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1. WAGHENAER, LUCAS JANSZOON, Par Prima Speculum nauticum supernavigatione Maris Occidentalis confectum… Pars altera speculi marini, integramcum borealis... Lvgduni Batavorum Excudebat typis Plantinianis FranciscusRaphelengius MDLXXXVI, 1586.

Folio in two parts. Part I: engraved titlepage, 36 pps, 22 charts in full origi-nal color with text on verso, first map closely trimmed. Part II: secondarytitle, 2 pps, 23 numbered charts in full original color (a 24th map is uncolored– see below). The first three leaves of Part I, including the title, have beenmounted on guards. The text sheets of maps 11 and 12 have been glued to theverso of the map sheets by the publisher. In Part II, map VII was bound-intwice by the publisher. On the second of these maps, the printed numeral VIIhas been altered to read VIII. The map omitted by the publisher (VIII) hasbeen supplied at a later date and is uncolored. Period gilt-stamped vellumbinding. Occasional small wormholes and a little spotting, but overall anexceptionally fine example of a rare and beautiful book. $285,000.

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As the first printed folio-size pilot book with charts, this work by LucasJanszoon Waghenaer brought about a revolution in Western European cartog-raphy. It marked the beginning of the most important epoch of marine car-tography in the Netherlands. The Speculum Nauticum [or Spieghel derZeevaerdt] was “the single most important advance in the history of hydro-graphical publication. Within the covers of a single work it provides the sea-man with a manual of practical navigation, a set of printed charts on a com-mon scale, covering the coasts and waters of northern and western Europe.And sailing directions which were otherwise only to be found in rutters unac-companied by charts. Thus, in the Speculum, Waghenaer for the first timefused two traditional hydrographic compilations – the sea-atlas and the pilotguide – and presented all the data necessary for coastal navigation in system-atic form” -- Skelton.

The audience for Waghenaer’s work was at first limited, partly because itwas published in Dutch, and also because the first and second parts had beenprepared, printed, and sold separately beginning in 1584. Only one collectedDutch edition was issued before the appearance of this first Latin edition in1586. It is believed that the English Privy Council was instrumental in bring-ing the collected Latin edition to publication. By 1585, an example of the atlashad reached members of the Council who quickly recognized its value anddeclared it worthy of publication in a generally understood language. Thisproposal resulted in this first Latin edition the following year. [continued...]

The importance of the 1586 Latin edition cannot be overestimated. For thefirst time, the entirety of Waghenaer’s work was accessible to seamen andscholars throughout Europe. As a result of the English role in its publication,the first part of the 1586 Latin edition carries a dedication to Queen Elizabeth,while the second part is dedicated to King Frederick of Denmark.

Whether or not the British also had a financial stake in this edition isunknown, but if they did, it would pay off in ways that no one could haveforseen. It was this edition that was used on board English ships in 1588 dur-ing one of the most important series of English sea battles of all time -- thedefeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet under Lord Howard. TheEnglish translation of Waghenaer, The Mariner’s Mirrour, did not appear untilseveral months later. The 1586 Latin edition would have contained the mostaccurate charts and sailing directions for the English Channel of the period.

In addition to its importance to navigation, the Waghenaer is one of themost beautiful works of marine cartography ever issued. This example, withits rich original hand coloring, is a truly exceptional example of a rare andimportant book. “It outranks any other rutter of its period, with its splendidpresentation of charts and text; as such it stood as a model for the folio-sizepilots-guides with charts in the 17th century” – Koeman. ref: Koeman, AtlantesNeerlandici, Wag5A; The Mariners Mirror, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd,Amsterdam, 1966; with introductory notes by R.A. Skelton; D. W. Waters, The Artof Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times, pp. 168-175.

2. DE BRY, THEODORE, Americae Tertia Pars Memorabile provincae BrasiliaeHistoriam... Theodori de Bry Leodiensis, atque civis Francofurtensis anno MDXCII...in officina Sigismundi Feirabendii..., 1592.

Small folio. Later vellum binding. Folding map and 46 engraved plates in thetext (including the full page plate of Adam and Eve which is usually lacking).Folding map measures 14 1/4” x 17 1/2” and is in excellent condition. Textpages are lightly browned, as is typical with De Bry. $22,000.

First edition, first issue of Part III of De Bry’s magnificent illustrated serieson the New World, Grand Voyages. De Bry's work was responsible for form-ing the image of America in the minds of Europeans during the ‘DiscoveryPeriod’. Part III focuses on South America and includes a folding map titledAmericae Pars Magis Cognita. This is one of the two great maps of SouthAmerica published at the end of the 16th century [the other beingLinchoten’s]. Moreland & Bannister call it "one of the most splendid maps byDe Bry." It is curious in shape and bears little resemblance to other maps ofthe period. Extending north to include Florida and parts of what are now thesouthern United States, Burden notes that the cartography of the Southeast istaken from De Bry’s own map of Florida after Jacques Le Moyne [1591], butthere is no easily discernable source for the South American cartography."Attractively engraved, this rare map’s outline was used again by De Bry forthat of the West Indies in 1594" -- Burden. [continued...]

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The text of Part III is in two sections. The first contains the complete textof the narrative of Hans Staden, a sailor from Hamburg who made two voy-ages to Brazil, the first in 1546-48 and a second in 1549-55. During Staden’ssecond voyage he was captured and held for a number of years by theTupinamba Indians. The narrative of his ordeal represents one of the mostimportant ethnological documents of early American exploration. The

superbly engravedplates depict numerousscenes from Staden’scaptivity; native dances,ornaments, and cus-toms; explorations alongthe Brazilian coast; andscenes depicting whatthe Europeans fearedmost about the BrazilianIndians - their cannibal-ism. Staden survivedhis captivity, and hisaccount was first pub-lished in Marburg in1557. The second part ofthe text is by Jean Lery,

and is “perhaps the best informed, most sympathetic and most readable of all16th century works onSouth AmericanIndians” -- J.H. Parry.As he describes anabortive attempt tofound a Protestantcolony on an Island offRio de Janeiro, Lerygives us a rich contem-porary ethnography,including a dialoguebetween a Frenchmanand a Tupi Indian,which is an importantlinguistic document ofthe native language.Many ceremonies are described in detail, and Lery transcribes the nativesongs, which constitute the first published document of native Brazilianmusic. ref: Church, #148; Burden, The Mapping of North America, #80, state 1;J.H. Parry, Discovery of South America, pp. 240-241; Moreland & Bannister,Antique Maps, p. 249.

3. LANGENES, BAR-ENT / BERTII, PETRI[BERTIUS], PetriiBertii Geografischer eynoder zusammengezogen-er Tabeln... Frankfurt,1612.

Small oblong quarto.Original vellum bind-ing, colored orange.169 maps and views,some trimmed at topmargin. $18,000.

“Under the name of this obscure printer of Middelburg falls a series ofatlases, easily the best in this bibliography” -- Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici.The Bertius altas offered here is an illustrious part of that series. First pub-lished in 1598 under the title Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by themost famous engravers in Amsterdam, including Petrus Kaerius and JodocusHondius I. “It sets a new standard for minor atlases. The small maps areextremely well engraved: neat and clear, elegantly composed... Their con-tents reflect the level of cartography in Amsterdam at the turn of the century,where up to date information on newly discovered regions was readily avail-able” -- Koeman. Some of the most intriguing maps are those showing thearctic explorations of the English and Dutch in search of a northern route toChina, and maps from the Caert-Thresoor were used to illustrate at least ninebooks on geography and exploration published between 1596-1600.

In 1600 the original text for the atlas was rewritten by the noted Dutchscholar Petrus Bertius, who also recomposed the contents following Ptolemy’sarrangement. “Bertius has written here a new geographical treatise on thewhole world, for which the maps serve as illustrations, contrary to the firsteditions... where the text explained the maps” -- Koeman. Not all editions ofthe atlas appearing after 1600 contain the revised Bertius text, as editions withthe original text and the Bertius text were published at the same time.Editions of the atlas were issued by such prominent publishers as Blaeu,Visscher and Janssonius as late as 1650. This Frankfurt edition contains theBertius text, and was published by the heirs to Cornelis Claesz in 1612. ref:Koeman, Altantes Neerlandici, Volume II, Lan10, pp. 252-253 & 258.

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4. MERCATOR / HONDIUS / JANSSON, Atlas Minor, ou Briefve, & vivedescription de tout le Monde & ses parties: Composee premierement en Latin parGerard Mercator, Et depuis reveu, corrige, et augmente de plusieurs Tables nouvlees,par Iudocus Hondius: et traduict en Francois. A Amsterdam Chez Iean Iansson l’AnM.DC.XXX. 1630.

French text edition. Oblong quarto. Original vellum binding. 142 maps.Uncolored. A very good example. $19,500.

After the success of Mercator's folio atlas, there was a need for a handierwork to disseminate geographical information to the public. This 1630 editionof the Atlas Minor is from the second series of pocket-size Mercator maps pub-lished by Jan Jansson beginning in 1628. The plates were executed by two ofHolland's finest engravers, Abraham Goos and Pieter van der Keere.

There were a number of changes in these maps, which replaced thosepublished by Hondius in the first series of the Atlas Minor beginning in 1607.On the world map, for example, California became an island, yet it is still apeninsula a few pages later on the Western Hemisphere map [both maps wereengraved by Goos]. Another map of American interest is the Nova VirginiaeTabvla which is an early use of John Smith's delineation of the Chesapeake Bayarea. Koeman lists a total of six separate publishers who issued the MercatorAtlas Minor. In addition to the first series published by Hondius, and this sec-ond series by Jansson, Cloppenburg issued a larger format series beginning in1630 which was continued by van Waesberge until 1676. An edition of theAtlas Minor was issued as late as 1738 by Henri du Sauzet. ref: Koeman,Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume II, Me196.

