New York State. SOTZMANN, D.F./EBELING, C.D. New York. entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. [Hamburg: 1799] 19 ¼ x 25 ½ inches. Original outline & wash coloring; a few stains, including ink or blood? stain lower right, edge soiling & a split, still excellent overall with a strong impression. A very attractive.....
Great Plains/ Denver/ Railroad & Marketing History. KNIGHT, Leonard & Co.: Chicago: c. 1895 (attributed)/ UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. The Great Plains, on Union Pacific Railroad. Hand-colored lithograph. 17 x 35 ½ inches. Expertly cleaned, de-acidified and mounted on Japanese paper, some invisible, closed splits in bottom portion, over all a......
New Jersey. SOTZMANN, D. F./ EBELING, C.D. [Hamburg: 1797] New Jersey Entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. 25 ½ x 18 ½ inches. Copperplate engraving with period wash color; mended split left margin just entering surface, some staining, wear top & bottom margins, very good overall. .....
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One of the earliest and rarest printed world maps; the first to be published in northern Italy. The Berlinghieri is certainly the rarest of the early Ptolemiac world maps, aside from the unobtainable 1477 Bologna edition. It is also the only early Ptolemaic world map to employ the same projection.....
An early edition, the second, of Mercator’s definitive presentation of Ptolemy’s map of Spain and Portugal. In this map, engraved by Mercator himself, was the meeting of two of the most important figures in the history of geography. Geographic data and mapmaking instructions left by the Alexandrian, Claudius Ptolemy (fl.....
British Isles/ History of Cartography. MERCATOR, G./ PTOLEMY, C. [Cologne: 1584] Europae. I. Tab: 13 3/8 x 16 inches. Fine hand color; two light stains upper left & right (less pronounced on the actual map than in the image), else excellent condition. .....
This very early map reveals the state of geographic knowledge of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions at the time of their initial colonization. "A superbly executed engraving, [the map] depicts the northeastern American coastline as it was perceived by European geographers one hundred years after the discovery of the New World.....
This is the most lavishly decorative of all the early editions of the best 17th century, Dutch map of the Northeast and New York. It added illustrations of animals and other detail not found on previous issues. The map was the culmination of all the surveys of the area conducted.....
SOTZMANN, D[aniel] F[riedrich]/ EBELING, C. [Hamburg: 1796] VERMONT entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. 27 x 18 ¼ inches. Copperplate engraving with original wash and outline color. A bit of soiling and discoloration in outer margins, else a very fine example. An elegant, richly detailed and rare map.....
New Hampshire. SOTZMANN, D. F./ EBELING, C. D. New Hampshire entworfen von D.F. Sotzmann. [Hamburg: 1796] 26 ¾ x 18 inches. 26 ¼ x 17 ½ inches. Copperplate engraving with original wash color. Lightly toned along fold, else excellent condition. .....
Long Island/ Manhattan/ Geology. MATHER, W. W./ SMITH, T. C. [New York?, 1842] Geological Map of Long & Staten Islands with the Environs of New York… 22 x 50 inches. Folding, lithographed map with fine, full original wash color; a few, confined toned areas, else fine condition. .....
A beautifully preserved wall map, in very attractive, period wash coloring, of the lower Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Centerbrook and Ivoryton, located at or near the mouth of the Connecticut River on the eastern side. The overall map is complemented with plans of the central areas.....
Attractive, richly detailed map, important for the extent of railroad information that includes even small spur lines and stations. Also significant is the table listing 545 private land grants that are keyed to the map. Using the best available sources, the map was compiled from the official records of the.....
An excellent map of the state compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman of the G.L.O. Mining operations and mountain ranges are shown in considerable details. It also shows rail lines, range and township lines, cities and towns, county.....
Block Island. THOMPSON, J. C. [Providence, RI: 1882] Map Of Block Island. 13 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches. Framed size: 22 x 19 inches. Lithograph. Very minor fold wear; excellent condition. [With:] Block Island. I. Map and Guide. II. Historic Sketch. Rev. S. T. Livermore [Hartford, CT: 1882] 125 pp.....
Abilene, Texas. KIRBY, A. H./ THOMAS, J. A./ LOUIS C. WISE & CO. (publisher) [Galveston: c. 1885] Map of Abilene. 22 ¾ x 25 inches. Lithograph. Fine condition. An unusually elegant example of a promotional city plan and possibly the earliest printed.....
A rare map (not appearing in map market records) made of the "Gentleman" bicyclist, highlighting the not particularly ample park areas of Boston at the time. Noted with cautionary red lines are roads with street car tracks, presumably to be avoided by cyclists. Slanted green lines indicate unfinished roads. Bicycling.....
Large, attractive map of the lovely highlands of Berkshire County, one of the premier cultural-recreational destinations in the United States. Issued as a promotional instrument for the Berkshire Life Insurance Co., the map dates from the early days of the area as a recreational area. The map notes the mountain.....
This large, superbly detailed map of South Africa shows the region just prior to the outbreak of the Second Boer War. The Boer territories - Orange Free State and the South African Republic - are both shown in yellow, as distinct from the surrounding red of British lands. The gold.....
New York City/ New Jersey. G. W & C. B. COLTON & CO. [New York, 1889/ 1895] Map of the Country Thirty Three Miles Around The City of New York. 22 ¼ x 21 inches. Original wash & outline color; ex folding map with original cover, separate, map here flattened.....
