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Auction 159, Lot 5

Subject: Continents

Hondius/Jansson

[Lot of 4] America Noviter Delineata [and] Africae Nova Tabula [and] Asia Recens Summa Cura Delineata [and] Europa Exactissime Descripta, 1646

Size: 19.6 x 14.8 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Matching Set of Continents in Full Original Color
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 7

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1587

Size: 19.1 x 13.9 inches (48.5 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Third World Map in an Oval Projection
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 8

Subject: World

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1630

Size: 21.6 x 15 inches (54.9 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 9

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.4 x 16.1 inches (54.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 10

Subject: World

Speed, John

A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers, 1651

Size: 20.6 x 15.6 inches (52.3 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 11

Subject: World

Tavernier, Melchior

[Lot of 2] Carte de l'Amerique Nouvellement Dressee Suivant les Nouvelles Descouvertes & Mise en Fransois [and] Carte Nouvelle de l'Europe Asie & Afrique Nouvellement Dressee & Misse en Francois, 1661

Size: 11.7 x 11.6 inches (29.7 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Elegant World Map in Two Separate Hemispheres
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 41

Subject: Ancient World

Jansson, Jan

Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca… [in book] Histoire des Grands Chemins de l'Empire Romain, Contenant l'Origine, Progres & Etendue Quasi Incroyable des Chemins Militaires…, 1736

Size: 8.2 x 10.2 inches (20.8 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Famous Peutinger Table in History of Roman Roads
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 45

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioining, 1680

Size: 23.1 x 18.1 inches (58.7 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Gorgeous English Map of the North Pole
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 50

Subject: South Pole, Southern South America

Metellus, Natalius Sequanus

Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra, 1598

Size: 11.3 x 8.9 inches (28.7 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,800
Metellus's Rare Reduced Version of Wytfliet's Map of Terra Australis
Unsold
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 51

Subject: Celestial

[Lot of 2] Figura I. Latus B [and] Figura II. Latus A, 1666

Size: 10.3 x 10.3 inches (26.2 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Scarce Pair of Celestial Charts Depicting Habrecht's "Rhombus"
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 59

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Military Game

Schenk, Pieter

Das Festung Baues Spiel. In Welchem die Unterschiedene Wercke..., 1710

Size: 23.9 x 18.1 inches (60.7 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare Military-Themed Game in Sepia Ink
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016

Auction 159, Lot 60

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Military Game

Schenk, Pieter

Das Kriegs-Spiel Darinen Alles das Jenige..., 1710

Size: 24 x 18.2 inches (61 x 46.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare "Game of War" in Sepia Ink
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/14/2016
12 lots