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Auction 196, Lot 4

Subject: World

Ortelius, Abraham

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572

Size: 19.6 x 13.4 inches (49.8 x 34 cm)
Estimate: $7,000 - $8,500
Ortelius' Famous World Map - First Plate
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 5

Subject: World

Plancius, Petrus

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus, 1592

Size: 20.3 x 11.3 inches (51.6 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare Second State
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 8

Subject: World

Hondius/Le Clerc

Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio, 1633

Size: 20.3 x 13.1 inches (51.6 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Le Clerc's Decorative World Map Engraved by Hondius
Sold for: $7,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 10

Subject: World

Danckerts, Family

Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro in Plurimis Emendatus. Auctus et Icunculis Illustratus, 1658

Size: 18.4 x 12.1 inches (46.7 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Unusual and Rare Oval Dutch Bible Map of the World
Sold for: $8,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 29

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..., 1817

Size: 25.4 x 18.8 inches (64.5 x 47.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
An Interesting Combination of Old and New Cartography with Superb Embellishments
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 42

Subject: Ancient World

Schedel, Hartmann

Secunda Etas Mundi, 1493

Size: 17.2 x 12.3 inches (43.7 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $12,000 - $14,000
Schedel's Ancient World Map
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 59

Subject: Celestial, Atlases

Bode, Johann Elert

Vorstellung der Gestirne auf XXXIV Kupfertafeln nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteadschen Himmelsatlas..., 1782

Size: 11.2 x 8.6 inches (28.4 x 21.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Later Edition of Fortin/Flamsteed Atlas with 34 Star Charts
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 63

Subject: Armillary Sphere

Anon.

[Armillary Sphere], 1800

Size: 14.3 x 22.4 inches (36.3 x 56.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Attractive French Armillary Sphere
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 77

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1573

Size: 20 x 14.5 inches (50.8 x 36.8 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,000
Rare First Plate of Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World
Sold for: $9,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 78

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Speed, John

America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged, 1626

Size: 20.3 x 15.6 inches (51.6 x 39.6 cm)
Estimate: $4,750 - $6,000
Speed's Popular Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas
Sold for: $4,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 85

Subject: Western Hemisphere - America

Leth, Andries & Hendrik de

[On 2 Sheets] Carte Nouvelle de la Mer du Sud, Dressee par Ordre des Principaux Directeurs, & Tiree des Memoires les Plus Recents et des Relations des Navigateurs les Plus Modernes..., 1740

Size: 17.6 x 23.1 inches (44.7 x 58.7 cm)
Estimate: $14,000 - $17,000
De Leth's Extraordinary Map of the Americas and the Oceans in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $17,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 123

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Norumbega et Virginia, 1597

Size: 11.6 x 9.1 inches (29.5 x 23.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important, Early Map of the East Coast with Mythical City
Sold for: $3,750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 127

Subject: Alaska & Western Canada

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian, 1607

Size: 11.6 x 9.3 inches (29.5 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Early and Imaginary Map of Alaska and the Northwest Passage
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 140

Subject: United States, Aviation

Aviation Panorama - A Pictorial History of American Aviation, 1943

Size: 22 x 16.9 inches (55.9 x 42.9 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
World War II-Era Map Highlighting the History of American Aviation
Sold for: $550
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 147

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States, Revolutionary War

Brion de la Tour, Louis

Carte du Theatre de la Guerre Entre les Anglais et les Americains: Dressee d'Apres les Cartes Anglaises les Plus Modernes, 1778

Size: 20.4 x 29.9 inches (51.8 x 75.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Important Map Depicting Tipping Point of Revolutionary War
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 152

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Blaeu, Willem

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1642

Size: 18.9 x 14.8 inches (48 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
One of the Most Important 17th Century Maps of the Chesapeake Bay in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $8,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 153

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Homann, Johann Baptist

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum Industria Excultae, 1714

Size: 23 x 19.3 inches (58.4 x 49 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Map Created to Promote German Immigration to the New World
Sold for: $1,100
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 154

