Antique Maps specializing in the Southwest, Pacific and Europe. Old maps and prints.
WORLD
OBSERVATIONS SUR LES POINTS CARDINAUX, LIGNES, ET CERCLES DE LA SPHERE Louis-Charles Desnos, Paris, 1761 Light wash and outline color, black and white border, 14x20 inches Graceful world map in two hemispheres, a very early one from Desnos, dated in the cartouche. The hemispheres and flanking text are surrounded by an ornate, separately printed border. Uncommon; no reference found in Pool/Rosenthal/Jolly nor anyplace else checked. Desnos was at one time Geographer to the King of Denmark. Excellent condition. $395 (WO14)
AMERICAS
AMERIQUE Louis-Charles Desnos, Paris, 1761 Original wash color, black and white border, 14x20 inches Wonderfully decorative map of the Western Hemisphere, an early one from Desnos, dated in the cartouche. Flanking columns of text describe the Americas and their geographical and political divisions. California is barely a peninsula, and “Nlle. Angleterre” hugs the Atlantic coast. Some population figures have been neatly noted in a side column (Philadelphia 80,000, Boston 25,000). The ornate border is a knockout literally and figuratively; it was printed separately from the map. Excellent condition. $475 (AM024)
US/CANADA
NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND, PRINCE EDWARD... O. W. Gray, New York, 1884 Pastel color, 12x14.75 inches Attractive 120-year-old delineation of this historic, rugged region of Canada -- and of France, in small islands forming the French overseas department of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the last remnants of France’s once-great empire in America. Small brownspot bottom of image. $65 (UC035)
NORTHEAST/MIDWEST
CARTE DES VOYAGES DU CAPe. CARVER DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE (in book) Jonathan Carver/Robert Benard, Paris, 1784 Map black and white, folding, 10.5x13.5 inches, book 5x7.75 inches The first French edition of Carver’s famous 1778 book and map, the latter notable for the first use of the name Oregon on a printed map, in “Source de l’Oregon” applied to a western lake and river. Carver “penetrated farther into the West than any other Englishman before the Revolution” (Howes 215), stimulating curiosity about routes to the Pacific. While the map centers on the Upper Midwest and present-day Wisconsin, it stretches well into the Great Plains. The book is in very good condition, with only minor cover chipping. The map is on heavy paper, with some brown spots on the left margin outside the image. $1,250 (MW016)
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
CARTE DE LA PARTIE SUD DES ETATS-UNIS Rigobert Bonne, Paris, early 1780s Black and white, 8x12 inches Nice portrayal of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia at the point of U.S. independence -- in fact, it is one of the earlier maps to name the United States -- from "Williamesbourg" in the north to "I. Amelie" in the south. Beyond the Appalachians, "les Cherokees" rule. At one time folded; light browning along top fold. $160 (SO32)
NEUSTE KARTE VON GEORGIA Joseph Meyer, Hildburghausen, Germany, 1845 Original full outline color, 11.75x14.5 inches This crisp, steel-engraved map shows counties, roads, trails, canals -- even gold mines. There are two tables of steamship routes from Savannah. An excellent example of the attractive, detailed maps of American states issued by the Meyer firm based on the works of Henry Tanner. $220 (SO02)
NOTE: We also offer fine 1845 Meyer maps of Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee at the same price and will be glad to email images.
