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Auction 179, Lot 1

Subject: World & Continents

Wit, Frederick de

[Lot of 5] Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita [and] Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio [and] Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula [and] Accuratissima Totius Asiae Tabula... [and] Nova et Accurata Totius Europae Descriptio, 1680

Size: 22.7 x 19.2 inches (57.7 x 48.8 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Attractive Matched Set from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 2

Subject: World

Ptolemy/Fries

Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta, 1522

Size: 19 x 13.9 inches (48.3 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
One of the First Ptolemaic Maps to Name America
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 4

Subject: World

Belleforest, Francois

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1575

Size: 19.5 x 13.2 inches (49.5 x 33.5 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
Scarce Woodcut Version of Ortelius’ World Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 6

Subject: World

Ritter, Franz

[Untitled - World and Horological Diagrams], 1607

Size: 13.6 x 11.2 inches (34.5 x 28.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Ritter's Unusual Sun-Dial World Map - First State
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 8

Subject: World

Hondius/Le Clerc

Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio, 1633

Size: 19.9 x 12.9 inches (50.5 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Le Clerc's Decorative World Map Engraved by Hondius
Sold for: $3,400
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 9

Subject: World

Hondius/Jansson

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1639

Size: 21.4 x 14.9 inches (54.4 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 20

Subject: World

Le Raye, Jean

Nouveau Planisphere Terrestre, Divise en Vingt Quatre Parties Egales, Dresse sur le Meridien de Paris, 1762

Size: 25.6 x 19.8 inches (65 x 50.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare World Map on North Polar Projection with Large Sea of the West
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 25

Subject: World

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Mappemonde Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles et les Plus Approuvees Assujeties aux Observations de Mrs. de l'Ac. Rle. des Sciences..., 1786

Size: 30.1 x 20.8 inches (76.5 x 52.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Scarce Map Featuring Interesting Cartography in the Northwest
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 38

Subject: Polar

Hondius, Henricus

[Lot of 2] Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima [and] Polus Antarcticus, 1639

Size: 19.4 x 17 inches (49.3 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Magnificent Polar Maps Surrounded by Engraved Scenes
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 48

Subject: Solar System

Senex, John

A Scheme of the Solar System with the Orbits of the Planets and Comets Belonging Thereto, Describ'd from Dr. Halley's Accurate Table of Comets..., 1724

Size: 23.8 x 27 inches (60.5 x 68.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Impressive Chart Popularizing Isaac Newton's Ideas
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 52

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Low Countries

Keere, Pieter Van Den

Leo Belgicus, 1617

Size: 17.9 x 14.6 inches (45.5 x 37.1 cm)
Estimate: $15,000 - $18,000
Most Popular of the "Lions of Belgium"
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 58

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Wind Rose

Jansson, Jan

Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum Nomina Sex Linguis Repraesentans, 1680

Size: 21.5 x 17.1 inches (54.6 x 43.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Dramatic 32-Point Wind Rose
Sold for: $700
Closed on 9/16/2020
12 lots