POOLE, A. F. (artist & publisher)/ GEO. H. WALKER & CO. (lithographer) BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE VILLAGE OF HYANNIS, BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS.1884. Brockton, Mass.: A.F. Poole, 1884. 10½ x 20 ¼ inches; overall sheet size, 15¾ x 20 ¾ inches. Three-stone lithograph; lined with archival tissue; some spotting and.....
World. GRYNAEUS, S./ MUNSTER, S.(?)/ HOLBEIN the Younger, H. [Basel, c. 1532] Typus Cosmographicus Universalis. 14 ¾ x 22 inches. Woodcut printed on two joined sheets; very good condition overall; see below for details. An attractive example of this.....
Arguably the most beautifully engraved early map of the Caribbean, including Florida and the Southeast, here with color of uncommon beauty. The map includes representations of Columbus’ ships and various notes regarding his discoveries. It appeared in Book IV of De Bry’s Grands Voyages with text by Benzoni. De Bry’s.....
Southeast/ Florida/ Columbia/ Bolivia ORTELIUS, A./ CHIAVES, H. [Antwerp/ London, 1584/ 1606] La Florida. Auctore Hieron. Chiasues. Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus… Guastecan Reg. 14 x 18 inches. Fine original color; light staining along centerfold & a bit in the margins, else excellent condition. .....
North America/ California as an Island/ Northwest Passage. BRIGGS, H. [London, 1625] The North part of America . . . 11 3/8 x 14 inches. Excellent condition. .....
A splendid example, with rich, vibrant hand color, of a wall map of extraordinary intricacy and detail: "one of the most decorative maps of North America of the 18th century" (Tooley). Its elaborate illustrations provide a panorama of the Discovery Period, colorfully depicting the mores, rituals and practices of indigenous.....
ELLICOTT, Andrew / L’Enfant, Pierre/ SYMONDS, H. D. & RIDGEWAY, J. (publishers)/ RUSSELL, J. (engraver). [London: 1792 [1795]] Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat.....
WELLS, C. H. (Artist)/ COLLINS, F. (Printer)/ BYRAM, J. H. (Publisher) [Philadelphia: 1859] Mount Vernon. 18 ¼ x 19 ¾ inches. Color-printed lithograph. Lightly toned, darker on back, two mended marginal splits, overall very good. .....
Scarce. A large, richly detailed map of the state of Minnesota, revealing the dramatic expansion of railway connections from the Great Lakes into the West. First printed in 1870, the map was quickly updated with this 1871 edition in order to keep up with the rapid changes taking place in.....
Rare and in superb condition. The second printed view of the Minneapolis, which was preceded only by Hageboeck view of 1873 and a view of both St. Anthony and Minneapolis in 1867, the year of the latter city obtained its charter. This is the larger, separately-published version of the view.....
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.....
