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Catalog 29
Dear Friends,
This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first observations using a telescope, and thus is the International Year of Astronomy. In celebration, the Adler Planetarium's exhibit "Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass" is a don't-miss event. At the same time you can see, as part of the permanent exhibit "Universe In Your Hands," rare and beautiful astrolabes, armillary spheres and sundials from the Adler's superb collections.
Map lovers also have reason to celebrate with the opening this year of the Touchton Map Gallery at the Tampa Bay History Center. It's a great way to study the history of the southeast through looking at old maps. Further cause for celebration is the grand re-opening of the newly expanded Osher Map Library in October. The Osher houses a fine collection of maps of American interest and is home to the Smith Center For Cartographic Education.
A few years ago we were amused by a New Yorker cartoon touting the advantages of shopping at an "Off-Line Store." These included seeing an item actual size and being able to "take it home as soon as you pay for it." On-line shopping is a great convenience, but those who crave the off-line experience are invited to stop by our gallery. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 - 5:00, and by appointment.
No matter which way you view them, a few highlights include an exquisitely colored bird's-eye view of Lake Garda (#47), a rare circa 1790 sampler map embroidered on silk (#36), Danckerts' map of fortresses in Morea (#49), and our own homage to the International Year of Astronomy, a group of engravings of astronomical instruments (#4-8). We also are pleased to offer maps by two women mapmakers, the mysterious Miss F.H. Dougherty (#24) and the well-known Anna Beeck (#43).
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.
Color images of most items are on our website – look in the "gallery" section for this catalog.
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
WORLD
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1. [Ptolemaic world] Munster, Ptolemeisch General Tafel... Basel, 1614. 12 x 14. BW. Lightly age-toned; small brown stain in clouds, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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2. Van Loon/Pitt, Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula. Oxford, 1666 (1680). 17½ x 21. Beautiful contemporary col. Old repair to lower cf; cracks from acidic green stabilized verso with Japan tissue. VG+. $9,000.00 [details] |
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3. Jaillot, Mappe-Monde-Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description General Du Globe Terrestre... Paris, 1696. 21 x 35. Original olc. A few printer's creases, else VG. $4,000.00 [details] |
CELESTIAL
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4. [Paris Observatory] De Fer, Vue Septentrionale...Fasade...De L'Observatoire... Paris, 1705. 9½ x 13¼. BW. VG. SOLD [details] |
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5. [Armillary] De Fer, La Sphere Artificielle... Paris, 1717. 9 x 12¾. Full color. VG. SOLD [details] |
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6. [Armillary] Buy de Mornas, Introduction A Geographie. Paris, 1762. Image 11½ x 10; with engraved text panels 11½ x 17¾. Color. VG. Designed and engraved by A. Martinet [possibly Angelique (1731-1780)], for Claude Buy de Mornas' Atlas Methodique... In the rococo taste. $300.00 [details] |
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7. [Armillary] Brion de la Tour, Sphere Droite/Sphere Parallele. Paris, 1766. 10½ x 11¾. Color. Light centerfold discoloration and a few scattered stains in margins else VG. Separately printed "picture frame" border. $450.00 [details] |
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8. [Advertisement] Cole, The Great Orrery Four Feet in Diameter Made by Tho: Wright...Now B. Cole, at the same Shop... London, c. 1740. 9½ x 8¼. BW. Lightly age-toned; lower right margin close trimmed, else VG. Slightly oblique view of an orrery, an instrument designed to show the movements of our solar system. A detailed depiction showing elaborate decoration, the hand crank and even Wright's credit line on the instrument. SOLD [details] |
PRINTS
[Lilies] Plates from Elwe's Monograph of the Genus Lilium..., folio lithographs with original hand color from the original series published in London 1877-80, and from the supplement published in London ca. 1933. "The supplement is considerably finer in both text and illustrations than the original monograph" opines Sacheverell Sitwell (Great Flower Books 1700-1900) but we find it hard to choose between them.
Each measures approximately 21 x 11, is in Fine condition and is matted to conservation standards. Examples from the supplement are signed "LS" in the plate (botanical painter Lillian Snelling). Each: $1,500.00
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9. Lilium Maximowiczi..., an orange Turk's cap lily. [details] |
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10. Lilium Formosamum..., white lily with pale burgundy stripes on the outer petals. SOLD [details] |
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11. Lilium Nobilissum..., white lily with cinnamon brown anthers. SOLD [details] |
AMERICA
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12. [W. Hemisphere] Blaeu, Americae. Amsterdam, 1630 (ca. 1638). 16 x 21¾. Olc with fully colored vignettes. Mat burn in margins, edge tears repaired. VG+. SOLD [details] |
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13. [W. Hemi] Purchas/Hondius, Americae Descrip. London, 1625-26. 6 x 7½ on text leaf. Color. Right margin close-trimmed, else VG. With California as a peninsula but including the Unknown Southern Continent, here linking New Guinea with Terra del Fuego and beyond. SOLD [details] |
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14. [W. Hemi.] Laurie & Whittle/Pownall, A New Map of the Whole Continent of America Divided into North and South...wherein are exactly Described The United States... London, May 12, 1794. Four sheets joined as two; 40½ x 46½ overall. Original olc with later color on cartouche. Upper margin close-trimmed, else VG. $2,250.00 [details] |
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15. [Eastern N. Amer.] Gentleman's Magazine., A Map of the British And French Settlements In North America. London, July, 1755. 11 x 15. Olc. Lightly age-toned, a few light stains, else VG. $650.00 [details] |
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16. [Southern N. Amer.] De L'Isle, Carte du Mexique et de la Floride... Paris, 1703 (1708). 18¾ x 25½. Old olc with later enhancements. Lower cf split repaired, slightly affecting graticule, else VG. $2,000.00 [details] |
The First Rand McNally Atlas Map?
