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Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & GeographiesBurritt’s The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy explores astronomy, the constellations, and the solar system, and features an introductionby Reverend Thomas Dick, an astronomer and philosopher who combined science and Christianity. This edition was published in 1860, and was “greatly enlarged,revised and illustrated” by H. Mattison. The book features numerous figures and tables in black & white. Quarter black leather with raised bands and gilt titlingon spine, brown buckram covers, 345 pp. This atlas is nearly always found in poor condition, although this is one of the better examples we’ve seen. The plateshave separated from the covers and have offsetting, light scattered foxing, and spots of soiling. The covers are soiled and chipped with some damp stains, and thespine is perished. (B)The book is in very good condition with occasional light foxing and a few small stains. The covers are lightly soiled, the spine is chipped and partially detachedat top, and the binding is slightly loose. (B+) $400-50061. Celestial & Solar System (Tableau Cosmographique), Anon., ca. 1830. 18.8 x 8.3”. (HC) This decorative sheet shows an armillary sphere at center, with theastronomical theories of Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Copernicus and Descartes at left and right. Below the sphere is a depiction of the solar system, the lunar calendarand an attractive celestial map. (A) $150-20062. Solar System (Planisphaerium Copernicanum sive Systema Universi Totius Creati ex Hypothesi Copernicana in Plano Exhibitum), Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica…,Amsterdam, ca. 1661. 20.8 x 17.5”. (HC) This magnificent chart depicts the Copernican solar system, based on his theory of a heliocentric solarsystem, published in the mid-sixteenth century. In this chart, the sun is depicted at center radiating outwards and surrounded by planetary rings with the twelvesigns of the zodiac in the outer ring. The Earth is shown with its moon and Jupiter is shown with four moons. The title cartouche is split into two ornate Baroquebanners. At bottom right is Copernicus with Galileo at bottom left, both pictured with instruments and globes. Galileo was a strong supporter of Copernicus’ ideas,which resulted in him being sentenced to house arrest by the Inquisition in 1633. Ref: Kanas, p. 191-94. Original color with gilt highlights, light soiling and a fewprofessionally repaired chips in blank margins. There are a few brown spots in the blank margins just entering the border in a few places, with a small amount ofcolor retouching in those areas. A few small cracks caused by the oxidation of the green pigment have been reinforced on verso with archival materials. (B+)$2400-300063. Solar System (Haemisphaeria Sphaerarum Rectae et Obliquae utriusque Motus et Longitudines tam Coelestes quam Terrestres ac Stellarum Affectiones Monsrantia),Cellarius/Schenk & Valck, Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica, Amsterdam, [1708]. 20.3 x 17”. (HC) This complex chart illustrates the motions ofboth the upright sphere (the equatorial co-ordinate system) and the oblique sphere (the ecliptic co-ordinate system); the celestial and terrestrial longitudes; and theinfluences of the stars. The dramatic cloud background is filled with putti and celestial figures. Ref: Kanas, pp. 191-194. Old color and wide clean margins withminor oxidation of the green pigment. Remnants of hinge tape on verso. (A) $1000-120064. Solar System (Theoria Satellitum Lovis et Saturni…), Doppelmayr/Homann, Atlas Novus Coelestis, Nuremberg, [1742]. 22.7 x 19.2”. (HC) An interesting chartof the satellite systems of Jupiter and Saturn compared with the Earth-Moon system according to the observations of Giovanni Domenico Cassini in Bologna in1661. Includes several descriptive tables at top and bottom. This is the fourteenth plate of thirty in the atlas. Ref: Kanas #7.8.3. Faint centerfold toning with somesoiling primarily in the blank margins. Remnants of hinge tape on verso. (B+) $450-55065. Moon (De Gestalte der Mane Volgens de Nieuwste Ervarenis der Groote Verrekijkers), Goeree, Ioodse Oudheden, Ofte Voor-Bereidselen…, Amsterdam, ca. 1700.6.8 x 11.1”. (HC) A spectacular engraving showing a bustling crowd gathered around a huge telescope to view the moon. The moon is enlarged above the sceneto simulate the view through the telescope. Lovely color on watermarked paper with wide margins. There are damp stains in bottom corners, far from image,with some paper weakness in bottom left corner. (A) $200-24066. Globes - Book (Johann Schoner Professor of Mathematics at Nuremberg - A Reproduction of His Globe of 1523 Long Lost…), 1888. 