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Topographical Map of the Districts of Quebec,Three Rivers, St Francis and Gaspé, LowerCanada, exhibiting the new civil division of thedistricts into counties pursuant to a recent actof the Provincial Legislature

London: James Wyld, 2 May 1831. Large engraved map (50 x

90 inches, if joined), on six sheets, hand-coloured in outline.

In good condition.

A spectacular large scale map of Quebec and other districts

in Lower Canada by one of the most important figures in

the history of Canadian cartography.

(#20305) $ 15,000

JOSEPHBOUCHETTE

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Map of the State of Virginia containing thecounties, principal towns, railroads, rivers,canals & all other internal improvements

Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. Folding lithographed

pocket map, ornamental border, inset view of Richmond.

Sheet size: 27 1/2 x 37 inches. Folds into original dark blue

and gilt card covers. (Minor candle wax stains).

Provenance: David B. Langston, 3d Georgia Regiment,

Company K (pencil signature).

Rare Confederate pocket map of Virginia, with provenance

to an officer in the 3rd Georgia.

(#27015) $ 11,000

LEWIS VONBUCHOLTZ

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Carey's American Pocket Atlas; containingtwenty maps ... with a brief description of eachState, and of Louisiana ...Third edition, greatlyimproved and enlarged

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1805. Octavo (8 x 4 7/8 inches).

2pp. subscriber's list. 20 engraved maps (1 folding, 19

double-page), 2 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary

tree sheep, flat spine divided into compartments by gilt

rules, red morocco lettering piece in the second

compartment. Housed in a modern half brown morocco

box.

The third edition of the first American pocket atlas,

significant for its new cartographic and textual information

relating to the Louisiana Purchase and its map of the region

published during the Lewis & Clark expedition.

(#26815) $ 8,500

MATTHEWCAREY

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[Chart of the Coast of Georgia]

[London: before 1780]. Aquatint and line engraving, period

hand colouring. Sheet size: 33 x 25 1/4 inches.

Very rare first state of Des Barres's chart of the coast of

Georgia.

(#26675) $ 22,500

J .F .W .DES BARRES

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A General Map of the Middle British Coloniesin America ... Corrected and Improved with theAddition of the Line of Forts on the BackSettlements

London: Sold by R. Sayer ... & T. Jefferys ..., 1758. Copper-

engraved map, period hand-colouring. Inset map of the

Ohio River, tables of distance, numerous printed notes

relating to Indian tribes and geography. Sheet size: 20 3/8 x

26 1/2 inches.

One of the most important maps of the British colonies

done prior to Independence.

(#26225) $ 8,750

LEWISEVANS

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The Attack and Defeat of the American Fleetunder Benedict Arnold, by the Kings FleetCommanded by Sir Guy Carleton, upon LakeChamplain, the 11th of October 1776

London: William Faden, 3 December 1776. Engraved map,

with the course of the British Fleet coloured in red,

letterpress text below the image. Sheet size: 19 x 24 1/4

inches. Minor restoration to centerfold.

The exceedingly rare, and perhaps suppressed, first edition

of Faden's battle plan of the Battle of Valcour Island, one of

the rarest of all printed battle plans for the American

Revolution: this an unrecorded issue with explanatory text

giving an account of the battle.

(#31702) $ 27,500

WILLIAMFADEN

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A Plan of the Attack of Fort Sulivan, nearCharles Town in South Carolina. by aSquadron of His Majesty's Ships, on the 28thJune 1776. with the Disposition of the King'sLand Forces, and the Encampments andEntrenchments of the Rebels from the Drawingsmade on the Spot

London: "Printed and sold by William Faden, Successor to

the late Mr. Thomas Jefferies...", 10th August 1776. Copper-

engraved map, engraved dedication to Sir Peter Parker and

letterpress text in two columns. Inset plan of the fort. Sheet

size: 20 7/8 x 16 1/2 inches.

Extremely rare first issue of a separately-published

Revolutionary War broadside battle plan depicting a critical

altercation near Charleston, South Carolina.

(#25373) $ 13,500

WILLIAMFADEN

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Map of the Bounty Lands in Illinois Territory

[Washington: General Land Office, 1817]. Engraved map,

20¾ x 16¾ inches. Old folds. Two period manuscript

additions near the lower neat line, identifying the locations

of St. Louis and the Missouri River.

The earliest obtainable map to name Illinois and one of the

earliest maps issued by the General Land Office.

(#27853) $ 9,500

JOHNGARDINER

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To the Independent Mariners of America, thisChart of their Coast from Savannah to BostonIs most Respectfully Dedicated

London: Wm. Heather at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157

Leadenhall Street, 5 March 1795. Blue paper-backed sea

chart, drawn by John William Norie and engraved by John

Stephenson, printed on two sheets joined, original blue

paper backing (light vertical creases with minor abrasions).

