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Catalog 26
Dear Friends,
Time flies when you're having fun, they say, and we've had our share since 1976 when George
entered the antique map trade. As we reminisce about the good old days, we don't know whether to
laugh or sigh over the prices in our first catalog (1978). We sold a Blaeu America for $1,250 and
a Tallis atlas for $750. Would that we could climb into Doc Brown's time-traveling De Lorean to
stockpile maps at 1970s prices for today's market!
Some of our favorite memories involve the offbeat: finding the Gerrymander map for a client with
a strong interest in politics; or a manuscript map of the English army's line of march to
Dettingen in 1743 which marked the last time a British monarch personally led troops into battle.
The map found a fitting home in the British Library.
Among the curiosities we've handled, two in particular come to mind: a 19th century ivory
netsuke with a map of Japan carved on its surface, and a World War I field officer's brass map
case. These memories underline one of the pleasures of maintaining an open shop - the diverse
material that comes in "over the transom."
For some unusual items in this catalog we direct you to #7 a Sanson / Covens & Mortier world map
on a polar projection, #24 Wyld's map delineating the state of Franklinia, #27 Tarleton's
Yorktown, and #49 Jansson's Madrid.
With thanks to our many friends who have made the last thirty years possible.
Sincerely,
George & Mary
Terms
All items are guaranteed to be original works published at or about the date stated. Map
dimensions are of the printed area, height first. Books are octavo-size hardcover unless stated
otherwise. Most items are single copies, and offered subject to prior sale.
Undamaged goods are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt. Please notify us
promptly if you are returning anything. Refunds are for the amount of purchase plus shipping
only. Carefully wrap and insure returns. Goods remain the property of the seller until full
payment has been received.
Images of most items in this catalog can be emailed. Polaroids or photocopies are also available.
Abbreviations: BW = black & white, i.e., uncolored; cf = centerfold; col = color; cont or
contemp = contemporary with publication; dp = double-page; ill = illustration(s) or
illustrated; olc = outline color; orig = original; pl = plate(s); transf = transference
To Order
Contact:
George Ritzlin Maps & Prints
1937 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201 USA.
(847) 328-1966 [24-hour answering machine]; FAX: (847) 328-2644
maps@ritzlin.com
We accept personal checks, VISA / MASTERCARD / DISCOVER; checks must be in U.S. dollars and
drawn on a U.S. bank. Illinois residents please add 8¾% tax.
Shipping
U.S.: $6.00 per order; Foreign: $15.00 per order. Goods will be sent promptly by mail upon
receipt of payment (maps and prints: priority mail or air mail; books: surface mail). Please
let us know if you have special shipping requirements. Additional charges for oversize or framed
items, large books, Express mail, Federal Express, UPS, registered mail or other services.
BOOKS AND ATLASES
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1. [Atlas; America] Sanson, L'Amerique, en Plusiers Cartes Nouvelles.... Paris, n.d. (1662-67). Small 4to. 40 unnumbered text leaves, 15 unnumbered double-page maps with contemporary outline color. $8,500.00 [details] |
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2. Hennepin, A New Discovery of A Vast Country in America... London, 1699. 8vo. 2 folding maps, 6 plates + frontispiece. SOLD [details] |
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3. Pike, Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America... London, 1811. 4to. SOLD [details] |
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4. [Fur trade] Cox, Adventures on the Columbia River including The Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains... London, 1831. 1st edition. Two volumes. 8vo. SOLD [details] |
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5. Baldwin & Thomas, A New And Complete Gazetteer Of The United States... Philadelphia, 1854. 8vo. 1,365 pp. plus ads on end-papers and back pasted down. $1,500.00 [details] |
WORLD AND POLAR
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6. Purchas/Hondius, Designatio Orbis Christiani, London, 1625-26. 6 x 7 on text leaf. SOLD [details] |
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7. [Polar projection] Sanson / Covens & Mortier, Les Deux Arctique ou Septentrionale, et Antarctique ou Meridionale... Amsterdam, ca. 1715. 17 x 20¾; rich, full original color. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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8. Seutter, Diversi Globi Terr-Aquer Statione Variante... Augsburg, ca. 1725. 19½ x 23. Original body color. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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9. Pinkerton, Northern Hemisphere... Southern Hemisphere, Philadelphia, 1816. Two leaves, each 20" diameter on folios 22½ x 32. $750.00 [details] |
