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1. Munster, Sebastian: (Ptolemaic View- Map of Ancient World)
Ptolemaisch General Tafel / Begreiffend Die Halbe Kugel Der Weldt ; Basel:
1540. $1275
2. Jefferys, Thomas: The Natural and Civil History of the French
Dominions in North and South America...Illustrated By Maps and Plans of
the Principal Places, Collected from the Best Authorities... ; London 1760.
$13,000 (beautiful condition; all 18 maps and charts present; full antique
panelled calf)
3. Zatta, Antonio: (Map of World- Mercator Projection): Il Mappamondo
o Sia Descrizione Generle Del Globo Ridoto in Quadro ; Venice: Antionio
Zatta, 1774. $775
4. Barclay, The Revd. James: (21 Map Atlas Intact at Rear of
Volume): A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language...An
Epitome of the History of England...A Description of...Great Britain...the
Kingdoms, States, Provinces in the Known World... ; Bungay (Suffolk): Brightly
& Childs, 1813. $850.
5. Vandermaelen, Ph.: (Map of South Africa- Cape of Good Hope;
2 Map Set): Colonie Du Cape Bonne Esperance (2 maps) ; Brussels: 1827.
$300
6. Juta, J. C. & Co. (sold By Edward Stanford): (Map of
South Africa): Juta's Map of South Africa from the Cape to the Zambesi
Compiled from the Best Available Colonial and Imperial Information Including
the Official Cape Colony Map By the Surveyor General, Cape Town, ...New
and Revised Edition ; Cape Town: J.C. Jutta & Co., 1895. $325
7. Seaton, Robert: (Folding Linen-Backed Map of Holy Land- with
companion text): Seaton's Map of Palestine, or the Holy Land, with Part
of Egypt, Compiled from Surveys Made for the French and English Governments.
; London: Admiralty of England , 1853. $675
8. Conder, C. H. and Kitchener, H. H.: (Linen Backed Maps of
Holy Land / Israel- 2 map set): Map of Western Palestine...for the Committee
of the Palestine Exploration Fund...Special Edition Illustrating...(1.
The Old Testament, The Apocrypha and Josephus 2. The New Testament...Talmud...
; London: Edward Stanford, 1882. $525
6. Danckerts, Justus: (Map / Chart of North and South America-
California as an Island)): Recentissima Novi Orbis Sive Americae Septentrionalis
et Meridionalis Tabula Per I. Danckerts..cum Privilegio. ; Amsterdam: J.
Danckerts, 1696. $2500
7. Vandermaelen, Ph.: (Map of South Africa- Hottentots; 2 Map
Set): Partie Pays Des Hottentots ; Brussels: 1827. $250
8. Sands & McDougall: (Linen-Backed City / Town Plan- Australia):
Sands & McDougall's Proprietary Limited New Map of Melbourne and Suburbs...Tramways,
Railways, Streets, Municipalities, Bowling Clubs...Revised to Date ; Melbourne:
Sands & McDougall, 1890. $375
9. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas: (Map/ Chart of Philippines- 2 Sheets;
North and South): 1. Carte Des Isles Philippines...Ire. Feuille 2. Carte
Des Isles Philippines...2e. Feuille ; Paris: Chez Didot, 1752. $475
10. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas: (Map/ Chart/ Plan- City of Nagasaki):
Plan Du Port et De La Ville De Nangasaki ; Paris: Chez Didot, 1752. $425
11. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas: (Map/ Chart/ Plan of Tokyo): Plan
De Jedo ; Paris: Chez Didot, 1752. $425
12. Vorzet, Ed. Dumas (for the Comte De Paris): (Civil War Atlas-
30 Maps, Plans): Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amérique (atlas
volume only) ; Paris: Michel Levy Freres , 1890. $2900
13. Sheridan, P.H.; Sherman, W.T. (Generals): (All 10 Maps--
Montana, Yellowstone, Bighorn): Reports of Inspection Made in the Summer
of 1877 By Generals P.H. Sheridan and W.T. Sherman of Country North of
the Union Pacific Railroad ; Government Printing Office (by Order of the
Secretary of War), 1878. $1200
14. Homann Heirs (Haas, Johann Matthias): (Map of Africa): Africa
Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae... ; Nuremberg: Homann
Heirs, 1737. $625
15. Homann Heirs: (Map / Plan Louisbourg, Quebec, Halifax- Canada):
vorstellung...Nord-America...Plan...de Louisbourg...Plan De La Ville de
Quebec...Plan of the Town of Halifax in Nova Scotia ; Nuremberg: Homann
Heirs, 1756. $800
16. Lewis, Samuel: (Maps / Charts of United Kingdom, Channel
Islands- for Lewis' Topographical Dictionary): An Atlas Containing Maps
of the Several Counties, Divided Into Unions...Islands of Guernsey, Jersey,
and Man...Map of England and Wales...A Plan of London... ; London: Samuel
Lewis & Co., 87 Hatton Garden, 1842. $695
17. Smith, Capt. John: (Map of Virginia- first American edition
of 1612 Map): Virginia ; Richmond: Franklin Press , 1819. $1275
18. Smith, Capt. John: (Engraved Vignettes of Capt. John Smith's
Adventures from "Generalle Historie of Virginia"): A Description of Part
of the Adventures of Cap. Smith in Virginia. ; Richmond: Franklin Press
, 1819. $385
19. Moll, Herman: (Map of Virginia, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay):
A New Map of Virginia, and Maryland. ; from Oldmixon's "British Empire
in America", c. 1708. $475
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Highlights of the catalogue of the Auction Sale to be held 12-13
December
Prices given are sale estimates.
