Our auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 7 encompasses a broad range of American and European cartography.
Robert Morden, A New Map of the English Empire in America, London, circa 1698. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000.
Highlights include Robert Morden’s New Map of the English Empire in America, circa 1698, and Reading Howell’s monumental Map of the State of Pennsylvania, 1792, the finest large-scale map of the state published that century.
Nicolas de Fer, L’Amerique Divisee Selon Letendue de ses Principales Parties, Paris, 1713. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
A fascinating variety of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japanese cartography will be on offer. Atlases include John Reid’s American Atlas of 1796, important publications relating to New York City, and the rare English edition of Jodocus Hondius and Gerardus Mercator’s Historia Mundi, 1635. Mainstay natural history artwork, historical prints and interesting and fun ephemera also feature prominently.
John James Audubon, Fish Hawk, Plate 81, hand-colored, from Birds of America, London, 1830. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
For more information on the sale, contact Specialist Caleb Kiffer in the Maps & Atlases department.
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