<strong>Old</strong> Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · <strong>Old</strong> Atlases & GeographiesTABLE OF CONTENTSSale 141Section Lot #<strong>World</strong> Maps, Title Pages, Celestial Charts 1-71Maps - Western Hemisphere 72-87Maps - North America 88-111Maps - Canada 112-141Maps - United States 126-289Maps - Latin America & West Indies 279-371Maps - Atlantic & Arctic 372-384Maps - Europe & Mediterrean 385-579Maps - Asia, Middle East & Holy Land 580-682Maps - Africa 683-706Maps - Pacific 707-714Decorative Prints 715-741Miscellany (Incunabula, etc.) 742-766Atlases & Books 767-803
<strong>Old</strong> Maps · Rare Maps · Antique Maps · Vintage Globes and Charts · <strong>Old</strong> Atlases & GeographiesTitle Pages, <strong>World</strong> Maps, Polar, Celestial & Globes1. Frontispiece - Belgium and The Netherlands (De Bello Belgico [with book] Famiani Stradae Romani E Societate Jesu De Bello Belgico Decas Prima), Strada,Rome, 1648. 3 x 4.8”. (BW) This frontispiece is the famous Leo Belgicus, or Lion of Belgium, depicting a map of Belgium and Holland in the form of a lion.This version of the Leo Belgicus is based on the original Aitsinger form with the lion standing facing right with the right paw raised and holding a shield. Thisis also the smallest version of all the Leos, measuring only 2.5 x 4”, and bears the imprint of Ioachimum van Metelen. This version of the Leo Belgicus is not inTooley’s list of variants (MCC-7). The frontispiece appears in the popular history describing the war between the Low Countries and Spain between 1568 and1648 from a pro-Spanish and pro-Catholic viewpoint. Famiamo Strada was a Jesuit and teacher at the Collegium Romanum in Rome. The book also includes atitle page, about a dozen engraved portraits, 610 pages and an extended index. Original vellum binding with manuscript ink title on spine. The map and text arelightly toned with marginal soiling. There is old manuscript writing on front pastedown. The binding is sound and the covers and spine are moderately soiled andbumped. (B+) $800-9502. Title Pages (Philippi Cluverii Introductionis in Universam Geographiam…), Cluver, ca. 1700. 6.1 x 7.6”. (HC) Philipp Cluver, one of the most important figuresin historical geography, is shown in a portrait surrounded by two putti. Next to his portrait is most likely Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions and thereforeoften associated with keys, gates and doors. Below him is an attentive female pupil taking notes, surrounded by cartographic instruments. Nice impression witha few worm tracks in the lower right blank margin, far from the image. (A) $140-1803. Title Pages (Ioodse Oudheden, Ofte Voor-Bereidselen tot de Bybelsche Wysheid, en Gebruyk der Heilige en Kerklyke Historien), Goeree, Amsterdam, ca. 1700.7 x 11.2”. (HC) A very attractive title page from a Dutch history of the Bible. Beautifully engraved with allegorical figures surrounding a globe and the Tower ofPisa in the background. A fine impression on watermarked paper with wide margins. There are damp stains in blank margins, just entering image at top right,and causing paper weakness in bottom blank margin. (B+) $140-1804. Title Pages (Atlante Novissimo, Illustrato ed Accresciuto Sulle Osservazioni, e Scoperte…), Zatta, Venice, 1785. 10.5 x 13.2”. (BW) This rococo-style title pageis centered on an elaborate fountain. The seaside scene at bottom features the figure of Geography with a large globe and a number of putti engaged in mapmakingand observation. The border is formed by putti with geographical instruments and maps, and is completed by a heavenly scene centered on the muse of Learningwith the winged lion of Venice to her left. Watermarked paper with some very light extraneous creasing at left and minor dampstaining along the right edge ofthe sheet, away from the engraving. (B+) $180-2405. Title Pages (American Atlas), Johnson, American Atlas, New York, ca. 1865. 12.8 x 18”. (HC) This frontispiece comes from Johnson’s American Atlas and showsNative Americans on a high vantage point looking down at the European settlers’ rapid westward expansion. In the background are many symbols of developmentincluding a railroad, a steamship, a developing town and a farm. Engraved by Carl Emil Doepler. Beautifully colored, fine condition. (A+)$100-1306. <strong>World</strong> & Continents ([Lot of 5] Typus Orbis Terrarum [and] Americae Descrip [and] Africae Descriptio [and] Asia [and] Europa), Mercator/Hondius, Atlas Minor,Amsterdam, [1609]. 