Rare Book Monthly

Articles - August - 2006 Issue

Fourteen Catalogues Reviewed in Section 2

Fourteen new catalogues are up for review in Section 2.

Fourteen new catalogues are up for review in Section 2.


Fourteen new catalogues are reviewed in Section Two this month. There must be something for every collector. There is Americana from David Lesser and Michael Brown. There are travels and voyages from Bernard Shapero Rare Books and Reg & Philip Remington, plus Part II of the great Parsons' Pacific Voyage collection offered by Hordern House. This is a magnificent catalogue. Martayan Lan has many of the maps that arose from these voyages. William Reese presents a series of fascinating broadsides while Stuart Lutz has autographed documents. From the continent, Comellas and Rodolphe Chamonal have books primarily in French (though many touch on the Americas), while Dutch bookseller Gert Jan Bestebreurtje offers books about 19th century Asia. From Charles Wood, we have pre-1800 books on art, architecture and the like. Bauman Rare Books presents top tier material, while the Arthur Clark Company publishes their last catalogue from Washington State. The venerable, century-old bookseller is moving to Oklahoma.

Come join us now for a tour through the world of booksellers' catalogues. Click here:
http://www.americanaexchange.com/NewAE/aemonthly/aemonthly2.asp
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Rare Book Monthly

  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

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