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.....
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.....
Rare. This was as authoritative a chart of these waters as was available at the time. Despite its density of detail, the chart was engraved with uncommon clarity. Its charting of the Connecticut shoreline includes the many, small harbor islands, especially along the western shore. Also, all inlets, rivers and.....
Puerto Rico/ Virgin Islands. WILSON, Charles [London: 1884] West Indies. 25 ¼ x 37 ½ inches. Lithograph mounted on original blue backing. Lightly toned, some soiling, mended 5-inch split at right, still very good for a working chart. Rare, English chart, among the very few we see on the market.....
U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY. [Washington, DC: 1894/ 1898] North Shore Of Long Island Sound George’s Rock To Sheffield Island Including Saugatuck And Norwalk Rivers Connecticut… 42 x 33 ¼ inches. Lithograph expertly mounted on new linen. A few closed splits in margin & outer printed areas; overall very good.....
New York City/ American Revolution/ Navigation. DES BARRES, J. F. W. [London, Octr. 4, 1777] Five Profile Views from Various Points in New York Harbor, Including One Showing the City Itself. 28 x 18 ¼ inches. Aquatints with delicate, original wash color; fine condition. .....
American Revolution/ New Orleans/ Baton Rouge/ Mobile Bay/ Pensacola. De SARTINE, Gabriel Carte [Paris: 1778 [1780]] D’une Partie Des Cotes De La Floride Et De La Louisiane. 15 3inches. Fine condition. In fine archival frame and French mat. .....
SE Coast of China: Hong Kong to Shanghai including Taiwan. JAMES IMRAY & SON [London: 1862] Chart Of The Coast Of China, Extending from Hongkong To The River Yang-tse… London… 89 & 102, Minories 1868. 38 ½ x 49 ½ inches (98 x 125 cm.) Two joined lithographed sheets mounted.....
Nantucket/ Martha’s Vineyard/ Cape Cod. ELDRIDGE, G. [Boston, 1857/ 1874] Chart of the Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Shoals… 40 ½ x 62 ½ inches. Lighthouses and other navigational aid highlighted in color; expertly conserved & re-mounted on new linen, margins extended, some relatively light staining, early notations in pencil, still.....
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.....
An uncommonly fine example of this scarce, well-detailed yet highly legible, nautical chart of the challenging waters in the area of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. It is rich with navigational detail vital to anyone plying these problematic seas, all of which is presented with Eldridge’s characteristic clarity. In addition to.....
Provincetown/ Truro. GRAHAM, Major James D. [Washington, DC: 1841] Chart of Cape Cod Harbor And The Adjacent Coast of Provincetown and Truro… 27 ¾ x 33 inches. Lithograph. Some fold wear & offsetting; very good overall. .....