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10. Levasseur, Planisphere, Paris, c. 1845. 11¼ x 16; orig. Olc, vignettes colored later. SOLD [details] |
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11. [Northern hemisphere] De L'Isle, Hemispher Septentrional pour... Terres Arctiques... Paris, 1714. 18" diameter on large folio leaf. Original Olc. SOLD [details] |
AMERICA
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12. [W. Hemisphere] Munster, Die neiiwen Inslen so hinder... Basel, 1550. 10 x 13½. BW. $6,000.00 [details] |
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13. [W. Hemi.] Magini, America. Cologne, 1597. 5 x 6¾ BW. Marginal tears, else Fine. $500.00 [details] |
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14. [W. Hemi.] Purchas/Hondius, Americae Descrip., London, 1625-26. 6 x 7 on lower half of text leaf. BW; Fine. $850.00 [details] |
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15. [W. Hemi.] Moll, A General and Particular Description of America. London, 1709. 6¾ x 7½ on text leaf. Olc. SOLD [details] |
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16. [W. Hemi] Seutter, Novus Orbis Sive America... Augsburg, ca. 1740. 19¼ x 22 ¼. SOLD [details] |
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17. [W. Hemi.] Bowen, A New General Map of America..., London, 1747. 13¾ x 17. Mix of OLC and body col. $750.00 [details] |
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18. Senex, North America. London, 1700. 37¾ x 25½. Orig. Olc. SOLD [details] |
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19. Conder, North America agreeable to the most approved Maps and Charts..., London, 1774. 13 x 14½. Modern Olc. VG. SOLD [details] |
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20. [Eastern N. Amer.] Ottens, Carte de la Nouvelle France..., Amsterdam, 1720. 19 x 21½. Orig. body color. $2,500.00 [details] |
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21. [Mississippi River after Hennepin] Bernard, Le Cours de Fleuve Missisipi Selon les Relations le plus modernes, Amsterdam, 1737. 14½ x 17½. Olc. $2,250 [details] |
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22. [Eastern N. Am.; Great Lakes] Robert de Vaugondy, Partie De L'Amerique Septent... La Nouvelle France... Paris, 1755. 18½ x 23½. SOLD [details] |
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23. Scott, S.W. Territory. Philadelphia, 1795. 6 x 7¼. BW. VG. SOLD [details] |
State of Franklinia
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24. Wyld, United States, Edinburgh, 1819. 8¾ x 11¾. Orig. Olc. Margin edges browned, else Fine. Inset view of Niagara Falls. SOLD [details] |
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25. [NYC Souvenir view] Burford, Description... View of the City of New York... London, 1834. SOLD [details] |
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26. [Civil War] Asher & Co., The Historical War Map. Chicago, c. 1863. Folding map, 24 x 24½. Olc. $950.00 [details] |
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27. Tarleton, Plan of the Siege of York Town in Virginia, London, 1787. 11½ x 12¾. Military emplacements in original color. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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28. [Southeast] Du Val, La Floride, Paris, 1672. 3¾ x 4½. Olc. $600.00 [details] |
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29. [Kentucky] Buchon, Carte Geographique, Statistique Et Historique Du Kentucky, Paris, 1825. $300.00 [details] |
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30. Morse & Gaston, Illinois, NY, 1856. Folding map 15½ x 12½ in embossed red cloth covers. SOLD [details] |
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31. [Calif. Isle.; southern U.S.] Moll, A Map of Mexico or New Spain Florida now called Louisiana and Part of California &c., Lond., 1717. 7 x 10. $500.00 [details] |
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32. Homann, Regni Mexicani..., Nuremburg, c. 1720. 18¾ x 22½. Old body color. $2,250.00 [details] |
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33. [Isle of Calif.] Mallet, Nouveau Mexique Et California, Paris, 1683. Olc; show-thru from verso, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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34. [Caribbean] Sanson, Insulae Americanae, Paris, c. 1680. 8¼ x 12. Olc. Edge tears, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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35. [Caribbean; Gulf of Mexico] Ogilby, Insulae Americanae In Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus, London, 1672. 11¼ x 14. Olc, near Fine. $1,350.00 [details] |
