Geographic Allegorical Figures. W.B. WALKER (publisher) [London: 4 Fox & Knot Court, Cow Lane: 1805] EUROPE. ASIA. 10 ½ x 14 3/8 inches. Mezzotint, transferred to glass, finished with oil color. Sightly age-toned, small area of lower right corner chipped off, two areas of bubbling; color rich & vibrant, overall.....
World Map/ Buddhism. Zuda RŌKASHI (Priest Hōtan) [Kyōto, c. 1710-1815] Nansen Bushu Bankoku Shōka No Zu. (“Outline Map of all the Countries of the Universe”) 45 x 57 ½ inches. Period wash color; nine woodblock sheets joined; folds reinforced, slight losses at some fold intersections, overall very good. .....
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.....
New York City. CHASE, Ernest Dudley [Winchester, MA: dated 1939] A Pictorial Map of that portion of New York City known as Manhattan also showing parts of the Bronx . . . 20 ½ x 27 ½ inches. Artist's signature in pencil lower left below copyright. Some chipping & mended splits.....
Cape Cod. MILLER, F. J. [Westwood, MA, c. 1945-1950] A Map of Interesting Cape Cod Plublished (sic) by F. J. Miller 1045 High Street Westwood, Mass. Copywright (sic) F. J. Miller Three-stone lithograph. 21 ¾ x 33 inches; with frame: 25 x 36 inches. Some fading of red border, else.....
Japanese History/ Humor. February 5, 1906 Issue of the Japanese Magazine Nippon Chi (The Land of Japan). 10 x 7 inches; wood-engraved; 67 pp. not including cover; very slight edge wear & toning, four intentional puncture holes for binding?, excellent. .....
Title Page. CELLARIUS, Andreas [Amsterdam, 1660] Atlas Coelestis, seu Harmonia Macrocosmica… Image sized: 17 x 10 ¼ inches; with frame: 25 x 18 ¼ inches. Superb original color, heightened with gold; a few rubbed areas else excellent. A magnificent example, in full original color heightened with.....
United States/Early Geographic Education/ Native American History. DAWES Jr., Samuel [Mississippi?: Dated: 1820] A Map of the United. States By Samuel Dawes Jr. 1820. [Verso:] Asia. 18 ¾ x 23 3/8 inches. Pen & ink & watercolor on woven paper. Some staining and age toning, three neatly closed splits into.....
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An unusually well-preserved, scarce, and quite early American atlas of areas where missionary activity was being, or could be conducted. Includes an excellent map exclusively of the Hawaiian Islands. A map entitled “Indian Territory” encompasses Texas and east from Lake Superior and the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains in.....
NIC. MULLER (Printer)/ NICHOLS, David (Engraver) [New York: dated October 1854] BUSSINES (sic) DIRECTORY OF WESTPORT. 20 ½ X 25 ½ inches. Two-stone lithograph (red and blue) mounted on heavy card stock. Two mended 4-inch splits at right and left, a few other mended splits entering printed surface, some edge.....
This striking, oval-shaped plan provided the American public with its first detailed and accurate visual account of one of the most significant battles in American history. It is accompanied by a pamphlet that provides an in-depth, chronological account of the complex battle. Offered here is the very rare second edition.....
Militaria/ Arms Export History. MAKER UNKNOWN [Spain, c. 1880s] Panuelo De Instruccion Militar... 25 x 30 ¾ inches. Lithograph in red & black printed on cotton. Lightly age-toned, few small holes, overall excellent of this type. A fascinating broadside printed on cloth, illustrating the Springfield rolling block rifle, Model.....
New York City & America’s Cup History. MCLOUGHLIN BROS. [1887 (copyright)/ 1888 (published)] The Yacht Race Game. Large folding game board, 31 ¼ x 16 inches. With spinner in the form of a compass and 8 (of 8) playing pieces in the form of yachts on wooden supports. All housed in.....
Board Game/ Newport/ Block Island. MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS [New York: 1891] The Newport Yacht Race - An Exciting Game. Game board: 10 x19 ½ inches. Overall framed size: 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Multi-stone Lithography. Complete with cover, two sailboat game pieces, a spinning dial & instructions.....
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.....
A superbly realized promotional brochure, one of the finest we've seen, issued by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, featuring a sequence of nine beautiful views of Colorado's mountainous natural wonders, many with trains cutting through the landscape. Fittingly the railroad's original motto was "Through the Rockies, not around them.".....
Rare, separately published map of the site of the last, great American gold rush. The map clearly plots out the claims of the many companies working the area with colors designating the largest of them. The great hopes for the area are expressed on the map in the route of.....
Astronomy. BARRITT, Leon/ SERVISS, Garrett P. [New York, 1906] The Barritt-Serviss Star And Planet Finder Northern Hemisphere… 15 x 15 inches. Pressed-paper, lithographed, rotating disc with an astronomical map mounted on a black board, above which is attached, another similarly made board to be used in coordination with the rotating.....
Massachusetts/ Education. SHURTLEFF, Elizabeth [New York: dated 1930] Map of Massachusetts The Old Bay State. [Secondary title:] A Picture History Map Published by the Graphic History Association… 26 ¼ x 38 inches. Four-color print. Two mended splits in margins, pin holes in corners, else excellent condition with very vibrant color. .....
Cape Cod. TOWN CRIER SHOP. A Map of Cape Cod. [Provincetown: Dated: 1930] Original color print. 11 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches on sheet size 12 x 14 inches. Excellent condition. A lively, richly detailed map of Cape Cod in a style.....
PERRY & BISHOP [New Britain: 1935] CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGE. Image size: 20 x 27 inches. Original printed poster; fine condition; nicely framed. .....
Connecticut. DES ROSIERS, Leon L./ HISTORICAL MAP BUREAU [West Willington, CT: 1937] Historical Map of the State of Connecticut… Lithograph. 16 ¾ x 22 inches; with frame: 23 x 28 ¼ inches. Fine condition. .....
New York City/ Humor. WALLINGFORD, Daniel K. [New York: 1939] A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States of America. 11 ¾ x 15 7/8 inches. Color print. Mounted on acid-free paper, lightly toned, marginal chipping & creasing, still overall very good. Delightful satiric map.....
Pictorial Map/ Flight. CHASE, Ernest Dudley [Winchester, Massachusetts: n.d. but 1942] The Story Map of Flying Being a Chronicle of Man's Conquest of the Air . . . 26 x 19 3/8 inches. Original color print. Slight fold wear, lightly age toned, library stamp on verso, else excellent. A striking.....