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17. [U.S. Railroads] Rand McNally, Printed For Historical Atlas of the World by Rand, McNally & Co., Printers and Engravers, Chicago. Chicago: H.H. Hardesty & Co., 1875. 17½ x 35¾. Attractive printed color. One tear repaired with archival tape, some surface dirt, else Good+. SOLD [details] |
The Porcupine Map
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18. [Nova Scotia] Gent's Mag., A Plan Of The Harbour Of Chebucto And Town Of Halifax. London, 1750. 8½ x 10½. BW. Close-trimmed lower right margin, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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19. [Mid-Atlantic] Gordon, A New Map of the States of Pensylvania, New Jersey, New York.... NY, 1789. 10¾ x 16. Olc. Close-trimmed left margin and a few faint stains in the Atlantic. Backed. SOLD [details] |
Long Island Three Ways
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20. [NY] Gent's Mag., Sketch of the Country Illustrating the late Engagement in Long Island. London, 1776. 7¼ x 12¼. BW. Faint stain at one fold else VG. Scale of five miles to the inch. A simple map from Amboy, N.J. to "Hamsted Plains," and encompassing Manhattan. From the October issue. No troop movements are shown. State one. Jolly Gent-248; Phillips Maps, p. 503; Sellers & Van Ee 1150. $350.00 [details] |
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21. [NY] Gent's Mag., Map of the Progress of his Majesty's Armies in New York, During the late Campaign Illustrating the Accounts Publish'd in the London Gazette. London, 1776. 7¾ x 12¼. BW. VG. SOLD [details] |
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22. [NY] Gent's Mag., Map of the Progress... London, 1776. 7¾ x 12¼. Olc. VG. Another copy, but with modern olc. $350.00 [details] |
From "Church Farm" to Financial District
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23. [NYC] Four manuscript documents plus a ms. survey relating to property once known as Church Farm, bounded by Church and Vesey, and by Partition (Fulton) and Greenwich. Documents from 1797 to 1822 involve transactions between Trinity Episcopal Church, Coll McGregor, Dan and Hannah Bowie, Daniel Bowie Dash and Anzonetta Dash, and Abraham and Ann King. The survey dates to mid-19th century. Condition varies from VG to Fair. SOLD [details] |
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24. [Albany folding map] Cammeyer, Cammeyer's Plan of The City of Albany, 1829. Drawn By Miss F.H. Dougherty. Albany. ca. 1829. 6¼ x 8½. Full original color. Extended margins, the whole backed on linen. Remnants of old mount verso. Interior loss 1½ x ¼ affecting the names of a few streets, and loss of upper left margin entering the neat line. Scattered stain. With original black leather covers, 3½ x 2½. SOLD [details] |
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25. [Yorktown] Stedman, Plan of the Siege of York Town in Virginia... London, 1794. 10¾ x 12½. Olc. Ink smear in an orchard, else VG. SOLD [details] |
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26. [SC] Buchon, Carte Geographique...De La Caroline Du Sud. Paris, 1825. 12¼ x 14 on folio leaf. Orig. hand col. VG save for smudges along the left plate mark. SOLD [details] |
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27. [FL] Laurie & Whittle/Jefferys, The Peninsula and Gulf of Florida... London, 1794. 19 x 24¾. Olc. Portion of cf strengthened, else VG. $1,800.00 [details] |
Author's Copy
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28. Gent's Mag., Map of Part of West Florida... London., Feb. 1772. 7½ x 13½. Olc. VG. Author's copy used for the illustration on page 87 of Robert Holland's Mississippi River in Maps & Views. SOLD [details] |
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29. [Mississippi/Alabama/W. Florida] Morse, A Correct Map of the Georgia Western Territory. London, 1798. 7 x 6. BW. Lightly-toned else VG. SOLD [details] |
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30. [Detroit] Bellin, La Riviere Du Detroit...Plan Du Fort Du Detroit, Paris, 1764. 8 x 12¼. Original wash color in bodies of water. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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31. [Illinois] Buchon, Carte Geographique...De L'Illinois. Paris, 1825. 12 x 8½ on folio text leaf. Original olc. Fine. SOLD [details] |
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32. [West] Johnson, Johnson's California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. NY, 1864. 17 x 23¼. Original stencil color. A few marginal tears repaired, minor transference, else VG. $400.00 [details] |
ATLANTIC OCEAN
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33. DuVal, L'Ocean pres d'Europe..., Paris, 1677. 18¼ x 13½. Olc. Scattered light stains, mainly in margin. Wear to left cf with minor paper loss outside printed areas. Good only. SOLD [details] |
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34. Gent's Mag., A New Map or Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean...Shewing the Course of the Galleons...to and from the West Indies. London, June, 1740. 14 x 11¾. Olc. Right margin trimmed by binder, else VG. SOLD [details] |
