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1) (Holy Land) Ortelius, Abraham, Turcici Imperii Descripto. Amsterdam: c. 1590. 500x390 cm. Map in.original full color. Laid down on a board with small margins and some discoloration to the west of the centerfold, otherwise a very good copy. Shows the eastern Mediterranean from Italy to the Indian Ocean, including all of the Arabian Peninsula. $975.00
2) (Germany) Blaeu, Guillemus, Rugia Insula ac Ducatus Accuratissime Descripta. Amsterdam: 1631. 38x49 cm. An attractive map of this German island in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Mecklenburg. Contemporary color, with uncolored coats of arms at the sides. Good condition, with very light stain near bottom of center fold. $325.00
3) (Sweden/Norway) Mercator/Hondius, Tabula Exactissima Regnorum Sueciae et Norvegiae, Nec Non Maris Universi Orientalis .... Amsterdam: c.1633. 44x55.2 cm. A scarce map from the 1633 Mercator/Hondius/Jansson atlas. Bright original color, partially outline, highlights fully colored. German text on back. This map was not included in all editions of the atlas. Shows all of northern Europe, from the northern tip of Holland to western Russia, showing Moscow. $1,250.00
4)
(World) Merian, Matthaus Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac
Hydrographica, Tabula. Frankfort: c.1638. 25x36 cm. Uncolored map of the
world with polar projections at the bottom corners. Short tear along center
fold in top margin. The engraver's signature is not present. Beautifully engraved
world map on Mercator's projection. The cartography was closely copied from
Blaeu's world map of 1606. Latin title at top, outside neatline, with German
gothic script title and a notation concerning the discovery of the Americas in
1492 that covers the unknown interior of North America. There is a large
southern continent connected to New Guinea, California is a peninsula, and
there are plenty of open ended waterways in eastern North America. $1,750.00
5) (South America) Ogilby, John?, Tabula Magellanica Qua Tierrae del Fuego, Cum Celeberrimis Fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire Detectis. [London?]: 1671. 29.6x35.6 cm. Uncolored map of Tierra del Fuego, with many fanciful drawings and cartouches scattered throughout the map. Light water stain in margins, minor chipping at bottom edge. An attractive map of the tip of South America. $575.00
6) (Carolinas) Speed, John, A New Description of Carolina. London: 1676. 37x51 cm. Early color, fine condition. From Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. A classic early map of the Southeast coast. Very attractive. Oriented with north at the right side. Engraved, as many other Speed maps, by Francis Lamb. Based on the Ogilby/Moxon map of 1672, reflecting the latest information on settlements there. Shows the southeast coast from St. Augustine to Cape Henry, centering on the Carolinas and the Hatteras Banks. Cumming (Southeast) 77. $5,250.00
7) (Russia) Speed,
John, A Map of Russia. London:
1676. 40x51 cm. Original color, outline on the map, full in the insets and
vignettes. A very scarce and decorative map, with a large inset map of Moscow
and 5 other smaller views. One small triangular chip in surface to the right of
the centerfold towards the bottom. This map is scarce because it appeared in
only one edition of Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World. $1,750.00
8)
(Western Hemisphere) Speed, John, America with Those Known Parts in That Unknowne World Both People and
Manner of Buildings Discribed. London: 1676. 39x51.5 cm. Excellent
condition, very minor wear at edges of margins. Original color, part outline,
part full. The figures at the sides and small plans along the top are fully
colored. English text on verso from publication in A Prospect of the Most Famous
Parts of the World. First published in 1626 (the date on the map face),
this is the fourth state, sold by Bassett and Chiswell. The first edition was
the first map published in an atlas to show California as an island. Engraved
by Abraham Goos. This is among the most sought and most decorative 17th
century maps of America. Burden 217, McLaughlin & Mayo 3, Tooley pp. 302-3,
Wheat 39. $9,500.00
9) (New England) Van Keulen, Johannes, Pas-Kaart vande Zee Kusten inde Boght van Niew Engeland tusschen de Staaten Hoek en C. de Sable. Amsterdam: 1684. 50x58 cm. A defective copy of an important chart, lacking 14x6 cm area at left side of title and cartouche, including the figure at the left side of the cartouche and several letters in the title. All other areas of map surface are undamaged. Uncolored. A great chart of the coast of New England from Nantucket and Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, with one of the earliest representations of the shoals around Georges Bank. McCorkle 684.2, Koeman IV : 20B: (117) 21 and p. 385; Sellers & Van Ee 831. $1,500.00
10) (Western Hemisphere) Zahn, Johannes, Facies Una Hemisphaerii Terrestris. Nuremburg: 1696. 36x84 cm. Map, Hemispheric map of North and South America withmuch of the Pacific. Full early color with very decorative elements (animals, cherubs, etc.) at the corners. One small tear, repaired, near bottom of center fold. Shows California as an island. Published, with a companion map of the Eastern Hemisphere, in Mundus Mirabili, Nuremburg: 1696. McLaughlin 122, Shirley 584 (plate 403). $2,750.00
11)
(Americas) Van Der Aa, Pierre, L'Amerique Septentrionale, Suivant les 
Nouvelles Obsevations ... WITH: L'Amerique
Meridionale Suivant .... Leiden: c. 1705. 42x30 cm. Maps of North America
and South America from Cartes des Itineraires et Voyages Modernes,
joined to make one map. The bottom border of the North America map and north
border of the South America map were removed long ago to allow the merger of
these maps. Margins intact but extremely thin. Full color by region. Light glue
stains near center join. Very attractive, with colored cartouches for each of
the original maps. California is not an island, but the northwest above Cape
Mendocino is just blank. $850.00
12) (North America) Moll, Herman, A New Map of the North Parts of America Claimed by France Under Ye Names of Louisiana, Mississippi, Canada and New France .... London: 1720. 45x90 cm. A fair to poor repaired and rebacked copy of a most attractive map. This copy has some loss at folds and at borders. Outline color. Shows North America from Newfoundland to lower California, with California's northern geography left ambiguous. Inset maps of Annapolis harbor and the Mouth of the Mississippi River. There is also a view of the Indian Fort Sasquesahanok at the top left. Outline color. Published by Moll in 1720 along with the Sommers and “Beaver” maps of North America. While far from pristine, this is nonetheless a very attractive map whose flaws do not significantly detract from its other most interesting points. $2,750.00
13)
(North America)
Moll, Herman, To the Right Honourable John Lord Summers ... This Map of North America
According to Ye Newest and Most Exact Observations Is Most Humbly Dedicated....
