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| VISSCHER, N. / SCHENK,P. - Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem.. Amsterdam, 1720, In original o/l colours.. 487x582mm. Two joined sheets. Some paper thinness on old folds, reinforced for protective reason. In good condition. A finely engraved pair of maps designed to be cut and joined together to provide a continuous coastline of North America from the Carolinas to Newfoundland and along the St.Lawrence and inland to Lakes Erie and Huron, and north to Hudson Bay. Covering such a large area, the scale of the map is...
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| CHATELAIN, H. - Carte qui contient..Iles & Terres..L'Amerique..Jamaique.. Amsterdam 1728, Coloured.. 409x523mm. In very fine condition. Eight maps on one sheet. From Chatelain's Atlas Historique et Méthodique . Including maps of Bermuda, Jamaica, New England with Long Island, Carolina, Chesapeake and Delaware Bay, Nova Scotia and a map of the Caribbean....
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| POPPLE,H / MORTIER, J.& C. - A Map of the British Empire in AMERICA with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements Adjacent Thereto. by Henry Popple. / Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L'Amerique . . . Amsterdam, ca. 1737, In original o/l colours.. 1180x1040mm. Mint condition, dark impression on thick paper. 4 Sheets if joined: 1180mm x 1040mm. The four sheet Dutch edition of Popple's monumental map of North America, in mint condition. Encompassing the West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Central America.
This example is the rare FIRST state of the edition published by Covens and Mortier in Amsterdam, circa 1737. I...
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| BELLIN, J.N. - Carte de LA LOUISIANE et des PAYS VOISINS Dédiée a M. Rouillé Dediee a M. Rouille Secretairr 'd Etat ayant le Departement de la Marine… 1750 Paris, 1750, Coloured.. 480x620mm. Very fine, printed on heavy paper. North America from the eastern seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. Based on Delisle's map of 1718 with additions from notes compiled by the Jesuit priest, explorer and historian, Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix. The map was compiled in part from the Chaussegros de Lery manuscripts and is also not...
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| LONGCHAMPS, le Sieur. - Carte des Possessions Françoises et Angloises dans le Canada et partie de la Lousiane. . . Paris, 1756, In original o/l colours.. 560x770mm. Paper slightly age-toned and dusty, splits along margins re-inforced. Verso of center fold contemp. backed with paper strip. Proof state. Here without the decorations around the title cartouche in the what is called in the reference books the first state the cartouche in upper left . No double lines around the scale and the title cartouche lower right without "Gravé par Chambon". This map was published in 1756...
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| SCHELTUS, I. - Nader prolongatie van het Octroy voor de Westindische Compagnie voor den tyd van nog dertig jaaren. . . Amsterdam, 1761, Uncoloured.. 520x1450mm. Letterpress on four joined sheets. Slightly age toned paper. A proclamation by the Dutch States General, dated 1761, extending the charter of the Dutch West India Company for another thirty years. Like the 1730 proclamation, it has detailed information about the import of slaves from West Africa to Surinam, Essequibo and Berbice, where the WIC was granted a m...
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| L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE. - Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique… Paris, 1783, In original o/l colours.. 476x650mm. Very good condition. A later edition of De l'Isle's foundation map of 1703, widely regarded as one of the most influential maps in the history of American Cartography. This updated version of the map, published by Dezauche (one of De L'Isle's successors) in 1783, is the first edition to identify the United States bound...
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| CASSINI, G. - La parte orientale dell' antico.. messico con la Florida.. Rome, 1798, In original o/l colours.. 480x700mm. Set of two maps. Size of each sheet excluding the margins : 345mm x 480mm. Good margins. In very finrcondition. A splendid two-sheet map of Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, part of Texas, Baja California and Mexico (west part) and of the Southeast Part of the US, Central America, Cuba and the Jamaica (east part).
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| ANONYMOUS - Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale. [Two sheets in manuscript ] France, ca. 1819, In original colours.. 504x717mm. Set of two sheets, with manuscript in brown ink. Outer border washed in gray colour. Each sheet 504 x 717mm. In very good condition. Two sheets giving an detailed information in French, about population in the year 1810, principal cities, products of industry and commerce, financial situation for the year 1818,etc. Also giving an comparison on several commercial and economical aspects between the years 1734 and 1809. 19 States ar...