5.5 x 7.5”. (BW) This rarebook was created by Henry Stevens, an American bibliographer, to commemorate the Schoner globe he owned. The book describes the work of globe-maker JohannSchoner, and outlines the history of the globe Stevens owned, up until it passed out of his hands. The book features an engraving of Schoner as a frontispiece anda slipcase in the inside back cover containing three folded illustrations:A. Figures 1-4: the Hunt-Lennox Globe, the gores of the Boulonger Globe, and outlines of the western half of Schoner’s first and second globes.B. Figure 5: The globe gores of Schoner’s third globe of 1523.C. Outline Section for the “Carta da Nauigar per le Isole Nouamte Tr(ovate) in le Parte de L’india” More Commonly Known as the Cantino Map of 1502.Also included in the book are a facsimile reproduction of Schoner’s dedicatory letter to Reymer von Streytperck, translations of other relevant contemporaneousdocuments, and an introduction by C.H. Coote of the British museum. Published by Chiswick Press. 12mo, 206 pp. Cloth-covered boards with gilt titling onspine and marbled endpapers. The three sheets in the slipcase are in near fine condition, with a tiny fold separation on the first sheet. There is light foxing onthe frontispiece, but text is otherwise in near fine condition. Covers and spine are faded with faint spots, and corners are lightly bumped. (A)$275-35067. Cartographic Miscellany, Belgium and Netherlands (Leo Belgicus), Keere, Petri Kaerii Germania Inferior…, [1617]. 17.8 x 14.5”. (HC) Among the most interestingdecorative works of cartography is a series of arresting maps showing the Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion. This wonderful folio version ofthe Leo Belgicus is based on the original 1583 Aitsinger form with the lion standing facing right with the right paw raised. At the time that Aitsinger developed theidea, Belgium and Holland comprised a single entity under the rule of the Spanish Empire. The concept was created in part due to the configuration of the land,and in part due to the appearance of a lion on the coat of arms of nearly every province in the region. Aitsinger’s concept appealed to his contemporaries, and wasredrawn and redesigned for over two centuries.Van den Keere’s version features an elaborate strapwork cartouche with a secondary title (Artificiosa & Geographica Tabula sub Leonis Figura 17, InferiorisGermaniae Provincias Repraesentans…), a distance scale, and a table of the provinces in the region. Three pairs of figures appear in the foreground at bottom,representing the typical costumes of Friesland, Belgium, and Holland. Additional embellishments include a stippled sea with two ships and a sea monster. Latintext on verso. Ref: Tooley (MCC-7) #11; Map Collector Magazine, Issue 14, pp. 48-50. Attractive color with a faint printer’s crease adjacent to centerfold, somelight spots, and a few minute worm holes only visible when held to light. There is a tiny hole adjacent to centerfold at bottom that has been professionally repaired.(B+) $19000-2400068. Cartographic Miscellany ([Monsters] Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnaechtigen Laendern / im Meer und auff dem Landt Gefunden Werden),Munster, Cosmographia, Basel, ca. 1628. 13.5 x 11”. (HC) This is one of the more fanciful cartographic curiosities and a unique view of Renaissance attitudestoward the unknown lands beyond the civilized world. This woodblock illustration presents a compendium of monsters that were thought to exist in the sixteenthcentury, and used by many subsequent mapmakers to illustrate the creatures thought to inhabit the seas and land of the unexplored world. Across the top is a panelshowing land-based creatures, including reindeer, elk (here shown pulling a sleigh), snakes and a gluttonous bear. The majority of the ‘monsters’ are ferocioussea creatures shown devouring hapless sailors and wrecking ships. There is a massive lobster shown with a person in its claws, and a huge, fanged whale eruptingfountains of water from its head, as well as a tree that appears to bear ducks as fruit. German text on verso. Ref: Manasek, p. 118. Light soiling with minorshow-through of text on verso, a vertical printer’s crease adjacent to centerfold, and an archivally repaired tear in bottom blank margin, far from image. (B+)$1000-120069. Puzzle Maps - World, Europe & France ([Puzzle] Atlas), Logerot, Paris, ca. 1850. 12 x 9.3”. (HC) This extraordinary and complete puzzle set contains the originalthree maps - the World, Europe, and France. The geography for each map is by A. R. Fremin. Each puzzle piece is mounted on thin wood with original bluepaper on verso and edging on outer pieces. The maps neatly fit into the original decorative paper and compressed paper board box that features an embossed andhighly decorative cover with gold leaf and wallpaper-style paper on the sides. Each map measures 11” x 8”, with the box measuring 12” x 9” x 1” thick. This finepuzzle has survived very well given its intended purpose. It is rare to find puzzles from this period complete with all pieces and the original box. The Europe