London: 1720. 58x97 cm. Large map of North America, repaired and backed, with
some loss along the leftmost of 3 folds. The right fold is also
reinforced. 10 inset maps, fine
cartouches. Outline color. The loss affects a small portion of the cartouche
but is otherwise confined to areas in the Pacific Ocean. This is a very famous,
decorative map, with California as an island, with 10 inset maps of ports and a
large view of a Newfoundland fishery. Wheat 105, Tooley (California as an
Island) 82, Schwartz & Ehrenberg plate 79.
$3,750.00
14) (Atlantic Ocean) [Cutler, Nathaniel], A New and Correct Chart of the Atlantick Ocean Reduced Describing Part of the Coasts of Europe Africa and America with Their Adjacent Islands. [London]: c. 1728. 57x50 cm. Uncolored sea chart showing both sides of the Atlantic, with towns and bays featured on each coast. Many towns, rivers, and other features along all coasts are included. Shows from the norterhn coast of South America to the southern part of the North Sea. Very good condition, with no significant defects. $650.00
15) (Virginia) Homann, Joh. Bapt., Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in American Septentrionali. Nuremberg: c. 1730. 48.8x58 cm. This is an undetermined state of Homann's classic map of the Mid-Atlantic region. Laid down on stiff cardboard, the margins are trimmed close. Full color in areas named in the title and New Jersey, as well as the cartouche. Far northern and western areas have outline color only. Color appears original, but cartouche color may be later. This copy has the imprint “Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest.” which, according to Cumming, was added to copies published after 1730. Cumming 156 (plate 46), Papenfuse & Coale, plate 25. $2,000.00
16)
(North America)
Buache, Phil. & De l'Isle, Joseph,
Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes au Nord
de la Mer du Sud, Tant a l'Est de la Siberie et du Kamtchatka .... Paris:
[1752]. 45.5x64 cm. First edition. Original outline color. Excellent condition,
with very minor damage in bottom margin at centerfold. This is the first map to
show the apochryphal “Mar 
ou
Baye de l'Ouest,” a huge body of water east of the current location of San
Francisco.Wagner (Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America) at p. 158 has
an extensive article on the origins and mapping of this inland sea. The map
centers around the Bering Strait, with a substantial part of northern Asia
depicted on the western half of the map. Alaska is essentially unrecognizable,
with a very large “Lac de Valasco” dominating the area where Alaska and Yukon
Territory would be. Tooley (America) p. 34, no. 101, Schwartz & Ehrenberg
p. 157. plate 94. $3,500.00
17) (Europe) Kitchin, Thomas, A Correct Map of Europe Divided into its Empires.... London: 1755. 67x77 cm. A large and attractive map of Europe from Postlethwait's Dictionary. Hand-colored in outline. Some staining. $375.00
18) (Virginia) Mount, Jno. & Page, Thos., A Draught of Virginia from the Capes to York in York River and Kuiquotan or Hamton in James River by Mark Tiddeman. London: 1755. 46x58 cm. Lower left corner defective, barely affecting title block. Also minor damage at lower right. Uncolored. Sea chart of the coast of Virginia, including the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Shows the towns of Williamsburg and Norfolk and the southern portion of the Delmarva peninsula. The different issues of this map, first published in 1755, are not readily distinguishable. Swem 168 $2,000.00
19) (West Indies) Mount, Jno. & Page, Thos., A Correct Chart of Hispaniola with the Windward Passage ... by C. Price, Hydrographer to the King. London: 1755. 48x60 cm. Uncolored map in excellent condition, good margins and strong impression. A fine sea chart from the English Coasting Pilot which includes the eastern islands of the Bahamas and the eastern tip of Cuba. $850.00
20)
(West Indies) Mount, Jno. & Page, Thos.,, A New Mapp of the Island of St. Christophers being an Actuall Survey
Taken by Mr. Andrew Norwood. London: c. 1755. 48x58 cm. Uncolored maps of
three islands in the eastern Caribbean. Also on the same sheet are 1) A New
Mapp of the Island of Guardalupa (Guadaloupe) and 2) A New Mapp of the Island
of Martineca (Martinique). Excellent condition, very light crease at center
fold. St. Christophers is now known and St. Kitts. From the English Coasting
Pilot. $850.00
21) (Atlantic Ocean) Bowen, Abel, A New & Accurate Map of the Western or Atlantic Ocean Drawn from Surveys and Most Approved Maps & Charts. London: c. 1764. 37x45 cm. Outline color, excellent condition. A very attracive copy of this cart of the Atlantic taken from Harris's Navigantum atque ... The map shows the entire Atlantic Ocean north of the equator including the coasts of Europe, Africa, North America and South America. $425.00
22) (World) Brion de la Tour, Hemisphere Occiental, with: Hemisphere Oriental. Paris: c. 1766. 36x39 cm. A handsome pair of maps, showing the eastern and western hemispheres, delicately hand-colored with uncolored baroque borders. Light waterstains in top margin of Western Hemisphere map, in side margins of Eastern Hemisphere. Very light scattered foxing. An attractive, very decorative pair of maps. $650.00
