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Auction 140, Lot 2

Subject: Title Pages

Strada, Famiamo, S.J.

[Leo Belgicus] Verduytscht door Guilliam van Aelst Den. I. Druck, 1645

Size: 3.5 x 5 inches (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,100
Sold for: $700
Closed on 5/23/2012

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

Auction 140, Lot 68

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Boisseau, Jean

America Noviter Delineata, 1636

Size: 19.8 x 15 inches (50.3 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,250
Rare Boisseau Edition of Hondius' Famous Map of the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 69

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Anon.

America Noviter Delineata Auct: Judoco Hondio, 1659

Size: 21.5 x 16.2 inches (54.6 x 41.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,500
Very Rare Derivative of Hondius' Map of the Americas
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 79

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1587

Size: 19.3 x 14 inches (49 x 35.6 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000
Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 85

Subject: North America

Delisle, Guillaume

L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences…, 1700

Size: 23.8 x 18 inches (60.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Delisle's Foundation Map of North America
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 87

Subject: North America

Moll, Herman

A New Map of the North Parts of America Claimed by France under ye Names of Louisiana, Mississipi, Canada and New France with ye Adjoyning Territories of England and Spain, 1720

Size: 39.8 x 24.3 inches (101.1 x 61.7 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
First State of Moll's Map of North America
Sold for: $5,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 109

Subject: Colonial United States and Canada - Great Lakes

Sanson, Nicolas

Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c., 1656

Size: 21.5 x 15.8 inches (54.6 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Keystone Map for Great Lakes Collections
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 117

Subject: Colonial Northeast and Quebec

Sayer & Bennett

The Provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with Part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland…, 1776

Size: 20.5 x 53 inches (52.1 x 134.6 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Thomas Jefferys' Important Revolutionary War Period Map
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 123

Subject: Eastern Canada & United States

Poilly, N.J.B.

Carte des Colonies Anglaises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale Terminee par la Re. Ohio, 1756

Size: 18.3 x 14.5 inches (46.5 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
An Important French Map Illustrating the Theater of the French and Indian War
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 152

Subject: Colonial New England and Mid-Atlantic

Jansson, Jan

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia, 1636

Size: 20 x 15.3 inches (50.8 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,000
Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 157

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic

Hondius/Blaeu

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1642

Size: 19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
One of the Most Important 17th Century Maps of the Chesapeake Bay
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 160

Subject: Mid-Atlantic United States

Robert de Vaugondy, Didier

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland Dressee sur la Grande Carte Angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson…, 1793

Size: 25.5 x 19.3 inches (64.8 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500
An Essential Map of Virginia and Maryland
Sold for: $2,100
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 170

Subject: Colonial Southeast & Bahamas

Seligmann, Johann Michael

Carolinae Floridae nec non Insularum Bahamensium…, 1755

Size: 23 x 16.8 inches (58.4 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Very Scarce and Important Map of the Southeastern United States
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 206

Subject: Southwestern United States

Macomb, J. N. (Col.)

Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859…, 1876

Size: 9.5 x 12 inches (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Sold for: $950
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 225

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Good, J.

Plan of the City of Washington, 1793

Size: 10.5 x 9.5 inches (26.7 x 24.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
Early British Version of the Thackara & Vallance DC Map
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 232

Subject: Southern Florida, Bahamas, Cuba

Faden, William

A Chart of the Gulf of Florida or New Bahama Channel, Commonly Called the Gulf Passage…, 1794

Size: 29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
A Magnificent and Rare Chart of Southern Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba
Sold for: $4,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 237

Subject: Hawaii

Cook, James (Capt.)

Chart of the Sandwich Islands, 1785

Size: 18.3 x 11 inches (46.5 x 27.9 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
The First Printed Map of Hawaii
Sold for: $700
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 251

Subject: Tennessee

Carey, Mathew

The State of Tennessee, 1814

Size: 20.8 x 9.8 inches (52.8 x 24.9 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Carey's Early Map of Tennessee
Sold for: $650
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 285

Subject: New York City, New York

Currier & Ives

The City of New York, 1870

Size: 32.8 x 22 inches (83.3 x 55.9 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Fabulous View of the Brooklyn Bridge Prior to its Completion
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 300

Subject: Pennsylvania

Melish, John

Map of Pennsylvania, Constructed from the County Surveys Authorized by the State; and other Original Documents...Corrected & Improved to 1826, 1826

Size: 73.5 x 42.5 inches (186.7 x 108 cm)
Estimate: $16,000 - $20,000
Melish's Greatest Published Work
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 302

Subject: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bachmann, John

Birds Eye View of Philadelphia, 1850

Size: 27.8 x 21 inches (70.6 x 53.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500
Stunning View of Philadelphia by John Bachmann
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 306

Subject: Texas

Greenleaf, Jeremiah

Texas Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities, 1842

Size: 13 x 10.8 inches (33 x 27.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 347

Subject: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

Arrowsmith, Aaron, Sr.

[On 2 Sheets] Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America, 1810

Size: 55.1 x 23.8 inches (140 x 60.5 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
The Most Accurate Chart of the West Indies at the Beginning of the 18th Century
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 356

Subject: Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

Ottens, Reiner and Joshua

Nova Tabula Exhibens Insulas Cubam et Hispaniolam vulgo S. Domingo Dictam Insulas Lucaias seu Bahamanas ac Peninsulam Floridae…, 1740

Size: 21.3 x 17.8 inches (54.1 x 45.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 377

Subject: Northern South America

Mapa de la Provincia, y Missiones de la Compania de IHS del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, 1741

Size: 16 x 11.1 inches (40.6 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200
Sold for: $700
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 387

Subject: Brazil

Keulen, Johannes van

Pas-kaart, Van de Zee-Kusten van, Brazilia, Tusschen, C.S. Thome en I.S. Catharina…, 1682

Size: 23 x 20 inches (58.4 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,700
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 394

Subject: Salvador, Brazil

Hondius, Henricus

Aenwysinge van de Stadt Salvador, ende de Baya de Todos Los Santtos, 1624

Size: 16.5 x 11.5 inches (41.9 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
Rare contemporary view of the Dutch attack on Salvador
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 420

Subject: Bermuda

Speed, John

A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands… / Mappa Aestivarum Insularum…, 1676

Size: 20.8 x 15.8 inches (52.8 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,300 - $3,000
Unsold
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 428

Subject: Europe

Munster, Sebastian

[Europa Regina], 1588

Size: 6.5 x 10 inches (16.5 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Sold for: $850
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 430

Subject: Europe

Speed, John

Europ, and the Cheife Cities Contayned therein Described; with the Habits of Most Kingdoms Now in Use, 1626

Size: 20 x 15.5 inches (50.8 x 39.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 431

Subject: Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Europa Recens Descripta, 1645

Size: 21.8 x 16.3 inches (55.4 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Europe
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 5/23/2012

Auction 140, Lot 488

Subject: North Sea

Goos, Pieter

Pascaart van de Noort Zee Verthoonende in zich alle de Custen en havens daer rontom gelegen…, 1669

Size: 22 x 17.5 inches (55.9 x 44.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 5/23/2012
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