Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases, 206, Richmond

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Auction Report
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
351 Bonne, Rigobert

"Carte de la Partie Septentrionale du Bresil", Bonne, Rigobert

1780 (circa) USD 80.00 - 95.00 Not Sold
352 Montanus, Arnoldus

"Arx Principis Guiljelmi", Montanus, Arnoldus

1671 (published) USD 110.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
353 Montanus/Ogilby

"Arx Nassovii", Montanus/Ogilby

1671 (circa) USD 200.00 - 240.00 USD 120.00
354 Commelin, Isaac

"Afbeeldinge vande Cabo St. Augustin met haer Forten", Commelin, Isaac

1652 (published) USD 160.00 - 190.00 Not Sold
355 Montanus/Ogilby

"Serinhaim", Montanus/Ogilby

1671 (circa) USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 120.00
356 Tirion, Isaac

"Kaart van de Aller-Heiligen Baay waar aan de Hoofdstad Legt van Brazil", Tirion, Isaac

1769 (circa) USD 100.00 - 130.00 USD 20.40
357 Bry, Theodore de

"[How the Tupi Reach Out to the Spirits]", Bry, Theodore de

1631 (published) USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 120.00
358 Montanus, Arnoldus

"Potosi", Montanus, Arnoldus

1671 (circa) USD 100.00 - 130.00 USD 90.00
359 Montanus/Ogilby

"Peru", Montanus/Ogilby

1671 (circa) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 216.00
360 Bry, Theodore de

"[How the Indians Cross Rivers]", Bry, Theodore de

1631 (published) USD 140.00 - 170.00 Not Sold
361 Mercator/Hondius

"Fretum Magellani", Mercator/Hondius

1621 (published) USD 200.00 - 230.00 USD 180.00
362 Benard, Jacques Francois

"Carte du Detroit de Magellan dans Laquelle on a Insere les Observations et les Decouvertes du Capne. Byron, du Capne. Wallis, et du Capne. Carteret", Benard, Jacques Francois

1780 (circa) USD 140.00 - 170.00 Not Sold
363 Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

"Carte du Detroit de Le Maire", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

1764 (published) USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 25.20
364 Bonne, Rigobert

"Isles Canaries", Bonne, Rigobert

1780 (circa) USD 60.00 - 75.00 USD 49.20
365 Ogilby, John

"Insulae Promontorii Viridis, Hispanis Islas de Cabo Verde, Belgis de Soute Eylanden", Ogilby, John

1670 (circa) USD 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
366 Bry, Johann Theodore de

"Insula D. Helenae Sacra Coeli Clementia et Aequabilitate... / S. Helena ist eine Insel...", Bry, Johann Theodore de

1601 (circa) USD 220.00 - 250.00 USD 192.00
367 Speed, John

"Mappa Aestivarum Insularum Alias Bermudas Dictarum... / A Mapp of the Sommer Islands Once Called the Bermudas...", Speed, John

1676 (published) USD 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 Not Sold
368 Bowen, Thomas

"A New & Accurate Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean Drawn from the Most Approved Modern Maps &c.", Bowen, Thomas

1778 (dated) USD 140.00 - 170.00 Not Sold
369 Laurent, J.

"Carte du Groenland", Laurent, J.

1770 (dated) USD 90.00 - 110.00 USD 54.00
370 Bry, Theodore de

"[John Smith Is Caught by the French]", Bry, Theodore de

1631 (published) USD 110.00 - 140.00 USD 96.00
371 Bordone, Benedetto

"[Islanda] [on verso] [Irlandia]", Bordone, Benedetto

1547 (published) USD 475.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
372 Porcacchi, Tomaso

"Islanda", Porcacchi, Tomaso

1605 (published) USD 200.00 - 230.00 USD 180.00
373 Munster, Sebastian

"Moderna Europae Descriptio", Munster, Sebastian

1559 (circa) USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 1,020.00
374 Bunting, Heinrich

"Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis", Bunting, Heinrich

1589 (circa) USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
375 Duval, Pierre

"L'Europe", Duval, Pierre

1684 (dated) USD 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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