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| TANNER, H.S. - The Traveller's Guide. A Map Of The Roads, Canals And Steam Boat Routes Of The United States ... Designed for the use of Travellers, By H.S. Tanner. Philadelphia, 1825, In original colours.. 445x562mm. Very good condition. Outline color by state. In red leather covers, 13x8cm., gilt stamped "Traveller's Guide Through The U. States. Two brown spots in right hand part of map, with two holes. Rare first edition of Tanner's travel map in pocket map form, in it original red leather covers, with the map and no text, as issued. Ristow says the first edition was 1834, and while that was the first issue of the enlarged guide with text, this 1825 map is from the same plate as the 1834 map and t...
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| TANNER, Henry S. - A Map of North America, Constructed According To The Latest Information . . . Improved to 1825. Philadelphia, Henry Tanner, 1825, In original colours.. 1090x1435mm. Intersected in 16 sheets, mounted together with linen. Some minor paper discolouration. Very good to mint. It says in the title : "improved to 1825". This milestone map was first issued issued separately in 1822 and also bound in four sheets into Tanner's "New American Atlas" of 1823 and onwards. In lower left corner Entered according to Act of Congress, the 27th day of May 1822, by H. S. Tanner of ...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [ Indian accessories ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 240x200mm. Very good condition. Aquatint depicting Indian accessories engraved by Gallina. Plate N°49. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monuments de l'antiquité...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [ Chief Regolo ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 150x220mm. Very good condition. Aquatint depicting Chief Regolo (also called Cacique) accompanied by his women engraved by Gallina. Plate N°57. Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders, of the Taino tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. Following their fir...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [ Chief Regolo ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 155x215mm. Very good condition. Aquatint depicting chief warriors engraved by G. G. Plate N°58. Cacique from the taíno word for the pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders, of the Taino tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. Following their first encounters with the Taino upon their arrival ...
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| MCKENNEY, T & HALL, J. - A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca. A Chippeway Chief. Philadelphia, 1837, In original colours.. 300x190mm. Light age toning, with some foxing on reverse - else in very good condition, good margins, nice colour and impression. Half-length portrait of Anacamegishca, bare-chested, wearing a blanket and a peace medal. A-Na-Cam-E-Gish-Ca (1785-1862) - was a Chippeway Indian Chief. The Chippewa is one of the largest Native American Tribes in the USA, made up of some 150 bands of Indians. They roughly inhabited the n...
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| MCKENNEY, T & HALL, J. - Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof. Principal Chief of the Shawanoes. Philadelphia, 1837, In original colours.. 300x230mm. Light age toning and a hint of offset, right margin with stitch holes and 'chips' etc. One small tear to bottom border. Else in good condition, good margins, nice colour and impression. Half-length portrait of Catahecassa wearing a dark coloured jacked, grey vest, white shirt, and grey head scarf. A wonderful hand coloured lithograph of Ca-Ta-He-Cas-Sa-Black Hoof. The Shawnee tribes inhabited land from the Ohio valley to Kentucky, east to West Virginia, Virginia and Penns...
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| MCKENNEY, T & HALL, J. - Major Ridge. A Cherokee Chief. Philadelphia, 1837, In original colours.. 300x230mm. Light age toning and foxing, old repair to a large tear running across the print (barely noticeable), right margin with stitch holes and 'chips' etc. Else in good condition, good margins, nice colour and impression. Head and shoulders portrait of Major Ridge,(1771-1839) wearing a blue jacket, gold or yellow vest, white shirt, and black cravat. A Cherokee Chief, who as a Cherokee leader, was also a lawmaker, and a member of the tribal council. As a warrior, he fought in the Cherokee-American Wars of 1776-9...
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| STANSBURY, H./J. W. GUNNISON/CHAS. PRUESS. - Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert .. by Capt. Howard Stansbury .. aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison . . . Ackerman, New York, 1852, In original colours.. 1090x750mm. In it's original "Western Exploration" cloth covers. Two lithographed maps printed on very thin paper. Some paper splits near crossing of folds. Spine with some minor repairs. Maps partly with discolouration due to oxidation of glue.
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| KIEPERT, H. - Kiepert's Physikalische Wandkarten. VI. Nord-America. Berlin, Dieter Reimer, 1864, In original colours.. 1100x1130mm. Lithographed folding wall map dissected in 12 segments and laid down on linen. Very good condition. Large folding school wall map of North and Central America printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Leopold Kraatz in Berlin. Three inset maps are depicting Antilles, political divi...
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| VORZET, Ed. Dumas - Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. Le Comte de Paris, Ancien Aide de Camp du General Mac Clellan (McClellan). … Paris. Michel Levy Freres, 1875, In original chromolithographed colours.. 460x325mm. 6 parts in 3 fascicles with paper cover. 30 chomo lithographic plates. Together with 7 volumes text. All in very good to mint condition. These 30 maps were made by Vorzet to accompany Louis Phillipe d'Orleans' (Comte de Paris) multi volume "Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amérique". The set includes all three original fascicle covers (this was issued in parts, and often bound later). The first fascicle was from 1874. The fascic...
