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MORTIER, P. - Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise Contenant la Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Pensylvania, Nouvelle Iorck, N: Iarsey N: France, et les Terres Nouvellement Decoverte . . .'
Paris, 1700, Original colour.. 600x930mm. Printed on two sheets, which have been joined to make a large impressive map.
A very fine example of this detailed 2-sheet map of the British Colonies in North America, drawn directly from Robert Morden's rare and important 'New Map of the English Empire In America', that was first published in circa 1698 in London.
P. Burden identifies the map as "the first printed pla... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 2,500 - 3,000)
Starting bid
$ 1,600
Condition:

CHATELAIN, H., Carte contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride., antique map, old maps

CHATELAIN, H. - Carte contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride.
Amsterdam, 1719, Coloured.. 410x524mm. Paper slightly age-toned along centre fold. Good impression.
This is a derivative of Delisle's landmark map of the southern part of North America. The detailed map shows many English settlements along the East Coast and carefully notes the discoveries of D'Iberville along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River. The vast region, later known as Louisiana, from Fl... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 600 - 800)
Starting bid
$ 450
Condition:

SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, N., AMERICA SETTENTRIONAL di N. Sanson (California Island), antique map, old maps

SANSON D'ABBEVILLE, N. - AMERICA SETTENTRIONAL di N. Sanson (California Island)
NAPLES, ca 1740, Original colours.. 145x162mm. Age toned. Folding marks as issued.
Very rare old outlined color example of Nicolas Sanson's map of North America. California is depicted as an island; McLaughlin notes: "California with indented northern coast, with nothing to west and Agubela de Cato to north." Among the place names are C. de Mendocino, Pta. de los Reyes, Pta. de M... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 140 - 170)
Bid received
$ 100
Condition:

LOTTER, T.C., America Septentrionalis, Concinnata juxta Observationes. . ., antique map, old maps

LOTTER, T.C. - America Septentrionalis, Concinnata juxta Observationes. . .
Augsburg, ca. 1770, In original colours.. 458x580mm. Fine original colour. Near excellent condition. Good margins.
Showing Lotter's version of Delisle's foundation map of North America, published in 1700. The Great Lakes are actually based on the Coronelli model, which depicts the French strong points at Quebec, Montreal, Tadousac, Fort Sorel and Fort Frontenac. English settlements are confined east of the Miss... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 600 - 750)
Starting bid
$ 500
Condition:

LOTTER, M. A. - A Map of The Provinces of New-York and New-Jersey, with a part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec from the Topographical Observations of C. J. Sauthier.
Augsburg, 1776, Original colours.. 390x575mm. Good condition. Slightly brownish paper. Lower part of 2 sheet map only.
The lower part of a 2-sheet highly detailed revolutionary War era map of New York and New Jersey by Claude Joseph Sauthier and Matthew Lotter. The map first appeared in London the year before this edition. Map dated 1777.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 900 - 1,000)
Starting bid
$ 650
Condition:

LOTTER, M.A., Carte Nouvelle de L’Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le Continent de L’Amerique Septentrionale . . ., antique map, old maps

LOTTER, M.A. - Carte Nouvelle de L’Amerique Angloise contenant tout ce que les Anglois possedent sur le Continent de L’Amerique Septentrionale . . .
Augsburg, 1778, Original colours. 610x495mm. In very good condition, original hand colouring. Upper right margin corner restored (doesn’t not reach the image).
A very nice map of the North America, it shows the 13 British colonies, all of which are mentioned by name in the title cartouche. The map covers the region from James Bay through Newfoundland in the north, and to the northern part of Florida in the south.
Includes nice details in the Great La... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 1,200 - 1,450)
Starting bid
$ 800
Condition:

L'ISLE, G. de. / DEZAUCHE., Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique…, antique map, old maps

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... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 1,400 - 1,500)
Starting bid
$ 800
Condition:

ARROWSMITH, A., A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America..., antique map, old maps

ARROWSMITH, A. - A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America...
London, 1802, In original colours.. 1450x550mm. Excellent, very marginal imperfections. Unfortunately, just the eastern half of this famous map
Published between 1795 and 1824, Aaron Arrowsmith's map of North America, is perhaps the single most important maps of North America after the American Revolution. It represents the most accurate picture of the region at the end of the XVIII century. This copy contains information updated to 1802 ("... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 2,000 - 3,000)
Starting bid
$ 1,350
Condition:

THOMSON, J., Spanish North America., antique map, old maps

THOMSON, J. - Spanish North America.
Edinburgh, 1821, In original colours.. 505x623mm. Some light toning and offset, a few very small pin-prick holes into the engraved surface, but In good condition.
The excellent map by the Scottish engraver John Thomson, depicts Mexico from the Yucatan northwards to what would eventually become the Republic of Texas, and the Louisiana Territory. This region would eventually become the U.S. States of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Texas, Utah, Nevada, Louis... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 700 - 800)
Starting bid
$ 500
Condition:

DENIS, L., Missions et Résidences dans la Partie Septentrionale de l'Amérique Contenant 50 Jésuites., antique map, old maps

DENIS, L. - Missions et Résidences dans la Partie Septentrionale de l'Amérique Contenant 50 Jésuites.
Paris, Ambroise Dupont , 1826, In original colours.. 73x95mm. Paper very slightly age toned, but generally in fine condition.
Very rare missionary map of North America from "Atlas Universel indiquant les établissemens des Jésuites: avec la manière dont ils divisent la terre, suivi desévénemens remarquables de leur histoire".
This little atlas tells the story of the Jesuits in the different parts of the world in sixtee... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 240 - 300)
Starting bid
$ 150
Condition:

DELAMARCHE, C., Amerique Septentrionale., antique map, old maps

DELAMARCHE, C. - Amerique Septentrionale.
Paris, 1828, Original o/l coloring. 285x330mm. In fine condition with centrefold as issued.
A fine map of North America published by the well-known Paris publisher of maps, globes and atlases C.F. Delamarche.
C.F. Delamarche (1740-1817) was a French geographer and mapmaker. He was the successor of Robert de Vaugondy, Bonne and Sanson, whose atlases he reprinted. ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 110 - 140)
This item has no reserve price.
Bid received
$ 17
Condition:

MONIN, C.V., Etats-Unis de l'Amérique du nord., antique map, old maps

MONIN, C.V. - Etats-Unis de l'Amérique du nord.
Paris, 1845, In original o/l colours.. 200x262mm. Steel engraving in original out line colours. Good margins. In good condition.
Detailed map of North America, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c Moderne en 42 Cartes dressé par C.V. Monin. Engraved by Laguillermie.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 60 - 75)
Starting bid
$ 50
Condition:

ADLARD, Alfred., United States, East.., antique map, old maps

ADLARD, Alfred. - United States, East..
London, 1850, Coloured.. 252x202mm. In good condition. Map has been cleaned and coloured. With centerfold as issued. Minor discolouration to centerfold. Good margins, dark impression.
A delightful small map of the eastern portion of the United States, by Alfred Adlard, published in his Vignette Modern School Atlas of the World. When looking at this map you are immediately struck by its similarities to a contemporary publication by John Tallis; with its attractive small vig... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 110 - 150)
Starting bid
$ 75
Condition:

LEVASSEUR, V., Amerique Septentrionale., antique map, old maps

LEVASSEUR, V. - Amerique Septentrionale.
Paris, A. Combette, 1852, In original o/l colours.. 280x430mm. Paper very slightly age toned bur generally in fine condition.
Beautiful map with the United States extending into present day Canada, Russia in control of Alaska and Mexico's northern border according to the Treaty of 1810. Surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America including local animals, a ship stranded in the polar sea, waterfal... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 100 - 175)
Starting bid
$ 75
Condition:

CASSELL., United States of North America (Eaastern & Central.), antique map, old maps

CASSELL. - United States of North America (Eaastern & Central.)
London, 1866, Coloured.. 430x635mm. In very good condition, centrefold. With wide margins.
Large detailed double page map of eastern and midwestern states showing the Civil war borders. Published in Cassell's "General Atlas."
The map shows a good snapshot of Texas and the West, published just after the end of the Civil War. Colorado Territory is shown (established 1860), with New ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 60 - 100)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:

ASHER & ADAMS., New York City., antique map, old maps

ASHER & ADAMS. - New York City.
New York, 1872, In original colours.. 415x266mm. In good condition, lightly age toned, a few spots and marks.
A nice map of the City of New York, coloured by wards. Extends north to Mount Eden, and south to Prospect Park in Brrokly. With good coverage of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and the part of Jersey City that runs along the Hudson River shoreline. Many railway and ferry lines located, along with st... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 60 - 100)
Starting bid
$ 40
Condition:

ASHER & ADAMS., Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, New York, Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk Counties., antique map, old maps