SOUTHWEST/TEXAS
MAP OF SPANISH TEXAS In Vol. 1 of “History of Texas” by Henderson Yoakum, New York, 1856 Map black and white, 10.5x13.5 inches unfolded, book 9x6 inches An unusual map by an anonymous cartographer, naming the area “Texas or New Philippines.” Also interesting is “The Neutral Grounds” between Louisiana and Texas. Indian tribes are particularly prominent, as well as settlements, explorers’ routes, forts, etc. The book, written by a friend of Sam Houston, is “the first scholarly history of Texas after annexation.” There’s plenty of good reading in the second-edition Vol. 1 -- notably in an appendix, “The Memoir of Col. Ellis P. Bean,” about colorful adventures in early Texas. Both map and book are in good condition. $475 (SW137)
DIE LANDER AM UNTERN RIO BRAVO DEL NORTE Adolph Uhde, Heidelberg, 1861 Map black and white, 18.5x16 inches unfolded, book 9x6.5 inches This rare book's title can be translated as "The Land Along the Lower Rio Grande." The equally rare map is exceptional, dating the founding of virtually every town, fort, camp, presidio, mission and hacienda in Texas and northern Mexico, as well as locating ranches. The map bears only Uhde's name. The Gernan author came early to Texas and gives an interesting account of his travels in the region, with extensive statistical and political detail. Uhde's book was called “quite scarce” 50 years ago and is seldom offered today. Its cover is sunned, and slightly worn. $4,750
WEST/NORTHWEST
CARTE DES VOYAGES DU CAPe. CARVER DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE (in book) Jonathan Carver/Robert Benard, Paris, 1784 Map black and white, folding, 10.5x13.5 inches, book 5x7.75 inches The first French edition of Carver’s famous 1778 book and map, the latter notable for the first use of the name Oregon on a printed map, in “Source de l’Oregon” applied to a western lake and river. Carver “penetrated farther into the West than any other Englishman before the Revolution” (Howes 215), stimulating curiosity about routes to the Pacific. While the map centers on the Upper Midwest and present-day Wisconsin, it stretches well into the Great Plains. The book is in very good condition, with only minor cover chipping. The map is on heavy paper, with some brown spots on the left margin outside the image. $1,250 (MW016)
MEXICO/WEST INDIES
NOVA DESIGNATIO INSULAE JAMAICAE Matthaeus Seutter, Augsburg, c.1740 Original wash color, (size) A spectacular map of Jamaica, with a superb cartouche of sugar cane harvesting and processing and a block of descriptive text in Latin (how's your Latin?). One of the most decorative maps ever made of the island. $1,000 (MC007)
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA John Tallis/John Rapkin, London, 1851 Original outline color, 9.5x13 inches The "Proposed Railway and Canal" are tracked on this decorative, elaborately bordered map of Central America. Routes through both Panama and Nicaragua are shown -- the latter was initially favored by Congress. These and other alternatives are explored in detail in the accompanying sheet of text (browned). Vignettes are of The Fort at Chagres, and Gold Seekers. Binding edge tears top margin, away from image. $120 (MC005)
JOHNSON'S CENTRAL AMERICA Johnson and Ward, New York, 1863 Original wash color, 12.5x15.5 inches Insets of the Isthmus of Panama and of The Nicaragua Route illustrate rival proposals for the waterway connecting the Caribbean and the Pacific, a lively issue at the time. The Nicaragua route was at first favored by the United States. The main map is a fine, bold one of the entire region, with Johnson’s early strapwork border. Marginal binding edge tears, well away from image. $65 (MC012)
TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM Sebastian Munster, Basel, c.1552 Black and white, 10.75x15 inches This famous and influential woodcut world map from Munster's "Cosmographia" was the first to name the Pacific Ocean ("Mare pacificum") in the 1540 first edition. A new woodcut, this one, was made in1550. North America is "Terra Florida," virtually split in half by a mythical sea. The map is surrounded by windheads, and monsters cavort in the oceans. This issue bears the initials of its woodcutter, David Kandel. A Latin title on the verso shows through slightly. (Shirley, "The Mapping of the World," No. 92.) Very good condition and impression. $2,450 (W001)
PLANISPHERE Emile Levasseur, Paris, c.1845 Full original and later handcolor, 11.5x16 inches A beautiful decorative piece, one of the last such maps, with illustrations of Adam and Eve, signs of the zodiac, the seasons, Christ with believers and infidels, and an overarching heaven filled with stars. On the map itself, the Arctic and Antarctic are beginning to be more fully delineated. The map itself is in original color, the illustrations are in very fine later color. Excellent condition. $350 (W011)