23) (Philadelphia) Leizelt, Balth Frederic, Vue de Philadelphie. Augsberg: c. 1776. 33x44 cm. Print, Vue d'optique of Philadelphia. Thin margins, light wear, bottom right corner has a tear, with the loss of a 4.5x2 cm segment including a few letters of the text. Hand-colored fanciful view purported to be the Philadelphia riverfront. There are large, classical design buildings on the right, directly on the river. 3 ships are shown on the water with men in several row boats. This view was actually taken at Greenwich, England. Half of the perspective was used for this view, the other half for a view labeled as a View of New York, both targeted for an audience which had no idea what either city looked like. $650.00
24) (United States) Lotter, Matthieu Albert, Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant Tout ce que les Anglois Possedent sur le Continent de l’Amerique Septentrionale. Augsbourg: [1777]. 48.5x59 cm. A fine copy of the eastern part of North America during the American Revolution. No date on map, but datable through references. Shows Canada, Florida,and Fort Duquesne. Full color by state. Shows north to James Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Most of the colonies have very odd boundaries. New Hampshire extends north to the St. Lawrence River just east of Montreal. Gilt highlights. $2,250.00
25) (England) Cary, John, Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with Part of Scotland. London: 1794. 219x196 cm. First edition of this very large 6-part case map of England and Wales, dissected and linen-backed, in original slipcase with bookplate of Richard Lane Freer. The maps have labels of William Faden. Full color by county. A very attractive map. Though also issued in book form, this edition was obviously put together at the time at Faden's shop. $1,250.00
26) (United States) Russell, J., Map of the Middle States of America, Comprehends New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the Territory N.W. of Ohio. London: 1794. 36.5x46.5 cm. Map, Uncolored map of the middle states, showing as far west as the Miami River in what is now western Ohio. Excellent detail. Inset map of Long Island. One unusual geographic feature is that the area which is now West Virginia is labeled Indiana. The Seven Ranges of Townships and many other army lands are identified in Ohio. Also shows most of Maryland. Taken from the London edition of Winterbotham’s History of America. $500.00
27) (North Carolina) Denison, J., Map of North and South Carolina. Philadelphia: 1795. 21x18.2 cm. Counties in North Carolina named but not outlined. From Morse’s American Universal Geography. Wheat & Brun 585. $225.00
28) (Massachusetts) Carleton, Osgood, Map of Massachusetts. Boston: 1801. 4to cm. 4 part map, backed and restored, but still in poor condition overall, stained and chipped, with significant loss, particularly to cartouche. County borders are hand-colored. While the visual appearance of this map is not good due to the loss in the cartouche area, there are only three small areas of notable loss on the map surface, one in the town of Truro on Cape Cod and two in towns in Hampshire County. This map has become one of the most desireable of this period, as have all maps by Carleton. Even defective copies, such as this one, are very scarce. $2,750.00
29) (England) Faden, William, The Country Twenty Five Miles Round London. London: 1802. 102x124 cm. Folding map, dissected and linen-backed, with original slipcase, broken. Map has considerable modern reinforcements along linen folds. Full color. Third edition. Minor chipping along some of the folds. A very attractive map of the area around London, first printed in 1788 and reprinted through 1850. Howgego 188 (6). $650.00
30) 
(New
York State) DeWitt, Simeon, Map of the
State of New York ... Contracted from his Large Map of the State. [New
York]: 1804. 57x70 cm. Folding map, dissected and backed on original linen.
Original marbled slipcase with paper label, sides split with early repairs near
the top. The map has outline color by county. Excellent condition, with light
wear and age-toning. The western section of the state is virtually undeveloped,
with Buffalo and Rochester not yet founded. Genesee County covers the entire
western extremity of the state and has only 3 towns identified. Streeter 893:
“This is apparently one of the earliest separate folding maps of New York after
it became a state.” Very scarce. Not in Phillips. $3,750.00
31) (New
York State) Damerum, William, Map of the
Southern Part of the State of New York Including Long Island, the Sound, the
State of Connecticut .... New York: 1815. 58.8x71.2 cm. Wall map,
linen-backed, lacking rollers. Very well worn but still quite intact and
legible, with heavy age-toning and oxidation of coloring in Long Island Sound
and the Atlantic Ocean. Outline color by county, all towns delineated. One
small chip out of the bottom border and another very small area of loss in the
town of East Windsor, east of Hartford. A fair copy only of the first issue
(with the designation of Damerum as General Surveyor) of a scarce and important
map of Connecticut and Long Island. Thompson 57. $4,250.00
32) (Egypt) Arrowsmith, Aaron, Map of Upper Egypt. London: 1816. 99x66.5 cm. Folding map, Dissected and backed by linen, crudely repaired in some places, split and nearly detached along several folds. Shows northern Egypt and the Upper Nile above Aswan, with an inset map of a stretch below that. Cairo and Suez are at the northern edge of the maps. The western portion of the Sinai is shown. Uncolored. Very good detail along the river, with less in the outlying desert areas. Text describes the canals and roads of the area. $650.00
33)
(United States)
Melish, John, Northern Section of the United States Including Canada, &c..
[Stockholm]: 1816. 38x52.6 cm. An obscure map 
by Melish
published in A.L. Klinckowstrom's Atlas ... Bref om de Fornete Staterne.