Subject: Colonial 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, 1755

Size: 25.4 x 19.1 inches (64.5 x 48.5 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
An Essential Map of Virginia and Maryland
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 161

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Moxon/Ogilby

A New Discription of Carolina by Order of the Lords Proprietors, 1673

Size: 21.4 x 16.5 inches (54.4 x 41.9 cm)
Estimate: $9,000 - $11,000
Ogilby's Scarce and Influential First Lords Proprietors Map
Sold for: $6,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 162

Subject: Colonial Southeastern United States

Thornton, Morden & Lea

A New Map of Carolina, 1685

Size: 17.8 x 21.5 inches (45.2 x 54.6 cm)
Estimate: $25,000 - $30,000
Rare First State of Important Early Map of the Carolinas
Sold for: $25,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 166

Subject: Southeastern United States

Laurie & Whittle

A New Chart of the Coast of North America from Port Royal Entrance to Matanza Inlet Exhibiting the Coast of Georgia &c., 1809

Size: 20.5 x 28.4 inches (52.1 x 72.1 cm)
Estimate: $4,000 - $4,750
Rare Chart of the Coastline of Georgia
Sold for: $9,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 169

Subject: Colonial Southern United States

Gerritsz/De Laet

Florida, et Regiones Vicinae, 1640

Size: 14.1 x 11.1 inches (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,750
De Laet's Important Map of the South
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 194

Subject: Southwestern United States

Bancroft, A.L. & Company

Bancroft's Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, 1871

Size: 33.1 x 30.3 inches (84.1 x 77 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
From the Greatest Map Publisher of the Pacific Coast
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 205

Subject: San Francisco, California

Map of San Francisco Showing Principal Streets and Places of Interest, 1927

Size: 32.3 x 25.9 inches (82 x 65.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
"One of the Most Ambitious of the Early Pictorial Maps"
Sold for: $2,400
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 226

Subject: Florida, Natives

Le Moyne/De Bry

[Grands Voyages, Vol. II] Brevis Narratio Eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia..., 1609

Size: 9.6 x 14.3 inches (24.4 x 36.3 cm)
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,250
Complete Set of De Bry's Native Floridians from Part II
Sold for: $2,500
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 228

Subject: Colonial Georgia

[2 Volumes] A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737..., 1742

Size: 5.3 x 8.1 inches (13.5 x 20.6 cm)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Important Overview of the Colony of Georgia with Only 70 Copies Printed
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 261

Subject: Pennsylvania

Barnes, R. L.

Map of Pennsylvania, Constructed from the County Surveys Authorized by the State; and Other Original Documents, Revised and Improved..., 1850

Size: 74.6 x 50.4 inches (189.5 x 128 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Melish's Epic Map of the State - Updated by William Morris
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 265

Subject: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Civil War

Bachelder, John B.

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault, 1876

Size: 35 x 14.4 inches (88.9 x 36.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,700
Stunning View of Pickett's Charge
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 274

Subject: Virginia, Railroads

Bucholtz, Ludwig von

A Map of the Rail Roads of Virginia Prepared Under the Direction of the Board of Public Works, 1858

Size: 34.6 x 23.3 inches (87.9 x 59.2 cm)
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Rare Railroad Map of Virginia - Bucholtz’s Earliest Work
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 283

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico

Wytfliet, Cornelis

Granata Nova et California, 1597

Size: 11.4 x 9.1 inches (29 x 23.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
First Printed Map to Focus on California and the Southwest
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 285

Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico, California

Fer, Nicolas de

Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique, est Tiree de Celle qui a ete Envoyee par un Grand d'Espagne pour etre Communiquee a Mrs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1705

Size: 13.5 x 8.9 inches (34.3 x 22.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
De Fer's Important Map of the Island of California
Sold for: $800
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 302

Subject: Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean, Florida

Bry, Theodore de

[Western Half - Occidentalis Americae Partis, vel, Earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus Primu Detexit Tabula Chorographicae Multorum Auctorum Scriptis...], 1594

Size: 8.6 x 13.1 inches (21.8 x 33.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Western Portion of De Bry's Superb Map of the Southeastern US, Caribbean & Northern South America
Sold for: $1,900
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 360

