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Auction 181, Lot 1

Subject: World

Honter, Jon Coronensis

Universalis Cosmographia, 1546

Size: 6.4 x 4.8 inches (16.3 x 12.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Honter's Heart-Shaped Map of the World
Sold for: $850
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 2

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572

Size: 19.5 x 13.2 inches (49.5 x 33.5 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $6,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 3

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
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 5

Subject: World

[On 2 Sheets] Novum Orbis Terrarum Schema, in Plano sic Descriptum, ut Graduum tum Circa Polos Dilatatio, tum Circa Aequatorem Coarctatio Excludatur..., 1628

Size: 10.6 x 11.1 inches (26.9 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
World Map on Gores in an Unusual Projection
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 39

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: $1,500 - $1,800
Impressive Chart Popularizing Isaac Newton's Ideas
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 55

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
Sold for: $2,200
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 57

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Hondius, Henricus

America Noviter Delineata, 1631

Size: 19.6 x 14.8 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Hondius' Decorative Map of the Americas in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 59

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Allard, Carel

Recentissima Novi Orbis, sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Tabula , 1697

Size: 23.2 x 19.7 inches (58.9 x 50 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Allard's Elaborate Map of the Western Hemisphere
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 62

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Aa, Pieter van der

Nouvelle Carte de l'Amerique, avec tous ses Royaumes, Etats, Iles, Ports, Bayes et Rivieres, Dressee Suivant les Plus Nouvelles Decouvertes par les Habiles Geographes..., 1720

Size: 21 x 16.9 inches (53.3 x 42.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Uncommon Map with Interesting Geographical Myths
Sold for: $800
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 69

Subject: Colonial North America

Hondius/Jansson

America Septentrionalis, 1645

Size: 21.6 x 18.3 inches (54.9 x 46.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California - Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 84

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: 22.4 x 18.7 inches (56.9 x 47.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America in the Era of the War of the Spanish Succession
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 85

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies

Popple, Henry

[Index Sheet] America Septentrionalis [or] A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements Adjacent Thereto, 1733

Size: 19.3 x 20 inches (49 x 50.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Index Sheet for Popple's Map
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 86

Subject: Colonial Eastern North America & West Indies; North American Cities

Popple/Covens & Mortier

Les Principales Forteresses Ports &c. de l'Amerique Septentrionale, 1740

Size: 23.9 x 19 inches (60.7 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Sheet of North American Cities from the Reduced-Size Edition of Popple's Map
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 102

Subject: Eastern United States & Canada

Gastaldi, Giacomo

Tierra Nueva, 1548

Size: 6.7 x 4.9 inches (17 x 12.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
The First Published Map Devoted to the East Coast of North America
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 104

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Homann, Johann Baptist

Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae a R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali Anno 1687..., 1720

Size: 22.9 x 19.1 inches (58.2 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Striking Map of Colonial America with Bison Vignette
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 105

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States & Canada

Palairet, Jean

Carte des Possessions Angloises & Francoises du Continent de l'Amerique Septentrionale, 1755

Size: 22.7 x 16.3 inches (57.7 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Important Map of French and English Territorial Claims at the Outset of the French & Indian War
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 113

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada

Gastaldi/Ramusio

La Nuova Francia, 1606

Size: 14.6 x 10.6 inches (37.1 x 26.9 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
The First Printed Map to Focus on New England and New France
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 114

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada

Visscher, Nicolas

[Lot of 2] Nova Tabula Geographica Complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem... [and] Carte Nouvelle Contenant la Partie d'Amerique la Plus Septentrionale, ou sont Exactement Decrites les Provinces..., 1696

Size: 18.6 x 23.3 inches (47.2 x 59.2 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
Very Rare First State in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 115

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada, Great Lakes

Delisle, Guillaume

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes qui y ont ete Faites Dressee sur Plusieurs Observations et sur un Grand Nombre de Relations Imprimees ou Manuscrites, 1703

Size: 25.6 x 19.6 inches (65 x 49.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Delisle's Seminal Map of Canada and the Great Lakes
Sold for: $850
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 140

Subject: Colonial Eastern United States

Delisle, Guillaume

Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Dressee sur un Grand Nombre de Memoires Entrautres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire, 1718

Size: 25.3 x 19.1 inches (64.3 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
A Foundation Map for the Mississippi Valley and the First Appearance of Texas on a Printed Map
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 146

Subject: Eastern United States

Arrowsmith, Aaron, Sr.