Uncolored, excellent condition. Though dated 1816, the atlas was not published
until 1824. A very scarce map by one of America's great cartographers. 2 rubber
stamps on the face (one in the title block, the other in the bottom margin)
with the designation “Skand: Selskab.”. Shows the region from Cincinnati and
all of Lake Michigan in the south and west to Labrador and the southern tip of
James's Bay in the north and east. See Karpinski 41, Phillips (Atlas) 1375. $1,250.00
34)
(United States) Melish, John, United States
of America, Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities. Philadelphia:
1818. 40.2x49 cm. Fully colored map from the Rees Encyclopedia, the first issue
of Melish's famous map, which was notably reissued in the Lavoisne atlas of
1821. Wear and small splits along some previous folds. Extends to the Rocky
Mountains and just beyond, with a large, partially delineated Texas. Outline
color by state. Published by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co. and engraved by
Samuel Harrison. This isssue does not include Castle Rock and James Peak which
were added after the Long Expedition of 1819-20. Wheat (Transmississippi) 327. $1,000.00
35) (India) Arrowsmith, Aaron, Sketch of the Outline and Principal River of India. London: 1822. 82x63 cm. Case map, dissected and backed with linen, worn along several folds. Original plain slipcase with paper label in very good condition. Full color designating political control of the area. (red for British, control, green for independent, yellow British influence) Thousands of towns and villages are identified. A very useful map of the subcontinent around the height of the British period, showing from the Himalaya Mountains south. $750.00
36) (Ohio) Howard, Joseph, Map of the District of Delaware in Ohio. Delaware, OH: 1824. 60x41.7 cm. Fourth edition of an important map for the promotion of land sales in Northwestern Ohio, showing lot numbers as laid out in rectangular grids. Restored and lined. Defective, lacking a triangular section at the top right corner, resulting the loss of the word “Erie” in Lake Erie and a very small area of land at the eastern end of the peninsula above Sandusky Bay. There are no known copies of either of the first two editions of this map. The third edition (Siebert Sale I 376) was also issued in 1824. OCLC shows one copy of the third edition (DLC) and none of the fourth. Smith (Mapping of Ohio) p. 143 identifies a copy of the fourth edition at the Ohio Historical Society. An important map reflecting the development of Ohio in the early part of the 19th century. Not found in Printed Maps of the Midwest. Streeter 1862. $4,250.00
37)
(Missouri) Collot, Georges H.V., Plan
of Cape Girardo. Paris: 1824-26. 27.4x16 cm. Map from the very scarce work,
Collot's Journey in North America ... A fine copy of this, the first map
showing the layout of the town and surrounding country, in the southeastern
part of Missouri along the Mississippi River. All maps from Collot are rare. $1,250.00
38) (North America) Collot, Georges H.V., General Map of North America. Paris: 1824-26. 45x84 cm. Map from Collot's Journey in North America ... Good condition, with some splitting along some folds but no loss. Published from a map first drawn around 1804. This is the largest map in Collot’s work, showing the whole continent, with good detail up to the Rockies, which are identified as both the Yellow and Stony Mountains. Includes information from MacKenzie, but not from Lewis and Clark. A very scarce, attractive map of North America. Wagner Camp 31a. $8,500.00
39) (United States) Tanner, Henry S., The Traveller's Guide. A Map of the Roads, Canals and Steam Boat Routes. Philadelphia: 1825. 45x56 cm. Folding map, bound in modern red morocco folder. The map is slightly browned and is rebacked. Outline color by state. The map includes all of Louisiana , Missouri and Arkansas. It identifies what later became Iowa as part of the Oregon Territory. There is a large table of distances at the bottom right. The map is very useful as it shows the significant towns of the time and the roads and distances between them. It shows the location of Indian tribes in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. This is among the most important early American maps for travelers, a forerunner of Mitchell's Traveler's Guide series. It might have been the first American traveler's guide in the form of a pure map, as Melish's guides had been booklets with text and a map to accompany. Phillips p.884. $2,500.00
40) (New England) Tanner, Henry S., Map of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Philadelphia: 1827. 67x54 cm. Folding pocket map in original full leather with moderate soiling and wear. The map has modern tissue backing. Outline color by county. This edition of the wonderful New England map from Tanner's American Atlas maintains the beautiful cartouche along the rocky shore which gives this map a special place among maps of New England. $1,750.00
41) (Holy Land) Assheton, J. T., A Historical Map of Palestine, or the Holy Land. Boston: 1828. 100x88.5 cm. Small linen-backed wall map in very good condition, lacking rods, age-toned. Minor tears into top margin, not affecting image. Outline color by tribe. Very decorative, with small vignettes throughout of biblical scenes or passages. Published by T. B. Wait & J. W. Ingraham. Engraved by Annin & Smith. This map, taken from a London production, was reproduced several times, including one as late as 1845 by Mitchell in Philadelphia. $850.00
42) (New York State) Burr, David H., Map of the State of New York and the Surrounding Country, Compiled from his Large Map of the State. Albany: 1829. 49x63 cm. Small wall map in only fair to good condition, with considerable age-toning and light chipping near the top. Lacks bottom rod. The largest of the chips affects an area in western Orange County, eliminating the “RA” of the county name. The map includes all of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont as well as most of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Full color by county in New York, outline color in other states. Profiles of Erie, Seneca, and Champlain Canals at lower left. A scarce map, published in the same year as Burr's great New York State Atlas, and taken from that work as indicated by the small “No. 1” in the top margin. This map was reduced from Burr's much larger wall map of the state published in the same year. $850.00
