnaliorum. Lib. VII…, 1574

Size: 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Macrobius' Miniature World Map
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 43

Subject: Ancient World

Jansson, Jan

Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca…, 1650

Size: 159.3 x 7.3 inches (404.6 x 18.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 45

Subject: North Pole

Mercator, Gerard

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1613

Size: 15.5 x 14.8 inches (39.4 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 55

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius, Andreas

Scenographia Systematis Mundani Ptolemaici, 1661

Size: 20 x 17 inches (50.8 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 58

Subject: Sun

Kircher, Athanasius

Schema Corporis Solaris, prout ab Auctore et P. Scheinero…, 1682

Size: 16.1 x 14.3 inches (40.9 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Sold for: $800
Closed on 5/23/2012
15 lots