WESTLICHE HALBKUGEL - OSTLICHE HALBKUGEL Carl Flemming, Glogau (Germany), 1849 Original outline color, hemispheres 9.8 inches diameter on sheets 14.5x17.5 inches The world at the midpoint of the 19th century, by a German cartographic publishing house whose output is relatively scarce. Hawaii is still the Sandwich Islands and the polar regions are sketchy. The hemispheres themselves are about perfect for framing; some spotting and browning outside the frameable area. $150 (WO13)
AMERICAS
(First map is Americae Sive, A007, already on site)
AMERICA AUREA PARS ALTERA MUNDI Gerard and Leonard Valk, Amsterdam, c. 1706 Original full color, 19x25 inches This beautifully ornamental map of the Western Hemisphere depicts California as an island, separated from the mainland by the island-dotted Mare Rubrum. Here at last the Mississippi River is more accurately placed. The magnificent, fully colored cartouche portrays an Indian queen surrounded by exotic plants and animals, receiving a gift of gold. The blank spot at lower left in the cartouche contained New Zealand in an earlier version. This issue is variously dated, but we’ll go with 1706, written in an old hand on an identical map in our home. There are faint stains in the seas. $2,600 (A002)
ATLAS UNIVERSEL DE GEOGRAPHIE... VOL. V, AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE Philippe Vandermaelen (Henry Ode, engraver), Brussels, 1827 Large folio; 21.50x28.75 inches The South America volume of six volumes, the first atlas to attempt mapping the world on a uniform scale, the largest atlas ever published, the first lithographed atlas. Only 800 sets were printed. Purchasers, at 600 gold francs, included the Pope, the Czar of Russia, and other European monarchs and their General Staffs. The 45 maps (plus one page of only text) are bound flat and unfolded. All have original color. The images vary slightly in size around an average of 19x22 inches. There are two versions of Map 16, and Map 28 is misnumbered as Map 18. The maps are in very good to excellent condition, with few exceptions. The title page and key map are stained and spotted. Contents are tight in worn but serviceable half-leather covers. (Phillip L. Phillips, “List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress,” 749.) $2,500 (A001)
AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE Emile Levasseur, Paris, c.1845 Map original color, illustrations black and white; 11.25x17 inches A striking impression of this exceptionally decorative map, one of the last “illustrated” maps. Texas is a republic (named, not bordered) with a population of 200,000. Alaska is “Amerique Russe.” The rich black-and-white illustrations of North American scenes, flora and fauna are by Raimond Bonheur, father of Rosa Bonheur, a renowned painter of animals. Excellent condition. $350 (AM011)
NORD AMERICA Carl Flemming, Glogau Germany, c.1844 Original outline color, 12x16 inches An attractive early example of the uncommon Flemming maps, with Texas as a heart-shaped republic prominently outlined in bright blue. Mexico, of course, occupies much of the West, and both Alaska and much of western Canada are Russian. Oregon’s northwestern border is not delineated; the area is blank. The map’s original outline color has been freshened after careful cleaning. $220 (AM014)
NORD AMERICA Flemming, Glogau, Germany, 1859 Original wash and outline color, 12.5x16.5 inches In this later edition of the previous map, Mexico has yielded the West and Florida and Texas are the only states/regions named within the United States. Greenland is now “Danish Greenland.” Blue-green seas; only minor flaws. $160 (A006)UNITED STATES/CANADA
(First item is Carte du Canada, UC005, already on site)
MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA REGIONEM MEXICANAN ET FLORIDAM Matthaeus Seutter, Tobias Lotter; Augsburg, c.1740 Original wash color, 18.75x22.5 inches Good-looking, strongly engraved map based on Delisle’s 1703 prototype and Homann’s later rendition -- not surprisingly, as Seutter was Homann’s apprentice. A huge “Florida” dominates the Southeast and most of Texas. A sea battle rages at lower left, and routes of the Spanish treasure galleons are marked. There are four insets of major ports: Havana, Vera Cruz, Porto Bello (Panama) and Cartagena (Columbia). This map is Plate 17 in Martin & Martin, which ascribes the date. Lotter was Seutter’s son-in-law and engraver, and later took over the business, making exact dating difficult. Very good condition. $2,300 (UC036)