43) (New York State) Williams, William C., Tourist's Map of the State of New York. Utica: 1829. 50x72 cm. Folding map, Original tooled leather. The map is in excellent condition, though uniformly age-toned. Full color by county. The text is present here on a separate sheet bound into the folder along with the map. At the bottom is a large profile of the Erie Canal. Williams' guide was one of the most popular guides to New York State of the early 19th century. $850.00
44)
(Mexico) Calvo, Don Rafael Maria, Plano
General de la Ciudad de Mexico. New York: 1830. 48x53 cm. Exceedingly
scarce pocket map in superb condition. Original red morocco folder with title
gilt on front. Bookplate inside front cover. Crisp full color with many
differentiations of blocks and sections. Engraved by Peter Maverick of the
noted Maverick family of engravers. This is a reduced version of a map first published
in Mexico City in 1793 and reissued as a wall map in 1807. Not mentioned in
Stephens, The Mavericks, which has a listing of known works engraved by
members of the Maverick family. We have not been able to find any other copies
of this map in auction records or dealers’ catalogues for 40 years. Not in
Phillips. $9,500.00
45) (Holy
Land) [Nine Maps Related to the Bible]. n.p.: c. 1830. 42x41.5 cm. A very
interesting little wall map, backed with linen, consisting of 9 small maps and
graphics related to the Holy Land and the Bible. These may well have been
issued in the form of a bible atlas as well. Originally colored in outline,
though the predominant green color has oxidized into a sort of muddy brown as
is typical for color of this period. $350.00
46) (Utah) Vander Maelen, P.M.G., Amer. Sep. Partie du Mexique, No. 47. Brussels: 1831. 46x56 cm. Map sheet from the famous Vandermaelen atlas showing what is now northern Utah and western Colorado. Includes both the Great Salt Lake and the mythical Lake Timpanogos. Extensive text, in French, at left. Very good, with several very short tears into the bottom edge, only one of which extends slightly into the border. $375.00
47) (Broadside) Baldwin & Treadway, Statistical Chart of the United States. New Haven: c. 1831. 70x46 cm. Large uncolored chart with mechanically engraved decorative border. Includes population, distance, climate and other tables. The population tables are also broken down by state showing the populations of larger cities and towns in 1820 and 1830. The tables also differentiate slave populations, ranging from 469,724 slaves in Virginia to 14 in Rhode Island. Has limited information for Florida, Michigan, Arkansas, Missouri and Northwest Territories. There is also an estimation of Indians within the United States, broken down by geographic area. An unusual, fact-filled chart. $375.00
48) (Middle East) Andrus & Judd, An Ancient or Bible Map, Designed for the Use of Bible Classes, Sunday Schools and Private Families. Hartford: 1832. 32.1x47.5 cm. Folding map in original morocco folder, lightly scuffed. An unusual small map of most of the Mediterranean, featuring the Holy Land but also Europe to the English Channel. Bright, full color by historical region. Separations at some fold junctions. $375.00
49) (Connecticut) Lester, William, Map of New London and Windham Counties in Conn... New Haven: 1833. 82x69.5 cm. Wall map, linen-backed, generally good condition showing some wear. Outline color by town. Among the 10 inset maps is one of the Continuation of the Boston, Norwich & New London Railroad which is described by Thompson as the earliest charting of a Connecticut railroad. This is the earliest Connecticut county map listed by Thompson and among the earliest of any New England counties. The map is exceedingly well done, with the drawing and the engraving of the highest quality for the period. It is rare - the only reference found was in Thompson’s listing. Not in Phillips. Thompson 88. $1,850.00
50) (United States) Burr, David, United States. New York: 1833. 44x53 cm. Folding map, Very scarce copy of one of the first maps published by J. H. Colton & Co. Original full leather folder, front cover detached, scuffed. The map has outline color, short split along one fold, separations at some fold junctions. Very good condition. 7 inset maps with areas around major cities. Ristow, p. 315, mentions this as the first year of publication for Colton, but does not mention this map. A very attractive, important early map from two of the greatest names in American cartography, Colton and Burr. It is interesting that Chicago is not named on this map, though it had been on maps 20 years earlier. Wisconsin Territory has been separated from “Missouri or Northwest Territory” an unusual conflating of two distinct territories. $2,500.00
51) (United States) Williams, C. S., Williams' Travellers' Directory and Map. New Haven: 1833. 54.5x41.5 cm. Very rare folding map in original boards. Full color by state, excellent condition with some separations at fold junctions. This is similar to Mitchell’s 1833 Traveller’s Guide, with a single sheet map of the United States (taken from Mitchell’s version of the Finley U.S. map) and a single sheet of steamboat and canal routes, statistics, etc. Much of his information comes from the sheet that accompanies Mitchell's guide. Williams' relationship with Mitchell probably started with this guide and continued into the 1840's when he made other maps for Mitchell, including the Texas map for the 1846 Universal Atlas. The title above is from the front cover of the guide. The map extends west past the Rocky Mountains, identifying Long’s and James’s Peaks as well as the apochryphal River Buenaventura. Texas is named only as the area along the Gulf Coast of eastern Mexico from Galveston to the Sabine River. Streeter 3847. $1,750.00
52) (Canada) Hawkins, A[lfred], Environs of Quebec. [Montreal?]: 1834. 29.6x28.4 cm. Folding map in original 32mo. full morocco folder with marbled endpapers. A small, delicate uncolored map of Quebec from St.Lawrence to Lake St.Joseph. Shows several roads to Montreal along the St. Lawrence River. $850.00
53) (New York State) Williams, W. G., Survey for a Ship Canal around the Falls of Niagara. Washington: 1835. 83x150 cm. Large uncolored map in very good condition. Excellent detail of the Niagara River near Niagara Falls. Removed from a government document, there are small holes at some old fold junctions and very light staining at top left. An inset plan show a section of a lock. $500.00
