(Code No. 4570)

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. (1703-1772).

(Antique Chart of Jamaica)

Carte de L'Isle la Jamaique Par le S. Bellin Ingen; de la Marine 1758.

Date. [c.1769]

Paris. Image size 8 X 12ins. Page size 14 x 10ins. Original hand-coloured copper engraved chart, very good condition. Shows, parishes, harbors, roads , mountains, rivers, etc. £90.00.

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin was a French hydrographer and cartographer. He was born in Paris. In 1721 Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine. Appointed "ingénieur hydrographe" in August 1741. Member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of maps of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine. His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable.

(Code No. 4567)

Sanson. Nicolas.

(Antique Map of Central America.)

Audience de Guatimala. Par' N Sanson d' Abbeville Geogr' Ordin du Roy.

Date. 1657-[c.1662.]

Paris. Image size 7 x 10 1/2ins,(approx). Original copper engraved map, split to surface, professionally repaired on back of map. Taken from L' Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes. The map illustrates the region from the Yucatan to the Golfo de Panama, although much of the topography is incorrect. Lago de Nicaragua has an east-west orientation. £80.00.

(Code No. 4566)

Catherwood, F.C. Architect. (1799-1854) and John Lloyd Stephens,

VIEWS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, CHIAPAS AND YUCATAN.

Date. [c.1970?] reprint of the 1844 edn.

London: Vizetelly Brothers and Co. Large Folio, 17 x 21 1/2ins. (Approx) Image sizes 15 x 11ins. Title as above + 25 Loose coloured plates, (as issued) + Map of central America + Introduction pp.1-10 + Text (in smaller format) to plates, pp.11-24, housed in an inner front board pocket. Original cloth portfolio gilt, slight rubbing. £150.00.

Catherwood was 45 years old when he published a collection of his favorite illustrations. "Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas & Yucatán," in May 1844 in both London and New York, in a luxury edition of 300 sets. Catherwood become one of the most well-known architects and illustrators in the English-speaking world.

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(Code No. 4521)

BOWEN, Emanuel.

A New General Map of AMERICA. Drawn from several accurate particular Maps and Charts.

Date. 1747.

London, Page size 18 1/2 x 14 1/2ins. Image size 16 3/4 x 13 3/4ins. Original copper engraved map of North and South America, slight water staining to lower margin area. £300.00

Bowen was a prolific engraver and map seller in Fleet Street, from about 1720-67. He make his British County maps as complicated as possible, with blank areas filled with engraved text, coats-of-arms and rococo cartouches, etc. His later works seem to be more restrained, as can be seen in this American map. Ref :- P.J. Radford. Antique Maps.

(Code No. 4291)

Original Vanity Fair Print.

GRANT Gen. Ulysses S, President of the United States of America.

London: Vanity Fair, 1st, June 1872.. Page size 15 x 10 Ins. Guaranteed original coloured lithograph. Titled - Captain, Tanner, Farmer. General, Imperator.

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) was elected President as a war hero—the Northern General who’d defeated the South in the Civil War. £50.00

(Code No. 4192)Tallis, John & J, Rapkin.(2 Antique Maps.)

Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains in the Eastern Hemisphere + Western Hemisphere.London. John Tallis & Co. ca1850. Page sizes, [10 1/4 x 14 1/2 ins] 2 Original steel engraved maps, (one folding), drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Taken from "Montgomery Martin's Illustrated Atlas"

(Code No. 4156)

SWANSTON, G.H.

(Antique Map).

UNITED STATES according to CALVIN, SMITH & TANNER..

North America, Comprising Texas, Louisiana , Mississippi, Arkansas, Western Territory, and Part of Missouri.

Edinburgh. London . A. Fullarton .1860. Image Size 16 x 20 1/4 ins, (approx). Original double page coloured engraved map by G.H. Swanston, split to centre fold not affecting engraved area. £45.00

(Code No. 4158)

BARTHOLOMEW, J.

(Antique U.S.A. Town Plans)

Southern Ports & Harbours in the United States. Washington, Beaufort Harbour, Mobile Bay, Charleston Harbour, Galveston Entrance, Pensacola Bay, Key West Island, the Delta of Mississippi and environs.

Plate 60a.

