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Auction Name Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books Total Sales (USD) 867,039.00
Auction Date June 06, 2019 - June 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 453,850.00
Sale Number #2512 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 687,875.00
Total Lots 399
Sold Lots 328 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 547,550.00
% of Lots Sold 82.21% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 827,475.00
Unsold Lots 71 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63 EVANS, LEWIS.

A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America; viz Virginia, Mariland, Delaware Pensilvania, New-Jersey New-York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island of Aquanishuonigy, the Country of the Confederate Indians Comprehending Aquanishuonigy Proper, their

 1755 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 125,000.00
179 PLANCIUS, PETRUS.

Delineatio Orarum Manicongi, Angolae, Monomotapae, Terrae Natalis, Zofalae, Mozambicae, Abyssinorum &c.

1592-1594] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 87,500.00
268 ROBYN, JACOB; after ROGGEVEEN, ARENT.

[The First Part of the Burning Fen, Discovering the Whole West-Indies, the Continent and the Islands, Beginning from Rio Amasones, and Ending On the North of Terra Nova.] Without title or preliminaries, 26 (of 31) double-page engraved charts, 1 full-page

circa 1680 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
277 ALLEN, JOHN FISK; and SHARP, WILLIAM.

Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America.

1854 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 30,000.00
290 CATLIN, GEORGE.

North American Indian Portfolio.

1844 [but circa 1855] USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,500.00
215 VERBIEST, PIETER.

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographi Emendata auct: I : Uerbist.

1636 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
69 FOLIE, A[NTOINNE] P[IERRE].

Plan of the Town of Baltimore and its Environs.

1792 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 21,250.00
35 CARTE, JOHN.

The Frontispiece of the Cosmographical Clock; Representing the Phoenomena on Thursday December 14, 1699.

circa 1699 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,000.00
41 CHATELAIN, HENRI.

Carte Tres Curieuse de la Mer du Sud, Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Tres Utiles non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Mer.

1719 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
83 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria; and Nolin, Jean Baptiste.

Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

1688 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,875.00
275 VISSCHER, NICOLAS; and others.

Atlas Minor Sive Geographia Compendiosa.

circa 1700 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,625.00
214 VERBIEST, PIETER.

Nova Carte Del Muy Podroso Reyno d'Espania.

1639 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,450.00
142 MONTRESOR, JOHN.

A Map of the Province of New York, with Part of Pensilvania, and New England.

1775 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 8,125.00
156 Heine, Kummer and Dopler; Himely, Sigismund (engr).

New-York.

1851 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
265 OGILBY, JOHN.

America: Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World.

1671 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
381 MORAN, THOMAS.

The Great Salt Lake of Utah.

1875 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,125.00
296 CURTIS, WILLIAM.

The Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed.

1787-1827 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,800.00
168 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM.

Islandia.

1598 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,250.00
272 THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.; and MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS.

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World; With a Special Map of Each of the United States, Plans of Cities, &c.

1851 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,250.00
157

(NEW YORK CITY.) Large bird's-eye view of New York City.

circa 1933] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,000.00
213 VERBIEST, PIETER.

Italiae Sardiniae, Corsicae, & Confinium Regiorum Nova Tabula, Effigies Praecipurarum Urbium et Habituum Inibi Simul Complectens.

1634 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,000.00
205 SPEED, JOHN.

A New and Accurat Map of the World.

1676 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,500.00
276 WELLS, EDWARD.

A New Sett of Maps Both of Antient and Present Geography.

1700 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,500.00
139 MOLL, HERMAN.

A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America.

1715 [1726] USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 6,250.00
54 DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME.

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France.

1703 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,000.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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