54) (New York State) Miller's Lith., Map of the Village of Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y.. New York: c. 1835. 53x72 cm. Early uncolored lithographed map of a Mohawk Valley town. Fair condition, with separations along earlier folds, with considerable, though not excessive, loss. Lots are numbered, streets named. Some lots are marked in an early hand. Shows the routes of the Erie Canal and Utica and Schenectady Railroads. $375.00
55) (Massachusetts) Brown and Parsons, Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Island. Hartford: 1838. 50x39 cm. Folding map, Hand colored map in original brown morocco folder. Full color by county. Areas of New York State (east of the Hudson River) are uncolored. Original full leather folder, soiled and worn. Small stain spots along areas of one fold. Map is only in fair to good condition with splits along several folds and separations at fold junctions. Very minor loss at a split in the Atlantic Ocean. Maps by Brown and Parsons are quite scarce. Not in Thompson. $550.00
56) (North Carolina) Nicholson, Francis, Map of Property Belonging to the Deep River Gold Mining Company. n.p.: 1838. 55x83 cm. A delicately hand-drawn map of lands in North Carolina which were the site of gold mining operations in the 1830's. The area shown is near Ashboro, North Carolina, west of the Deep River and just north of Richland Creek, likely in Randolph County. Excellent condition, with one small area of damage in a completely blank area to the left of the title. The areas shown are greatly detailed, with individual buildings clearly labeled and the path of the veins for mining outlined in red. 10 such veins are shown. Also included is a contemporary note which accompanied the map when it was sent to an investor in Pennsylania. $2,250.00
57) (Oregon) Parker, Samuel, Map of Oregon Territory. Utica, NY: 1838. 36x56.5 cm. Uncolored map of Oregon Territory, originally included in Parker's landmark Journal of an Exploring Tour. Good condition, light creasing and a couple of spots of foxing. It is unclear which edition of the book this was removed from. A very good copyof a most important map, according to Wagner-Camp 70 “the earliest ... which contains reliable information as to the interior of the Oregon Territory.” Wheat 438 : “A real advance” and “A notable achievement.” There are minor differences between this copy and the one illustrated in Wheat v. 2, page 166. $350.00
58) (United States) Mitchell, S. Augustus, Travelers Guide through the United States, Containing the Principal Cities, Towns, &c.. Philadelphia: 1838. 16mo. Folding map in original stamped, lightly scuffed. 78 pp. text.The map, of the United States to just past the Mississippi River is in excellent condition with very minor light stains and age-toning. 9 inset maps of the vicinities of U. S. cities. Overall a fine copy of this great Mitchell publication. Howes M690 $1,000.00
59) (Wisconsin/Iowa) Abel, Henry, Traveller's & Emigant's Guide to Wisconsin & Iowa ... Accompanied with a New and Improved Map ... with Parts of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Philadelphia: 1838. 53x44 cm. Folding map in original cloth folder, rebacked, with paper label. The map and information chart have both been backed with modern archival paper. This is a very scarce pocket map and chart showing Wisconsin in its earliest years. The map was engraved by J. H. Young and published by Augustus Mitchell. Graff 4: “Abel's map and broadside comprise one of the first few works containing reliable information about the northern part of the Old Northwest Territory.” A very important, quite scarce, map of the late development of the Old Northwest, the destination of much of the early westward migration in the United States. AII (Wisc) 527, Sabin 49, Rumsey 4046. $3,750.00
60) (United States) Phelps & Ensign, Travellers Guide and Map of the United States. New York: 1839. 66x103 cm. Small wall map, lacking rods. Generally good condition, though with some creasing and cracking, particularly near the top. Age-toning, light staining. A likely candidate for restoration. This map shows the Republic of Texas north of Galveston. Extends well west into New Mexico, whose eastern boundary is right up against San Antonio. This is an earlier edition of this map than we have seen before, with a copyright notice dated 1837. Many, many differences from the more frequently seen 1841 issue (below), the most striking of which is that the bottom has, along with small historical scenes, facsimile signatures from the Declaration of Independence in place of a view of the signing. The five historical scenes at the bottom, while of the same subjects, have been completely reengraved. There are also many geographical differences from the later issues, including a large number in Texas. Of course, the presidential portraits at the bottom corners do not include Harrison, elected in 1840, who appears on the 1841 issue, nor Tyler, who appears on the 1843 and later issues. We have never seen a copy of an 1837 edition of this wall map. A rare issue of a popular map of the period. $2,000.00
61) (United States) Phelps & Ensign, Phelps & Ensign’s Travellers Guide and Map of the United States. New York: 1841. 66x103 cm. Small decorative wall map with vignettes of the signing of Declaration of Independence and many other historical scenes, particularly Revolutionary War battles, at the bottom and left side. Age-toning, some wear from rubbing, light staining. Generally good condition, though with some wear. This map extends further west than most maps of this period, as it shows the Republic of Texas north of Galveston. The map shows areas well west into New Mexico, whose eastern boundary is right up against San Antonio. $1,250.00
62) (Asia) Ross, D., Lloyd, R., & Halsted, E. P., Chart of the Coast of Arracan from Akyab to Lat. 17˚ 50'. London: 1842. 93x66 cm. Uncolored, unbacked sea chart of the southwestern coast of Myanmar (Burma). Excellent condition. 3 inset maps. Centers on Cheduba and Ramree Islands. Many depth soundings throughout. Published by James Horsburgh of the East India Company. Updated from an 1834 map. $275.00
63) (New York State) Smith, J.
F., Map Shewing the Railroads
between Lake Erie, New York & Boston Intended to Illustrate the Importance
of the N. York & Erie Rail Road. [New York]: 1842. 55x42 cm.
