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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

Auction 179, Lot 67

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1587

Size: 18.9 x 13.8 inches (48 x 35.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 68

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Gastaldi/Ramusio

Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata, 1606

Size: 10.4 x 10.5 inches (26.4 x 26.7 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
First Printed Map to Reflect Coronado's Explorations in the Southwest
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 69

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Mercator, Michael

America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem in Compendium Redacta, 1606

Size: 18.1 x 14.4 inches (46 x 36.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas - in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 71

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Blaeu, Willem

Americae Nova Tabula, 1660

Size: 21.4 x 16 inches (54.4 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Rare Example of Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas with Blank Verso
Sold for: $3,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 78

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Desnos, Louis Charles

L'Amerique Meridionale et Septentrionale Dressee sur les Nouvles Decouvtes et Dernieres Relations des Meilleurs Navigateurs..., 1760

Size: 27.3 x 18.9 inches (69.3 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Highly Decorative Map of the Americas with Large Sea of the West
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 93

Subject: North America

Laurie & Whittle

[On 4 Sheets] A New Map of North America; with the West India Islands. Divided According to the Preliminary Articles of Peace, Signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783..., 1794

Size: 45.6 x 19.9 inches (115.8 x 50.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Important Large Map of North America Featuring the Young United States
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 108

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies

Homann, Johann Baptist

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula, 1720

Size: 22.3 x 18.7 inches (56.6 x 47.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America in the Era of the War of the Spanish Succession
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 129

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada

Popple/Covens & Mortier

Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique ou sont Exactement Marquees la Nouvelle Bretagne, le Canada ou Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Ecosse, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle York, la Pensilvanie..., 1741

Size: 20.6 x 22.5 inches (52.3 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Northeastern Sheet of the Reduced-Size Edition of Popple's Map
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 146

Subject: United States

Bootlegger's Map of the United States, 1926

Size: 33.8 x 21.3 inches (85.9 x 54.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
McCandlish's Humorous Prohibition Map
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 162

Subject: Eastern United States

Darby, William

A Map of the United States Including Louisiana, 1817

Size: 22.5 x 18.2 inches (57.2 x 46.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Unrecorded State Prior to the Addition of Louisiana
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 164

Subject: Eastern United States

Melish, John

United States of America Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities, 1818

Size: 19.5 x 16.1 inches (49.5 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,300
Early & Separately Issued Version of Melish's Important Map
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 171

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1634

Size: 19.9 x 15.3 inches (50.5 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Important Map of Colonial New England and the Mid-Atlantic - First Edition
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 172

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Jansson, Jan

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1646

Size: 19.9 x 15.3 inches (50.5 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast - in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 174

Subject: Colonial New England United States

Smith, John (Capt.)

New England die Mercklichsten Dheile..., 1617

Size: 13.6 x 11.5 inches (34.5 x 29.2 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
German Edition of Capt. John Smith's Foundation Map of New England
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 177

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic & Southeast United States

Sartine

Carte Reduite des Cotes Orientales de l'Amerique Septentrionale Contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-land, la Virginie, la Caroline Septentrionale, la Caroline Meridionale et la Georgie..., 1778

Size: 34.3 x 23.1 inches (87.1 x 58.7 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Important Revolutionary War-Era Sea Chart of the Colonial Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 179

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Homann, Johann Baptist

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum Industria Excultae Repraesentatae, 1730

Size: 22.8 x 19.2 inches (57.9 x 48.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Map Created to Promote German Immigration to the New World
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 181

Subject: Colonial Delaware Bay

Dury, Andrew

A Chart of Delaware Bay and River, Containing a Full and Exact Description of the Shores, Creeks, Harbours, Soundings, Shoals, Sands and Bearings of the Most Considerable Land Marks..., 1776

Size: 27.3 x 18 inches (69.3 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
Early Revolutionary War Chart of the Delaware Bay
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 188

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Depot de la Marine

Carte d'une Partie des Cotes de la Floride et de la Louisiane... [on sheet with] Carte Reduite des Cotes et de l'Interieur de la Presqu'ile de la Floride, avec le Detroit de Cette Presqu'ile et le Canal de Bahama, 1778-80

Size: 34.3 x 23 inches (87.1 x 58.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Two Important Revolutionary War Charts
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 290

Subject: Colonial South Carolina, Charleston

Sanson/Mortier

Carte Particuliere de la Caroline Dresse sur les Memoires le Plus Nouveaux, 1700

Size: 23.5 x 18.9 inches (59.7 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Foundation Map of South Carolina - First State
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 334

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Carta Esferica del Reyno de Mexico y Parte de la America Setentrional... [in] Descubrimiento y Conquista de la America, o Compendio de la Historia General del Nuevo Mundo...(Vol 2), 1817

Size: 17.8 x 12.4 inches (45.2 x 31.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
A Scarce Spanish Map of the Southwest
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 336

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes &c., 1847

Size: 23.6 x 32 inches (59.9 x 81.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Mitchell's Mexican-American War Map
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 373

