United States/ New York State/ Railroads/ Advertising. HANNIFAN & CO., Publisher/ RAND MCNALLY, Printer [New York, 1886] 1885.-Railroad Map And Business Guide in Book Form.-1886.Embracing the Principal Manufacturers, Trades and Representative Business House of Utica, Rome Camden..and Schenectady. 25 ½ x 39 ½ inches. Lithographed folding map with original hand.....
The rare first state of an important and in some ways groundbreaking map. The woodblock for this map was destroyed shortly after its publication in a fire in November of 1557, hence its rarity. The map was compiled by the great Venetian cartographer, Giacomo Gastaldi, and appeared in a three-volume.....
Americas. MUNSTER, Sebastian. [Basle: 1540 [c. 1544-50]] Novae Insulae. 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Fine early color; some age toning, a few marginal stains, else excellent. The earliest collectible map of the Western Hemisphere.....
North America. PORCACCHI, Tomasso [Venice: 1572/ 1576] Mondo Nuovo. 4 ½ x 5 ¾ inches (map only). Faint tide mark upper left margin, else excellent. First state of the second earliest, obtainable map of North America, preceded only by Paolo Forlani's rare map of North America, published in Venice in.....
The first separate map of the Pacific in a strong example. “One of the most important maps that appeared in the Ortelius atlases ...” (Burden). With its two splendid cartouches and a well-detailed illustration of Magellan’s flagship, the Victoria, this is also one of the most beautifully engraved of Ortelius’.....
Americas/ Beer Making. HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1606] America. 14 3 4 x 19 3/4 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition with a bold strike. .....
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. .....
An attractive example of a pivotal map, which inaugurated a new era in the cartography of North America, as dominance in mapmaking turned decidedly in favor of the French. In addition to being one of the earliest obtainable maps to show all five Great Lakes in a recognizable form, this.....
North America/ California as Island. MOLL, H. [London, 1720] To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers . . . This Map of North America . . . 22 5/8 x 38 inches. Original outline color; few, small wormholes in upper margin, reinforcement in lower margin, else excellent condition. .....
North America/ Postal History/ Carolinas. MOLL, H. [London, 1715/ 1731] A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America. ... By Herman Moll Geographer. ... 39 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches. Full original color; lightly toned, some folds reinforced.....
EVANS, Lewis/ FRANKLIN, Benjamin (printer)/ TURNER, James (engraver) [Philadelphia, 1755] A general MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA; Viz VIRGINIA, MÀRILAND, DÈLAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND: Of AQUANISHUONÎGY, the Country of the Confederate Indians; … By Lewis Evans. 1755. The upper left cartouche reads: To the Honourable.....
United States/ Northwest. ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, D. [Paris, 1783 [c. 1793]] Amerique Septentrionale . . . Les Etats Unis . . . Publiee en 1750 et Corrigee en 1783 . . . 18 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches. Original outline color; bottom of centerfold reinforced, else excellent condition. .....
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.....
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.....
A delicately beautiful map of mid-19th century United States with extensive transportation-related content. Four of the work’s five inset maps focus on rail lines and canals in specific parts of the country. The large inset of the western United States at bottom right completes the picture of the country that.....
Nautical Chart: Block Island to Cuba. BLUNT, E. & G. W./ COPLEY, Charles [New York, 1853] Coast Of North America from Point Judith to Cape St. Antonio. (Island Of Cuba) Including The Bhama Banks… Every Authentic Survey, American, English & Spanish, Has Been Used In The Construction Of This Chart… 29.....
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.....
HORLACHER BREWING CO. [Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1946] Perfection Angler's Guide. 32 x 34 ½ inches. Color-printed. Excellent condition with vibrant color. A scarce, vibrant and informative promotional poster featuring two of mankind’s greatest pleasures—beer and.....
STANDARD OIL COMPANY/ GENERAL DRAFTING CO. [Convent Station, NJ: 1957] Oil In America A pictorial story of the Petroleum Industry in the United States. 24 ½ x 34 inches. Folding map, color-printed both sides of sheet; excellent condition. .....
