Rare Book Monthly

Book Catalogue Reviews - November - 2007 Issue

Birds, Maps, and Landscapes from Arader Galleries

Martin Waldseemuller's 1513 map of the New World.

Martin Waldseemuller's 1513 map of the New World.


The Houston Gallery offers many interesting maps. Included are an early Houston map showing the names of its residents, a 1918 map of the new community of Houston Heights, just north of downtown, and an early plat map of Ingleside, on the north side of Corpus Christi Bay.

On November 10th, at the 1016 Madison Avenue Gallery in New York, the Arader Galleries will be distributing plates from a syndication of John Gould's Birds of Asia. There are 88 shares available at a cost of $8,500 each, which entitle the purchaser to six hand-colored plates from this monumental work printed between 1850-1883. Purchasers will choose their plates based on an order drawn by random. John Gould was one of the foremost illustrators of birds of the 19th century, the European equivalent, so to speak, of America's John James Audubon.

You may visit the Arader Galleries online at www.aradergalleries.com, or telephone (New York) at 212-628-3668.

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  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000

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