LES ETATS UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE Rigobert Bonne, Paris, July 1781 Original pastel outline color; 12.5x8.5 inches This is the first “United States” map obtainable by the average collector, the first specifically devoted to the original 13 states to bear the name “The United States” (in French). The Revolutionary War was in its final summer when Bonne, a naval engineer, made this delineation of the nation-to-be and called it by its new name. A 1778 French map of broader scope was the very first to apply the name, and two other 1778 maps used variations of “the 13 united colonies.” All those are very rare. Very good condition. $350 (UC027)
COLORFUL MAPS OF U.S. CITIES & COUNTIES U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Soils Most by Julius Bien, New York, or August Hoen, Baltimore, 1903 Original
printed colors; size varies These wonderful, colorful, folding maps hop, skip and jump across the
United States from city to county to farm and forest with microscopic detail, most at a scale of an
inch to a mile. In up to 14 bright or pastel colors, they surely show everything then existing,
including individual buildings. Size varies greatly, with perhaps 24x28 inches on average. Most
focus on small areas including the named city and often others, or show the entire county named; a
few are of large cities. The superb condition of most indicates they have rarely been unfolded in
more than a century. Prices range from $25 to $95 (mostly on the lower end); please call
817-923-4535 or email
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The number shown is stamped on the back of the map: 1. Amherst, MA 2. Springfield, MA & CT 3. Syracuse, NY 4. Babylon, NY 5. Hempstead, NY 10. Norfold, VA 11. Craven, NC 12. Asheville, NC 13. Campobello, SC 14. Fort Valley, GA 15. Gadsden Co., FL 16. Fort Payne, AL 18. Mobile, AL 19. McNeil, MS 21. New Orleans, LA 22. Acadia Parish, LA 25. Woodville, TX 26. Jacksonville, TX 28. Miller Co., AR 29. Pikeville, TN 31. Scott Co., KY 32. Mason Co., KY 33. Ashtabula, OH 34. Pontiac, MI 35. Madison Co., IN 36. Sangamon Co., IL 37. Johnson Co., IL 38. Knox Co., IL 39. Winnebago Co., IL 43. Story Co., IA 44. Cerro Gordo Co., IA 45. Shelby Co., MO 46. Parsons Co., KS 47. Russell, KS 48. Grand Island, NB 49. Stanton, NB 50. Brookings, SD 51. Fargo, ND 52. Jamestown, ND 53. Blackfoot, ID 54. Idaho Falls, ID 56. Solomonsville, AZ 57. Laramie, WY 58. Laramie, WY 59. Laramie, WY 60. San Luis Valley, CO 61. San Luis Valley, CO 62. Provo, UT 63. Goshen, UT 64. Provo, UT 65. Goshen, UT 66. Provo, UT 67. Goshen, UT 68. Baker City, OR 69. Baker City, OR 70. Baker City, OR 71. Salem, OR 72. San Jose, CA 73. Imperial, CA 74. Imperial, CA 76. Indio, CA 78. Los Angeles, CA
NORTHEAST/MIDWEST
(First item is Theatrum Belli, UC023, already on site)
CARTE DE LA NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE, NOUVELLE YORCK, ET PENSILVANIE J. N. Bellin, Paris, 1757 Black and white, 8x12 inches The Appalachians hem in England's colonies along the coast in this crisp French and Indian war map by Bellin, the French Royal Hydrographer. It is "unknown country" to the west, with "villages sauvages" and recognition of the "Nations Iroquoises" -- but there's a "Village des Francois" in the mountains as well, and French forts are shown. A little light wrinkling. $330 (NE030)
NOVA ANGLIA... J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, c.1730 Original wash color, 19x22.5 inches Alert to the keen German interest in America, the commercially savvy Homann provides here for his countrymen one of the most collectible portrayals of New England for this period. Cape Cod is partially an island. Long Island is “Long Ila ou Jorck Shire.” Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are well delineated, although the latter is not named, and “Jarsey” is divided into East and West. A strong impression in rich original color, with the usual black-and-white cartouche. $2,000 (NE019)
DU PETROLE ET SES DERIVES. Norman Tate (Brandon, translator), Paris, 1864 Booklet 9x5 inches, with view 6.5x9.5 inches The main attraction of this 150-page French booklet is a view of the first oil field in the United States, a folding print titled “Sources du Petrole a Tarr-Farm, Oil-Creek, Venango” -- where the first oil well was brought in by Col. Drake in that Pennsylvania county just five years earlier. An official-looking party -- investors? -- is getting the VIP tour. The black-and-white print is in fine condition; some chipping to the booklet’s soft covers. $250 (NE013)