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5. ECKEBRECHT, PHILIP, Nova Orbis Terrarum Delineato Singulari RationeAccommodata Meridiano... [bound in] KEPLER, JOHANNES, TabulaeRudolphinae, quibus astronomicae scientiae, temporum longinquitate collapsaerestauratio continetur.., 1627/1630/c.1658.

Folio. Original vellum binding. With uncolored folding world map measur-ing 15 1/4” x 26 3/4” in excellent condition. A fine example throughout.$95,000.

Very rare. Within the remarkable decorative framework of this rare worldmap by Philip Eckebrecht is an important piece of cartography. It is thegraphic reflection of a fundamental turning point in intellectual history froma geocentric to heliocentric conception of the universe. The map was pre-pared at the request of Ekebrecht's friend and famed astronomer, JohannKepler, to accompany Kepler’s Tabulae Rudolphinae (1627). These tables ofplanetary positions had several important uses and implications, chiefly as anempirical foundation for a heliocentric universe and to calculate longitudemore effectively. Kepler - along with Copernicus, Galileo and Newton - wasone of the founders of modern astronomy. His work provided [continued...]

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the theory and verification for several important physical laws of the uni-verse, and this magnificent map is a fitting monument to his achievements.

The map's novel arrangement of one bifurcated hemisphere on either sideof a complete hemisphere facilitates the calculation of longitude usingKepler's tables. How this is to be done is explained in a note in the bottom lefthand portion of the map. The commanding ornamentation is a magnificentrendering of the two-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. The stronglypatriotic symbolism may have been a cunning political tool, as Kepler contin-ually petitioned the court for financial support of his work, often withoutimmediate results.

While the map is dated 1630, it could not have been published until yearslater as it bears a dedication to Emperor Leopold who ascended the throne1658. It is not known why it bears such an early date, and no copy has yet sur-faced without the dedication. Until the dedication was noticed, the map wasthought to be the earliest to show the Dutch landings in Australia. The mapis exceedingly rare. Shirley gives it a rarity index of RR and notes “only veryrarely is Eckebrecht’s map found on the open market.” ref: Shirley, TheMapping of The World, #335; Dictionary of Scientific Biography, VIII, p. 305;Muller & Co. Remarkable Maps, Part II, #8; Nordenskiold, Periplus, p. 158, Tooley,Landmarks of Mapmaking, pp. 252-3; Printing and the Mind of Man, #112.

6. SANSON, NICOLAS / BION, NICOLAS / HALMA, FRANCOIS,Description de tout L’Univers, en plusieurs Cartes, & en divers Traitez de Geographieet D’Histoire... a Amsterdam, chez Francois Halma... M.D.CC. [bound with] TablesGeographiques Pour l’intelligence des Cartes de la Description de l’Univers, par lesSrs. Sanson... [bound with] L’Usage des Globes Celestes et Terrestres et desSpheres..., 1700.

Quarto. Original full calf binding. Three volumes bound in one. Atlas vol-ume with double-page engraved title and 72 double-page maps; second vol-ume with 11 engraved plates; third volume with 4 engraved plates. Superbcondition throughout. $18,500.

This rare edition of Sanson’s atlas minor, Description de tout l’Univers, waspublished in Amsterdam by Francois Halma. It is a variant of the example atthe Civic Library in Rotterdam, which is cited in Koeman [Hal1], and identi-cal to the edition at the Library of Congress. It has an expanded title and callsfor two fewer maps [Anatolie and Mer Noire] than the Rotterdam copy. Only

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three examples of the Halma atlas are recorded in the U.S.; at Harvard, theLibrary of Congress, and the Hispanic Society of America.

Following the model of Sanson’s original set of four small continentalatlases, there are separate sections for Europe, Asia, Africa and America withtheir own individual titles, page numbers and indexes. The America sectioncontains separate maps of North and South America, along with thirteenmaps of individual areas. Halma has included a double-hemisphere worldmap by Luyts and a magnificent double-page engraved title by J.V. Vianen.

Francois Halma [1653-1722] was a prolific printer from Utrecht, whoworked in Amsterdam from 1699 to 1710. He issued a vast number of theo-logical and historical works, and was appointed printer to the Academy ofFraneker in 1701. Koeman notes that his geographical interests led him topublish several small atlases by Ptolemy, Luyts, Holstein, Sanson and DeVries, as well as a fine re-issue of Schotanus’s Friesche Atlas.

The atlas is bound with the accompanying Tables Geographiques andNicolas Bion’s L’Usage des Globes Celestes et Terrestres. These two volumes con-tain an additional fifteen plates, including a fine double-page celestial chart.Bion was an important instrument maker in Paris who, unlike many of hiscontemporaries, wrote several illustrated treatises on the construction and useof astronomical instruments. The L’Usage des Globes was the earliest of hisworks, first published in Paris in 1699. ref: Phillips, Atlases, #528; HispanicSociety of America, Printed Books 1468-1700, p. 500; Shirley, The Mapping of theWorld, #553; cf: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume. II, Hal1 (variant).

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7. EVANS,LEWIS /ALEXANDER,JAMES, A Billin Chancery ofNew-Jersey, atthe suit of JohnEarl of Stair, andothers,Proprietors of theEastern-Divisionof New-Jerseyagainst BenjaminBond and someother persons ofElizabethtown….“New York:Printed by JamesParker; and a fewCopies are to besold by him, andBenjaminFranklin, inPhiladelphia,1747.”

Folio. 124, 39, 1 pp. Three black and white copper-engraved folding maps.Red gilt-stamped morocco. Ex-library copy, some internal browning, themaps backed with old linen, and a few other signs of aging. Overall a solidcopy of a landmark work. $45,000.

This rare work relates to “one of the most famous controversies in theearly history of New Jersey” -- Felcone. Its production was a collaborativeeffort between a number of leading eighteenth century American intellectuals,including Benjamin Franklin, whose name appears on the title-page; LewisEvans, who was responsible for at least one of the maps, the first work by thatfamous cartographer to appear in print; James Alexander, Surveyor Generalof New York and New Jersey; and the Boston engraver James Turner.

The Bill in Chancery arose out of a dispute between the Proprietors of EastJersey and settlers, whose claims predated the establishment of theProprietorship. The Proprietors brought suit and engaged Alexander to pre-

pare the complex legal case and oversee the production of the accompanyingmaps. These are:

No. 1: Untitled map of colonial America from Boston to Cape Hatteras.Wheat & Brun note that “it may have been adapted for publication by LewisEvans [pictured on opposite page].

No. 2: Untitled map of northern New Jersey including New York City, on ascale of five miles to the inch, which is also possibly the work of Evans [pic-tured below].

No. 3: Untitled map of the region between the Raritan and Passaic rivers,with each disputed tract laid down and numbered, and “prepared by LewisEvans.”

The last two arethe first mapsfor New Jerseypublished inAmerica.Klinefelternotes thatAlexanderselected Evansto prepare themaps onFranklin’sadvice, and thatthe “intimateknowledge thatEvans gained ofthe topographyof a sizeablearea” wasinstrumental forthe constructionof his landmarkmap ofPennsylvaniaand New Jerseypublished in1749.

ref: Klinefelter, Lewis Evans and His Maps, p. 17; Pritchard & Taliaferro, Degrees ofLatitude, 28; Wheat & Brun, Maps & Charts Published in America before1800, 295, 397-98; Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, #266.

8. JEFFERYS, THOMAS, The American Atlas; or, a Geographical Description ofthe Whole Continent of America; Wherein are Delineated at Large its SeveralRegions, Countries, States, and Islands; and Chiefly the British Colonies.... London:Printed and Sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1776.

Folio [21 3/4 x 15 1/2inches]. Letterpress titleand contents leaf. 23engraved maps, on 30sheets, hand-coloured inoutline. Mounted onguards throughout. Someprofessional restorationand dust-soiling to a fewmaps. Original blue graypaper boards with bluestraight-grained moroccospine and corners to style.$125,000.

The American Atlas isthe most important 18thcentury atlas for America.Ristow describes it as a"geographical descriptionof the whole continent ofAmerica, as portrayed inthe best available maps inthe latter half of the eigh-teenth century... as amajor cartographic refer-ence work it was, verylikely, consulted by American, English, and French civilian administratorsand military officers during the Revolution." Ristow’s hypothesis is con-firmed by the papers of Sir Henry Clinton, Commander of the British forcesin North America, 1778-1782, which include 5 of the 23 maps in the atlas (nos.4, 6, 14, 15, 18). In 1780, Thomas Jefferson wrote to General Horatio Gates,“we are endeavouring to get you a copy of Fry & Jefferson’s [map of Virginia(no. 17)]; but they are now very scarce.”

As a collection, the American Atlas stands as the most comprehensive,detailed and accurate survey of the American colonies at the beginning of the

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Revolution. Among the distinguished maps are Braddock Meade's A Map ofthe Most Inhabited Parts of New England, the largest and most detailed map ofNew England that had yet been published; a map of The Provinces of New Yorkand New Jersey by Samuel Holland, the Surveyor general for the northernAmerican colonies; Jonathan Carver's A New Map of the Province of Quebec, thefirst map of Quebec as an English possession; William Scull's A Map ofPennsylvania, the first map of that colony to include its western frontier;

Joshua Fry and PeterJefferson's A Map of theMost Inhabited part ofVirginia, the best colonialmap for the Chesapeakeregion; Henry Mouzon’slandmark four sheetAccurate Map of North andSouth Carolina with theirIndian Frontiers; and Lt.Ross's Course of theMississipi, the first map ofthat river based onEnglish sources.