Lithographed folding map in cloth folder with paper label. Outline color by
state, with the Erie Railroad highlighted. Good condition, somewhat worn, with
light browning at left side. Shows railroads and canals through New York,
Pennsylvania and lower New England. $475.00
64) (United States) Mitchell, S. Augustus, National Map of the United States. Philadelphia: 1843. 85.7x61.6 cm. Wall map, linen-backed, with original rollers. This is the first edition of one of the most popular wall maps of the 19th century. 32 inset maps. Good condition, age-toned, light stains, and chipping. Shows the United States as it was at the time, the eastern part of the continent, including Louisiana but showing only a small portion of eastern Texas. Streeter 3861. $1,150.00
65) (United States) Ensign, T. & E. H., Phelps & Ensign's Travellers Guide and Map of the United States. New York: 1843. 103x66 cm. Wall map in fair to good condition, with staining at the top center, in Missouri Territory and some wear towards the bottom. Original inen backing and rods. Full color by state, 14 inset maps. Very decorative, with 5 historical views at the bottom, insets of the world, heights of mountains, and lengths of rivers at the left, portraits of the presidents, through Tyler, at the bottom corners, and additional decorative portraits of Washington and King Philip. Shows to the Rocky Mountains, including most of then-independent Texas. $850.00
66) (Massachusetts) Borden, Simeon, Topographical Map of the State of Massachusetts. Boston: 1844. 193x127 cm. Very large wall map in full color. Very good condition, with light soiling and fading. This is the scarce first edition of this huge map of Massachusetts. It was reissued, with revisions, in 1861. Includes Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. Phillips p.401. $2,250.00
67) (Spain) Purdy, John, New Chart of the Coasts of Spain, Portugal, .... London: 1844. 93x100 cm. Sea chart, blue-backed, of the western and southern coast of Iberian Peninsula. Excellent condition. As usual for sea charts, there is a tremendous amount of details, including lighthouses. $375.00
68) (Americana) Barnes, A. S., History of the U. States or Republic of America. Historic Tree. Willard's Chronographer of American History. New York: 1845. 61x86 cm. Very unusual print in the form of a wall map, linen-backed with original top roller only, age-toned. Mild crack at lower left, generally worn appearance. It depicts the United States as a thick tree with branches going out to recall various events in its history. A semi-circular timeline runs clockwise at the border, from 1492 at the left to 1845 at the bottom right. The branches go out to the point in time at which the depicted event occured. Some color in the tree branches. It is not clear if the Willard mentioned in the title is Emma Willard. $850.00
69) (Connecticut) Barber, J. W., Connecticut. New Haven: c. 1845. 18.5x23 cm. Small folding map in only good condition, with small separations at fold junctions and light soiling to both the map and boards. Original stiff wrapper with paper label. Ownership signature, dated 1863, inside front cover. Full color by county. A scarce production, we have only seen one previous copy of this pocket map. Not in Thompson. $450.00
70) (New York City) Hassler, F. R., Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the Environs. Washington: 1845. 86x60 cm. Good copy of the 1845 reduction of Hassler's 6-sheet chart of New York Harbor. Backed with modern archival paper, chipping at some previous fold lines. This is one of the best 19th century maps of New York Bay, showing the area from Perth Amboy, New Jersey to South Oyster Bay and Jones Beach and north to show the souther portion of Manhattan Island. All soundings shown in water areas, good detail of lot lines and forested areas on land. Guthorn p.72 $1,000.00
71)
(New York State) Ensign, T. & E. H., Distance
Map of the State of New York, Containing All the Towns in the State. New
York: 1845. 54x72.3 cm. Wall Map, Small wall map in generally good condition.
It is substantially age-toned. Light waterstains and small chips. Large inset
map of New York City to 90th Street. There are also small insets of the
Vicinity of Niagara Falls, Vicinity of New York City, Heights of Mountains in
the State, the Principal Canals in the State, Lengths of Rivers in the State,
and a view of Niagara Falls. Full color by town. Engraved by John Atwood and
first issued in 1839. $950.00
72) (United States - Midwest) Steele, Oliver, Steele's New Guide to the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Michigan. Buffalo: 1845. 17x16 cm. Folding map in original 1/4 leather with printed boards. 72 pp., 1 (of 2?) folding maps. Excellent condition, light foxing. This copy may be lacking a general map of the Midwest, but it does contain an early map of Wisconsin, a small uncolored map entitled “A New and Correct Map of Wisconsin” lithographed by Hall & Mooney of Buffalo. The map identifies only 18 counties in the territory, all in the southeastern region. 17 pages are devoted to Wisconsin. There are also sections on New York State, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Howes S927 (This date not shown.) Not in Printed Maps of the Midwest. $1,250.00
73) (Ohio) Bromagsen, Eilas, Shanesville, OH. Shanesville: 1846. 30x25 cm. Manuscript plat map of a small town along the St. Mary's River in what was then Darke County on the western edge of the state. This town is now known as Rockford and is in Mercer County, though the streets shown here are unchanged in name or layout from those shown here. There are 4 east-west and 2 north-south streets shown and 42 different lots are numbered. The identification and attestation of the maker is written on the back of the brown paper on which it is drawn. $750.00
74) (United States-West) Preuss, Charles, Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to Oregon Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River .... Baltimore: 1846. 41x67 cm. A fair to good copy of Preuss's classic 7-part map of the route of Captain Fremont from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, one of the great landmarks in American cartography. The maps are bound at the right side. Some repairs and restoration, with early tape repair marks still showing at points along a previous center fold, with some discoloration. Housed in a modern full cloth case. Wheat 523 devotes 4 pages and 7 illustrations to this most important work. Wheat effuses over this map, calling it “a road guide for Oregon emigrants such as had never previously existed.” $5,500.00
75) (World) Phelps. Humphrey, Pictorial View of the World. New York: 1846. 70x50 cm. A small double hemisphere map of the world is in the center of this garish and busy poster. Crammed onto this sheet are population and geography tables for each of the continents, lists of major cities and distinguished men by century, the religions and tallest buildings in the world, a comparison of wages in various counties and much more. There are idealized views of the Eastern and Western Hemisphere and an ornate decorative border. There are idealized vignettes of a native for four continents: America, Europe, Asia and Africa. A great example of the garish broadsides published by Phelps and Ensign & Thayer at this time. $1,250.00