EUROPE
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35. [England & Wales] Ottens, R. & I., Regni Angliae Nova Tabula... Amsterdam, ca. 1730. 19½ x 23. Faded body color refreshed; modern color in cartouche and vignettes. Small cf breaks repaired; faint brown patches in Irish Sea and Scotland, else VG. $650.00 [details] |
18th Century Map Sampler
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36. Anon., Unsigned sampler of England and Wales, n.p., c. 1790. 24 x 20½. Black silk floss and colored silk chenille thread on silk. Mounted on linen. A few small patches of fraying in blank areas, else VG. SOLD [details] |
Pewits on Parade
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37. [Staffordshire] Plot, ...Norbury Manor and...Shebben Poole where the Pewits annually breed... Oxford, 1686. BW. Fine. $250.00 [details] |
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38. [Ireland] Camden, Hiberniae Ireland... London, 1637. 10½ x 13. Col. VG. North is to the right. Engraved by William Hole for Camden's Britain, or a Chorographical Description... Embellished with a decorative compass rose, strapwork cartouche, sea monsters and sailing ships. $850.00 [details] |
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39. [NW Europe] De Fer, Etats Des Couronnes De Dannemark, Suede, Et Poland sur la Mer Baltique... Paris., ca. 1715. 17¼ x 13¾. BW. Lightly toned; left margin trimmed else VG. $375.00 [details] |
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40. [Stockholm] Dahlberg, Arx Regia Holmensis... Paris or Stockholm, ca. 1670. 8½ x 14½. BW. Near Fine. SOLD [details] |
The Cockpit of Europe
The Low Countries – principally modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands – earned the nickname "Cockpit of Europe" because of the many battles fought within their borders. From the Dutch revolt against Spain to the wars of Louis XIV and Marlborough, to Napoleon and Wellington, and the carnage of World War I, this compact but strategically important area was subject to repeated invasions, battles and sieges. The following four maps illustrate some 18th century conflicts.
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41. [Flanders] Moll, Les Provinces Des Pay-Bas Catholiques ou A Most Exact Map of Flanders... London, c. 1715-20. 24¼ x 40. Two sheets joined. Orig. olc. A few edge tears repaired, else VG. $600.00 [details] |
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42. [Brabant] Robert de Vaugondy, Partie Meridion Du Duche De Brabant... Paris, 1752. 19 x 23¼. Original olc. Cartouche uncolored as issued. $275.00 [details] |
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43. [Dendermonde] Beeck, Anna, Plan de la Ville de Dendermonde et la manierie dont ille...Blockques par les troupes de Alliez. The Hague, ca. 1706. 14¾ x 18¼. BW. Printer's crease, else VG. $375.00 [details] |
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44. [Ramillies] Tindal-Rapin, Plan of the Situation where the Battle of Ramillies was Fought May ye 23d. 1706... London, 1745. 14 x 18¼. Color. Lightly age-toned else VG. $250.00 [details] |
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45. Faden, Italy With The Addition Of The Southern Parts Of Germany... London, 1800. Two sheets, 24¾ x 43 and 24 x 43. Original olc. VG. SOLD [details] |
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46. [N. Italy, Istria] Ortelius, Rhetiae alpestris descriptio... and Goritiae, Karstu...Descrip. Antwerp, 1598. 13¼ x 19½. Color. Centerfold strengthened, edge tears repaired. Good+. $450.00 [details] |
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47. [Lake Garda] Volckamer, Largo Di Garda. Nuremberg, 1708. 12 x 15¾. Beautiful full color. Cf discoloration, else Fine. SOLD [details] |
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48. [Venice] Giampicolli, D. Marca Basilicae Plataeque Prospectus... Venice, ca. 1760. 7¾ x 11¾. BW. VG. SOLD [details] |
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49. [Greece] Danckerts, D'Voornaamste Fortressen van Moraea... Amsterdam, c. 1688-1700. 16½ x 23¼. BW. Narrow margins; top trimmed into image; rubbing with small losses at and near cf. Backed. SOLD [details] |
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50. [Greece] Jaillot, La Moree Et les Isles de Zante, Cafalonie... Amsterdam, 1696. Color. 22 x 33. Repair to small hole 1/8" (0.4 cm) diameter in blank area, else VG. SOLD [details] |
AFRICA
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51. Moll, Africa... London, 1739. 7¾ x 10¼. BW. Fine. $300.00 [details] |
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52. [Egypt] Faden/Rochette, Lower Egypt And The Adjacent Deserts, With A Part of Palestine... London, 1802. 21 x 28½. Original olc. Faint transference in the sea, else Fine. $375.00 [details] |
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53. [S. Africa] Gent's Mag., A Map of the Cape of Good Hope & the Country adjacent. London, Nov., 1755. BW. $150.00 [details] |
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