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Auction Name Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 4/15 Total Sales (USD) 284,032.75
Auction Date April 29, 2020 - April 29, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 301,990.00
Sale Number #177 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 369,950.00
Total Lots 821
Sold Lots 664 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 381,445.00
% of Lots Sold 80.88% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 468,945.00
Unsold Lots 157 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
36 Keere, Pieter Van Den

Leo Belgicus, 1617

 1617 (published) USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,650.00
94 Champlain/Du Val

Le Canada Faict par le Sr de Champlain ou sont la Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle Holande, la Nouvelle Suede, la Virginie &c..., 1670

 1670 (circa) USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 12,075.00
129 Ogilby, John

Nova Terrae-Mariae Tabula, 1671

 1671 (published) USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,600.00
629 Ortelius, Abraham

Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio, 1584

 1584 (dated) USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 4,600.00
4 Keulen, Johannes van

Wassende Graade Kaart van alle Bekende Zeekusten op den Geheelen Aardbodem, 1697

 1697 (circa) USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,312.50
777 Porcacchi, Tomaso

L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo Descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione..., 1590

 1590 (published) USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,312.50
8 Nolin, Jean Batiste

Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dressee sur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles, Soumises aux Observations Astronomiques..., 1755

 1755 (dated) USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,737.50
93 Gastaldi/Ramusio

La Nuova Francia, 1565

 1565 (published) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 3,737.50
43 Ortelius, Abraham

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1601

 1601 (published) USD 4,000.00 - 4,750.00 USD 3,450.00
306 Robijn (Robyn), Jacobus

Paskaert van de Caribes: Eylande. Nieuwelycks Oversien en van Veel Fouteinl Verbetert, 1683

 1683 (circa) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 3,450.00
620 Blaeu, Willem

Asia Noviter Delineata, 1642

 1642 (circa) USD 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,162.50
41 Gastaldi/Ramusio

Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata, 1565

 1565 (published) USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,875.00
787 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World..., 1849

 1849 (published) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,875.00
22 Pitt, Moses

A Map of the North-Pole and the Parts Adioining, 1680

 1680 (dated) USD 3,500.00 - 4,250.00 USD 2,645.00
76 Wytfliet, Cornelis

Nova Francia et Canada, 1597

 1597 (dated) USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,645.00
29 Doppelmayr/Homann

[Lot of 5] Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars II, III, IV, V, VI, 1730

 1730 (dated) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,530.00
44 Mercator/Hondius

America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem, in Compendium Redacta, 1606

 1606 (published) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,530.00
88 Hennepin, Louis de (Fr.)

Charte Eines sehr Grossen Landes nur Gantz Neulich in dem Mitternachtigen America..., 1698

 1698 (dated) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,530.00
635 Botero, Giovanni

Iaponia Regnum, 1596

 1596 (published) USD 3,000.00 - 3,750.00 USD 2,530.00
49 Fer, Nicolas de

L'Amerique, Meridionale et Septentrionale Dressee Selon les Dernieres Relations et Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes..., 1717

 1717 (dated) USD 475.00 - 600.00 USD 2,415.00
226

A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons, 1780

 1780 (published) USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,300.00
288 Mortier, Pierre

Le Golfe de Mexique, et les Isles Voisine… / Archipelague du Mexique, ou sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnola, Jamaica, &c..., 1720

 1720 (circa) USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 2,300.00
83 Gastaldi/Ramusio

La Terra de Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia, 1556

 1556 (published) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,185.00
178

The Panoramic Automobile Road Map and Tourist Guide Book Of Southern California - Season 1914-15, 1914

 1914 (published) USD 300.00 - 375.00 USD 2,185.00
7 Le Rouge, George Louis

Mappe Monde Nouvelle Dediee a Monseigneur le Comte de Maurepas Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat..., 1744

 1744 (dated) USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,070.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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    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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