[On 4 Sheets] A Map of the United States of North America Drawn from a Number of Critical Researches, 1802

Size: 27.8 x 24.3 inches (70.6 x 61.7 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Arrowsmith's Large-Format Map Used by Lewis & Clark
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 153

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Jansson, Jan

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia, 1639

Size: 19.8 x 15.3 inches (50.3 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Jansson's Influential Map of the East Coast
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 154

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Blaeu, (Family)

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova, 1640

Size: 19.8 x 15.1 inches (50.3 x 38.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,900 - $2,200
Important Map of Colonial New England and the Mid-Atlantic
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 156

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Speed/Lamb

A Map of New England and New York, 1676

Size: 19.5 x 14.8 inches (49.5 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
"Speed" Map of New England
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 157

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: $7,500 - $9,000
German Edition of Capt. John Smith's Foundation Map of New England
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 159

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: $1,700 - $2,000
Map Created to Promote German Immigration to the New World
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 162

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: 25.3 x 19 inches (64.3 x 48.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
An Essential Map of Virginia and Maryland
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 169

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Carte de la Louisiane par le Sr. D'Anville Dressee en Mai 1732. Publiee en 1752, 1752

Size: 36.4 x 20.4 inches (92.5 x 51.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
An Early, Detailed Depiction of the Gulf Coast
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 174

Subject: South Central United States, Arkansas

Lucas, Fielding

Arkansa Ter., 1822

Size: 11.2 x 8.2 inches (28.4 x 20.8 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Rare First State of One of the Most Desirable Maps of Arkansas Territory
Sold for: $500
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 176

Subject: Central United States

Lewis, Samuel

A Map of Part of the N:W: Territory of the United States: Compiled from Actual Surveys, and the Best Information, 1796

Size: 25.3 x 19.2 inches (64.3 x 48.8 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Early Map of Northwest Territory Depicting Several Land Grants
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 183

Subject: Mississippi River

Lloyd, James T.

Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. Compiled from Government Surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D. C., 1863

Size: 51.3 x 37 inches (130.3 x 94 cm)
Estimate: $8,000 - $9,500
Rare Civil-War Era Strip Map of the Mississippi River
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 184

Subject: Western United States

Fremont/Preuss

[Map with Report] Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 [with] Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains..., 1845

Size: 51.1 x 30.5 inches (129.8 x 77.5 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Features Fremont's Large Map of the American West
Sold for: $650
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 224

Subject: San Francisco, California

[Map in Book] Official Map of Chinatown in San Francisco [bound in] San Francisco Municpal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1884-85, Ending June 30, 1885, 1885

Size: 20.8 x 8.1 inches (52.8 x 20.6 cm)
Estimate: $750 - $900
Features a Nefarious Chinatown Map
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 233

Subject: Hollywood, California

Being a Map of Hollywood from the Best Surveys of the Time, 1926

Size: 33.4 x 24.5 inches (84.8 x 62.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Rare Map from Famed Hollywood Costume Designer and Interior Designer
Sold for: $1,300
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 240

Subject: Denver, Colorado

The Denver Republican. Festival of Mountain and Plain, 1897

Size: 17.8 x 21.7 inches (45.2 x 55.1 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Advertising Poster for Denver’s Version of Mardi Gras
Sold for: $275
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 253

Subject: Chicago, Illinois

A Map of Chicago's Gangland from Authentic Sources Designed to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue in Young Persons and Graphically Portray the Evils and Sin of Large Cities, 1931

Size: 27.4 x 22.1 inches (69.6 x 56.1 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $18,000
Rare Pictorial Map of Chicago Gang Wars During Prohibition
Sold for: $10,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 260

