Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History - L11401

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Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

10 May 2011 • London

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Sale Number: L11401

177. Chart of the Coast of America from New York to Rhode Island From the latest surveys. Boston, 1789 [1790], 427 x 622mm., large folding engraved chart extending from New York Harbour to Narragansett Bay, detailed inset of Hell's Gate, [Wheat & Brun, 96], side borders trimmed to the outer engraved border, some restoration to old folds affecting the inset, backed with archival tissue

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP

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178. A Topographical Description of such parts of North America as are contained in the (annexed) map of the Middle British Colonies, &c. in North America. London: John Almon, 1776

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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179. Storia dell'America settentrionale del Signor Abate Raynal, continuata fino al presente, con carte geographiche rappresentanti il teatro della guerra civile tra la Gran Bretagne, & le Colonie Unite. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1788

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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181. A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America. London: Carington Bowles, 1771, 490 x 640mm., double-page engraved map, hand-coloured, [Stevens, Lewis Evans, map VIII], narrow side margins, with protective borders added, 2 repaired tears

Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP

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182. A map of the British Empire in America with the French, Spanish and Hollandish Settlements adjacent thereto. Amsterdam: Johannes Covens & Cornelis Mortier, [1741], large wall map in 4 sheets, total dimensions if joined 1140 x 1020mm., contemporary outline colour; plus additional sheet of views, title sheet map trimmed at side margins with slight loss, margins frayed

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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183. A Map of the United States of North America. London: Jany. 1st 1796, large engraved wall map in 4 sheets joined, total dimensions 1230 x 1420mm., dissected and mounted on linen, contemporary wash and outline colour, [Tooley, Maps of America (MCS), 171; Stevens & Tree, Comparative Cartography, 79(a)], the map now in two horizontal halves, the paper acidified along the lower border with paper loss, other spotting to the paper

Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP

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184. Map of the United States, Exhibiting the Post-Roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the Post-Offices Stage-Roads, Counties, & Principal Rivers... Washington D.C., 1804 [but c.1812], large wall-map in 4 sheets joined, total dimensions 975 x 1300mm., dissected and mounted on linen, contemporary outline colour, library stamp of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, folding into publisher's original half calf boards, some slight staining, linen more so, short split at one fold, cover worn

Estimate: 6,000 – 9,000 GBP

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185. Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of America. Philadelphia, 1845, 970 x 1190mm., contemporary wash colour, varnished and mounted on linen, with the original wooden rollers, [Rumsey, map 2494], the lower roller detached, the upper becoming so

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,500 GBP

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187. A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical American Atlas, Being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1823

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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188. including rare views of Brazil. [1880s]

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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189. Photographs of the officers and crew of the USS Mohican and views taken during a voyage. [c.1888]

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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190. A New and Most Exact Map of Africa Described by N.I. Vischer and don into English Enlarged and Corrected According to I. Bleau and Others with ye Habits of ye People & ye Manner of ye Cheife Sitties ye Like Never Before. [London, 1668], 420 x 510mm., double-page engraved general map, [Norwich, map 40], shaved at side margins, small repaired tear

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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