Jefferys was theleading English cartogra-pher of the 18th century.From about 1750, he pub-lished a series of maps ofthe English Americancolonies, that were amongthe most significant pro-duced in the period. AsGeographer to the Princeof Wales, and after 1761,Geographer to the King,

Jefferys was well placed to have access to the best surveys conducted inAmerica, and many of his maps held the status of "official work". Jefferysdied on 20th November 1771, and in 1775, his successors, Robert Sayer andJohn Bennett, gathered these separately-issued maps together and repub-lished them in book form as The American Atlas. ref: Howes J-81; Phillips,Atlases, #1165; Sabin #35953; Streeter Sale I, #72; Walter Ristow (editor) ThomasJefferys The American Atlas London 1776, facsimile edition, Amsterdam, 1974;Randolph G. Adams, British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir HenryClinton, nos. 24, 26, 116, 285, 350; J. B. Harley, et al, Mapping the RevolutionaryWar, p. 91.

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9. DIRECCION DE HIDROGRAFIA, Portulano de la America Setentrional.Construido en la direccion de trabajos hidrograficos. Dividido en quatro partes.Madrid, 1809, 1809/1818.

Oblong quarto. 121 maps. Contemporary gold stamped tree calf, red label.Title page with clean tear repaired, otherwise excellent condition. $24,000.

Excellent complete example of an atlas rarely found intact. This is theexpanded second edition of the first standardized Spanish atlas devoted toAmerica. Published by the Spanish Admiralty, the atlas is devoted entirely toSpanish ports in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. It contains a series of nineearly charts of ports in the southern United States, including Tampa Bay,Pensacola, St. Augustine, Mobile, Matagorda Bay, and Galveston Bay. Thechart of Galveston Bay is the first separate printed map of that important port,and is based on the 1783-1786 survey by Jose de Evia. Evia’s expedition wasthe first attempt at a scientific survey of the Gulf of Mexico, and has beencalled the “only historically notable event relating to Galveston Island of theeighteenth century.”

Originally published in 1809 with 111 charts, the Portulano was expandedby an additional ten charts for this 1818 second edition. ref: Phillips, Atlases,#1224; cf: Streeter, Texas, 1043 & 1044, Taliaferro, Cartographic Resources, #201.

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10. FINLEY, ANTHONY, A New American Atlas, Designed Principally toIllustrate the Geography of the United States of North America..., Philadelphia, 1826.

15 copper-engraved maps printed on thin paper. Each with bright full periodcolor, 16 3/4” x 21”, and folding to 3 1/2 x 6”. Bound into gilt-stamped redmorocco covers. Issued without title, but with an index sheet laid-down oninside front cover. A couple of minor signs of aging, but generally both mapsand binding in remarkably fresh, fine condition. $28,000.

This is the first and only edition of Anthony Finley’s landmark NewAmerican Atlas. This example is in the scarce Traveler’s Guide format.

For quality of production and detail of coverage, the New American Atlaswas equalled by few of the early nineteenth century. The fifteen maps are allof the Western Hemisphere, with eleven devoted to American states, usuallyshown in groups of two. Particularly noteworthy are those for Trans-appalachian regions, which appear at a primitive stage of development (forexample those for Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, there is a separate early map ofFlorida as an American state. [continued...]

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11. MORSE, SIDNEY / BREESE, SAMUEL, Cerographic Atlas of the UnitedStates [bound with] The Cerographic Bible Atlas, 1844.

Folio. Original printed stiff paper boards. 37 maps. Uncolored. Some foxingand age-toning, but generally good condition. $3,500.

Cerography, a process of wax-engraving, was invented in the 1830s byjournalist Sidney Morse. His technique proved much less expensive and moreexpeditious than copper-plate engraving, and Morse’s invention was a majortechnological breakthrough that greatly influenced the American map

The atlas was usually published with the sheets printed on thick paper,and bound in a folio format. The maps were also issued individually as pock-et maps printed on thin paper. In a few cases, such as this, the pocket mapswere sold in atlas form, with the maps folding to 3 1/2” x 6”, and bound in ared morocco case. The atlas in this easily portable format was specificallyintended for travelers. Around 1831 the printing plates for the atlas were soldto S. A. Mitchell, who published several heavily revised editions under hisname. ref: Phillips, Atlases, #1378 (folio format); Ristow, American Maps andMapmakers, p. 270.

and atlas industry. David Woodward, in his study of the wax-engravingprocess, The All-American Map, estimated that nearly three-quarters of all com-mercial atlases published in the United States between 1842 and 1950 usedthis technique.

“To publicize his invention and its products, Morse, in collaboration withSamuel Breese, compiled a series of thirty-two maps which were issued assupplements to the New-York Observer... Thus, between 1842 and 1845 theObserver printed map supplements that were then assembled to form theCerographic Atlas of the United States” -- Ristow. Since the original cerographicatlas was issued in parts, it is rarely found complete. In addition, it was print-ed on poor-quality soft paper, and Ristow notes that “few copies of the atlashave therefore survived.”

This assemblage is listed in Phillips and contains the complete set of 32single-page maps from the Cerographic Atlas of the United States plus the 5maps from Morse’s 1844 Cerographic Bible Atlas. Both are bound into the orig-inal paper boards from the first edition of the Bible Atlas, with a printed viewof Jerusalem on the cover. ref: Phillips, Atlases, #3221; Ristow, American Mapsand Mapmakers, p.154; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, p. 265.

12. MORSE, SIDNEY / BREESE, SAMUEL, Cerographic Atlas of the UnitedStates, 1842 [not pictured].

Folio. Original paper wrappers with some losses around edges. 16 maps.Uncolored. Some staining, but generally good condition. $1,500.

Another example of Morse’satlas [see previous item], con-taining the sixteen maps whichmade up the first two install-ments issued by the Observer.Included are maps of Maine,Vermont / New Hampshire,Connecticut, New Jersey,Georgia, Alabama, New YorkState, two detailed maps of NewYork City, Florida, Mississippi,Louisiana, Maryland /Delaware [with an inset ofWashington DC], Virginia, Ohio,and Iowa. This set with the rareoriginal paper wrappers adver-tising the cerographic processand the maps yet to come in theseries.

13. CELLA, PHILIPP [POCOCK], Koen. Bayer. Privileg. Pneumatisch PortativerErd-Globus nach der Erfindung von Pocock, 1831.

Paper pneumatic globe with original box, bellows, and instruction book.Measuring 62” pole to pole when uninflated. Printed by color lithography onsilky paper. Some frayed edges and a few repairs but generally in extremelygood original condition for such a rare and fragile piece. $21,500.

The first globe of any kind published in Munich. An excellent completeexample with original box, bellows, and instruction book.

Based on an inflatable globe by Pocock which Cella copied and publishedin Munich “the globe by Cella has more text with explanations and otherrecords of discovery than the globe of Pocock which served as its model” --Dekker. Dozens of explorers and discoveries are labelled, and the tracks of thevoyages of Cook, Clerk, Gore, La Perouse, Douglas, Vancouver, Butler, Bidler,Flinders, Ross, and Parry are indicated, as well as the location of the Mutinyon the Bounty in 1788. A number of scales, usually found on the horizon ringsof globes, are indicated around the north pole, including degrees, compasspoints, pictures and symbols for the Zodiac, labels for the beginnings of theseasons, and a German calendar. The accompanying pamphlet by AntonKlein is titled Erlauterungen zu dem pneumatisch portativen Erdglobus and is also

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dated 1831. Dekker makes note of several different editions of the pamphlet,which is not always found with the globe. A wonderful complete example ofthis rare and fragile piece. ref: Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, GLB0203; Zogner,Die Welt In Handen, p. 98.

14. FAHLBERG, SAMUEL, Charta ofver on St. Barthelemy..., 1801, 1801.

20” x 28 1/4”. Original copper plate. $36,000.

This is the original copper plate for a map of St. Barts drawn by SamuelFahlberg in 1801. It is quite rare for the actual copper engraving to survive, asplates were frequently melted down for their valuable copper.

Sweden obtained St. Bartholemew in the Leeward Islands in 1784 fromFrance as part of the settlement made after the American Revolution, and theisland remained a Swedish possession until 1877 when it was returned to theFrench. There are very few early maps which focus on St. Barts, and this is thelarger of two important maps drawn by Fahlberg. It was published inStockholm at the height of Swedish rule, and shows the topography of thenine square mile island, including property divisions and a chart listing thenumbers of houses and inhabitants. Fahlberg was responsible for laying outthe town of Gustavia on St. Barts, where a street is named after him.

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Wall maps are among the rarest and most desirable of all cartographicworks. Tony Campbell writes, “they were highly ornamental and at the sametime informative. Unfortunately, though, once they had been backed withlinen and suspended from rollers, most unframed wall maps probably disin-tegrated or became illegible within a century... Of the hundreds that musthave once existed, only a handful now survive, most of them in mutilatedcondition. It is not only their scarcity that makes wall maps valuable today;because of their large scale, they could carry a greater amount of detail, andtherefore tended to be the prototypes from which the smaller atlas sheets wereproduced by reduction.” The following wall maps of Africa, Asia, and theAmericas are by noted French cartographer Jean Baptiste Nolin. ref: TonyCampbell, Early Maps. p.112.

16. [ASIA] NOLIN, JEAN BAPTISTE, L’Asia Dressee Sur les NouvellesObservations faites en touttes les parties de la Terre et Rectifees par Mr.s del’Academie Roy. le de Sciences... Dediee Au Roy... A Paris chez I.B. Nolin... 1740,1700/1740 [pictured on following page].

49 1/2” x 55 1/4”. Later hand color. Laid down on modern linen with someloss to the explanatory text in lower right border, not affecting the map.Generally good condition for an 18th century wall map. $12,500.

Nolin’s highly decorative wall map of Asia is surrounded by historicalscenes and includes a large cartouche. The Mariana Islands in the easternPacific are shown according to the account of the Jesuit Father Paul Clain, butat upper left is an inset map showing an alternative rendering of theMarianas, or Nouvelles Phillipines, from a Jesuit relation of 1697. [continued...]