ASHER & ADAMS. - Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, New York, Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk Counties.
New York, 1872, In original colours.. 415x568mm. In good condition, lightly age toned. Good margins.
A detailed map of counties encompassing metropolitan New York City. The map highlights Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties, New York City, and, most prominently, Long Island. The counties and districts are coloured in soft pastel shades of pink, yellow, and green.
There is an explanatio... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 60 - 100)
Bid received
$ 50
Condition:

LOGEROT, A., Nouvelle carte de l'Amérique Septentrionale et des iles qui en dépendent dressée par H. Brué. . ., antique map, old maps

LOGEROT, A. - Nouvelle carte de l'Amérique Septentrionale et des iles qui en dépendent dressée par H. Brué. . .
Paris, 1875, In original colours.. 658x878mm. In very good condition. Repair of a center fold split, 3cm. into engraved area. Printed on heavy paper. Wide margins, paper size: 71x102cm. !
Very large, highly detailed and uncommon issue of the map of North and Central America (ca. 1:13,888,000) prepared by H. Brué and improved by A.Vuillemin. Showing main interregional routes, rivers, canals.

The map was published in the year of The Texas Constitution of 1876. Texas still op... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 400 - 500)
Starting bid
$ 300
Condition:

LETTS, Thomas., City of Philadelphia. , antique map, old maps

LETTS, Thomas. - City of Philadelphia.
London, 1881, Original colouring. 430x360mm. In very good condition 430 x 360 mm includes margins - one original fold.
A highly detailed late -19th century plan of the city of Philadelphia. It depicts the entire city in remarkable detail, noting individual streets, important public buildings, rivers, squares, piers and neighbourhood’s. A key lists the various locations marked on the map.
The plate used for thi... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 200 - 250)
Starting bid
$ 120
Condition:

New England states / Vermont / Maine

BLAEU, J., Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans., antique map, old maps

BLAEU, J. - Nieuw Amsterdam op t Eylant Manhattans.
Amsterdam, 1650, Uncoloured. 74x310mm. Ample margins. Moderate foxing. One small abrasion (5mm) in the upper left margin, backed with archival tape. No platemark (see description).
An exceptionally rare, and the earliest obtainable view of Manhattan of ca. 1650 by J. Blaeu. The view is based on a prototype drawing, dated by J.M. de Koning to the year 1648, discovered in 1991 in the Austrian National Library.
The view was produced by way of etching several images o... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 2,750 - 3,300)
Starting bid
$ 2,000
Condition:

Balthazar Frederic Leizelt, Vuë de la Nouvelle Yorck. Neu Yorck. Eine Stadt in Nord-America auf einer Insul Manatthan., antique map, old maps

Balthazar Frederic Leizelt - Vuë de la Nouvelle Yorck. Neu Yorck. Eine Stadt in Nord-America auf einer Insul Manatthan.
Augsburg, 1776, In original colours.. 330x420mm. Some age toning. Cropped margins, and some missing outer margins.
Fascinating optical print with a view of the harbor in New York, showing an idealized image of Manhattan at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary-War. ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 600 - 750)
Starting bid
$ 400
Condition:

LAMARCHE, ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMÉRIQUE divises en 13 Provinces... [early USA]., antique map, old maps

LAMARCHE - ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMÉRIQUE divises en 13 Provinces... [early USA].
Paris, 1783, Original o/l colouring. 200x240mm. Minor age toned.
Attractive map from Lamarche's Atlas Elementaire. Printed 3 years after the foundation of the New Republic. Lamarche was the successor to Vaugondy (often known as Delamarche). Early map of the 13 new States with lots of place names, indian tribes etc. Detailed,finely engraved with original outline c... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 130 - 160)
This item has no reserve price.
Bid received
$ 15
Condition:

BACHA, A. D., A chart exhibiting the normal course & velocity of the tidal current at ebb in Boston Harbor., antique map, old maps

BACHA, A. D. - A chart exhibiting the normal course & velocity of the tidal current at ebb in Boston Harbor.
Washington, 1848, Uncoloured.. 195x225mm. With uneven toning. One vertical fold.
Interesting map of the currents in the Boston harbour. With many of the islands, among them: Thompson I., Spectacle I., Long I., Deer I., Lovells I., Peddocks I., Nahant I.,…
Published by the U.S. Coast Survey after observations by lieutenant N.Maffitt.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 30 - 50)
Starting bid
$ 25
Condition:

DE BEERS, F.W., Town of Lewisboro., antique map, old maps

DE BEERS, F.W. - Town of Lewisboro.
New York, 1867, In original colours.. 405x345mm. Some very light spotting but generally in very good condition.
Fine lithographed map of the town of Lewisboro. 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... (Click on title or image to go to item page)