Sheet size: 25 3/4 x 63 inches.

Among Heather's earliest separately-issued blue-back

charts of the American coast extending from Georgia to

New Hampshire.

(#24872) $ 9,500

WILLIAMHEATHER

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Sketch of the Surprise at German Town by theAmerican Forces Commanded by GeneralWashington October 4th 1777

London: William Faden, March 12th, 1784. Copper-

engraved map, in full original wash color, with troop

positions and movements heightened in original color.

Sheet size: 22 3/8 x 27 7/8 inches.

Hills' magnificent plan of the Battle of Germantown, the

only printed map of one of Washington's most daring

attacks at a critical moment in the Revolutionary War.

(#27109) $ 20,000

JOHNHILLS

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[Composite Atlas]

[Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, circa 1750]. 2 volumes, folio (21

x 13 1/8 inches). Double-page table, 200 hand-coloured

maps and city plans (199 double-page, one folding). Expertly

bound to style in half 18th century russia over period

marbled paper covered boards, spine with wide raised

bands in six compartments, gilt double fillets on either side

of each band, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth

compartments.

A lovely Homann composite atlas with full contemporary

hand-colouring and including many scarce city plans of

major European cities.

(#25943) $ 45,000

JOHANN BAPTISTHOMANN

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Neptune Occidental. A Compleat Pilot for theWest-Indies, including the British Channel,Bay of Biscay, and all the Atlantic Islands

London: printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778[-1781].

Folio (21 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches). Letterpress title with integral

list of twenty-five maps. 25 engraved maps on 28 sheets (1

folding map on 3 joined sheets, 1 folding map on 2 joined

sheets, 21 double-page maps, 2 single-page maps), mounted

on guards throughout. Expertly bound to style in half 18th-

century diced russia over contemporary marbled paper-

covered boards.

A rare early edition of the West Indies Pilot.

(#21735) $ 48,000

THOMAS JEFFERYS

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Atlas of Hancock County Maine Compiled andPublished under the direction of Geo. N. Colby... Drawn from official Plans, U.S. Coast SurveyCharts, and actual Surveys by H. E. Halfpenny& J. H. Stuart

Ellworth, Maine: S. F. Colby & Co [engraved by William

Bracher, printed by F. Bourquin, Philadelphia], 1881. Folio

(16 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches). 96pp, including 5pp ads in rear. 39

hand coloured lithographed maps (17 double-page, some

printed recto and verso of same sheets, numerous insets)

[complete]. Contemporary black morocco, upper cover

lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance:

Edward C. Burleigh (name in gilt on upper cover).

The first atlas devoted to Hancock County, Maine.

(#30409) $ 4,500

MAINE -GEORGE N . COLBY

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Legende du Plan du Port-Louis [manuscriptcaption title]

[N.p., but most likely Mauritius. Early to mid 19th century].

Manuscript map, 18 x 33 inches. On wove paper. Hand-

colored. Two joined sheets. Old folds. Some ink burn at the

neatline, causing separations. Light wear and soiling, a few

small tears at edges. Small losses at central fold, affecting a

few letters of legend.

Handsome and highly detailed manuscript map of Port

Louis, the capital of Mauritius, done in pen and watercolor,

showing the town, surrounding countryside, and the

harbor, with many points keyed and identified in the

accompanying legend.

(#28422) $ 2,750

MAURITIUS

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To the King, This Chart of Hudson's Bay &Straits, Baffin's Bay, Strait Davis & LabradorCoast &c. is most humbly Dedicated &Presented by His Majesty's most obedient &faithful Subject & Servant C. Middleton.

London: C. Middleton, 1743. Double-page engraved map,

engraved by R. W. Seale, wide margins. Printed date of 1691

altered in ink to 1619 at an early date. (Old fold, faint soiling).

Sheet size: 21 x 28 1/8 inches.

A very rare separately-issued map depicting Middleton's

discoveries in Hudson Bay in 1742: a cartographic milestone

in the search for the Northwest Passage.

(#29572) $ 27,500

CHRISTOPHERMIDDLETON

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Geography Rectified: or, a Description of theWorld, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries... Illustrated with seventy six maps. The secondedition, enlarged with above thirty sheets morein the description, and about thirty new maps

London: printed for Robert Morden and Thomas Cokerill,

1688. Small quarto. Title-page printed in red and black,

complete with the Catalogue of the maps bound facing the

title. 78 copper-engraved maps, printed within the text,

including the cancel leaf inserted between pp.544 and 545

with the map and description of Bermuda. Early 18th

century panelled calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco

lettering piece.