DETROIT Appleton & Co., New York, c.1872 Black and white, 3.5x5.5 inches on sheet 5.5x8.5 inches A charming original view of the Motor City-to-be from "Picturesque America." Ships and cows and forest make 19th-century Detroit look nothing like the industrialized city of today; the tallest feature appears to be a distant church steeple. $75 (MW028)
MAP OF THE RAILROADS OF NEW ENGLAND Frank Gray, Philadelphia, 1884 Printed color, 16.5x26 inches The map is from Gray’s “The National Atlas” of 1884, likely updated from an 1870s Colton map. Its fascination lies, perhaps, not so much in the railroads themselves but rather in the whistle-stops along the lines -- many still existing, many now vanished. $80 (NE029)
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(First item is Virginia, Marylandia, SO26, already on site)
CARTA GEOGRAFICA DELLA FLORIDA... Giralomo Albrizzi, Venice, c.1750 Black and white, 13x17 inches A scarce and very attractive map based largely on Delisle’s landmark 1718 map (see first item under Southwest/Texas). Notable for its cartouche of natives sneaking up on a pair of sleeping lions. Mapmakers often confused America’s flora and fauna with those of Africa -- or this might be a misconception of the American cougar. Excellent condition and impression. $1,450 (SO28)
so: SO31bellinVA.jpg CARTE DE LA VIRGINIE, DE LA BAYE CHESAPEACK... J. N. Bellin, Paris, 1757 Black and white, 7.5x11.5 inches Bellin centers this finely engraved, French and Indian war-era map on Chesapeake Bay and the colonies of Virginia and Maryland, with parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The "Patowmack" and James rivers are prominent, with English settlements thick along the James. Bellin was Royal Hydrographer. This map is from his Petite Atlas Maritime. Only minor flaws. $350 (SO31)
SOUTHWEST/TEXAS
(First item is Carte de la Louisiane, SW193, already on site)
MEXICO, OR NEW SPAIN... Herman Moll, London, c.1701 Original outline color; map 6.5 x 7 inches on sheet 12.5 x 8 inches An early, handsome Moll map on a sheet of colorful English text. It reaches from "Part of the English Empire" on the East Coast, past a huge Florida occupying the entire Southeast, and Texas ("Part of Louisiane,") bisected by the "Misifipi," to a prominent Santa Fe. Shows "Caledonia" and "Scots Fort" on the Isthmus of Panama, reflecting a disastrous Scottish attempt to settle there. The delightful text makes the case for an insular California, the tip of which is shown. Light text show-through. $475 (SW179)
MEXICO AND GUATIMALA Sidney Hall, London, dated March 1828, publ. 1830 Original outline color, 16 x 20" A significant map in the history of Texas, the first published map based on Stephen F. Austin's first-hand knowledge. In 1822, in Mexico City, England's Simon Bourne made a copy of friend Austin's manuscript map of Texas. Back in London he wrote a book about Texas, but without a map -- having given the unpublished Austin information to cartographer Hall, who used it in his 1830 atlas, crediting Bourne. The map's historical importance has gone largely unrecognized. It also shows Mexico at its greatest extent. Excellent condition, bright outline color, on heavy paper. ("The Colonization of Texas," Martin and Martin, 1976; program of the Collector's Institute.) $875 (SW116)
KARTE UBER REISE VON INDEPENDENCE... (Map of a tour from Independence to Santa Fe, Chihuahua...) Dr. Frederick Wislizenus, Braunschweig, Germany, 1850 Black and white, 19 x 15.75 inches in booklet 9 x 5.75 inches The scarce German edition of a map issued two years earlier in Washington (Wheat 573; this map is Wheat 701). Wislizenus, a St. Louis physician, traveled from Independence to Santa Fe in May-June 1846, and in August to Chihuahua, where he learned Santa Fe had been captured by the Americans. Detained in Mexico, he was able to join Col. Alexander Doniphan's forces and return to the U.S. in June 1847. The map covers all of Texas, Oklahoma, much of New Mexico and part of northern Mexico, with great detail along Wislizenus' route. The routes of Doniphan, Josiah Gregg, General Wool and others are charted. There is also a "Geological Sketch" and a large, stop-by-stop route map. The booklet's paper covers are detached. $650 (SW167)
MEXICO, CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS John Tallis (John Rapkin), London, c.1850 Original outline color, 10 x 13 inches Texas at its greatest extent as a republic is front and center on this delightful map, a collectors' favorite. From the so-called "last illustrated atlas," it has an ornate border and vignettes (uncolored) of "Gold Washing in California," "Mexican Peasantry" and Ruins at "Uxmal, Yucatan." A legend says "The newly discovered GOLD districts" in California are colored in gold. Mild browning in fold. $525 (SW117)
