Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Plate Books

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New York, NY 10010
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Thu
Jun 11
12pm

Sale Ends

Thu
Jun 11
(AFRICA.) Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius. Africa Ex Magna Orbis Terrae. Amsterdam, circa 1633
(AFRICA.) Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius. Africa Ex Magna Orbis Terrae. Amsterdam, circa 1633
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Our bi-annual globe-trotting sale of maps takes us to all the places: from Cairo to California and Michigan to Moscow, we've got you covered if you're interested in the history of drilling for oil in Venezuela in 1924 or need to know how Sri Lanka looked in 1513. A complete uncolored 1601 edition of the Ortelius Theatrum and the first printed map of Washington, D.C. are only two of the highlights. Animals by Audubon, Botanicals by Besler, a wonderfully illuminated journal of an American missionary couple in China circa 1933, and a delightful group of wagon train pioneers of the...

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(AFRICA.) Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius. Africa Ex Magna Orbis Terrae. Amsterdam, circa 1633
(AFRICA.) Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius. Africa Ex Magna Orbis Terrae. Amsterdam, circa 1633
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(AFRICA.) Group of 4 sixteenth-century regional maps of the continent. Vp, vd
(AFRICA.) Group of 4 sixteenth-century regional maps of the continent. Vp, vd
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(ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.) Charles Magnus. Birds Eye View of Alexandria, Va. New York and Washington,
(ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.) Charles Magnus. Birds Eye View of Alexandria, Va. New York and Washington,
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(ANNAPOLIS.) Charles Magnus. Bird's Eye View of the City of Annapolis, MD. New York, 1864
(ANNAPOLIS.) Charles Magnus. Bird's Eye View of the City of Annapolis, MD. New York, 1864
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(BALTIMORE.) A. Sachse & Co.; and W.E.C. Harrison. Panoramic Views of Baltimore. Baltimore, 1880
(BALTIMORE.) A. Sachse & Co.; and W.E.C. Harrison. Panoramic Views of Baltimore. Baltimore, 1880
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(AMERICAS.) Abraham Ortelius. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Antwerp, 1571
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(AMERICAS.) Jodocus Hondius. America. Amsterdam, 1623
(AMERICAS.) Jodocus Hondius. America. Amsterdam, 1623
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(AMERICAS.) Willem Blaeu. Americae Nova Tabula. Amsterdam, circa 1635
(AMERICAS.) Willem Blaeu. Americae Nova Tabula. Amsterdam, circa 1635
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(AMERICAS.) Group of 3 miniature seventeenth-century engraved maps of the western hemisphere. Vp, vd
(AMERICAS.) Group of 3 miniature seventeenth-century engraved maps of the western hemisphere. Vp, vd
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(AMERICAS.) Johann Baptist Homann. Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novissima
(AMERICAS.) Johann Baptist Homann. Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novissima
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