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| THE INTERNATIONAL AT-A-GLANCE CHART CO. - United States At-A-Glance. New York & London: International At-A-Glance Chart Co. 1931, Coloured printed.. 250x250mm. Circular colour printed chart on card (25 cm, diameter) with two revolving discs, the upper disc with windows to reveal the statistical data of the States pointed to on the circumference of the outer disc. A clever device for demonstrating the statistics of each state, the Area, Population, Highest Elevation, Principal River, Capital, railroad Mileage, Date Entered Union, Principal City (other than capital) and its population, and its Rank in Population & Area. Seemingly very rare.
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| HARIETT-GILMAR - Coast to Coast. New York, ca. 1950, Coloured.. 245x387mm. In good condition. On cardboard. Folding game board. Game board features a map of the U.S. with a built-in spinner. Players travel a circular track around around the map visiting landmarks as they go. A fun way to learn geography!
Players start on NYC, and move the number of spaces indicated by the spinner. Land on a red space, lose a turn. L...
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| New England states / Vermont / Maine |
| SCHENK, P. - Belgii novi, angliae novae, et partis Virginiae . . . Amsterdam, 1694, In original colours.. 438x510mm. In mint condition. This example is state 3 of the original Janssonius plate, printed after Schenk acquired the plates at public auction in 1694 from the heirs of Jansson van Waesberge. The general outline of the map is derived from Peter Minuit, drawn from the Adriaen Block chart of 1614. The region around Manha...
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| MOUNT & PAGE / BOULTER GRIERSON - The Harbour of Casco Bay and Islands Adjacent Bt Capt. Cyprian Southicke. Dublin, 1767, Uncoloured.. 430x524mm. On thin ply paper, good impression. Right margin cut to neat line, now remargined. Some remains from old folds, now flattened out. The earliest printed chart of Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England. First issued in 1720 by Mount and Page, it remained in print for decades and was not superseded for more than half a century, here from the very rare Dublin pirated edition.
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| SOTZMANN, D.F. - New Jersey entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1796 . . . NO.VIII Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797, In original colours.. 660x470mm. Mint condition. Extremely rare map of New Hampshire prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten maps of America were completed, the series is discussed in Chapter 11 of Ristow. Engraved by P.Schmidt. The Atlas was to accompany ...
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| SOTZMANN, D.F. - Rhode Island entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1798 . . . NO.V Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1797, In original colours.. 495x358mm. Mint condition. Extremely rare map of Rhode Island prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten maps of America were completed, the series is discussed in Chapter 11 of Ristow. This was the largest scale map of the series. This ...
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| SOTZMANN, D.F. - New Yok entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. Hamburg bey Carl Ernst Bohn 1799 . . . NO.VII Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn, 1799, In original colours.. 485x635mm. Mint condition. Extremely rare map of New York prepared by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann for Christopher Ebeling's "Erdbeschreibung von Amerika", a project ended after only ten maps of America were completed, the series is discussed in Chapter 11 of Ristow. Engraved by W.Sander. The Atlas was to accompany Ebelin...
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| SMITH, George G. - Plan Of Boston Comprising a Part of Charlestown and Cambridge. Published by George G. Smith, Engraver, Corner of Washington & Franklin Sts. Boston. 1846. London, 1846, In original o/l colours.. 650x525mm. Margins cut to neat line. Verso strengthened with very thin Japan paper for protective reason. Some paper thinning on old folds. Index is missing. In good condition. Detailed plan of Boston, with insets :"Plan Of East Boston from actual Survey by R.H. Eddy" and "Plan Of South Boston From a Drawing by S.P. Fuller". A noted mid-19th century map of Boston: among the earliest to show the proposed filling of Back Bay. The filling of Back Bay would begin in 1857 ...
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| WEBER, E. - 20 small lithographed views of Washington DC and Georgetown. Casimir Bohn, Washington, D.C.: 1849, Uncoloured.. 300x430mm. 20 small lithographs pasted on two sheets of late 19th century paper. Paper size 300x430mm. Each vignette ca. 60x85mm. 20 small lithographed town-views of Washington DC and Georgetown, cut out from a larger sheet. Showing the East Front of the Capitol, Treasury, Smithsonian Institute, Presidents House, Post Office, Patent Office, West Front of the Capitol, War Departm...