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464 SMITH (CHARLES) New English Atlas...,
42 engraved maps on 46 mapsheets, all in contemporary hand-colour, folio,
C. Smith, 1804. £1,500-2,000
466 AMERICA--ROSSI (GIACOMO DE) L'America settenrionale...
Rome, 1677. California is shown as an Island. £300-400
469 ASIA--SPEED (JOHN) Asia with the Islands Adjoyning
Described... Thomas Basset, and Richard Chiswell, 1626 [but 1676, or later]
£500-600
474 BRITISH GUIANA--HILLHOUSE (WILLIAM) Map of British
Guiana... 1828. The vignettes depict: Cultivation of sugar, coffee, and
plantains, with the buildings and navigation. £700-900
480 JAPAN--ROBERT [DE VAUGONDY (GILES AND DIDIER)] L'Empire
du Japon,..., [Paris], 1750. £300-350
486 SAN FRANCISCO--[LA PEROUSE (JEAN FRANCOIS)] Plan du fort
de St. Francois... engraved chart, 490 by 325mm., [Paris, c. 1798]
£100-150
489 WORLD--VERBEIST (FERDINAND) K'oen -yu ts'iuen t'ou, twin-hemisphere
map of the world, xylographic printing, 8 sheets in all, a few repairs
to blank areas at edges, , the sheets of uneven length but each approximately
2020 by 513mm., [Beijing, 1674], but reprinted Canton, 1860.
One of the the largest twin-hemisphere world maps ever printed.
£4,000-5,000
490 WORLD--ELWE (JAN BERAND) Mappe monde... 1792 £1,200-1,500
493 WORLD--TEESDALE (HENRY) A New Chart of the World or Mercator's
Projectionhand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets, dissected into 32 sections
and mounted on linen, folding into publisher's diced calf portfolio, total
dimensions 1230 by 1870mm., Henry Teesdale, 1852. £750-850
494 WYOMING--HOLT (GEORGE L.) Holt's New Map of Wyoming. 1883.
£100-150
510 HUNGARY--[ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)] Hungariæ Descriptio.
[Antwerp, 1595, or later]
£500-700
538 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia, folio, A. Swalle, A. & J.
Churchill, 1695, 50 double-page engraved maps, sold as an atlas.
£1,800-2,200
539 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia, 51 double-page or folding maps,
contemporary calf, rebacked, 1722. £1,800-2,200
548 BRITISH ISLES--SANSON D'ABBEVILLE (NICOLAS) Les Isles Britanniques...Paris,
A.H. Jaillot, [1676, or later]. £400-600
569 IRELAND--SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of Ireland...John Sudbury,
and George Humble, 1610 [but 1626] £500-700
577 LIVERPOOL--BENNISON (JONATHAN) A Map of the Town and Port
of Liverpool, 4 sheets, dissected into 64 sections, and mounted on linen,
bright original wash and outline hand-colouring, some spotting, folding
into publisher's morocco gilt book-style slipcase, total dimension 1260
by 1750mm., Liverpool, J. Bennison, September, 1835. £700-800
578 LIVERPOOL--GAGE (MICHAEL ALEXANDER) Trigonometrical Plan
of the Town and Port of Liverpool... fine large-scale map engraved by Thomas
Starling, dissected into 36 sections, and mounted on linen, coloured in
a contemporary hand, folding into a green decorative cloth slipcae, gilt
morocco label on upper cover, total dimensions 995 by 1655mm., Liverpool.
M.A. Gage, March 1, 1836. £600-700
580 MANCHESTER--JOHNSON (WILLIAM) Plan of the Parish of Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, from a Survey in the Years 1836 and 1837, large
engraved map, fine contemporary colouring, dissected into 50 sections,
and mounted on linen, folding into defective morocco slipcase [not in Rodger],
total dimensions 1300 by 1255mm., William Johnson, 1 July, 1838 £700-900
581 MANCHESTER--LAURENT (CHARLES) A Topographical Plan of Manchester
and Salford... engraved folding map on 2 sheets (joined). December, 1793.
£350-400
582 MAP GAME--Spooner's Pictorial Map of England & Wales,
Arranged as an Amusing and Instructive Game for Youth, Illustrated with
Upwards of One Hundred & Twenty Views, hand-coloured engraved map,
with over 100 vignette views, dissected into 12 sections and laid on linen,
a few small losses at folds, folding into publisher's cloth folder, a pictorial
title on the upper cover, dust-soiled, total dimension 610 by 480mm., William
Spooner, 5 November, 1844. £100-150
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