Edinburgh. London. A. Fullarton .1860. Image Size 11 1/2 x 17 ins. Original single page coloured engraved map by J. Bartholomew. £45.00

(Code No. 4157)

BARTHOLOMEW, J.

(Antique U.S.A. Town Plans)

Northern Ports in the United States. Portland Harbour, Boston Harbour and vicinity, Hudson River, New York Harbour and vicinity, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

Plate 60.

Edinburgh. London . A. Fullarton .1860. Image Size 11 1/2 x 17 ins. Original single page coloured engraved map by J. Bartholomew. £45.00

(Code No. 4145)

Swanston G.H.

(Antique Map of the U.S.A.)

United States North America.

Edinburgh. A Fullarton. ca1860. Page size 23 x 18 1/2 ins. Original steel engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, Taken from "Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography" £60.00

(Code No. 4118)

The Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Volume. 34 only.

(Map volume).

Edinburgh, London. Adam and Charles Black. 1903 10th edn. Medium 4to [9 x 12ins]. Pp 428 ,vg. 124 Double page coloured world maps, Scottish map damaged, including 66 double page coloured maps of separate American States, decorated with piano key borders, most U.S.A state maps with inset town plans, vg. Single sided. Half morocco gilt. Raised spine bands with gilt decorated panel, poor. Heavy book. £90.00.

(Code No. 4057)

Sketch showing the Lines Converging on Jersey City and the Hudson Tunnel Railway.

London. Straker Bros & Co. ca1890. Image size 14 x 17 ins. Page size 15 x 19 ins. Original printed coloured lithographic folding map, foxing and splits, (2 ins). with a view of Jersey City, New York and Brooklyn below the map. £90.00

(Code No. 4036)

Dodge. Richard, Irving.

The Hunting Grounds of the Great West: A Description of the Plains, Game, and Indians of the Great North American Desert.

London. Chatto & Windus. 1877, 1st edn.. 8vo, [6 x 9 ins]. Pp lvii, 440, 36 publisher's adverts + folding map, split to fold, no loss + illustrations throughout. Original gilt decorated cloth, very worn with some loss to spine. £60.00

(Code No. 3866)

Kitchin. Thos. (Antique Map)

MAP of the EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS in NORTH AMERICA, by Thos. Kitchin, Hydrographer to His Majesty.

Dublin. John Exshaw. 1784. Image size 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 ins. Page size 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. Copper engraved folding map taken from Abbe Raynal's (1713-1796) " A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies" The map covers the eastern part of North America from Greenland to Florida with settlement confined to the eastern seaboard. The map has a garland style title cartouche, compass rose, two scale lines, (1" to 320 miles) and graduated borders. 1 inch closed split to centre fold, no loss. £150.00

(Code No. 3829).

Anon.

A PLAN OF THE CITY & HARBOUR OF LOUISBURG; SHEWING THAT PART OF GABARUS BAY IN WHICH THE ENGLISH LANDED, ALSO THEIR ENCAMPMENT DURING THE SIEGE IN 1745.

London. Gentleman's Magazine. 1758. Image size 10 x 7 1/2 ins. Page size 11 x 8 1/4 ins. Original copper engraved map, slight nicks to borders. Showing an inset map of the Island of Cape Breton. £60.00

(Code No. 3800).

Macdonald. D.

(Antique map of the Western Hemisphere).

Western Hemisphere. "New Sixpenny Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries"

Glasgow. D. Macdonald, 51 Argyll Street. ca1850. Page size 15 x 17 1/2 ins. Image size 14 1/2 x 13 ins. Original steel engraved hand coloured map , slight damage with crease to the centre of map. £110.00

(Code No. 3806)

Russell, John.

(Antique Map of the British Colonies in North America).

British Colonies In North America from the best Authorities.

London. Published as the Act directs by C.Dilly and others. 1799. Page size 22 x 17 ins. Image size 18 x 15 1/2 ins. Original copper engraved map by John Russell. From the Guthries's Geography, slight damage to bottom margin. £110.00

(Code No. 3803).

Macdonald. D.

(Antique map of British America).