15. [AMERICA] NOLIN, JEAN BAPTISTE, L’Amerique Dresse Sur lesRelations..., 1700/1775 [pictured opposite].

48 1/8” x 53 5/8”. Later hand color. A superb example. Unlike most wallmaps, this example has never been backed on linen. Some minor repairs, butin excellent condition for an 18th century wall map. $38,000.

Nolin’s splendid L'Amerique is one of the finest large-scale WesternHemisphere maps ever published, and one of the best to show the geograph-ical and artistic skills of the eighteenth century. Unlike many decorativeworks of the time, this stunning map was created by an ambitious and seriouscartographer. Jean Baptiste Nolin was an innovator who was eager to dissem-inate the latest information about America.

Nolin was the first to publish a depiction of the Mer de l'Ouest, the largefictitious scalloped sea just north of California that appears on many 18th cen-tury maps. While he had first heard reports of this non-existent body of waterfrom Baron De Lahontan, Nolin also saw a manuscript map by De L’Islewhich featured the sea. De L’Isle considered this information to be a statesecret and was so furious when Nolin delineated it on a printed map, that DeL’Isle sued Nolin for plagiarism. At first Nolin’s sea extended deep into thecontinent, but in this later edition of the map it has become reduced in size. Afurther channel is shown which appears to link the Pacific Ocean all the waythrough to Hudson's Bay.

This map is surrounded by thirty scenes depicting various stages in thehistory of the continent, notable physical features, and elements of native life.The large title cartouche includes a dedication to King Louis XVI. This mapis in particularly fine condition for a work of this large size. Inevitably suchitems become damaged and very few examples of this type of map are everfound in perfect condition. ref: Potter, Antique Maps, p. 181.

17. [AFRICA] NOLIN, JEAN BAPTISTE, L’Afrique Dressee Sur les Relationsles plus Recentes et rectifiees Sur Les Dernieres Observations Dediee et Presentee ASa Majeste Tres Chrestienne Louis XV... I.B. Nolin Geographe A Paris... 1740,1700/1740 [pictured opposite].

48” x 53 1/2”. Some early outline color. Laid down on modern linen withrepairs. Generally good condition for an 18th century wall map. $14,000.

Issued during a period of heavy exploration of Northwest America andRussia, the map includes the faint outline of Partie de L’Amerique reachingtowards Asia. However, Northwest America is drawn just north of Japan, andfar south of the Bering Strait, while the Russian coast actually slants westwardback towards Europe underneath a vastly misplaced Partie de la Groenland.

This magnificent wall map of Africa was dedicated and presented toLouis XV. The map is surrounded by thirty vignettes depicting theEuropeans’ encounter with Africa and accompanied by extensive explanatorytext. Most related to North Africa, but also included is a representation of theestablishment of French commerce in Guinea. The large decorative cartouchedepicts friendly relations between the Europeans and Africans, includingimages of trade, a missionary, and the river gods.

Tooley notes that the geography is partly based on that of another famedFrench cartographer, Guillaume De L’Isle. The map shows Lac de Zambese (orLake Maravi) but does not separate the Nile from the Niger. There are exten-sive legends concerning the Sahara, and a curious one above Lake Bornoustating “it is said that in the mountains of this kingdom there is a race of menand women who have tails.” ref: Tooley, Maps of Africa, p. 86, plate 67.

18. FRIES, LAURENT [WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN], Il Tabula ModernaAphrice / Haec Pars Aphricae Antiqviori Bvs Mansi Icognita, 1522/1525.

12” x 16 5/8”. Woodblock. Unusual in full original hand color. A few smallwormholes, otherwise excellent. $3,500.

A beautiful example of Laurent Fries early map of South Africa, in unusu-al full original color. The map is a reduced version of Waldseemuller’s mapof 1513, which was the first separately printed map of South Africa. Tooleynotes Waldseemuller’s map was so authoritative that “no significant advanceon the mapping of Africa was made on his work for almost fifty years.”

Fries made changes to Waldseemuller’s format that would alter maps ofAfrica until the 18th century. While the interior of Waldseemuller’s map wasessentially empty, Fries added decorative vignettes, extra mountain ranges,and a new lake to the west of the Mountains of the Moon from which issuethree rivers. Tooley notes that “while making the map more decorative, Fries’geographical fantasy was a fatal error... This innovation was continued andeven extended by later geographers, who lengthened the three tentative riversof Fries to the coast, and these blemishes were not finally removed till theadvent of De L’Isle in 1700.” ref: Tooley, Guide to Maps of Africa, p. 121, pl. 91.

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The following three townbook views of Italian cities are from Braun andHogenberg’s monumental Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Published in six partsbetween 1572 and 1617, this landmark work was “the earliest systematic cityatlas.” The stunning plans and views provide remarkable glimpses into theearly shape of the western world, with the images often accompanied by cos-tumed figures in the foreground, showing the local dress and customs of thepeople. ref: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume II, pp. 10-25.

19. [ROME] BRAUN & HOGENBERG, Roma, 1575 [pictured above].

13” x 19”. Later hand color. Very good condition. $1,400.

20. [BOLOGNA] BRAUN & HOGENBERG, Bononia Alma Stvdior Mater,c.1572 [not pictured].

13 “ x 19 1/2”. Full original color. Excellent condition. $850.

21. [NAPLES] BRAUN & HOGENBERG, Haec est nobilis, & florens illaNeapolis..., 1572 [not pictured].

13 1/4” x 16”. Full original color. Very good condition. $1,600.

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22. [BENE VAGIENNA] BLAEU, JOANNIS, Civitatis Bennarvm Scenographia,1682 [pictured above].

14 1/4” x 21 1/4”. Full original color. Verso blank. Excellent condition. $675.

23. [BRA] BLAEU, JOANNIS, Braydae Oppidvm, Vernacule Bra, 1682 [not pic-tured].

17 3/4” x 24 1/4”. Full original color. Verso blank. Excellent condition. $675.

The Blaeu firm published a total of five townbooks on Italy, including oneof the Piedmonte region in 1682. These views of the towns of Bene Vagiennaand Bra are from the Piedmonte townbook, and bear Joannis Blaeu’s signa-ture. Additional volumes in the Blaeu series included the Vatican, Rome,Naples & Sicily, and Savoy. The books were beautifully rendered andKoeman notes that “contrary to the townbooks of the Netherlands, the town-books of Italy show many drawings, not relevant to the history of cartographyat all. Architectural drawings, statues, etc. give these books an aspect differ-ent from a town atlas.” Blaeu’s townbook of Piedmonte was republished in1693 by a combination of booksellers using the presses of the Blaeu heirs, andlater re-issued three times by Moetjens, Mortier, and Alberts - all of whomerased Joannis Blaeu’s signature from the plates. ref: Koeman, AtlantesNeerlandici, Volume I, Bl76.

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24. WERNER, FRIDERICH BERNARD / ENGELBRECHT, MARTIN,Venetia / Benedig, c.1720.

11 3/4” x 16 1/4” [14 1/4” x 16 1/4” with text]. Uncolored. Some repairs tomargins, but generally a very good example. $2,800.

This beautiful German view of Venice was drawn by Frederick Wernerand published by Martin Engelbrecht in Augsberg c.1720. In the foregroundthere is a large figural vignette depicting a number of cherubim, a seatedfemale figure wearing a crown of laurel, a gondolier, and two noble Venetiansstrolling. The canals are filled with a number of vessels of various size, andthe city reaches out towards the viewer in this fine perspective view. Fifty-sixbuildings are listed in the extensive key. The title and descriptive text are inboth Latin and German, while the view is contained within a fine decorativeborder. According to Tooley, Werner “drew many town plans,” including anumber of those issued by two of the greatest German map publishers of the18th Century -- Mattheus Seutter and the heirs of Johann Baptiste Homann.ref: Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers, Revised Edition, Volume IV, p. 373.

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25. OGILBY, JOHN, The Continuation of the Road from London to Barwick begin-ning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street..., 1675 [pictured above]. $350.

26. OGILBY, JOHN, The Continuation of the Road from London to St. DavidsComencing at Monmouth & Extending to Burton Ferry Com: Glamorgan by InoOgilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

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John Ogilby’s Britannia, a Geographical and Historical Description of the prin-cipal Roads thereof was “the first survey of the roads of England and Wales...The maps are engraved on strips representing bands of ribbon, distances areshown in miles along the roads, and the villages and mansions named, and insome cases the names of the residents are given” -- Chubb. The maps were aninnovation in their day, and the atlas was the first to only use the Statute Mileof 1760 yards.

“In its comprehensiveness, its incorporation of new devices of computa-tion and delineation, and in its opulence of paper, design and decoration,”John Ogilby’s Britannia “immediately set a new standard for map-making inEngland... it was an attempt at a scientific study not only of the roads but alsoof the terrain and habitations on either sides of the roads” -- Van Eerde. Themaps measure approximately 13” x 17” each, and are in fine later hand color.ref: Chubb, The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain, pp. 84-88; Van Eerde,John Ogilby, p. 137.

27. OGILBY, JOHN, The Continuation of the Road from St. Davids to Holywell byJohn Ogilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

28. OGILBY, JOHN, The Road from Monmouth to Llanbeder in Cardiganth SouthWales by John Ogilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

29. OGILBY, JOHN, The Road from Welshpool Com Montgomery to Carnarvan inNorth Wales by John Ogilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

30. OGILBY, JOHN, The Road from Huntingdon to Ipswich co: Susse by JohnOgilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

31. OGILBY, JOHN, The Road from Gloucester to Montgomery North Wales byJohn Ogilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

32. OGILBY, JOHN, The Road from Chester to Cardiff Com Glamorgan by JohnOgilby..., 1675 [not pictured]. $350.

33. OGILBY, JOHN, The Roads from Carmarthen to Cardigan, Cardigan toLlanbeder & Llanbeder to Aberistmith in Com Cardigan By John Ogilby..., 1675 [notpictured]. $350.