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| DE BEERS, F.W. - Town of Bedford Westchester Co. NY. New York, 1867, In original colours.. 405x345mm. Folding map on onion skin paper. Some very light spotting but generally in very good to mint condition. Fine lithographed map of the town of Bedford. The map provide the names of specific home owners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradesmen in each village from Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity", "a documentary record of n...
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| DE BEERS, F.W. - Plan of Yonkers Town of Yonkers Westchester Co. N.Y. . . . New York, 1867, In original colours.. 805x530mm. Folding map on onion skin paper. Old repaired tear in left hand part running 20cm into map. Some very light spotting but generally in very good to mint condition. Fine lithographed map of Yonkers New York. The map provide the names of specific home owners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradesmen in each village from Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity", "a documentary record of nine...
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| DE BEERS, F.W. - Plan of the Borough of New Rochelle, Westchester Co. N.Y. New York, 1867, In original colours.. 465x645mm. Folding map on onion skin paper. Some very light discolouration along center fold but generally in very good to mint condition. Fine lithographed map of the plan of the Borough of New Rochelle. The map provide the names of specific home owners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradesmen in each village from Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity", "a doc...
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| DE BEERS, F.W. - Plan of the Beekmanton Tarryntown and Ivring. Westchester Co. N.Y. New York, 1867, In original colours.. 660x460mm. Folding map on onion skin paper. Some very light spotting but generally in very good to mint condition. Fine lithographed map of the plan of the Beekmantown, Tarrytown and Irving New York. The map provide the names of specific home owners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradesmen in each village from Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and...
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| CURRIER & IVES. - [City Of New York and Environs]. New York, 1875, In attractive original colours.. 215x330mm. Original hand coloured lithography, finished with Gum Arabic. Cut to the neat line, one tear upper part left 4 cm into the engraved area repaired. Inscriptions added in manuscript in the lower and right part of the lithography : New-Jersey, New-York, Brooklyn, Le mer, Entrée de New-York, Brooklyn, East river, New-York, Hudson, New-Jersey. Slightly foxing. Large margins. Contemporarily laid down on cardboard. In good condition. A very decorative bird's-eye view of Manhattan, Brooklyn and part of New Jersey. A view of Manhattan Island from the southwest, surrounded by the Hudson, Harlem, and Est River and the bay. Ships of all kinds sail in the water. New Jersey lies in the foreground with warehouses and factories emitting...
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| CURRIER & IVES. - New York Ferry Boat. (Bac à vapeur de New York). New York, ca. 1875, In attractive original colours.. 236x315mm. Original hand coloured lithography, finished with Gum Arabic. "(Bac à vapeur de New-York)" in manuscript. Slightly foxing. Large margins. Contemporarily laid down on cardboard. In good condition. A very decorative print showing the New York Ferry Boat "Fulton", published by Currier & Ives. The Ferry boat "Fulton" sails to the right. A single smokestack trails smoke, and two flags blow to the left. Passengers, horses and a carriage are visible on deck, and a captain is in the wheelhouse at ri...
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| HYDE & Co, A. A. - Driving chart of Hartford and vicinity : 15 miles around. New York / Philadelphia, 1884, In attractive printed colours.. 1020x1005mm. Folding map, sectioned into 25 pieces and mounted on cloth for folding. Printed in black and red, with roads in red. County boundaries hand coloured. Some very light offsetting of red hand colour. Road map by Albert A. Hyde & Co. of Hartford and vicinity, with the Connecticut River in the center. Published by Albert A. Hyde & Co., in New York and lithographed in Philadelphia by Packard, Butler & Pertridge in 1884. Relief shown by spot heights. Shows landowners. Printed in black and red, ...
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| MILBERT, J. - Canada Creek Falls . . [title in French, English, German & Latin] N°32. Pl. 4. Paris, Bove dirigée par Nöel ainé & Cie, 1892, Uncoloured.. 235x300mm. Lithograph printed on China paper and pressed onto wove paper. Good and dark impression. A view of the Canada Creek Falls. From 8e Livraison Amérique Septentrionale - Etat de New York. After Jacques Milbert and lithographed by Dupressoir and figures by V. Adam. Printed by H. Gaugain. An outstanding view from Milbert's "Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des par...
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| Virginia/ Maryland/ Carolina / Georgia |
| BLAEU, W. - Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis. Amsterdam, 1640, In original colours.. 383x505mm. A good impression. Wide margins. Mint condition. Blaeu based this map on the Mercator-Hondius of 1606. A number of geographical improvements, however were incorporated, although two large fictions lakes accompanied by explanatory legends in Latin, still appear on the map. The British and French royal coats of arms indicate the territorial in...