76) (Connecticut) Hall, Edwin, The Principal Part of Norwalk in the Year 1847, with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement. New York: 1847. 43x25.8 cm. Separately published map of the town of Norwalk, Connecticut showing land owners in 1847 as well as some land owners and landmarks from the colonial era. Printed on a yellow background with the Norwalk River hand colored in blue. Good condition, minor tears at margins. Not in Thompson. OCLC 20010523 (2 loc. Ct. Hist. & Ct. St. Library.) $650.00
77) (Ohio) Browne, G.R., Town Platt of Montpelier. Montpelier, Ohio: 1847. 39x31 cm. A very unusual item, being a stampless philatelic cover with a canciellation from Montpelier, which is very rare, rated C in Sampson. The text of this letter is a manuscript map of the small town of Montpelier in northwestern Ohio. $1,500.00
78) (United States) Ensign, Thayer & Co., Pictorial Map of the United States. New York: 1847. 101x71.8 cm. Wall map with original rods and linen. Good to very good condition. Age-toned and moderately worn. Small tears at edges. Full color by state. Surrounded by decorative elements, including a large view of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the bottom. The map shows to the Pacfic Ocean, with California and most of the rest of the west still belonging to Mexico. This is among the latest maps to show Texas with its long northwest tail. $2,500.00
79) (Presidents) Ensign & Thayer, Presidents of the United States. Buffalo: 1848. 76x57 cm. Garish decorative broadside with portraits of the first twelve presidents, including the just-elected Taylor. At the center is a small copy of Trumbull's depiction of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Other patriotic decorative elements added. Linen-backed, with original rods. Small tear with minor loss at top left margin. Generally very good condtion, moderately worn. $1,250.00
80) (Boston) Dickinson, S. N., Plan of the City of Boston. Boston: 1849. 24x28.3 cm. An unusual, very small pair of folding maps in the original tiny (8.2x5.4 cm.) stamped cloth cloth folder with black gilt-printed paper labels front and back. The front label reads “Map of Boston” while the back reads “Map of Boston & Vicinity.” One map, named above, is of the city proper; the second map is Map of the Vicinity of Boston, 1849. Both are uncolored and have some splits along folds and at fold junctions, with very minor loss. The map of the vicinity of Boston has early crude repairs along two short folds and one diagonal repaired tear running from Billerica to West Cambridge. $500.00
81) (Maryland) United States Coast Survey, Mouth of Chester River. Washington: 1849. 44x36 cm. Printed on heavy stock, never folded, not removed from a Coast Survey volume. Shows the mouth of the Chester River off Chesapeake Bay. Land areas shown include Ket Island and East Nech Island. Many soundings in the channel, good detail on land. $225.00
82) (Connecticut) McIntyre, H., Plan of the City of Norwich, New London County, Conn.. Philadelphia: 1850. 99.7x83.8 cm. Wall map with original rods, detached and original linen backing. Bottom border gone, with no loss of map surface. Stained at right side. Fair to good copy of a very scarce map. Color in river areas and Trading Cove in the south. Land owners identified. Large inset ofthe Arms of the State of Connecticut at top left. Thompson 127. $950.00
83) (Connecticut) Sidney & Neff (Collins & Clark pub.), Map of the City of Bridgeport Conn.. Philadelphia: 1850. 90.5x93.7 cm. Wall map, well worn, stained, particularly towards the top. Linen-backed, lacks rollers. There is damage at the top left, into the inset view of P. T. Barnum's home. 12 building views inset. Identifies land owners. Not in Phillips. Thompson 124. $650.00
84) (New York State) Halsey, John, Map of Greenburgh Terrace, Lying Between Dobbs Ferry and Hastings in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, NY. New York: 1850. 50x72 cm. Uncolored real estate pomotional map for land along the Hudson River in Westchester County. Good condition, though mounted on a stiff board. Very attractive, with 3 views of buildings: the Dobbs Ferry Depot, Stephen Archer's Villa, and James Bowen's Residence. In the map itself is an illustration of a locomotive pulling a one-car passenger train along the river. An early suburban development map for land in Westchester County, immediately north of. New York City. $750.00
85) (United States) Colton, J. H., Colton's Traveler and Tourist Guide-book Through the United States of America and the Canadas .... New York: 1850. 16mo cm. Folding map, Original gilt-stamped cloth, excellent condition. The map of the eastern United States is crisp and bright. 250, 16 pp., large folding map, one other map of the rail routes from New York to Washington. This is among the earliest general circulation guide books to contain information on both California, which had just achieved statehood, and Utah Territory which had just recently been settled. $1,350.00
86) (World) Brue, A.,[ 6 Puzzle Maps of the Continents]. Paris: c. 1850. 20x27 cm. 6 single sheet maps from an atlas, all have been laid onto uniform boards and cut as jigsaw puzzles. Fine condition. This group includes a map of the world along with one of each continent, excepting Antarctica and Asia. A very attractive set of puzzle maps. $2,000.00
87) (World) Burr, David H., The World, Based on Mercator's Projection. Boston: 1850. 42.7x53 cm. Small folding map, lacking front wrapper and stained, used as a promotion for a possible trans-continental railroad. Outline color, holes at many fold junctions. There is an inset map across most of the top by W. L. Dearborn, of a route for a proposed railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco. Clearly designed to capitalize on the Gold Rush. Published by John Haven, who did other promotional maps around this time to arouse interest in a trans-continental railroad. “Mormon City” is located just south of the Great Salt Lake, and early appearance of Salt Lake City which was founded in 1847. $850.00
88) (Long Island Sound) United States Coast Survey, Hart & City Island/Sachem's Head Harbor. Washington: 1851. 38x44 cm. 2 Coast Survey charts on one sheet. Printed on heavy stock, never folded, not removed from a Coast Survey volume. The chart on the left shows City and Hart Islands, off the southeastern coast of the Bronx. A small area of Long Island is also shown. On the right is a chart of Sachem's Head Harbor, near Guilford, Connecticut. Both charts have excellent detail both on land and in the water areas. Text on the maps give sailing directions and a chart of tides. $300.00
89) (New York State) Dripps, Matthew, Map of Sing-Sing, Westchester County, N.Y., Showing Every House and Property. New York: 1852. 108x88 cm. Wall map, da