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Old World Auctions: Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases and Engravings

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Auction Name Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases and Engravings Total Sales (USD) 20,382.00
Auction Date October 14, 2021 - October 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 25,070.00
Sale Number #101421 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 30,685.00
Total Lots 192
Sold Lots 36 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 140,270.00
% of Lots Sold 18.75% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 172,915.00
Unsold Lots 156 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 11.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Jean Boisseau

(Map - World) Nouvelle et Exacte Description de la Terre Universelle Selon les Auteurs Modernes Plus

 1646 USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 4,800.00
7 Willem Blaeu

(Map - Western Hemisphere - America) Americae Nova Tabula

 1642 (circa) USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,600.00
46 Coronelli/Nolin

(Map - Caribbean) Archipelague du Mexique, ou Sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnole, I'Amaique, etc. Avec les Isles Lucayes, et les Isles Caribes, Connues sous le Nom d'Antilles

 1742 USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,320.00
13 Edward McCandlish

(Map - United States) Bootlegger's Map of the United States

 1926 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,080.00
44 Jacques Nicolas Bellin

(Map - Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean) Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique pour Servir aux Vaisseaux du Roy...

 1749 USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 960.00
166 Sebastian Munster

(Map - Africa) Africa/ Lybia/ Moerenland/ mit Allen Kunigreichen/ so zu Unsern Zeiten Darin Gefunden Werden

 1574 USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 960.00
43 Johannes van Keulen

(Map - Gulf of Mexico) Pas Kaart van de Golff van Mexico

 1695 (circa) USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 USD 780.00
47 Mercator/Hondius

(Map - Greater Antilles) Cuba Insula [on sheet with] Hispaniola Insula [and] Insula Iamaica [and] Ins. S. Ioannis [and] I.S. Margareta cum Confiniis

 1609 USD 750.00 - 900.00 USD 660.00
17 Phelps & Ensign

(Map - Eastern United States) Phelps & Ensign's Travellers' Guide, and Map of the United States, Containing the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat and Canal Routes &c.

 1842 USD 700.00 - 850.00 USD 540.00
136 Sebastian Munster

(Map - Arabia) Tabula Asiae VI

 1540 USD 700.00 - 850.00 USD 480.00
134 Henry Abraham Chatelain

(Map - Istanbul, Turkey) Etat Abrege de la Maison du Grand Seigneur, de ses Revenus et le Gouvernement Civil, Militaire et Ecclesiastique de cet Empire

 1720 (circa) USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 450.00
6 Elijah H. Burritt

(Maps - Celestial) Atlas Designed to Illustrate Burritt's Geography of the Heavens, Comprising the Following Maps or Plates

 1856 USD 400.00 - 475.00 USD 330.00
37 Samuel Augustus Mitchell

(Map - Wisconsin) Wisconsin

 1846 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
137 Robert Sayer & John Bennett

(Map - Red Sea) A Chart of the Red Sea from Geddah to Suez, According to the General Chart of Mr. d'Apres de Mannevillette...

 1781 USD 400.00 - 475.00 USD 300.00
58 Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet

(Map - Central South America, Paraguay) Paraguay, o Prov. de Rio de la Plata: met de Aenpalende Landen van Tucuman, ende Sta. Cruz de la Sierra

 1625 (circa) USD 350.00 - 425.00 USD 276.00
59 Johannes Blaeu

(Map - Central South America, Paraguay) Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay. Cum Adjacentibus

 1690 (circa) USD 350.00 - 425.00 USD 276.00
106 Matthias Seutter

(Map - Italy) Italiae Antique Item Insularum Siciliae, Sardiniae, Corsicae, Typus et Nova Delineatio...

 1740 (circa) USD 300.00 - 375.00 USD 228.00
140 Philippe de la Rue

(Map - Caucasus) Armenia Vetus in Quattuor Partes Distincta ad Tempora Iustiniani Imp.

 1653 USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 228.00
128 Nicolas Visscher

(Map - Middle East & Cyprus) De Gelegentheyt van 't Paradys ende 't Landt Canaan, Mitsgaders de Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen, uyt de H. Schrifture...

 1664 USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 216.00
51 Hessel Gerritsz & Joannes de Laet

(Map - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) Guaiana sive Provinciae Intra Rio de las Amazonas Atque Rio de Yviapari sive Orinoque

 1625 (circa) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 204.00
61 Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas

(Map - Chile) Descripcion de la Provincia de Chile

 1622 (circa) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 192.00
156 Bellin/Van Schley

(Map - Southeast Asia) Carte des Royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan, &c. pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

 1760 (circa) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 192.00
4 Johann Georg Schreiber

(Map - World) Globus Terrestris ex Probatissimis Recentiorum Geographorum Observationibus Confectus cum Systemate Copernicano...

 1750 (circa) USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 180.00
34 U.S. Coast Survey

(Map - Long Island, New York) Huntington Bay Founded Upon a Trigonometrical Survey Under the Direction of F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States

 1849 USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 180.00
129 Philippe de la Rue

(Map - Turkey & Cyprus) Asia Minor

 1652 USD 200.00 - 240.00 USD 180.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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