Subject: Boston, Massachusetts

Dury, Andrew

A Plan of Boston, and Its Environs. Shewing the True Situation of His Majesty's Army. And Also Those of the Rebels. Drawn by an Engineer at Boston. Octr. 1775, 1776

Size: 25.4 x 18 inches (64.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $24,000 - $28,000
Important Revolutionary War Plan from British Perspective in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $20,500
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 265

Subject: New York City, New York

Lodge, John

Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the County Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge, Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands..., 1781

Size: 9.5 x 16.5 inches (24.1 x 41.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Uncommon Revolutionary War Map of the Vicinity of New York
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 282

Subject: Texas

Kemble, W.

Texas. In 1836, 1846

Size: 9.3 x 8.3 inches (23.6 x 21.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Republic of Texas with Land Grants
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 306

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico, Texas

Arrowsmith, John

Mexico, 1842

Size: 23.6 x 18.9 inches (59.9 x 48 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
Features the Republic of Texas in its Largest Configuration
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 308

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Map of Mexico, Texas, Old and New California, and Yucatan. Showing the Principal Cities and Towns, Travelling Routes &c., 1847

Size: 23.6 x 17.3 inches (59.9 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
A Rare Commercial Map Capitalizing on Interest in the American Southwest
Sold for: $1,700
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 316

Subject: Western United States & Mexico, Gold

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Map of California, Oregon, Texas, and the Territories Adjoining with Routes &c., 1849

Size: 18 x 20.6 inches (45.7 x 52.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Colton's Scarce Map Depicting the Gold Region of California
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 333

Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean

Fer, Nicolas de

Le Golfe de Mexique, et les Provinces et Isles qui l'Environe Comme sont la Floride au Nord, le Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne a l'Ouest la Terre-Ferme au Sud, le Is. Antilles, Lucayes, St. Domingue et Jamaique a l'Est..., 1717

Size: 23.8 x 18.1 inches (60.5 x 46 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
De Fer's Scarce Map of the Gulf of Mexico with Florida as a Peninsula
Sold for: $875
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 334

Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean, Texas

Popple, Henry

[Lot of 2 - A Map of the British Empire in America (Sheets 9 & 13) - Texas, Louisiana, & Mexico], 1733

Size: 26 x 19.3 inches (66 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Popple's Epic Map - Gulf Coast Sheets
Sold for: $1,750
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 373

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: $2,500 - $3,250
First Edition of Frezier's Work on South America with 24 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 375

Subject: Peru & Ecuador

Sinopsis Ilustrada de las Operaciones en el Norte por "Bems", 1941

Size: 25.8 x 18 inches (65.5 x 45.7 cm)
Estimate: $500 - $700
Map Illustrating the Peru-Ecuador War of July 1941
Sold for: $350
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 390

Subject: Iceland

Homann Heirs

Insulae Islandiae Delineatio, Prout haec Solenni Mensurandi Negotio sub Auspiciis Potentissimi Regis Daniae Facto..., 1761

Size: 23.2 x 17.7 inches (58.9 x 45 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $850
A Cartographic Milestone - Scientific Mapping of Iceland
Sold for: $400
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 394

Subject: Europe

Hondius/Jansson

Nova Europae Descriptio, 1638

Size: 21.8 x 16.1 inches (55.4 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Jansson's Rare and Beautiful Carte-a-Figures Map of Europe
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 397

Subject: Europe

Renard/De Wit

Totius Europae Littora Novissime Edita. Pascaert Vertoonende Alle de See-Custen van Europa, 1715

Size: 34.3 x 19.3 inches (87.1 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Decorative Sea Chart of Europe with Greenland
Unsold
Closed on 2/10/2021

Auction 181, Lot 406

Subject: Eastern England

Saxton, Christopher

Suffolciae Comitatus Continens in se Oppida Mercatoria 25 Pagos et Villas 464 una cum Singulis Hundredis & Fluminibus in Eodem Vera Descriptio, 1575

Size: 18.9 x 13.1 inches (48 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,300 - $2,750
Scarce Map from Saxton's First National Atlas in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $3,000
Closed on 2/10/2021
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