34. OGILBY, JOHN, The Continuation of ye extended Road from Barstable to Truroby John Ogilby..., 1675 [pictured below]. $350.

35. SALAMANCA, ANTONIO / LAFRERI, ANTONIO, [untitled world mapsigned ‘Ant. LaFreri Exc. : Romae’], c.1550/c.1564.

13" x 20 1/4". Uncolored. Remargined at the time of binding. Centerfoldexpertly restored. Overall a very good example. $115,000.

The only obtainable version of Gerard Mercator’s first map of the world.Sometime around 1550, Roman publisher Antonio Salamanca re-engravedMercator’s revolutionary double-cordiform or heart shaped world map of1538. The Mercator original survives in only two examples and is chieflyknown through this close copy by Salamanca. “[Salamanca’s] undated cop-per-plate engraving is an excellent one, with stippled sea in place of the shad-ing used by Mercator. The panel of text which Mercator placed in the right-hand part of the map is omitted and its contents transferred to a panel atlower centre” -- Shirley. The Mercator was the first influential printed mapto definitively separate the New World discoveries from the Asian mainland.North America assumed, for the first time, continental proportions. It wasalso here that North and South America were first unambiguously joined andthe name America used to encompass both landmasses. Here is a thoroughlymodern image of the world, which rejects altogether the lingering Ptolemaicconceptions. This example of the map bears the imprint of Salamanca’s co-publisher and business partner Antonio LaFreri, who became sole proprietorof the publishing business in 1563. Shirley notes that editions of the map withLaFreri’s imprint date from c.1564. ref: Shirley, The Mapping of The World, #91.

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Franz Ritter was aGerman astronomerwho specialized inastrolabes and sun-dials. His work “isprojected from thenorth pole as if itwere the table of asundial,” wroteRodney Shirley,“with the landmasses drawn toscale in proportionto their distancefrom this point. Themap is thus highlydistorted accordingto normal concep-

tions but it is nevertheless mathematically correct.” The following two worldmaps by Ritter are drawn on his unique sundial projection. ref: cf: Shirley, TheMapping of The World, #270 and #282.

36. RITTER, FRANZ, [untitled rectangular world map], c.1607 [pictured above].

11” x 13” [center map measures 5” x 6 1/4”]. Uncolored. One small repair onverso, otherwise excellent condition.$5,500.

Rare. Although this map is not listedin Shirley, he does mention it in hisdiscussion of another of Ritter’smaps; “in the first edition of theSpeculum in 1607, a simplified andsmaller world map of the same genreappears in the centre of a page of tenhorological diagrams” -- Shirley.

37. RITTER, FRANZ, [untitled circu-lar world map], c.1613 [pictured right].

Uncolored circular world map meas-uring 8 1/4” in diameter. Excellentcondition. $4,500.

38. MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN, Novae Insvlae XVII Nova Tabvla..., 1540.

10" x 13 3/4". Uncolored woodblock print. $12,500.

Rare first state, first issue. “In 1540 Sebastian Munster, who was tobecome one of the most influential cartographers in the sixteenth century,published his edition of Ptolemy’s Geography with a further section of mod-ern, more up to date maps” -- Burden. Included was this remarkable wood-block, which has the distinction of being the earliest separate printed map ofthe Western Hemisphere. The map’s inclusion in Munster’s influential vol-ume Cosmography four years later sealed the fate of “America” as the name forthe New World. It was also the earliest printed map, along with Munster’sworld map of the same date, to refer to Magellan's great ocean by the name hehad christened it, Mare Pacificum.

In general, the southern regions are depicted more accurately than thosein the north. In North America, Munster employed the findings of Verrazano,who depicted the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as separated by only a narrowisthmus. Verrazano's "isthmus" was in reality nothing more than the OuterBanks between Capes Lookout and Henry; his "oriental sea," which wouldlead Europeans to "those blessed shores of Cathay [China]," was actually the

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Pamlico and Albermarle Sounds. Burden notes that the only placenames inthe north are “C.Britonum, marking England’s early explorations, Corterati,probably Newfoundland after Corte Reals, and Terra florida. FRANCISCA isnamed in honour of Francis I.”

Magellan's ship and the “Unfortunate Islands” he and his desperate crewpassed on their ill-fated voyage are shown beneath Japan. That island empire,still known only from Marco Polo (who had heard tales of it but had neverbeen there), appears as an arbitrary shape off the California coast.

The popularity of Munster’s work was astonishing, and Burden identifiesthirteen different states of this landmark map that were issued between 1540and 1578. This rare first state, first issue appeared only in the 1540 Latin edi-tion of the Geography. ref: Burden, The Mapping of North America, #12; Kershaw,Early Printed Maps of Canada, p. 3; Skelton, Decorative Printed Maps, p. 40;Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, pp. 43-50; Tooley, Maps andMapmakers, p. 112, plate 80; Nordenskiold, Facsimile Atlas, #73.

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39. MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN, Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersisrespectibus... 1540/1550.

10" x 13 3/4". Fifth State. Uncolored woodblock print. $5,500.

40. BLAEU, WILLEM, Americae nova Tabula auctore Guiljelmo Blaeuw, [1617]1621/c.1630.

16 1/4” x 21 3/4”. Original hand color. An excellent example. $12,500.

This famous Western Hemisphere map by Willem Blaeu is one of the mostsought after maps of the seventeenth century. With its finely engraved geog-raphy and superb decorative border panels, it is regarded as a high point ofDutch decorative cartography. The side panels display Native Americans incharacteristic dress from Virginia, Florida, California (Nove Albionis), andother areas. Among the city views shown in the top border are Rio de Janeiro,Mexico City and Havana. The oceans are populated with ships and sea ser-pents, there are decorative vignettes within the South American continent,and an inset map of Greenland with explanatory text.

Within Blaeu’s decorative framework is an up-to-date geography of theNew World. Developing colonies can be seen along the eastern seaboard ofNorth America: the French in Canada and the English in Virginia (theJamestown settlement). The results of further exploration by the Spanishalong the California coast are also registered on the map. ref: Tooley, Mappingof America, pl. 169, pp. 297; Burden, The Mapping of North America, #189.

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41. DUDLEY,ROBERT /LUCINI, ANTO-NIO, Carta parti-colare della costadi Florida e diVirginia,1647/1648.

18 3/4” x 151/2”. State 2.Uncolored.Some expertrepairs to mar-gins. Very goodcondition.$16,500.

“This is the firstprinted sea chartof the southeast.Using Mercator’sprojection for thefirst time, it isalso the earliestto record the pre-vailing winds

and ocean currents. Beautifully engraved by Antonio Francesco Lucini, itattempts to depict many sand banks and reefs in these waters, and records thevarious magnetic deviations of the compass” -- Burden. The map depicts theAtlantic coast from Cape Canaveral in Florida north to Delaware Bay. Thechart comes from Sir Robert Dudley’s landmark work, Dell’Arcano del Mare,which was the first printed English nautical atlas ever published, and the firstto set down charts on the Mercator Projection.

Dudley’s charts were engraved by the Florentine master Lucini over thecourse of twelve years, and are among the most distinctive productions ofearly cartography. “They represent the finest of Italian capabilities, the clari-ty of the engraving presenting an uncluttered image” -- Burden. ref: Burden,The Mapping of North America, #280, state 2; Cumming, The Southeast in EarlyMaps, #45.

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42. ROGGEVEEN, ARENT, Caret vande Cust van Florida tot de VerginisStreckende van Cabo de Canaveral tot Baya de la Madalena. [from: Het BrandendeVeen or The Burning Fen, Part One, Amsterdam], 1675.

16” x 20”. First State. Copper-engraving with period color. $22,500.

Roggeveen’s The Burning Fen, Part One, was the first sea atlas publishedin Holland to include charts devoted to American navigation. Consequently,this is the first printed Dutch sea chart specifically of the Carolinas andGeorgia. This is the rare first state, which only appeared in the first edition ofthe atlas. The second edition (1680) was published by Jacob Robijn, whoadded his name to each chart.

The chart shows the entire Atlantic coast from Cape Canaveral north tothe entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. All place names are in Spanish. Koemannotes that Roggeveen “had access to the hydrographic collection of the Eastand West-India Company… One may presume that he used Spanish portolancharts preserved in these collections.”

Koeman’s assumption is supported by the chart’s similarity to a manu-script by Joannes Vingboons, cartographer for the West India Company, andone of the great luminaries of seventeenth century cartography. The manu-script, in the Library of Congress, and assigned a date of 1665-1670, shows the

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43. DONCKER, HENDRICK, Pascaerte vande Caribische Eylanden, vandeBarbados tot aende Bocht van Mexico ‘t Amsterdam By Hendrick Doncker..., 1659.

17” x 21 1/4”. First State. Original outline color. Some light offsetting, oth-erwise an excellent example. $9,500.

First state. Rare. “This chart appeared in the first edition of HendrickDoncker’s Zee-Atlas, of which no surviving example is known” -- Burden.This is an example of the rare first edition of the plate, made in 1659. Stronglybased on the famous Gerritsz’ chart of c.1631, this chart “illustrates Doncker’sindependent thought towards its content. Two distinct features are the pro-nounced easterly sweep of the south-east coast, and an unusually prominentR. d. S. Petro feeding an enlarged Apalachee Bay” -- Burden. ref: Burden, TheMapping of North America, #339, first state.

same configuration with identical Spanish place names south of CapeLookout. Either Roggeveen had access to Vingboons’ chart, or the two usedthe same source. It is clear that the Spanish charts, which were based uponfirst-hand exploration, remained the best for most of the Carolina coast untilthe beginning of English settlement in the 1660s. ref: Cumming, Southeast inEarly Maps, 74; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Rog 1, map #27. For Vingboonsmanuscript, see Library of Congress, Harrisse Collection, Volume II, map #8.