7.8 x 6”. (HC) Beautifully engraved, matched set of maps featuring the world and continents from the only German edition of Hondius’Atlas Minor. Size varies slightly.A. Typus Orbis Terrarum is a handsome double hemisphere map based on Mercator’s famous world map with several updates. Terra Australis Incognita fills theSouthern Hemisphere and connects to New Guinea in the region of Australia. Mercator’s Northwest Passage and interesting polar islands have been replaced witha nondescript landmass. The eastern coast of Asia has been revised to include a Korean Peninsula. The map is richly decorated in a strapwork surround with thetitle at top and Hondius’ favorite quotation from Psalms at the bottom. Ref: Shirley #259.B. Americae Descrip. is a charming reduced version of the Americas map Hondius engraved for Gerard Mercator’s folio atlas. It is a combination of variouscartographic sources. North America is greatly elongated with a Plancius type depiction of Newfoundland and a protruding Virginian coast, and the west coast isseparated by only a narrow strait from Asiae Pars. South America is shown with a more or less correct western coastline and there is a large southern continentincorporating New Guinea and Tierra del Fuego. Decorated with sea monsters, sailing ships, and a strapwork title cartouche. Ref: Burden #153.C. Africae Descriptio is based on Hondius’ superb map of the continent. Using the Mercator model, there are revisions to the coastlines, particularly that of Madagascar.Hondius improved the Cape area by inserting Saldanha Bay and Cape Falco and discarding Cayneca. The map is crisply engraved and decorated withstrapwork title and distance scale cartouches, a sea monster, and a sea battle off the coast of C. Negro. Ref: Betz #53; Norwich #27a.D. Asia is a small version of Hondius’ important map of the continent and the East Indies. Korea appears as a long island and an exaggerated Gulf of Cambaydistorts the Indian subcontinent. The extreme eastern part of the map shows a bit of the coastline of America with the label Americae Pars separated from Asia bythe Anian Fretum. The map is decorated with a pair of strapwork cartouches for the title and scale of miles. Ref: Yeo #21.E. Europa is a small version of Gerard Mercator’s folio map of Europe. America Pars appears in the upper left corner along with Lester Point, part of Greenland,Iceland, and the mythical island of Frisland. The map is graced with strapwork title and scale cartouches. Marginal soiling, with an occasional small, unobtrusivespot. Europa has a minute worm hole in Russia, only visible when held to light. (A) $2400-30007. <strong>World</strong> & America ([Lot of 2] Mappe-Monde ou Carte Generale du Globe Terrestre, Representee en Deux Plan-Hemispheres [and] Amerique), Bossuet, Discourssur l’Histoire Universelle…, Amsterdam, [1755]. 6.5 x 5”. (HC) These maps from the uncommon Discours sur L’Histoire Universelle... were modeled on NicolasSanson’s cartography. On the world map, California is shown as an island with the disembodied Iesso als Ieco landmass stretching nearly to Japan. At the SouthPole there are still remnants of Terre Magellanique Australe et Incogneue which nearly connects with a partial coastline of New Zealand. New Guinea is shown inapproximately its correct position. The Americas map reflects different cartography without the Jesso landmass between North America and Asia or the spuriousSouthern Continent. Tierra del Fuego is correctly shown as an island and Le Maire Strait is depicted. In the South Pacific, there is a partial coastline labeled QuiriRegio and there is no sign of New Zealand. Both maps show the short-lived N. Danemarck or Dania Nova west of Hudson Bay. The pair presents an interestingcomparison of the state of cartographic knowledge in the mid-18th century. Size varies slightly. Issued folding, with a few faint spots, and trimmed close toneatline at left, but still adequate room for framing. (B+) $275-3758. Continents ([Lot of 6] Amerique Septentrionale [and] Amerique Meridionale [and] Asie [and] Afrique [and] Europe [and] Oceanie), Levasseur, Atlas UniverselIllustre, Paris, ca. 1835. 17 x 11”. (HC) This lot includes all the continents but not the Planisphere world map. A fine set of six maps; sizes vary slightly.A. Amerique Septentrionale. This version of Levasseur’s decorative map of North America shows Mexico in control of Texas and the Southwest with Mexico’snorthern border drawn according to the Treaty of 1819 (here misprinted as 1810). The United State’s claims into present-day British Columbia reflect James Polk’sexpansionist policies. The map is surrounded by beautifully engraved scenes of North and Central America including local animals, a ship stranded in the polarsea, and a Mayan temple.B. Amerique Meridionale. This map shows political divisions in outline color. The map is surrounded by steel engraved scenes including horses, Indians, jaguars,tapirs, and mining, as well as personifications of the rivers Amazon and La Plata at the top of the map.C. Asie. This map of the Asian continent is surrounded by steel engraved vignettes depicting costumes of the various peoples of Asia, Adam and Eve, and severalexotic animals. Interesting population chart at right totaling only 609,775,000 for the entire continent!.
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