Subject: Gulf of Mexico

Depot de la Marine

[Lot of 2] Carte Reduite de la Partie Septentrionale du Golfe du Mexique Depuis Laguna Madre Jusqu'a la Cote de la Floride... [and] Carte Reduite de la Partie Meridionale du Golfe du Mexique Depuis le Cap Catoche Jusqu'a Laguna Madre..., 1826

Size: 35.2 x 22.8 inches (89.4 x 57.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Rare Two-Sheet Map of Gulf of Mexico Based on Spanish Sources
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 374

Subject: Caribbean & Northern South America

Popple/Covens & Mortier

Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique ou sont Exactement Marquees les Iles de Bermude la Iamaique, Saint Domingue, les Antilles, la Terre Ferme, &c., 1741

Size: 20.7 x 22.5 inches (52.6 x 57.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Southeastern Sheet of the Reduced-Size Edition of Popple's Map
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 409

Subject: South America, Atlases

Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume

Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique, Politique, Statistique et Mineralogique ... Cinquieme Partie. - Amer. Merid., 1827

Size: 15 x 21.6 inches (38.1 x 54.9 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,500
Vandermaelen's Remarkable Atlas of South America
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 420

Subject: Brazil

Santa Teresa, J. J. de

Il Regno del Brasile Parte Nobilissima del Mondo Nuovo..., 1698

Size: 22.8 x 17.7 inches (57.9 x 45 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
A Rare Map of Brazil from the Santa Teresa
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 425

Subject: Central South America

Mappa Paraquariae in Multis a me Correcta..., 1784

Size: 13.7 x 16.9 inches (34.8 x 42.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Rare Jesuit Map Published after Suppression of Society of Jesus
Sold for: $900
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 435

Subject: Western South America

Frezier, Amedee Francois

Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux Cotes du Chily et du Perou..., 1716

Size: 7.7 x 9.9 inches (19.6 x 25.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
First Edition of Frezier's Work on South America with 24 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 458

Subject: Europe, World War I

Het Gekkenhuis (Oud Liedje, Nieuwe Wijs), 1914

Size: 20.4 x 15.8 inches (51.8 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
Rare Dutch Satirical Map of World War I
Sold for: $550
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 464

Subject: Britain, Atlas

Camden, William

Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland..., 1610

Size: 9 x 13.3 inches (22.9 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,500
1610 Edition of Camden's Britannia with 57 Maps by Kip and Hole
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 478

Subject: London, England

Braun & Hogenberg

A Plan of London Westmr. and Southwark wth ye Rivr Thames as They Were Survey'd and Publish't by Authority..., 1708

Size: 19.1 x 13.1 inches (48.5 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Fourth State of Braun & Hogenberg's Plan of London
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 483

Subject: England, Wales, & France

A New Map of England & France / The French Invasion; - or - John Bull, Bombarding the Bum-Boats, 1851

Size: 9.8 x 12.9 inches (24.9 x 32.8 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $950
Caricature Map Spoofing British/French Relations
Sold for: $450
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 600

Subject: Russia in Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Tabula Russiae ex Autographo, quod Delineandum Curavit Foedor Filius Tzaris Boris Desumpta ... M.DC.XIIII, 1634

Size: 21.6 x 16.8 inches (54.9 x 42.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Blaeu's Decorative Map of Russia
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 621

Subject: Southern Greece

Wit, Frederick de

Peloponnesus Hodie Moreae Regnum, Distincte Divisum, in Omnes suas Provincias..., 1690

Size: 29.9 x 19.7 inches (75.9 x 50 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
A Spectacular Map of Peloponessos
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 654

Subject: Malta

Wit, Frederick de

Insula Malta Accuratissime Delineata, Urbibus, et Fortalitiis, 1680

Size: 21.1 x 17.4 inches (53.6 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
One of the Most Decorative 18th Century Maps of Malta
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 655

Subject: Malta

Beaulieu, Sebastian de Pontault

Carte et Plan de l'Isle de Malthe et des Villes et Forts avec les Nouvelles Fortiffications Ainsy quelle sont Apresent, 1680

Size: 21.2 x 17.5 inches (53.8 x 44.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Rare and Decorative Map of Malta
Sold for: $700
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 691

Subject: Holy Land

Dapper, Olivier

[On 6 sheets] Dimida Tribus Manasse ... [and] Tribus Ruben, et Gad ... [and] Pars Maxima Tribus Iuda ... [and] Tribus Aser ... [and] Tribuum Ephraim ... [and] Tribus Simeon …, 1677

Size: See Description
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Impressive 6-Sheet Wall Map of the Holy Land
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 725

Subject: Asia

Wit, Frederick de

Asiae Nova Descriptio, 1660

Size: 22.1 x 17.4 inches (56.1 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
De Wit's Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 9/16/2020

Auction 179, Lot 739

Subject: China, Korea & Japan

Mercator/Hondius

China, 1613

Size: 18.1 x 13.4 inches (46 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Hondius' Map of China, Korea, and Japan in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/16/2020
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