World. FINE, O. [Paris, 1531 [1532]] Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio . . . Orontius F. Delph . . . 1531 Mense Julio. 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression. Top & right side margins expertly extended with minor replacement of printed area at.....
A very early and revealing map of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions at the time of 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. [It] marks the approximate.....
World/ Northwest Passage/ Australiana. KEERE, P. VAN DEN/ JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam, 1621/c. 1636] Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. 15 1/2 x 21 inches. Fine hand color; a few mended, inconspicuous into engraved surface & along a vertical crease, largely in margins, good overall. .....
Bermuda. BLAEU, W./ NORWOOD, R. [Amsterdam, 1642] Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas . . . 15 7/8 x 21 inches. Superb original color; a few light marginal stains, mend in lower right corner, well away from printed image, else excellent. The most richly decorative, early.....
A map that is as historically important as it is attractive: it was the culmination of all the surveys conducted by the Dutch colonists of New Netherlands during their first three decades in America. It is also the first printed map to delineate the shape of Manhattan with relative accuracy;.....
Grand Banks/ Newfoundland. KEULEN, Johannes van [Amsterdam, 1695] Pas-kaart Van de Grand Banq By Terra Neuff... 20 x 23 inches. On double-ply paper as issued; fine hand color; a faint stain, else a fine, bright example. .....
Superb original-color example of this large, ornate map of the kingdom of Portugal, with an inset map of the kingdom’s former colonies in Brazil. The allegorical cartouche alludes to Portugal’s profitable history of exploration. To the left, Neptune astride his chariot, showing dominance over the sea. To the right, Europa.....
Tall, striking work based on the first official survey of the lower Mississippi River done in 1763. The map extends north to just below St. Louis. It provides considerable detail for the New Orleans area and shows Baton Rouge and Lake Pontchartrain. The map is significant for its delineation of.....
The complete set of six views (on two sheets), all relating to Boston; very rarely seen complete. These fine engravings of various vistas of Boston are important records of the area prior to as well as just after the beginning of the Revolution. Three of views show Boston itself, from.....
William Penn/ Pennsylvania. DELAUNEY, Robert (eng.)/ LE ROUGE, G. L. (publisher), WEST, Benjamin (artist). 19 x 11 ¾ inches. Copperplate engraving. Excellent condition. .....
Connecticut. ROMANS, B./ COVENS & MORTIER & COVENS [Amsterdam, 1780] Connecticut and Parts adjacent… 20 ½ x 23 ¼ inches. Copperplate engraving with original outline color; all edges deckled, uncut; mint condition; in a fine archival frame. Very rare; separately published. The earliest acquirable map of Connecticut.....
A rare and most unusual chart that provided the best mapping of eastern Long Island, including Shelter Island, and Block Island to date. That the chart was only partially finished affords us a rare look at what an 18th-century map in mid process would look like. In relatively complete form.....
Connecticut. SOTZMANN, D. F. [Hamburg: 1796] Connecticut entworfen van D. F. Sotzmann… 14 x 17 1/8 inches. Full original wash color; fine condition with very wide margins. Separately published. One of the most advanced and detailed maps of Connecticut to date. Sotzmann's.....
Maine/ Canada. NORMAN, John & William. [Boston, 1801/ 1803] A Chart of the Coast of America from Wood Island to Good Harbour From Hollands Surveys. 20 x 32 inches. Expected soiling & wear, some repairs to outer areas with small areas of restorations, still very good of this kind. The.....
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Extremely rare, unrecorded proof (or first) state, by an American participant, of the September 1814 Battle of North Point, at which Maryland militia stoutly defended Baltimore against a large force of British regulars. The early land campaigns of the War of 1812 took place along the Canadian border, but in.....
Very rare. Green Bay, Wisconsin's seminal map, Ellis' plan shows the town as it was originally laid out, extending from the Fox River east to present North Irwin Avenue, and from Walnut Street north to present Eastman Street. All the surveyed blocks are divided into numbered lots, with two public.....
United States/ Cartographic Curiosity. BOYNTON, George W. (engraver)/ TUTTLE, Joseph Willard (publisher) [Boston: Tremont Print Company: dated 1841] A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS. WITH THE HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS And length of the PRINCIPAL RIVERS. PATENT. 25 3/4 x 25 inches (image not including margins). Lithographed map.....
Cuba/ Opera History. CARDENA, Mariano/ BECHERINIE, F. [Havana, 1848] Arribo de Albina Steffanoni a la Isla de CUBA. 1848. 8 x 11 inches (sheet size). Manuscript in pen & ink & watercolors on heavy, watermarked wove paper, bit of soiling & toning, else excellent. [With:] A ms. sonnet titled Omaggio.....
Connecticut. NEVERS, R./ DAMERUM, W. [Hartford, 1851] The State of Connecticut including Parts of New York and New Jersey. 23 x 28 ¼ inches (engraved area only. Original wash hand color, refreshed; re-mounted on new linen & expertly conserved; toned, some spotting, a few splits but overall very good. In.....
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.....
BONAR, Thomas [New York, c. 1855] Compo House. The Residence of Richard H. Winslow Esq. at Westport, Conn. 17 ¼ 21 ¼ inches. Color lithograph. Expertly mounted on acid-free paper; well-mended split lower right imperceptibly extending into printed surface, light mat burn, very good overall. .....
Cuba/ Havana. COELLO, D. F. [Madrid, 1851 & 1855] Isla De Cuba (both sheets with same title) Each, 30 x 41 1/2 inches. Pair of folding maps on heavy paper, with original outline color, in original covers; some discoloration at a few folds, very slight wear at fold intersections.....
Scarce, finely engraved chart on two sheets of the entire west coast of the United States and including the southern portion of Vancouver Island. Each of the 27 coastal recognitions on the charts is delicately realized. These provided visual reference for the entry to the major bays and ports as.....
The State of Connecticut with all the new towns, including Parts of New York and New Jersey. 23 x 33 inches. Lithograph with original hand color, refreshed; wall map expertly conserved & re-mounted on new linen; relatively minor cracking, excellent of this type.Elegantly framed. .....
A very rare, Greek cartographic imprint in a separately published example. We located a copy of the map at the Library of Congress but not elsewhere, either in institutional collections or in market records. Cf. Tooley's Dictionary K-P, p. 102.