44. DE L’ISLE, GUILLAUME, Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France... chezl’auteur Rue des Canettes prez de St. sculpice... Maj pour 20 ans, 1703.

19 1/2” x 25 1/2”. First edition, first issue, with “Rue des Canettes” imprint.Original outline color. Trimmed close at bottom center with slight loss ofclean mark. A very good example. $12,500.

The rare first issue of a foundation map for Canada, and the first printedmap to show and name Detroit. “De L’Isle’s careful research resulted in thefirst map of Canada to present the whole of the Great Lakes correctly. In addi-tion, the position of the lakes relative to Hudson Bay is also correct, and theAvalon Peninsula is shown much more realistically than in previous maps ofCanada. Of considerable significance, the geography of the coastal regions ofJames and Hudson Bays, together with their major river systems, is present-ed by De L’Isle with a surprising degree of accuracy” - Kershaw. The influ-ence and importance of this map are impossible to over-emphasize, and DeL’Isle’s Carte du Canada would be republished for an astonishing 130 years.Only this rare first issue of the map was published at De L’Isle’s first shop onthe Rue des Canettes in Paris. ref: Tooley, Mapping of America, p. 20; Schwartz& Ehrenberg, Mapping of America, plate 80; Wheat, Mapping of the TransmississippiWest; Karpinsky, p. 123.

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45. DE L’ISLE, GUILLAUME, Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi....1718.

19” x 25 1/2”. Rare first state, without New Orleans. Uncolored. Top marginreplaced with slight loss to clean mark. Otherwise very good condition.$18,000.

First state of “one of the most important mother maps of the NorthAmerican continent” -- W.P. Cumming. This landmark map is the source ofall later delineations of the Mississippi. It is "the first detailed map of the Gulfregion and the Mississippi."

De L'Isle had access to the latest sources which he skillfully incorporatedinto his map. Information from the expeditions of Hernando de Soto, Henride Tonty, and Louis de St. Denis are included, and details from such otherexplorers as Bourdon and Bourgnaud are also used. The region between theMississippi and Arkansas Rivers is described as a "land full of mines" becausethe Canadian Bourdon reported gold, silver, lead and copper mines west ofthe Great River. De L'Isle produced a new layout of the Missouri River usingnotes provided by Etienne Veniard de Bourgnaud. [continued...]

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46. OGLETHORPE, JAMES, A Map of the County of Savannah. [from:] SamuelUrlsperger’s Ausfuhrliche Nachricht von den Saltzburgischen Emigranten, Halle,1735.

16 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Uncolored. Left and right margins close, as issued, withminor loss of neat line. Otherwise a fine example. $35,000.

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De L’Isle’s map has further significance as being the first map to nameTexas with the phrase Mission de los Teijas etablie en 1716. Two states of the mapwere published in 1718, this is an example of the rare first state, without men-tion of the city of New Orleans, which was founded the same year. ref: Martin& Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, pp. 98-99; Tooley, The Mapping ofAmerica, p. 21, #43; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, pl. 84.

A rare and historically important map of the region around Savannah.The map is the earliest detailed printed map relating to Georgia, publishedonly two years after the colony was founded. Cumming judged the map tobe “truly remarkable. It clearly shows the geography of the farms, settlements,villages, roads, forts, and outposts that surrounded Savannah.” It has beenused as evidence in American boundary disputes for over 200 years. Asrecently as the late 1990s, it was a key piece of evidence in a dispute betweenSouth Carolina and Georgia argued before the United States Supreme Court.

The map’s origin can be traced to the beginning of Georgia’s colonial his-tory. In October 1731, Leopold von Firmian, Catholic Prince and Archbishopof Salzburg, issued an Edict of Expulsion, ordering all Protestants to leave hisdomain. A group of these Salzberger exiles, under the leadership of SamuelUrlsperger, initially found refuge in the German city of Augsburg. Meanwhilethe English philanthropist and member of Parliament, General JamesOglethorpe, had been unsuccessfully lobbying for a charter to establish a newEnglish colony in America. He proposed that his colony of Georgia wouldserve as a refuge for unfortunate debtors, and as a barrier between SpanishFlorida and the established English settlements.

When Oglethorpe heard of Ulsperger’s exiles, and suggested his colonyas a haven for “distressed Saltzburghers and other prosecuted Protestants”, ittipped the balance, and the charter was signed by George II in June 1732.Oglethorpe and the earliest colonists arrived in Georgia in February 1733,barely a year before the first fifty Salzbergers landed in March 1734. By the fol-lowing May, the Salzbergers were established at Ebenezer, about twenty fivemiles north of Savannah.

Louis De Vorsey notes that as early as September 1734, the cartographical-ly astute Oglethorpe was sending maps of Georgia to the continent, “whereGerman Protestants were being encouraged to emigrate to Georgia.” The firstof these that can be positively identified is a manuscript map of the “Countyof Savannah,” forwarded to the Georgia Trustees in London in February 1735.It was the pattern for this map published later that year in Ulsperger’s tracton the Salzberger immigrants to Georgia.

ref: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps,#246; De Vorsey, “Maps in Colonial Promotion: JamesEdward Oglethorpe’s use of Maps in ‘Selling’ theGeorgia Scheme,” Imago Mundi, 38 [1986], p. 41.

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47. VAN KEULEN, GERARD, Carte de la Nouvelle France on se voit le cours desGrandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & Mississippi..., 1720.

22 1/2” x 38 1/4”. Two sheets joined. Full original color. Excellent condition.$24,000.

This is the first issue of a rare two sheet map produced by Gerard VanKeulen, hydrographer of the Dutch East India Company and heir to the pow-erful publishing company founded by his father Johannes. Gerard VanKeulen died prematurely at age 49 in 1728 and was considered to be the mosttalented member of his family. This is the only land map issued by the firmof Van Keulen, which produced some of the most important sea charts of theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Ambitious in both scope and detail, the map encompasses more territorythan traditional French maps of Canada, extending west through NewMexico, where French claims extend to the Rio Grande. Legends record infor-mation on settlements, forts, Indian tribes, and routes and trails used in explo-ration. There are two large inset maps showing the Louisiana Gulf coast andthe mouth of the Mississippi River. Only eight British colonies are indicated.Information from De Fer and De L’Isle on the Great Lakes and Mississippi hasbeen refined and recorded here in more elaborate detail. ref: Koeman, AtlantesNeerlandici, Volume IV, p. 387.

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48. VAN KEULEN, GERARD, Carte de la Nouvelle France on se voit le cours desGrandes Rivieres de S.Laurens & Mississippi... chez la Veuve de Jo. van Keulen &Fils..., 1755.

22 3/4” x 39”. Two sheets joined. Original outline color. Paper age-toned. Avery good example. $24,000.

Rare second edition of van Keulen’s two-sheet map of North America.This edition has numerous changes to the original plate including the addi-tion of several French forts west of the Allegheny Mountains. One of these isFort du Quesne, which became the city of Pittsburgh. Established in 1754, thisedition of the map was published the next year, making this the first knownmap to name the fort.

The map can be dated with certainty from the information within the car-touche, “Chez la Veuve de Jo. van Keulen & Fils,” which only appears onmaps published in 1755, according to Koeman, who notes that this is the onlyyear Johannes van Keulen’s widow and son were in business together. Whilethe first edition is a great rarity; this second edition is almost unknown. ref:Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Volume IV, p. 387; Seller & Van Ee, #178 (whichincorrectly dates the map at 1782).

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49. POPPLE, HENRY, A Map of the British Empire in AMERICA with the Frenchand Spanish Settlement Adjacent Thereto. by Henry Popple... London: Sold by S.Harding and W. H. Toms, 1733/1734.

Folio. Key or index map plus twenty sectional maps in full original color.Twenty-two inset views and plans. Original marbled boards, backstriprenewed. Separate contents sheet tipped onto the front flyleaf. Excellent.$125,000.

This is an exceptional example of the first large scale map of the BritishAmerican colonies. It is a landmark in American cartography and seldomencountered in such outstanding condition. Also present is the separatelyprinted contents sheet, that is absent from most copies.

It was Popple’s intention to provide a large-scale map upon whichEnglish claims in North America were laid down. It shows the NorthAmerican continent as far west as New Mexico, including all of Texas, theMississippi Valley, and the Great Lakes. Popple drew on many sources,including the maps of Guillaume De L’Isle and Nicholas De Fer. The south-eastern colonies are taken from John Barnwell’s manuscript of about 1721, ondeposit with the Board of Trade and Plantations, and which included up-to-date information on Indian settlements in the interior. He also consultedCadwallader Colden’s legendary Map of the Country of the Five Nations.

Popple’s map is one of the first - perhaps the very first - to show the newColony of Georgia.

Published with “the Approbation of the Right Honourable the LordsCommissioners of Trade and Plantations,” Popple’s map had quasi-officialstatus, and a copy was sent to the governments of each of the colonies.Benjamin Franklin ordered two for the Pennsylvania Assembly on 22 May1746, “one bound the other in sheets.” One of these was hanging in thePennsylvania State House when the Declaration of Independence was signedthere on July 4th, 1776. John Adams noted that Popple’s map was “the largestI ever saw, and the most distinct… It is eight foot square.” Copies could befound in the private collections of several of the wealthier founding fathers,including George Washington.

The map is famous for its decorative qualities. The lower left sheet isalmost entirely taken up by a finely engraved title cartouche. Popple hasincluded twenty-two inset plans and views, including New York City,Niagara Falls, Mexico City, Quebec, Boston, Charles-Town, Providence(Bahamas), and Bermuda. This is Pritchard’s state five [1734], with the pagenumbers added to the upper right corners of each sheet. ref: Pritchard &Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude, #24; Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, #216;Streeter Sale, #676; Phillips, Maps of America, #569; Lowery, Maps of SpanishPossessions, #338; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, p. 151;McCorkle, America Emergent, #21; Harley, Mapping the American RevolutionaryWar, p. 91; Babinski, Henry Popple's 1733 Map.

