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Auction 205, Lot 2

Subject: World

Arias Montanus, Benito

Benedict. Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam ex Antiquissimorum Cultor..., 1571

Size: 20.8 x 12.4 inches (52.8 x 31.5 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Rare First Edition, First State Map Showing How Noah's Sons Repopulated the World
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 3

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1579

Size: 19.4 x 13.3 inches (49.3 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 6

Subject: World

Plancius/Vrients

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio ex Peritissimorum Totius Orbis Gaeographorum Operibus Desumta, 1596

Size: 22.6 x 15.6 inches (57.4 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $19,000
Rare Map Featuring Superb Decoration in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $20,000
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 7

Subject: World

Ritter, Franz

[Untitled - World], 1610

Size: 14.4 x 11.5 inches (36.6 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $11,500 - $13,000
Ritter's Fascinating Sundial World Map - First State
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 8

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, 1626

Size: 20.4 x 15.4 inches (51.8 x 39.1 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $16,000
Speed's Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 9

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1645

Size: 20.2 x 11.3 inches (51.3 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 10

Subject: World

Visscher, Claes Janszoon

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula Auctore N. I. Piscator, 1652

Size: 22.1 x 17.7 inches (56.1 x 45 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $17,000
Visscher's Rare Carte-a-Figures World Map
Sold for: $12,000
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 12

Subject: World

Duval, Pierre

Planisphere, ou Carte Generale du Monde, 1684

Size: 23.7 x 13.4 inches (60.2 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
One of the Earliest World Maps Published by a Woman
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 16

Subject: World

Stoopendaal, Daniel

Werelt Caert, 1725

Size: 18.1 x 12.1 inches (46 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Unrecorded Edition of Stoopendaal's World Map
Sold for: $800
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 22

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques de l'Academie Royale des Sciences..., 1788

Size: 25.5 x 18.9 inches (64.8 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Price Reduced by $300! A Map with Popular Cartographic Myths and Unique Embellishments
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 32

Subject: Ancient World

Ptolemy/Sylvanus

[Untitled - Ancient World], 1511

Size: 22 x 11.3 inches (55.9 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $17,000
Sylvanus' Unique Ancient World Map Printed in Two Colors
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 34

Subject: Ancient World

Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodo

Macrobii Ambrosii Aurelii Theodosii, Viri Consularis, & Illustris, in Somnium Scipionis, Lib. II. Saturnaliorum, Lib. VII…, 1565

Size: 4.5 x 6.3 inches (11.4 x 16 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Macrobius' Miniature Ancient World Map
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 40

Subject: Polar

Jode, Cornelis de

Hemispheriu ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu Poli Arctici / Hemispheriu ab Aequinoctiali Linea, ad Circulu Poli Atarctici, 1593

Size: 20.5 x 12.6 inches (52.1 x 32 cm)
Estimate: $40,000 - $50,000
Price Reduced by $5000! Rare World Map in Polar Projections
Sold for: $25,000
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 205, Lot 59

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Fictional Map

Map Showing Isle of Pleasure, 1931

Size: 17 x 19.8 inches (43.2 x 50.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Prohibition-Era Map Highlighting the Highs and Lows of Alcohol Consumption
Unsold
Closed on 9/10/2025

Auction 204, Lot 1

Subject: World

Fries, Lorenz

[Title on Verso] Tabula Moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae, 1525

Size: 18.1 x 11.3 inches (46 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
"Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 204, Lot 2

Subject: World

Gastaldi, Giacomo

Universale Novo, 1548

Size: 6.8 x 5 inches (17.3 x 12.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
A "Modern" World Map with North America Connected to Asia
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 204, Lot 4

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1581

Size: 19.8 x 13.4 inches (50.3 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $5,000
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 204, Lot 6

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1624

Size: 20.2 x 11.3 inches (51.3 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 204, Lot 7

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 204, Lot 12

Subject: World

Senex, John

A New Map of the World from the Latest Observations, 1721

Size: 21.4 x 16.8 inches (54.4 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Double Hemisphere World Map Featuring Both Old and New Cartography
Unsold
Closed on 6/18/2025

Auction 203, Lot 7

Subject: World

Bailleul, Nicolas

Nouvelle Mappe-Monde avec la Representation des Deux Emispheres Celestes, les Disques du Soleil, et de la Lune, et les Diferents Sentiments sur le Mouvemt. des Planetes..., 1755

Size: 28.9 x 20.7 inches (73.4 x 52.6 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Map Featuring Interesting Cartography in the Northwest
Unsold
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 12

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques de l'Academie Royale des Sciences..., 1788

Size: 25.5 x 18.9 inches (64.8 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
Price Reduced by $300! A Map with Popular Cartographic Myths and Unique Embellishments
Unsold
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 26

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

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

Size: 23 x 18.1 inches (58.4 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Beautiful English Map of the North Pole in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 27

Subject: Celestial, California

Cellarius/Schenk & Valck

Typus Aspectuum, Oppositionum et Coniunctionum etz in Planetis, 1708

Size: 20.2 x 17.1 inches (51.3 x 43.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Cellarius' Chart Showing the Island of California
Unsold
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 30