British America " New Sixpenny Maps, Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries"

Glasgow. D. Macdonald, 51 Argyll Street. ca1850. Page size 15 x 17 1/2 ins. Image size 14 1/2 x 13 ins. Original steel engraved hand coloured map . £85.00

(Code No. 3734).North America. New York. 1892. Folio, [15 x 10 1/2 ins.] 34 Image sizes 9 x 7 ins, (approx) & 9 image sizes 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins, (approx). 29 Photographs of New York. 14 Photographs of Montreal, Toronto & 4 of Niagria Falls. Only 3 Photographers named. Ink title below each image. Original morocco gilt, poor condition.

(Code No. 3739).

The Illustrated London News. 1883.

(Antique Sporting Print).

Lacrosse "The Canadian Game of La Crosse"

London. June 20th, 1883. Page size 16 x 11 ins. Image size 9 x 12 1/2 ins. Woodcut illustration (uncoloured, as published), of "The Canadian Game of La Crosse", slight marks to the outer edge of the blank margins. £50.00

(Code No. 3738).

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. 1887.

(Antique Print).

"Capturing Wild Horses on the Laramie Plains, North Western America".

London: The Strand. September 24th, 1887. Page size 23 1/2 x 16 ins. Image size 18 1/2 x 13 ins. Large double page woodcut illustration (uncoloured, as published), of a print titled, "Capturing Wild Horses on the Laramie Plains, North Western America", very good condition. £60.00

(Code No. 3737).

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. 1887.

(Antique Print).

"With the Texas cow-boys"

London: The Strand. August 6th, 1887. Page size 16 x 11 1/2 ins. Image size 12 x 9 ins. Woodcut illustration (uncoloured, as published), of a print titled "With the Texas cow-boys", very good condition. £50.00

(Code No. 3736).

The Illustrated London News. 1883.

(Antique Print).

The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, between Long Island and New York.

London. June 2nd, 1883. Page size 16 x 11 ins. Image size 7 1/2 x 12 ins. Woodcut illustration (uncoloured, as published), of the Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) [1] over the East River connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. £60.00

Code No. 3601.London.Gentleman's Magazine. Image size 8 1/2 x 13 ins. 1757. Copper engraved folding map, very slight splits to fold and one nick into graduated border. Showing various forts, northern tribes, etc.

(Code No. 3499)

Bache. A.D. ( Antique US Chart )

San Antonio Creek, California.

US Coast Survey Office. Image size 19 x 13 1/2 ins.1857. Original US lithographic folding chart by R. F. Bartle from a drawing by P. Witzel. Guaranteed to be over 120 years old. £88.00

(Code No. 3502)

Bache. A.D ( Antique US Chart )

"Preliminary Chart of the Entrance to MATAGORDA BAY TEXAS.

US Coast Survey Office. Image size 32 x 19 ins.1857. Original US lithographic folding chart engraved by Hoen from the original drawing by P.Schulz , slight splits to folds, Guaranteed to be over 120 years old. £60.00

(Code No. 3501) 

Bache. A.D ( Antique US Chart )

"Preliminary Chart of New York Bay and Harbor"

US Coast Survey Office. Image size 30 x 26 ins.1857. Original US lithographic folding chart engraved by Hatch from the original drawing by A. Balbach , slight splits to folds, Guaranteed to be over 120 years old. £100.00

(Code No. 3500)

US Coast Survey Office. Image size 35 x 24 1/2 ins.1857. Original US lithographic folding chart engraved by J. Knight from the original drawing by M.M.C Fairfax, slight cropping to left side &. slight splits to folds,Guaranteed to be over 120 years old.

(Code No.3498)

Bache. A.D. ( Antique US Chart )

Preliminary Chart of Frying Pan Shoals and Entrances to Cape Fear River North Carolina.

US Coast Survey Office. Image size 30 1/2 x 25 1/2 ins. 1857. Original US lithographic folding chart by J.V.N. Throop from the original drawing by J.J.Ricketts, slight splits to folds, (no loss). Guaranteed to be over 120 years old. £45.00

(Code No. 3391) 

Bonne, Rigobert:  ( Map of the East Coast of U.S.A.)

Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale.

  Paris, 1790. Image size 8 1/2  x 12 1/2 inches. Page size 17 x 10 inches. Original copper engraved map, engraved by Andre', slight foxing. Showing Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Cherokee and Creeks Indian territory.  Maps based on the longitude meridian of Paris.  £75.00