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36. Moll, A New Map of the Island of Jamaica... London, c. 1720. 7¼ x 10¼. Olc, VG. SOLD [details] |
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37. [Caribbean; Gulf of Mexico] Rizzi-Zannoni/Lattre, Carte Geo-Hydrographique Du Golfe Du Mexique... Paris and Bordeaux, 1762. 12¼ x 17½. A few scattered stains, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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38. [Straits of Magellan] Mercator-Hondius, Exquisata & magno aliquot... Freti Magellanici... Amsterdam, 1609 (1628). 13½ x 18; Colored, VG. Framed. $975.00 [details] |
EUROPE
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39. [Europe] Munster, Europa..., Basel, c. 1550. 10 x 13½ BW; two light stains in lower margins just entering neatline, else VG. SOLD [details] |
From The First National Road Atlas
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40. [England] Ogilby, The Continuation of the Road from London to Holy-Head..., London, 1675. 13½ x 18. Old Olc. Lightly age-toned, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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41. _______, The Road from Exeter to Truroe..., London, ca. 1675. 13½ x 18. Olc. Wormholes repaired in lower cf , else VG. SOLD [details] |
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42. _______, The Road from London to Montgomery North Wales, London, ca. 1675. 12¾ x 17½. Olc. Cf repaired, else VG. $450.00 [details] |
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43. [Ireland] Camden/Hole, Hiberniae Ireland..., Lond., 1637. 10½ x 13; BW. $850.00 [details] |
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44. [Ireland] Robert de Vaugondy, Royaume D'Irelande..., Paris, 1750 (ca. 1778). 19 x 21¼. Olc. SOLD [details] |
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45. [France by Sanson] Tavernier / Mariette, Carte Generale du Royaume de France..., Paris, 1643. 16 x 20½. $750.00 [details] |
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46. [Hamburg] Braun & Hogenberg, Hamburgum. Cologne, 1588. 14½ x 18¾. Full orig. color; cf browning, light age-toning, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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47. [Dresden] Seutter, Dresda ad Albim, Saconiae Superioris Metropolis..., Augsburg, ca. 1740. 19¼ x 22. Original body color. $750.00 [details] |
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48. [Mediterranean Islands] Homann Heirs, Novissima et Accuratissima..., Sicilia, Sardinia, Corsica, Malta... Nuremburg, ca. 1740. 17 x 22. SOLD [details] |
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49. [Madrid] Jansson, La Villa de Madrid Corte de los Reyes Catolicos de Espanna. Amsterdam, 1657. Two sheets joined, 18 x 29 overall. BW. SOLD [details] |
MIDDLE EAST
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50. DuVal, L'Empire Des Turcs..., Paris, 1677. 15 x 22¼; orig. Olc with later embellishments. $475.00 [details] |
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51. Ottens, Regnum Persicum Imperium Turcicum in Asia... Amsterdam, ca. 1730. 19 x 34½. Orig. body color. $1,250.00 [details] |
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52. Homann / Hasius, Impericum Turicum in Europa, Asia, Et Africa... Nuremburg, 1737. 19 x 23¾. Lightly age-toned, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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53. [Caspian Sea] De L'Isle, Carte Des Pays Voisins De La Mer Caspiene..., Paris, 15 Aout [August], 1723. 18 x 24½ Old Olc; light cf browning, else VG. SOLD [details] |
AFRICA
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54. Bolton, Africa, Performed by the Sr. Danville under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleans. Revised and Improved by Mr. Bolton, London, 1774. Four sheets joined, 38¾ x 38 overall. Olc. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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55. Levasseur, Afrique, Paris, ca. 1845. 11¼ x 17. Original olc; scattered stains in margins, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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56. [Algeria] Migeon, Province D'Alger, Paris, c. 1860. 16½ x 11. Original body color. Fine. $150.00 [details] |
ASIA
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57. [NE Asia] Jan Jansson, Tartaria Sive Magni Chami Imperium [Tartary or the Empire of the Great Kahn], Amsterdam, c. 1640. 15 x 19. Olc. $475.00 [details] |
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58. Kitchin, A New & Accurate Map of China drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries... London, 1764. 13½ x 16. Olc. VG. SOLD [details] |
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