Subject: Solar System

Cellarius/Schenk & Valck

Planisphaerium Copernicanum sive Systema Universi Totius Creati ex Hypothesi Copernicana in Plano Exhibitum, 1708

Size: 20.6 x 17.3 inches (52.3 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
One of the Most Sought-after Charts from this Famous Work
Sold for: $900
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 36

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany; Kodiak, Alaska

[Map on Dried Mushroom] Kodiak Archipelago, 1987

Size: 5.3 x 5.3 inches (13.5 x 13.5 cm)
Estimate: $150 - $180
Stunning One-of-a-Kind Map of Kodiak Engraved on a Dried Mushroom Cap
Sold for: $80
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 203, Lot 40

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Utopia

Homann, Johann Baptist

Accurata Utopiae Tabula das ist der Neu Entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offt Benanten, und doch nie Erkanten Schlarraffenlandes..., 1710

Size: 21.5 x 18.8 inches (54.6 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
A Humorous Map of Utopia
Sold for: $800
Closed on 4/23/2025

Auction 202, Lot 1

Subject: World

Waldseemuller/Fries

Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta, 1522

Size: 18.9 x 13.9 inches (48 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
One of the First Ptolemaic Maps to Name America
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 2

Subject: World

Munster, Sebastian

Typus Orbis Universalis, 1540

Size: 13.5 x 10.2 inches (34.3 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Rare First Block of Munster's World Map - First Edition
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 3

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1571

Size: 19.4 x 13.3 inches (49.3 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 5

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus..., 1624

Size: 20.1 x 11.3 inches (51.1 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Plancius' World Map Surrounded by Elegant Strapwork
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 6

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1635

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map
Unsold
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 9

Subject: World

Visscher, Nicolas

Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, 1658

Size: 21.8 x 18.4 inches (55.4 x 46.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Visscher's Superb Double-Hemisphere World Map with Representations of the Elements
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 18

Subject: World

Bailleul, Nicolas

Nouvelle Mappe-Monde avec la Representation des Deux Emispheres Celestes, les Disques du Soleil, et de la Lune, et les Diferents Sentiments sur le Mouvemt. des Planetes..., 1755

Size: 28.8 x 20.6 inches (73.2 x 52.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Map Featuring Interesting Cartography in the Northwest
Sold for: $4,250
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 29

Subject: World

[Japanese Manga World Map - New Cartoon View of the World], 1924

Size: 41.6 x 28.3 inches (105.7 x 71.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map Published After WWI
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 48

Subject: Moon

[On 9 Sheets - Polnaya Karta Luny], 1967

Size: 26.5 x 17.3 inches (67.3 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Spectacular 9-Sheet Soviet Lunar Map
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 202, Lot 57

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the World Wide Web - The World Wide Web Business and Beyond, 1995

Size: 36.5 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Scarce Map of the Early World Wide Web
Unsold
Closed on 2/12/2025

Auction 201, Lot 20

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1811

Size: 25.4 x 19 inches (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 30

Subject: World

Dudley Chase, Ernest

Peace Map of the World United - A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications from Jonah to the Jet Plane as Paths to Permanent Peace, 1945

Size: 35.3 x 14.9 inches (89.7 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Rare Pictorial Map Promoting Unity after World War II
Sold for: $550
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 201, Lot 37

Subject: North Pole

Pitt, Moses

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

Size: 23 x 18.1 inches (58.4 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Beautiful English Map of the North Pole in Full Contemporary Color
Unsold
Closed on 11/20/2024

Auction 200, Lot 1

Subject: World

Fine, Oronce

Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio, 1531

Size: 16.6 x 11.5 inches (42.2 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $50,000 - $60,000
Rare First Edition of Double-Cordiform World Map with First Reference to Magellan's Voyage
Sold for: $35,000
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 200, Lot 2

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: $27,500 - $35,000
Rare Medieval Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine
Unsold
Closed on 10/10/2024

Auction 199, Lot 13

Subject: World

Moll, Herman

A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations, 1730

Size: 38.3 x 22.3 inches (97.3 x 56.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500
Moll's Large-Scale Double-Hemisphere World Map
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 27

Subject: World

[Japanese Manga World Map - New Cartoon View of the World], 1924

Size: 41.6 x 28.3 inches (105.7 x 71.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map Published After WWI
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 50

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Northern Africa, Western Turkey

Ptolemy/Sylvanus

[Secunda Africae Tabula / Quarta Africae Tabula / Prima Asiae Tabula / Prima Africae Tabula], 1511

Size: 21.3 x 16.1 inches (54.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Venice Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 199, Lot 54

Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Internet

Road Map to the World Wide Web - The World Wide Web Business and Beyond, 1995

Size: 36.5 x 24 inches (92.7 x 61 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Scarce Map of the Early World Wide Web
Unsold
Closed on 9/11/2024

Auction 198, Lot 3

Subject: World

Hondius, Henricus

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1641

Size: 21.5 x 15 inches (54.6 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $11,000
Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 4

Subject: World

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1642

Size: 21.4 x 16.1 inches (54.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000
Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 6/19/2024

Auction 198, Lot 19

Subject: World

Nolin/Denis

Mappe-Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques les Plus Recentes..., 1811

Size: 25.4 x 19 inches (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Unsold
Closed on 6/19/2024
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