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50. POPPLE, HENRY / COVENS & MORTIER, A Map of the British Empirein America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch Settlements..., 1737.

Four separate sheets as issued, each with its own title and measuring 23 1/4”x 20 5/8” (for a total measurement when joined of 46 1/2” x 40 1/8”).Margins reinforced on one sheet. A very good example with original outlinecolor. $22,000.

The significance of Henry Popple’s twenty-sheet map [see previous item] asthe first large-scale map of the American Colonies was undeniable, but theunwieldy size made it impractical for general use. In 1737 the prestigiousDutch firm of Covens & Mortier reduced the size by half and published it infour separate sheets, each with its own title. Typical of the high quality ofCovens & Mortier’s work, the map is beautifully engraved and printed onhigh quality paper. ref: Tooley, The Mapping of America, p. 315.

51. POPPLE, HENRY / BACK, JEAN CONR., A Map of the British Empire inAmerica [plus french title:] Nouvelle Carte Particuliere de L’Amerique..., c.1755.

20” x 18 3/4”.Uncolored.Excellent condi-tion. $5,500.

First state of arare single-sheetGerman keymap to Popple’smap, engravedby JohannConrad Back.This is the firstof two statesaccording toBabinski. Backre-engraved hiskey map in 1756,making a num-ber of changes.ref: Babinski,Henry Popple's1733 Map, BackKey State 1.

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52. FRY, JOSHUA / JEFFERSON, PETER, A Map of theMost Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Provinceof Maryland with part of Pennsilvania, New Jersey and NorthCarolina Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson, 1751/1775.

Four sheets joined for a total measurement of 30 1/2” x48”. Very good condition. $40,000.

The Fry-Jefferson map is the primary cartographicdocument of Virginia from the eighteenth century. Itwas based on the earliest accurate surveys of the Virginiacolony and was the first to depict the configuration ofthe Appalachian and Allegheny mountain ranges in thewestern interior. The map was commissioned by theEnglish Lords of Trade, who in 1750 required eachcolony to conduct a comprehensive survey. Appointedto the task were Joshua Fry, a mathematician at theCollege of William and Mary, and Peter Jefferson, a sur-veyor and the father of Thomas Jefferson, who togetherhad drawn the boundaries of Lord Fairfax’s lands in1746 and surveyed the Virginia-North Carolina bound-ary in 1749. Completed in 1751, the map was a master-ful synthesis of original surveys and existing data. Amajor revision in 1755 incorporated important informa-tion about the western part of the colony from the jour-nals of John Dalrymple and other sources.

Eight separate states of the Fry-Jefferson map havebeen identified. The four early states culminate in theissue of 1755, by which time all of the important geo-graphical revisions were incorporated. In the four statessubsequent to 1755, geographical detail was unchanged,but the publisher’s imprint varied. The first four statesare so rare as to be virtually unobtainable. The presentexample is State 6, as identified by Coolie Verner, whichdiffers from State 5 only by the date printed in the title (1775 instead of 1751),and from State 7 by a change in imprint (State 7 omits Jefferys address, whichis included in State 6). ref: Pritchard & Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude, pp. 154-159; Stephenson/McKee, Virginia in Maps, Map II-21A-D, p. 83; Cumming, TheSoutheast In Early Maps, #281; Coolie Verner, “The Fry and Jefferson Map” inImago Mundi XXI, pp. 70-94; cf: Morrison, On the Map, Figure 42.

53. [FOSTER, G.] The Seat of War in the West Indies containing New & AccuratePlans of the Havana, La Vera Cruz, Cartagena and Puerto Bello … also of SanAugustin [&c]…. “Published by W. Nicholl in St. Pauls Church Yard,” London,1740/c.1762.

Engraved by Emanuel Bowen. Copper-engraving with some period color. 161/2” x 18 1/2”. Some restoration to lower right corner, other minor signs ofaging. Overall a very good example of a rare piece. Inscribed in ink on theverso “Havannah &c. 1762.” $4,750.

A very rare separately-issued sheet that was originally issued in conjunc-tion with the War of Jenkin’s Ear [1739-43.] This is the third state, re-issuedwith minor alterations during the French and Indian War [1754-63] under theimprint of W. Nicholls.

It contains ten separate maps and views, including a general map of theWest Indies, and nine plans of important ports. Published in the second year

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of the war, many of the plans are based on the latest information received inLondon. Along the lower margin, for example, is a “Prospect” of Havanaattributed to Admiral Vernon, commander of the British fleet. Vernon hadcaptured Puerto Bello in 1739, but suffered a disastrous failure beforeCartagena in the following year. Of particular interest is the plan of St.Augustine, included in connection with General Oglethorpe’s invasion ofFlorida. Oglethorpe seized two forts on the St. John’s River, but was turnedback at St. Augustine in the summer of 1740. The map is crowded with exten-sive notes that contain interesting and useful information.

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54. SARTINE, ANTOINE, Carte Reduite Des Cotes Orientales De L’AmeriqueSeptentrionale..., Paris 1778.

23” x 34 1/2”. Original outline color. Excellent condition. $5,500.

Published by the French Admiralty, Sartine’s Carte Reduite is among thefinest maps of the Southeast of the Revolutionary War period. Highlydetailed as both a topographic and hydrographic work, the map extends fromPhiladelphia south to the mouth of the St. John River at Jacksonville, Florida.The map was issued in the Neptune Americo-Septentrional.

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55. VERRIER, AMBROSE / PERRIER, FRANCOIS, Partie Septentrionale desPossessions Angloise en Amerique: pour serivice d’intelligence a la guerre presenteentre les Anglois et leurs colonies... traduite de l’Anglois, de Michel a Paris a l’Hotelde Soubise... [and] Partie Meridionale des possessions Angloise en Amerique..., Paris1778.

Two folio sheets measuring 20 1/4” x 28 1/2” for a total measurement of 401/2” x 28 1/2”. Original outline color. Excellent condition. $12,000 the pair.

A pair of scarce French maps relating to the American Revolution. Themaps are sometimes offered for sale, but are seldom seen together. The south-ern sheet seems to be particularly uncommon. Each sheet stands as a separatemap with its own title, and a beautiful ornamental cartouche. Together theyshow the entire Seat of War in America, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence southto Jekyll Island, Georgia, and west to the Ohio Valley.

The maps were published by “the first true map shop in Paris”, that of themilitary geographer Roch-Joseph Julien at “rue du Chaume à l’Hôtel deSoubise à Paris.” Julien died about 1777, and was succeeded by his appren-

tices, the engravers, Ambrose Perrier and Francois Verrier. According to theimprint, the maps are based on English sources (“traduit de l’Anglois deMichel”). Since the French had been expelled from North America by theTreaty of Paris in 1763, the French cartographers were entirely dependentupon English maps for new information on the continent. Perrier and Verrierwrote the English publisher William Faden in March 1778 and ordered copiesof his recent maps of America, and in the same year also published a Frenchedition of Faden’s The Province of New Jersey (1777). In this case, their sourcewas the greatest English map of America of the century, John Mitchell’s A Mapof the British and French Dominions.

Pedley notes that “Verrier and Perrier’s willingness to invest in a newcopperplate and the costs of compilation and engraving reflect a demand inFrance for maps of North America and the war.” In February 1778, an alliancenegotiated by Benjamin Franklin had been concluded between France and theAmerican colonists. These rare maps were among the first cartographic fruitsof the alliance.

ref: Sellers & Van Ee, #161; McCorkle, #778.2 (top sheet only, and noting thatFrancis Edwards attributed the map to Brion de la Tour); cf: Mary Pedley, “Maps,War, and Commerce: Business Correspondence with the London Map Firm of ThomasJefferys and William Faden,” Imago Mundi, 48.

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56. ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER, Mount Vernon in Virginia the seat of the LateLieut. General George Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies of the UnitedStates. Engraved and published by Francis Jukes, London, March 31st, 1800.

Hand colored aquatint, 14 1/2” x 18 1/2”. In frame with label on verso:Kennedy Galleries, New York. $10,500.

The John F. Kennedy copy of the finest early representation of MountVernon, the home of his first predecessor, George Washington. The aquatinthas been preserved in the original John F. Kennedy frame.

Robertson’s view was published in London a few months afterWashington’s death, and was clearly intended to commemorate that event. Itwas the earliest important depiction of Mount Vernon. This estate, which hadbeen in the Washington family since 1674, was named after Admiral Vernonby Washington’s elder half-brother, Lawrence, who served under the Admiralduring the War of Jenkin’s Ear (1739-43). During the tenure of PresidentWashington, Mount Vernon contained over 8,000 acres.

Deak describes Robertson’s view as “lyrical, with wonderful gradationsin tone made possible by the aquatint process.” She concludes that it is prob-

ably related to a “charming, primitive watercolor sketch” by GeorgeWashington Parke Custis (Martha Washington’s grandson), now in the collec-tion of the New York Public Library. The house is shown in the middle dis-tance, with the Potomac River in the background. ref: Property From KennedyFamily Homes, Sotheby’s New York, February 15-17, 2005, lot 446; Deak, PicturingAmerica, 236; Stokes & Haskell, American Historical Prints, 1799-E18.

57. MANGIN, JOSEPH FRANCOIS / GOERCK, CASIMIR, Plan of the Cityof New York, drawn from Actual Survey. New York, 1803.

Black and white copper- engraving on four assembled sheets, and measuring35” x 40”. Laid down with repairs and some losses, but in general a solidexample of an exceedingly rare and important work. $65,000.

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The Mangin-Goerck is one of the rarest and most fascinating of all print-ed plans of New York. It was primarily the work of Joseph Mangin, theaccomplished architect who was responsible for the design of City Hall.