Old Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · Old Atlases & Geographiesand France puzzles have minor soiling. The world puzzle has moderate staining, and one piece is missing a small tip in a blank area. The original box is very nicewith some shelf wear, light soiling, and two tiny chips in cover. (B+) $240-30070. Puzzle Map - United States ([Puzzle Map] A New Dissected Map of the United States), McLoughlin Bros., 1887. 18 x 11.5”. (PC) Terrific Victorian periodmap puzzle with original box. Complete with all pieces, box, and full color map to aid in assembling the puzzle. Many of these puzzles carry the date 1887 butwere published later. This is an 1887 or 1888 edition based on the undivided Dakota Territory. The original paper label on box is reminiscent of a cigar box labelas it combines the printing processes of multi-stone chromolithography, solid color zinc plate, and gold stamping to produce a beautiful image. The label imageis similar to later editions, but is obviously earlier artwork. McLoughlin Bros., Inc. was a New York publishing firm that pioneered the systematic use of colorprinting technologies in children’s books, particularly between 1858 and 1920. The firm’s publications served to popularize illustrators including Thomas Nast,William Momberger, Justin H. Howard, Palmer Cox, and Ida Waugh. By 1886, the firm published a wide range of items including cheap scrapbooks, large foliopicture books, linen books, puzzles, games and paper dolls. It is rare to find a nineteenth century puzzle with all pieces and in such nice condition. The puzzle isnear fine with some light soiling along the edges. The guide map has several fold separations that have been repaired and reinforced with archival tape on verso.The box has some minor wear with a slightly concave cover. (A) $300-37571. Game - Rivers in France ([Game] Dominos Geographiques), Paris, ca. 1890. 9 x 6.3”. (PC) This unique game teaches children the courses of four major rivers inFrance: Loire, Seine, Rhone, and Garonne. The game is intended for 2-4 players, and is played in the general style of dominos, in which each player either placesa piece or draws from the reserve pile. There are eight mini-games contained within the set, each containing 42 pieces within their own box with a set of playinginstructions: three for the Loire River, two for the Rhone River, two for the Garonne River, and one for the Seine River. The set includes the original prospectuscontaining an overview of the game, a list of contents, and diagrams of how the games will appear once assembled. Playing pieces are made of compressed paperboard with labels printed in blue and black, depicting the course of the river, the direction of water flow, and key cities along the way. The interior boxes are madeof compressed paperboard in a matchbox style with red printed title labels. The exterior box is a combination of wood and compressed paperboard, with the titlelabel printed in blue, red, black and gold. This game was published by Librairie Charles Delagrave, 15 Rue Soufflot, Paris, which specialized in educational materials.The playing pieces and playing instructions are in near fine condition. The interior boxes are in very good condition, some with small separations alongedges. The prospectus is in very good condition, with minor toning, soiling, and fold separations. The exterior box is in satisfactory condition, with light wear andsoiling, and the top of the cover separating from the sides. (A) $275-350Western Hemisphere72. Western Hemisphere (Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio), Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, [1574]. 20 x 14.5”. (HC) This is one of themost famous maps of America, and one that had enormous influence on the future cartography of the New World. Frans Hogenberg engraved this map, and it isprimarily based on Gerard Mercator’s great multi-sheet world map of 1569. The most recognizable features of the map are the bulbous Chilean coastline and theexaggerated breadth of the North American continent. In North America a lengthy St. Lawrence River reaches across the continent to nearly meet the fictitious,westward flowing Tiguas Rio. The strategically placed title cartouche hides the unknown South Pacific and therefore most of the conjectural great southern continent,which is shown attached to both New Guinea and Tierra del Fuego. This is from the uncommon first plate (second state), published in the Latin edition of 1574.This plate had a relatively short life and was published only between 1570 and 1575. Ref: Burden #39.2; Van den Broecke #9. Lovely old color on watermarkedpaper with light soiling, a vertical crease through South America, and professionally repaired centerfold separations that enter 3.5” at top and 1” at bottom intoimage. There are a few tiny cracks and minute holes caused by the oxidation of the green pigment both in North and South America, but the paper is still supple.(B) $6000-700073. Western Hemisphere (America sive India Nova ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem in Compendium Redacta), Mercator, Atlantis ParsAltera, Amsterdam, ca. 1613. 