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12 lots

Auction 170, Lot 7

Subject: World & Continents

Wit, Frederick de

[Lot of 5] Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita [and] Nova Totius Americae Descriptio [and] Asiae Nova Descriptio [and] Nova Africa Descriptio [and] Nova Europae Descriptio, 1660-70

Size: See Description
Estimate: $11,000 - $13,000
A Stunning Set of Carte-a-Figures Maps
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 9

Subject: World

Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Charta Cosmographica, cum Ventorum Propria Natura et Operatione, 1553

Size: 10.8 x 7.4 inches (27.4 x 18.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Apianus' Popular Cordiform World Map
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 11

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

Size: 19.7 x 13.3 inches (50 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 12

Subject: World

Hondius/Le Clerc

Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio, 1633

Size: 19.9 x 12.9 inches (50.5 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Le Clerc's Decorative World Map Engraved by Hondius
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 13

Subject: World

Camoens, Luis de

[Untitled - World], 1639

Size: 15.4 x 7.8 inches (39.1 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
A Scarce Spanish World Map
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 45

Subject: Ancient World & Holy Land

[Ancient World & Palestine Maps in book] La Mer des Histoires..., 1543

Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches (34.3 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $28,000 - $35,000
Rare Medieval Maps of the World and Palestine
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 50

Subject: North Pole

Mercator/Hondius

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1628

Size: 15.6 x 14.6 inches (39.6 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 51

Subject: North Pole

Hondius, Henricus

Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima, 1637

Size: 19.4 x 17 inches (49.3 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Magnificent Polar Map Surrounded by Whaling Scenes
Sold for: $1,350
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 53

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

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

Size: 23.1 x 18 inches (58.7 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Beautiful English Map of the North Pole
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 58

Subject: Celestial Atlas

Finley, Anthony

Astronomical Recreations: or Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations, 1824

Size: 8.8 x 11 inches (22.4 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
An Early American Celestial Atlas
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 63

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Earth

Kircher, Athanasius

Systema Ideale quo Exprimitur, Aquarum per Canales Hydragogos Subterraneos ex Mari et in Montium Hydrophylacia..., 1682

Size: 16 x 12.9 inches (40.6 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Fascinating Cross-Section of the Earth
Unsold
Closed on 11/14/2018

Auction 170, Lot 64

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Earth

Kircher, Athanasius

Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum, Quorum Montes Vulcanii, Veluti Spiracula Quaedam Existant, 1682

Size: 16.2 x 13.1 inches (41.1 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Fascinating Cross-Section of the Earth's Interior
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 11/14/2018
12 lots