Subject: Bermuda

Speed, John

Mappa Aestivarum Insularum Alias Bermudas Dictarum... / A Mapp of the Sommer Islands Once Called the Bermudas..., 1626

Size: 20.8 x 15.8 inches (52.8 x 40.1 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Speed's Foundation Map of Bermuda
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 363

Subject: Iceland

Ortelius, Abraham

Islandia, 1585

Size: 19.4 x 13.3 inches (49.3 x 33.8 cm)
Estimate: $9,500 - $12,000
One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps
Sold for: $8,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 366

Subject: Europe

Munster, Sebastian

[Europa Regina], 1588

Size: 6.5 x 10.2 inches (16.5 x 25.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
Famous Cartographic Oddity of Europe in the Shape of a Woman
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 367

Subject: Europe

Blaeu, Willem

Europa Recens Descripta, 1635

Size: 22.1 x 16.3 inches (56.1 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Europe
Sold for: $1,800
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 448

Subject: France

Jode, Cornelis de

Galliae Amplissimi Regni Tabula, 1593

Size: 17.8 x 12.1 inches (45.2 x 30.7 cm)
Estimate: $950 - $1,200
Rare Map of France
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 452

Subject: France, Atlases

Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Coup d'Oeil General sur la France..., 1765

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $900 - $1,100
Early Thematic Atlas
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 561

Subject: Southern Italy, Phlegraean Fields

Duchetti, Claudio

Explicatio Aliquot Locorum quae Puteolis Spectantur, 1586

Size: 20.1 x 15.3 inches (51.1 x 38.9 cm)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,100
Rare, Early Archaeological Map of Phlegraean Fields
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 568

Subject: Malta

Wit, Frederick de

Insula Malta Accuratissime Delineata, Urbibus, et Fortalitiis, 1690

Size: 21.3 x 17.4 inches (54.1 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,300
One of the Most Decorative 17th Century Maps of Malta in Full Contemporary Color
Sold for: $750
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 605

Subject: Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Asiae Nova Descriptio, 1572

Size: 19.8 x 14.8 inches (50.3 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Rare First Plate of Ortelius' Important Map of Asia
Sold for: $900
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 607

Subject: Asia

Wit, Frederick de

Asiae Nova Descriptio, 1670

Size: 21.9 x 17.4 inches (55.6 x 44.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
De Wit's Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia
Sold for: $2,300
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 626

Subject: China & Korea

Sanson/Mariette

La Chine Royaume..., 1656

Size: 21.1 x 16.3 inches (53.6 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
Important Jesuit Map of China
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 630

Subject: Japan & Korea

Botero, Giovanni

Iaponia Regnum, 1596

Size: 8.3 x 5.8 inches (21.1 x 14.7 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,400
Rare First Derivative of Ortelius/Teixeira Map of Japan
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 634

Subject: Southeast Asia

Ptolemy/Fries

India Orientalis, 1535

Size: 17 x 12.3 inches (43.2 x 31.2 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
First Printed Map to Focus on Indochina and the East Indies
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 649

Subject: Southern & Southeast Asia

Ortelius, Abraham

Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, 1592

Size: 19.6 x 13.7 inches (49.8 x 34.8 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
Ortelius' Important Map of Southeast Asia in Contemporary Color
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 650

Subject: Southern & Southeast Asia

Blaeu, Willem

India quae Orientalis Dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes, 1640

Size: 19.8 x 16.3 inches (50.3 x 41.4 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $1,900
The First Popular Map to Show European Discoveries in Australia
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 659

Subject: Africa

Picart, Nicolas

Africa Nova Tabula, 1659

Size: 21.7 x 16.1 inches (55.1 x 40.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Rare Cartes-a-Figures Map of Africa
Sold for: $1,400
Closed on 2/7/2024

Auction 196, Lot 727

Subject: Prints - Politics

United States Senate Chamber, 1848

Size: 36.3 x 26.9 inches (92.2 x 68.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
Striking Mezzotint of the Senate Chamber in the 1830s
Unsold
Closed on 2/7/2024
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