18 x 14.5”. (HC) This is one of the most famous maps of the Americas and an important foundation map for an American mapcollection. After the death of his grandfather, Michael Mercator produced this stunning hemispherical map, the only known printed map attributed to him. Themap is surrounded by a beautifully engraved floral design and four roundels, one of which contains the title. The other insets include the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba,and Haiti. The geography was patterned after Rumold Mercator’s world map of 1587, with a little added detail. There is a large inland lake in Canada, and the StLawrence River extends nearly halfway across the continent with no Great Lakes. There is a still a bulge in the west coast of South America. The large southerncontinent extends above the Tropic of Capricorn in the Pacific where there is a very large island of New Guinea. Above North America are two of the four islandsof the North Pole, with the great mythical rivers flowing from the pole. The seas are full of mythical islands, including St. Brendain, Frislant and Sept citez. Latintext on verso with page number 39 and signature M, indicating it was published between 1613-1630. Ref: Burden #87. Attractive old color on watermarked paperwith wide margins and a few very thin extraneous creases adjacent to the centerfold. There is a centerfold separation at top that extends 2.25” into the image thathas been repaired with archival material. Remnants of hinge tape on verso. (B+) $4750-600074. Western Hemisphere (Carte de l’Amerique Corrigee, et Augmentee, dessus Toutes les Aultres cy devant Faictes par P. Bertius), Bertius/Tavernier, ca. 1627. 20 x15.2”. (HC) According to Burden, “this rare map is one of a set of the four known continents that Melchior Tavernier had engraved, with or without Petrus Bertius’permission is unclear.” Burden attributes Cornelis Danckerts (the elder) as the engraver. The map itself bears only the name P. Bertius and while similar to hismap of 1624, this map has a completed western coast of North America and different decorations in the sea. Both are based on Jodocus Hondius’ map of 1618,with the completion of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego. The map is richly embellished with two polar insets, a decorative cartouche and numerous ships,sea battles, sea monsters, and scenes of Native American life in South America. Rare first state, without Neuf Amsterdam and other colonial place names in theNortheast and West. Ref: Burden #218. Attractive color on watermarked paper with faint printer’s ink residue, a printer’s crease along bottom border at right, anda professionally repaired centerfold separation that enters 1.5” into map at bottom. Chips in top corners, not affecting map, have also been professionally repaired.(B+) $1800-200075. Western Hemisphere (America Noviter Delineata), Hondius, Atlas Novus, Amsterdam, 1631. 19.9 x 15”. (HC) This beautiful and popular map of the Americaswas emulated by numerous cartographers and went through various editions. Originally issued by Jodocus Hondius II in 1618 with carte-a-figures borders, it wasderived from two earlier maps by Blaeu. North America retains the peninsular California and the East Coast is beginning to take shape, although it still lacks detailin the mid-Atlantic region. In the Southwest, the famous seven cities of Cibola appear on the banks of a large lake. In South America, there is a large inland sea onthe equator and two engraved scenes - one detailing a cannibalistic feast. Two stylized insets of the polar regions are enclosed in strapwork cartouches; the NorthPole depicts Frobisher’s theory of the Northwest Passage and the South Pole shows the long-held notion of the mythical southern continent. The map is richlyornamented with a strapwork title cartouche, fleets of ships and sea monsters.Shortly after Jodocus Hondius’ death in 1629 the plate passed into the hands of his brother, Henricus. The borders were removed to facilitate the smaller atlas. Thisis the third state with the imprint of Henrico Hondius and a date of 1631. Dutch text on verso, published in 1634. Ref: Burden #192; Goss #27; Tooley (America),plt. 172. Lovely original color with wide margins and a printer’s crease adjacent to centerfold. There are two tears (1/2” and 1”) west of Peru, and another thatjust enters map border at right, that have all been professionally repaired. Overall a very nice example. (B+) $2400-300076. Western Hemisphere (Nouveau Continent avec Plusieurs Isles et Mers), Mallet, Description de l’Univers, Paris, ca. 1683. 4 x 5.7”. (HC) This is the second stateof this charming miniature map drawn in a hemispheric projection. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model, with a flat northern coast. The SolomonIslands dominate the Pacific, and part of the New Zealand coast is shown but not named. Two minutely engraved galleons decorate the map. Page number 235in upper right corner and French text on verso. Ref: Burden #559; McLaughlin #85-1. There is one miniscule wormhole only visible when held to light and veryfaint toning along the edge of the sheet. (A) $160-20077. Western Hemisphere ([Untitled - Western Hemisphere]), Happel, ca. 1687. 11.3 x 11.5”. (BW) This rare map of the Western Hemisphere was engraved by HeinrichIrsinger, an obscure German engraver from Ulm. California as an island is featured with the coastline of Anian to the northeast of the island. In the South Pacific,
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