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| BLAEU, W. - Virginiae Partis Australis, et Floridae Partis Orientalis. Amsterdam, 1640, In very attractive original colours.. 383x505mm. Paper slightly age toned and spotted. Generally very good. Blaeu based this map on the Mercator-Hondius of 1606. A number of geographical improvements, however were incorporated, although two large fictions lakes accompanied by explanatory legends in Latin, still appear on the map. The British and French royal coats of arms indicate the territorial interest...
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| BLAEU, W. - Nova Virginiae Tabula. Amsterdam, 1640, In attractive original colours.. 375x482mm. Generally very fine. German text on verso. The map is based on the first state of Smith's map, 1612, and is slightly larger and more expertly engraved. In 1629 the Hondius plate was purchased by Blaeu who deleted Hondius' name and added his own to the imprint, constituting the second state. The map is, in part, famous for its depiction, uppe...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [The Rock-Bridge. Le Pont de Roche ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 191x210mm. Mint condition. Aquatint depicting the Rock-Bridge engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 48. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monuments de l'antiquit...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [View of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 150x210mm. Mint condition. Aquatint depicting a view of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°46. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'aprè...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [Slave labor on an indigo plantation ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 160x230mm. Mint condition. Aquatint depicting slave labor on an indigo plantation engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N°51. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monum...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [Slave labor on a Tobacco plantation ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 180x240mm. Mint condition. Aquatint depicting slave labor on an tobacco plantation engraved by Biasioli. Plate N°50. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monum...
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| U.S. DEPT. OF ARGICULTURE - [Soil map] Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia, Leesburg sheet. New York, 1903, In original printed colours.. 630x530mm. Lithography in 6 colours. Folded as issued. Some very light spotting in the margins, as usual. Generally very good. Early colour lithographed soil map by Julius Bien & Co. in New York for Department of Agriculture. Legends at side give detail on soil type, etc. They also include interesting details of the cities, roads, railroads, rivers, canals, etc. Scale of 1" = 1 mile. The map ...
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| Great Lakes / Philadelphia |
| LOTTER, M.A. - A plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. . . Augsburg, 1777, In original colours.. 593x455mm. Slightly age toned as usual, a good and dark impression. The Lotter edition of Scull & Heap's seminal Philadelphia map, which map was first issued in 1752. Holmes' grid plan for the city is shown, situated between the rivers, and numerous outlying 'country seats' are placed and named, with the primitive road system also indicated.
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| ZATTA, A. - Ilse Paese de' Selvaggi.. Lago Superiore. (Florida and the Bahamas) Venice, 1778, In original colours.. 338x422mm. Printed on heavy paper. Paper slightly age-toned. In good condition. Antonio Zatta published an Italian version of the John Mitchell map in twelve sheet. This sheet depicts Lake Superior in the Bellin version, as it appeared on the Mitchel map. With inset map of Florida and the Bahamas. From Zatta's Atlante Novissimo....
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| Western America / Texas |
| DEPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE - Carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique compris entre la pointe sud de la presqu'Ile de la Floride et la pointe nord de la presqu'Ile d'Yucatan: Dresée d'après le observations et las plans des espagnols, et publièe par ordre du Minstre de la Marine . . . Paris, 1800, Coloured.. 598x893mm. Several wormholes filled in, hardly notable. Overall in very good condition. Detailed and important early chart of the Gulf Coast and Florida and dated 1800.
First French edition of "the first printed [map] to show and name Galveston Bay" and "the first large-scale printed chart of Texas and the Gulf Coast based on actual sound...
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| HUMBOLDT, A. - Carte du Mexique et des Pays Limitrophes situés au Nord et a l'Est Dressée d'apres la Grande Carte de la Nouvelle Espagne de Mr. A. de Humboldt et d'autres . . . Paris, F. Schoell, 1811, Uncoloured.. 423x723mm. Printed on heavy paper. Folded as issued. Usual paper thinning on crossing of folds, reinforced with Japan paper. Significant map of Mexico and most of the United States, up the California coast as far as Cape San Sebastian (above Mendocino), and across to New York, with fairly good detail in New Mexico but the surrounding plains and basins are rather sparsely depicted. There is engraved text on the map describ...
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| U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY - San Diego Bay. (Chart 5107) Washington, 1945, Coloured.. 950x855mm. In good condition. Printed on strong paper. A working chard, with several annotations in lead pencil and ink. Nautical chart of San Diego Bay of 1945. Printed in black, yellow and purple the "Seaward limit defensive sea area". The water area within the indicated limits on this chart is a Defensive Sea Area. Unless proceeding under United States naval supervision, vessels shall not be navigated in this area ...
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