In December of 1797, the City of New York contracted Mangin, along withsurveyor Casimir Goerck, to compile a new map of the city for official use.The extraordinary growth of New York meant that most existing maps of thecity quickly became obsolete. Mangin and Goerck were hired to construct anupdated plan that would include all existing streets and buildings, andinclude the names of the owners. But shortly after beginning the commission,Goerck died, and for the next six years, Mangin worked secretly on the mapby himself. In November of 1803, his map was unveiled to the CityCommissioners, who were shocked by what they saw.

Instead of producing an accurate map of the existing topography andstreets, Mangin had taken the liberty of making his own plan for the city’sfuture. In this respect, he understood that the city needed a plan for expan-sion, anticipating the famous Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, but he did nothave the official approval to execute it. So when Mangin submitted his oddlyshaped map to the Commissioners, they declared that it contained “anarrangement certainly to be desired but unfortunately it deviates so muchfrom [previous maps] that the adoption of it would create great difficultiesfrom its total derangement of a great number of lots.”

The Mangin-Goerck plan was suppressed by the Commissioners, whoresolved “to return the money paid by each subscriber [and] endeavor torecall as many of said maps as have been sold.” This act of suppressionaccounts for the extreme rarity of this, the first new map of the city of the 19thcentury. A few subscribers did receive their copies after a qualifying label wasaffixed to the surface of the map warning that the northern two-thirds of themap was invalid. The example being offered here, like most surviving exam-ples, has this label. Stokes located just six copies of the Mangin-Goerck, andCohen and Augustyn state that “only about ten examples have survived,”extraordinarily few for a map that despite some deficiencies, is one of themajor printed maps in the history of New York. ref: Cohen and Augustyn,Manhattan in Maps, pp. 96-98; Stokes, Iconography, Volume 1, plate 70, pp. 454-55;Deak, Picturing America, 231.

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58. ELLICOTT, JOSEPH AND BENJAMIN, Map of Morris’s Purchase of WestGeneseo, In the State of New York: Exhibiting… the Boundary Lines of the SeveralTracts of Land Purchased by the Holland Land Company William and John Willinkand others..., 1804.

20 1/4” x 26”. Uncolored. Very good condition. $5,500.

This is the first comprehensive survey map of lands west of the GeneseeRiver in New York State. The first edition was published in 1800, with revisededitions dated 1804 and 1829.

Nestler wrote that Ellicott’s map was “probably the most important mapof western New York when Buffalo was still known as New Amsterdam, andwhen land companies were luring settlers to this new frontier.” Rumsey notesthat “the map is highly detailed, showing every tributary of every tributary ofevery stream. All the township and range lines are laid down, every townlocated, all reservations shown and all roads indicated. One has the impres-sion that the ground was expertly surveyed with care and diligence.”

In 1797 the Philadelphia banker Robert Morris purchased, by the Treaty ofthe Big Tree, all of the land in upper New York State west of the Genesee River,and from Lake Ontario south to the Pennsylvania border. The land in turnwas sold to a group of Amsterdam financiers who formed the Holland LandCompany. Joseph Ellicott, the brother of Andrew Ellicott, Surveyor Generalof the United States, was hired to survey the lands. Ellicott also laid outBuffalo during these years, and is considered the father of that city. ref:Rumsey, 3712 (1804 edition).

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59. WARREN, MOSES / GILLET, GEORGE, Connecticut, from Actual Survey,Made in 1811… Published under the Authority of the General Assembly. Hartford:Hudson & Goodwin, 1812.

36” x 43 1/2”. Wall map backed on linen. Period outline color. $12,000.

This was the first new survey of Connecticut since William Blodget’s 1792map, and the prototype for many maps issued over the next forty years.“Though the publication of this map was a private venture, the survey had anofficial sanction. At the May session, 1811, of the Connecticut legislature a res-olution was passed authorizing Hudson & Goodwin at their own expense toprepare and publish from actual survey a map of this state, and for that pur-pose the petitioners are authorized… to pass over the land of individuals inthe state… and empowered to examine the records of the state” -- Thompson.Thirty-five types of sites are identified in a lengthy key, including variouskinds of mills and manufacturers, churches, academies, mines, county lines,and various categories of roads. The map appears to be the first to specifical-

ly identify turnpikes. This is the scarce first issue, lacking the notation at thesite of the modern town of Seymour: “Humphrysville, the first extensive, suc-cessful Woollen Manufactory in the Country.” ref: Thompson, Maps ofConnecticut, 52; Ristow, American Maps & Mapmakers, pp. 96-98, fig. 6-6.

60. COOKE, GEORGE / [BENNET, WILLIAM JAMES], West Point, fromabove Washington Valley Looking down the River. New York, 1834.

14 3/4” x 22 3/4”. Hand colored aquatint. Closely trimmed. $5,500.

This is one of a series of nineteen American topographical prints execut-ed by William James Bennett. Some were based on Bennett’s own drawings,some on the work of others, as was the case with this example, taken from apainting by George Cooke. Deak and others judge this series “the finest col-lection of folio views of American cities.” The view of West Point “focuses onthe beauty of the Hudson River and the mountains that border it on eitherside… Cooke made his landscape a celebration of nature, highlighting theever-changing drama staged by mountains, water, and sky” -- Deak. ref:Deak, Picturing America, 412; Deak, William James Bennett Master of the AquatintView, 24.

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61. BRUE, A. H., Carte du Mexique, du Texas. Paris: Ch. Piquet, 1834/1840.

24 3/4” x 36 3/4”. Copper engraving with period hand color. Near fine con-dition. $22,000.

This is the first general map of the west to incorporate information fromthe greatest of all fur traders, Jedidiah Smith. Wheat proclaims that “Smith’sgreat service to geographical and cartographical knowledge [was] to tietogether the world’s of Escalante and Miera, on the one hand, and of Lewisand Clark on the other, locking them firmly together by a brilliant feat ofexploration and applied intelligence.” Among his achievements he blazed thesouthwestern trail to California, was the first man of European stock to sur-mount the Sierra Nevada, and effectively discovered the South Pass.

Smith’s lost manuscripts were never published, but through an 1827 let-ter from Smith published in Paris, word of his exploits reached Brue, and wererecorded for the first time on the firm’s 1833 map of North America and 1834Mexico. No map published in the United States included Smith’s informationuntil David Burr’s 1839 Map of the United States. In what is now Nevada, Bruelocates a “Mt. St. Joseph”, where Smith crossed the Sierra Nevadas in 1827. Tothe southeast, in the Great Basin, is a river called the “Seeds Keeder,” Smith’sname for the Green. A short distance to the south is a second river with thelegend “Rio de las Piramides Sulfuras problt. le Seeds Keeder de Smith”.Wheat notes this as “the first cartographic mention of the great explorer” byname (p. 144).

This “augmented” 1840 edition of Brue’s map of Mexico was publishedby Ch. Piquet. Unknown to Wheat, it attempted to reconcile Smith’s geogra-phy with other data, much of which came from Arrowsmith’s landmark 1834map of British North America. To mention only a few of the changes from thefirst edition, the old Lake Timpanogos, is now correctly called the Great SaltLake (“Gd. Lac Sale”). It has been given a square shape and moved slightlyto the southwest. The region directly east of the lake has been redrawn. LakeTeguayo has been moved to the north of “Mt. St. Joseph”. The SacramentoRiver and its tributaries have been completely redrawn. Below the SnakeRiver, a “R. Ogden” now appears. An early reference to the Humboldt River,discovered by Peter Skene Ogden in 1829. In the Sacramento Valley, Piquethas added from an unknown source, two large lakes which he calls “LacsTule”.

The 1840 edition is especially desirable as it shows Texas as a Republic.Texas is now added to the title to reflect its independent status. The geogra-phy is largely taken from the 1839 edition of Stephen F. Austin’s map, but withthe Red River shown according to Stephen Long. The Nueces is the southernboundary of the Republic. ref: cf: Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West,#404 [1834 ed.ition]; not in Streeter.

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62. PREUSS, CHARLES, Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to OregonCommencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at theMouth of the Wallah Wallah in the Columbia... From the field notes and journal ofCapt. J.C. Fremont. [Baltimore: E. Weber and Co., 1846], 1846.

Seven lithographed sheets, each measuring 15 1/2” x 25 1/2”. Some softcreasing where folded, few short tears/nicks at edges, but overall in fine con-dition. Laid loose in a red cloth folding case. $19,500.

“An extraordinary map by a master cartographer” – Graff. Preuss’s mapis, in effect, an official survey of the famed Oregon Trail, published near thebeginning of the great overland migration to the Pacific Northwest.

In 1843, John Charles Frémont, his mapmaker Charles Preuss, and sever-al others traveled the length of the Oregon Trail. The treacherous trip hadbeen planned by Senator Thomas Hart Benton with the objective of scientifi-cally examine the famous westward trail. Frémont later praised Preuss for“the continuous topographical sketches of the region through which wepassed.” When Frémont set out on his third expedition, Preuss stayed behindand executed this, the first large-scale map of the Oregon Trail. It is a guidefor the traveler based on first hand experience gained on the trail withFrémont. With a scale of ten miles to an inch, the seven-sheet map wasextremely detailed and practical to use. A wagon driver could examine one

sheet at a time as he worked his way westward. Each sheet covered about 250miles and provided facts about weather, game and Indians.

Preuss’s map of the Oregon Trail was the first to provide accurate infor-mation, and it was an immediate success. Although it had a relatively largeprint run, most copies were put to use on overland trail parties and weredestroyed en route. Each of the map sections has its own separate title togeth-er with observations and extracts from Frémont’s report relevant to the por-tion of the route depicted. ref: Cohen, Mapping the West, pp. 136-138; Graff#3360; Streeter Volume V, #3100; Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, #523.

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