COLTON'S TERRITORIES OF NEW MEXICO AND UTAH Johnson & Browning, New York, dated 1855, issued 1861 Original full color, 11x14 inches A very scarce edition of this Colton map. It defines Arizona and Nevada as newly proposed territories, with Arizona south of New Mexico and lettered in light type. Socorro county is in both, and some counties stretch from Texas to California. Utah is divided in two, with the left half shaping into Nevada (in smaller type). It also shows Colona rather than Colorado as yet another proposed territory. The map is chock-full of historical notes relating to explorers’ routes, the Spanish Trail and Oregon Trail, forts, Indians and much more. Bright copy of an unusual map. $650 (SW182)
GRAY'S ATLAS MAP OF TEXAS Frank Gray, Philadelphia, c.1874 Original color, 12 x 15 inches Because of Texas' unusual shape most single-sheet maps add insets to show the Panhandle, far South Texas or the El Paso region. This exceptionally handsome map breaks through its borders to portray Texas entire. It is packed with information, with railroads especially well-marked. Excellent condition. $350 (SW124)
WEST/NORTHWEST
(First item is Mar del Zur, NW037, already on site)
COTE NORD-OUESTE DE L'AMERIQUE...1e PARTIE George Vancouver, Paris, 1799 Black and white, 30x 24 inches This is a magnificent, important sea chart of the California coast, in outstanding condition. Vancouver’s voyages in the years 1792-94 were the last and longest of the great explorations of the Pacific, clarifying its outlines and finally disproving the fabled Northwest Passage. This chart covers the greater portion of the coast in fine detail, from just north of San Francisco to well south of San Diego, with superb insets of both harbors. Vancouver’s ship was the first non-Spanish vessel to enter the harbor of San Francisco. Many Spanish missions are located on the map, which is Plate 4 from the French edition of Vancouver’s atlas accompanying “A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific and Round the World...” The French edition has been termed far superior to the English. $1,100 (NW020)
wnw: flemOR.jpg Germany, c. 1855 Outline color, 15.5 x 13.75 inches Some of the best and most interesting maps of the emerging West came out of Germany. This is an early map to show Washington Territory, created in 1853 and here bordered but unnamed. The map is finely detailed despite its ranges of mythical mountains -- it does start to get right the north-south orientation of ranges. Many Indian tribes are located. "Saltlake City" is also called "New Jerusalem." Left margin narrow (1/8"). $285 (NW032)
CALIFORNIA J. H. Colton, New York, 1855 (published 1859) Original color, 12.75 x 15.75 inches A handsome map of California just before the Civil War, with a fine large inset of central San Francisco. Highly detailed as to roads, railroads, physical features, explorers' routes, etc. Colorful camps and settlements in the gold country include Yankee Jim, Bidwell's Bar and still-existing Rough & Ready. In the northwest, Klamath County no longer exists. Excellent condition. $285 (NW034)
SAN FRANCISCO Eduard Hildebrandt (Wagner), Berlin, c.1865 Original chromolithograph, 11x14.5 inches This scarce and beautiful chromolithograph by R. Wagner is after a famous set of watercolors of cities painted by the German artist Hildebrandt from his world travels. The view is up California Street toward Nob Hill. A Hildebrandt 1847 oil painting of Rio de Janeiro sold for more than $300,000 at a London auction in 2001. Excellent condition; trimmed to edge and mounted, as issued. $2,000 (NW030)
MEXICO/WEST INDIES
(first item is Insulae Americanae, MC011, already on site)
ISOLE ANTILI, LA CUBA, LA SPAGNUOLA... Vicenzo Maria Coronelli, Venice, 1696 Black and white, 10x17 inches Maps by the great Coronelli, Royal Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice, were based on the latest reports from Jesuit priests in the Americas. They are prized for their accuracy. for the quality of their engraving, and for their scarcity -- all exemplified here. The map is from Coronelli’s “Corso Geograpfico Universale,” published in Venice by the Accademia degli Argonauti. Very good condition. $1,000 (MC010)ABOUT US
More than 35 years ago, in Frankfurt, a 1549 birds-eye view by Sebastian Munster of that German city caught our eye. On it was the 13th-century church in which we were to be married. We bought the view, and on later visits added a map or two. Then an art consultant asked if we could find a few maps for a client. And so it began.
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