Second expanded edition of Morden's charming atlas,

including important mappings of America.

(#28342) $ 9,850

ROBERTMORDEN

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Norman's Plan of New Orleans & Environs

[New Orleans]: B. M. Norman, 1854 [lithographed by G.

Hayward, New York]. Lithographed folding pocket map,

printed on blue paper, period hand-colouring in outline. 86

numbered references in the lower margin. Folds into

publisher's blindstamped cloth covers, upper cover titled in

gilt. Provenance: J. S. Ozanne (signature on front

pastedown dated 1854); Mrs. P. M. Ozanne (signature dated

1894). Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 19 inches.

Rare issue of the most famous mid-19th century plan of

New Orleans.

(#25633) $ 6,000

BENJAMIN MOORENORMAN

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A Map of the County of Savannah

[Halle: 1741]. Engraved map. Royal arms of George II at the

lower left, scale of miles along the lower portion of the map.

Sheet size: 15 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches.

One of the earliest printed maps of Georgia.

(#27717) $ 14,000

JAMESOGLETHORPE

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Map of the City of New York

New York: Published by the Surveyor William Perris 93

William Street [copyright registered in 1850 by Perris &

Hutchinson], 1850-51. Wall map on two sheets joined,

lithographed by Mayer & Korffs, contemporary hand-

colouring. Large inset view of the city from Governor's

Island, 8 lists of references, ornamental border. (Backed

onto archival linen and edged with burgundy silk). Sheet

size: 36 x 49 inches.

A very rare mid-19th century large-scale map of New York

published to be hung in the city's fire stations.

(#24758) $ 35,000

WILLIAMPERRIS

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An Historical Atlas; in a Series of Maps of theWorld as known at different periods;constructed upon an uniform scale and coloredaccording to the political changes of the period

London: Printed for R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1830.

Folio (16 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches). Engraved title, 21 hand coloured

engraved maps with aquatint by Sidney Hall (6 double-

page). Contemporary half brown morocco and marbled

paper covered boards, letterpress lettering piece printed in

brown and black on the upper cover, flat spine ruled and

lettered in gilt.

First edition of among the most unusual atlases of the 19th

century.

(#31394) $ 12,000

EDWARDQUIN

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Partes confines Trium Magnorum ImperiorumAustriaci Russici et Osmanici

[Berlin: Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences], 1785.

Engraved case map, full period hand colouring, dissected

and linen-backed as issued. Housed in period green

morocco backed case, with armorial bookplate of the

Borghese family. Sheet size: 38x54 inches.

Highly-detailed 18th century large-scale map of the Black

Sea region: fine example from the celebrated library of the

Borghese family.

(#29908) $ 4,500

JOHANN CHRISTOPHRHODE

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A Plan of the City's of London, Westminsterand Borough of Southwark with the newAdditional Buildings Anno 1720

London: Senex, 1720. Copper-engraved map by Samuel

Parker, with full modern colour, skilfully repaired split at

top of centerfold, overall in very good condition. Sheet size:

20 3/8 x 25 inches.

A fascinating, highly detailed map of London by one of the

leading English cartographers of the period.

(#14790) $ 2,250

JOHNSENEX

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Accurater Geographischer Entwurf derKöniglichen Dänischen auf der KüsteChoromandel in Ost-Indien belegenen Stadtund Vestung Trankenbar oder Tarangenbadi uDansburg

Augsburg: [circa 1740]. Copper engraved map, full period

hand colouring. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 24 1/8 inches.

Beautiful 18th century map of the region surrounding

Tharangambadi, the chief factory of the Dutch East India

Company in southwestern India.

(#25469) $ 2,400

MATTHÄUSSEUTTER

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A Large Draught of the North Part of ChinaShewing the Passages and the Chanells into theHarbour of Chusan

London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-

engraved sea chart, in excellent condition, apart from an

expertly repaired center fold, and mild creases where the

map folded. Sheet size: 23 x 35 1/2 inches.

A very fine sea chart of China's Zhejiang Province, from the

celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'

(#19538) $ 1,200

JOHN & SAMUELTHORNTON

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To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria,This Map of the World on Mercator'sProjection is most respectfully dedicated ...

London: Published by J. and C. Walker ... and William

Colling Hobson, 1840. Large engraved case map, full period

hand coloring, dissected and linen-backed as issued. The

map with insets of both poles and surrounded by

descriptive panels of text. With early manuscript additions

in the Arctic. Housed in the original green cloth case. Sheet

size: 63 x 55 inches.

Stunning large format case map of the World, featuring

Texas as a Republic: with beautiful period hand coloring.

(#29839) $ 6,500

J . & C .WALKER

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