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Antique Maps & Views - Archived Exibition: March 2011

Please note this is an archived exhibition page. Please visit
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Utilitarian in design and intent, early maps are treasured by collectors both for their aesthetic beauty and insight into the past. Antique maps are profound historic indicators, bearing witness to the constantly shifting relationship between human beings and the known world. Whether they are kept as reminders of places once visited or as nostalgic relics of another time, antique maps serve as a visual testament to the enduring strength of the bond between people and the places they inhabit.

• Related Links: Northwest Maps & Views • Maps & Views main page

Map Catalog: List 78 - Spring 2011. A catalog illustrating
over 160 of the finest maps from our recent inventory.
Download a free PDF to view (14.9Mb)
or
Email us to order a printed copy. $5 + tax.

March 2011 Exhibition

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  Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440 – 1514)
  Ptolemaic World Map from the Nuremburg Chronicle
  Hand-colored woodcut, 1493. Latin text verso. Provenance: Jonathan Potter, London. Slight staining from binding adhesive along centerfold.
  20-1/2 x 15-1/8 inches.
  30723c
  
• 
  Germania (Lower Germany and other countries including Austria, Bavaria and Bohemia)
  Hand-colored engraving on laid paper. Illustration of river god (Probaby Rhenus) and nymphs along bottom. Faint off-setting top right.
  16-1/4 x 19-3/8 inches.
  29088c
  
• 
  Matthaus Merian (Swiss, 1593-1650)
  Nova Italiae Delineato
  Hand-colored engraving, plate 1638.
  11-1/8 x 14-1/4 inches.
  30816c
  
• 
  Office of Coast Survey. Puget Sound, Washington Territory. No.662, Chart from U.S. Coast Survey
  Engraving with hydrographic notes, plate 1867. Benjamin Peirce, Superindendent. Compiled and drawn by A. Lindenkohl. From a special edition of prints from the original plates in the mid 1970s.
  29-7/8 x 19 inches.
  30664c
  
• 
  Baldwin and Cradock (British, fl. 1829-1837)
  Warsaw (Warszawa)
  Hand-colored engraving, 1831. Drawing by W.B. Clark. Engraving by T.E. Nicholson. Published in London under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
  13-1/2 x 16-1/8 inches; sides trimmed approximately to plate mark.
  22422
  
• 
  Richard Horwood (British, c.1758-1803)
  Sheet from Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster & the Borough of Southwark. Sections E and F (one of 32 sheets making up composite map prepared for the Phoenix Company)
  Engraving 1799.
  22-1/2 x 40-1/4 inches.
  [EN2013]
  
• 
  Edmund and George W. Blunt (American, fl. ca. 1830-1866)
  Chart of Long Island Sound
  Engraving, 1827. Published by Edmund & George W. Blunt, New York (fl. 1830-1866), for The American Coast Pilot. Engraved by Hooker. Centerfold and soft folding creases.
  7 x 16-5/8 inches.
  18946
  
• 
  Chapman & Hall (British, fl. 1846-1850)
  Chart of the Stars, includes Octans and Piscis Volans
  Hand-colored engraving, plate 1830. Color a little faded. Drawn by W. Newton. Constellations by W. Clarke. Engraved by J & C Walker.
  13-1/2 x 16 inches.
  22440
  
• 
  Chapman & Hall (British, fl. 1846-1850)
  Chart of the Stars, includes Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
  Hand-colored engraving, plate 1830. Color a little faded. Drawn by W. Newton. Constellations by W. Clarke. Engraved by J & C Walker.
  13-1/2 x 16 inches.
  22439
  
• 
  James Meuros
  Asia
  Engraving on laid paper, c. 1760s. Published by James Meuros Kilmarnock. Some spots of discoloration. Soft creases. Losses along sheet edges. Backed for strength.
  7-1/4 x 9 inches.
  28583c
  
• 
  James Meuros
  Africa
  Engraving for M. Salmonís Geograph. Published in London by James Meuros Kilmarnock, 1766. Some marginal losses, and light spotting.
  6-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches.
  28590c
  
• 
  Carta Esferica de la America Meridional (South America)
  Engraving, 1802. Drawing by Gonzalez, engraving by Moratalla. Trimmed insude plate mark, some loss along left side, minor spotting
  19-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches.
  23778.
  
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  Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
  North America
  Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1863. For Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World. Some foxing and stains, mostly in margins.
  21-7/8 x 16-3/4 inches.
  30550
  
• 
  Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
  Oregon and Washington
  Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1865. Lightly toned, small tear bottom edge.
  24 x 18 inches.
  30553
  
• 
  Johnson and Ward (American, fl. 1862-1866)
  Palestine
  Hand-colored litho-engraving, 1866. For Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas Toned.
  18 x 14-1/4 inches.
  20104
  
• 
  John Senex (English, c.1678-1740)
  A New Map of the City of Amsterdam, Most Humbly Inscribed to John Hedworth, Esq.
  Engraving on laid paper, 1720. Engraving by Samuel Parker.
  19-1/4 x 22-3/4 inches.
  29090c
  
• 
  Bird’s Eye View of the City of Olympia, East Olympia and Tumwater
  Lithograph, 1879. Drawing and publishing by E. S. Glover, Portland, OR. Lithography and printing by A. L. Gancroft & Co., San Francisco. Reps 86. Apart from minor damages at the outer edges of broad margins, there are two skillfully repaired tears at left and right edge of image and two repaired puncture tears at upper center.
  18-7/8 x 29-7/8 inches.
  17789
  
• 
  Louis Charles Desnos (French, 1725 - 1805)
  Noveau Plan de Paris ses Faubourgs et ses Environs
  Hand-colored engraving, 1764. Published by Desnos in Paris. Some creasing and discoloration, mainly in margins.
  21-1/2 x 37-1/4 inches.
  18912
  
• 
  Conrad Tobias Lotter (German, 1717-1777)
  Imperium Russiae Magnae
  Hand-colored engraving. Published in Ausburg, ca. 1760. Some spotting, reinforced centerfold.
  19-5/8 x 22-1/2 inches.
  25902
  
• 
  James Wyld (British, 1812-1887)
  Map of India From All the Latest Authorities.
  Handcolored engraving, c. 1880. Lined back folding map.
  18-1/2 x 19 inches
  21040
• 
  Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
  Graeciae Descriptio
  Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
  5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
  20035
  
• 
  Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
  Europa
  Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
  5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
  20014
  $200
• 
  Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
  Creta, Cyprus et Rhodus (Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes)
  Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
  5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
  20036
  
• 
  Philipp Clüver (German, 1580-1623)
  Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia, etc
  Engraving on laid paper, plate 1624. Engraved by Petrus Bertius (Dutch, 1565-1629). From a later publication of Introductio In Universam Geographiam in 1661.
  5-3/8 x 5-1/4 inches.
  20045
  
• 
  Matthias Seutter the Elder (German, 1678-c.1757)
  Jamaica
  Handcolored engraving, 1730. Published in Augsburg.
  19-1/2 x 22-1/4 inches.
  29079c
  
• 
  Joan Blaeu (Dutch, ca. 1599-1673)
  Chekiang Province
  Engraving, ca. 1655. Based on the compilations of the Italian Jesuit, Father Martino Martini for ìAtlas Sinensis.î Small tear along bottom centerfold.
  16 x 19 inches.
  EN0314