Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases, 206, Richmond

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Auction Date
November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025
Page Size: 747 items in 30 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Mercator/Hondius

"[Lot of 4] America sive India Nova... [and] Africa ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione... [and] Asia ex Magna Orbis Terre Descriptione... [and] Europa, ad Magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris...", Mercator/Hondius

1628 (circa) USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 3,900.00
2 Fries, Lorenz

"Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta", Fries, Lorenz

1522 (dated) USD 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 USD 6,325.00
3 Gastaldi, Giacomo

"Universale Novo", Gastaldi, Giacomo

1548 (circa) USD 1,900.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,200.00
4 Mercator, Rumold

"Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio quam ex Magna Universali Gerardi Mercatoris...", Mercator, Rumold

1587 (dated) USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 Not Sold
5 Ortelius/Marchetti

"Typus Orbis Terrarum", Ortelius/Marchetti

1598 (circa) USD 350.00 - 425.00 USD 300.00
6 Keere, Pieter Van Den

"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula", Keere, Pieter Van Den

1637 (circa) USD 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 5,750.00
7 Ritter, Franz

"[Untitled - World]", Ritter, Franz

1640 (published) USD 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 Not Sold
8 Galle, Cornelis

"[Untitled - World]", Galle, Cornelis

1640 (published) USD 350.00 - 425.00 USD 300.00
9 Speed, John

"A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Beene Made by English or Strangers", Speed, John

1651 (dated) USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 11,500.00
10 Blaeu, Johannes

"Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula", Blaeu, Johannes

1662 (circa) USD 14,000.00 - 17,000.00 USD 11,500.00
11 Duval, Pierre

"Le Monde en Planisphere", Duval, Pierre

1663 (published) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 216.00
12 Visscher, Nicolas

"Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita", Visscher, Nicolas

1677 (circa) USD 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,200.00
13 Morden, Robert

"A New Map of ye World", Morden, Robert

1680 (circa) USD 400.00 - 475.00 Not Sold
14 Wit, Frederick de

"Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita", Wit, Frederick de

1691 (circa) USD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD 6,325.00
15 Sanson/Jaillot

"Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres, ou Sont Exactement Remarquees en General Toutes les Parties de la Terre et de l'Eau, Suivant les Relations les Plus Nouvelles", Sanson/Jail

1696 (dated) USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
16 Cluver, Philipp

"Typus Orbis Terrarum", Cluver, Philipp

1697 (published) USD 400.00 - 475.00 USD 360.00
17 Weigel, Christopher

"Planiglobium Terrestre Minus in hanc Formam Reductam", Weigel, Christopher

1730 (circa) USD 950.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
18 Jagen, Jan van

"[Untitled - World]", Jagen, Jan van

1748 (circa) USD 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 USD 900.00
19 Bailleul, Nicolas

"Nouvelle Mappe-Monde avec la Representation des Deux Emispheres Celestes, les Disques du Soleil, et de la Lune, et les Diferents Sentiments sur le Mouvemt. des Planetes...", Bailleul, Nicolas

1755 (circa) USD 4,750.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
20 Kitchin, Thomas

"The World, from the Best Authorities", Kitchin, Thomas

1770 (circa) USD 220.00 - 250.00 USD 180.00
21 Bourgoin, P.

"Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre, Dressee sur les Nouvelles Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences", Bourgoin, P.

1780 (circa) USD 700.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
22 Bonne, Rigobert

"Planisphere Suivant la Projection de Mercator", Bonne, Rigobert

1780 (circa) USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 120.00
23 Bell, Andrew

"A Map of the World in Three Sections, Describing the Polar Regions to the Tropics in Which Are Traced the Tracts of Lord Mulgrave and Captain Cook Towards the North & South Poles...", Bell, Andrew

1786 (circa) USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 120.00
24 Elwe, Jan Barend

"Planisphere Representant Toute l'Etendue du Monde, dans l'Ordre qu'on Suivi dans ce Livre", Elwe, Jan Barend

1792 (circa) USD 475.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
25 Dilly, Charles

"The World Agreeable to the Last Discoveries in the South Seas &c.", Dilly, Charles

1797 (circa) USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 102.00
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