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(New York City) Franks, David.

The New York Directory, containing A Valuable and Well Calculated Almanack; Tables of the different Coins suitable for any States…The...

New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock, 1786. Republished by John Doggett Jr, 1851. Reissue of the very scarce 1786 edition. Read More about The New York Directory, containing A Valuable and Well Calculated Almanack; Tables of the...

Price: $300

(New York Map) Smith, J.[ohn] Calvin.

Map of the State of New York showing the Boundaries of Counties & Townships, the Locations of Cities, Towns and...

New York: Published by J. Disturnell, 1842. Detailed insets of New York with part of Brooklyn and Williamsburg, the vicinity of New York and the St. Lawrence River. Read More about Map of the State of New York showing the Boundaries of Counties & Townships, the Locations...

Price: $600

(North Africa) [Ortelius, Abraham].

Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio. Double-page map of North African region of Libya and the Sahara desert, colored by a....

[N.p: ca. 1590]. Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) was a Flemish geographer of German origin. His major work, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570, with later revisions and addendums), was the first modern atlas. It was based on contemporary charts and maps, and contained a collection of plates engraved by Frans Hagenberg in a.... Read More about Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio. Double-page map of North African region of Libya and...

Price: $450

(Numismatics) Green, Benjamin Richard.

A Numismatic Atlas Comprising a Series of 360 Grecian Coins of Kings Arranged in Chronological Order from the Earliest Period...

London: Priestley and Weale and by the Author, 1829. Map of Ancient Coins. The large and wonderful Atlas, the only one of its kind we have seen, was done by Richard Benjamin Green (1808-18760), watercolorist, portrait and landscape artist, lecturer, drawing instructor, and apparently, a student of ancient coins. Read More about A Numismatic Atlas Comprising a Series of 360 Grecian Coins of Kings Arranged in Chronological...

Price: $1,500

(Ohio).

Railway and Township and Map of Ohio.

Cincinnati, Ohio: E. Mendenhall 157 Main Street, 1867. Read More about Railway and Township and Map of Ohio

Price: $550

Ortelius, Abraham.

Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannica Insularum Descriptio. Double-page Map of England, Scotland and Ireland, with Royal Crest in upper...

np: [c. 1590]. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish geographer of German origin. His major work, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570, with later revisions and addenda) was the first modern atlas. It was based on contemporary charts and maps, and contained a collection of plates engraved by Franz Hagenberg in a.... Read More about Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannica Insularum Descriptio. Double-page Map of England,...

Price: $750

[Ozanam, Jacques].

Methode de lever les Plans et les Cartes du terre et de mer avec toutes sortes d'instrumens, et sans instrumens.

Paris: Quay des Augiustin...Jombert, 1750. Nouvelle edition. Jacques Ozanam (1640-1718) was self-taught maths teacher. This book was very popular and was first published in 1693. There are several chapter on mapping the sea. Read More about Methode de lever les Plans et les Cartes du terre et de mer avec toutes sortes d'instrumens, et...

Price: $500

(Paris) Oudiette, Charles.

Dictionnaire Topographique des Environs de Paris, jusqu'à 20 lieues a la Ronde de Cette Capitale.

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1817. Second edition. Read More about Dictionnaire Topographique des Environs de Paris, jusqu'à 20 lieues a la Ronde de Cette Capitale

Price: $300

(Paris) Vaugondy, Robert de.

Les Promenades des Environs de Paris, en Quatre Cartes avec un plan de Paris précédées d'une Description abrégee & historique...

Paris: Chez l'Auteur et Antoine Boudet, 1761. Read More about Les Promenades des Environs de Paris, en Quatre Cartes avec un plan de Paris précédées d'une...

Price: $750

(PENNSYLVANIA) Walling, Henry F. & O.W.Gray.

New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with descriptions Historical, Scientific and Statistical. Together with a Map of the...

Philadelphia: Published by Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1872. Read More about New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with descriptions Historical, Scientific and...

Price: $600

(PENNSYLVANIA) Walling, Henry F.

New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with descriptions Historical, Scientific and Statistical. Together with a Map of the...

Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1872. Read More about New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania with descriptions Historical, Scientific and...

Price: $950

(Philadelphia).

Smith's Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity.

np: U.S.G.S. Edition of 1902 reprinted in October, 1908. Read More about Smith's Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity

Price: $150

(Planisphere).

Phillips Planisphere showing the Principal Stars visible for every hour in the year, with leather disc overlay over circular paper...

London: George Philip & Son, Geographical and Educational Depot, 22 Fleet Street, c. 1890. A planisphere -- a star chart in the form of two adjustable discs -- can be adjusted to display the visible stars for any time and date. Rotating the upper leather disc alters the stars that... Read More about Phillips Planisphere showing the Principal Stars visible for every hour in the year, with leather...

Price: $600

Rochette, L. S. de la.

A Chart of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal with the Balearic Islands and Part of the Coast of Barbary.

London: Wm. Faden, Successor to the Late T. Jeffrys, Geogr. to the King, June 28th, 1780. Second edition. Read More about A Chart of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal with the Balearic Islands and Part of the Coast of...

Price: $300

(South America) Bowen, Emannual.

An Accurate Map of South America drawn from the Best Modern Maps and Charts and Regulated by Astrological Observations.

London: [1747]. Read More about An Accurate Map of South America drawn from the Best Modern Maps and Charts and Regulated by...

Price: $250

(South America).

Carte de la Terre Ferme, du Perou, du Bresil, et du Pays des Amazones, Dressée sur les Mémoires les plus...

Price: $300

(St. Lawrence River).

Chisholm‘s Panorama of the River St. Lawrence.

N.P. [probably Montreal: C.R. Chisholm & Bros., 1860s]. Drawn by Alfred R. Waud, Boston. The map shows the St. Lawrence from Horseshoe Falls and Cynthia Island to Quebec with illustrations. Read More about Chisholm‘s Panorama of the River St. Lawrence

Price: $200

Stanford, Edward.

Davies' Central Europe. Map of Central Europe Containing all the Railways in use with the Stations, also the Principal Roads...

London: Stanford, 6, Charing Cross Road, July 28, 1870. Stanford's Series of New Library Maps. Read More about Davies' Central Europe. Map of Central Europe Containing all the Railways in use with the...

Price: $500

Starling, Thomas.

Geographical Annual or Family Cabinet Atlas.

London: Published for the Proprietors by Mr. Bull Holles Street, Cavendish Square, 1832. First edition. Read More about Geographical Annual or Family Cabinet Atlas

Price: $900

(Stereographic Maps) Woodman, T. I and H. Mutlow.

Two engraved maps.

[London: Harrison & Co, 1783-1784]. Maps of the Hemispheres. The first “A General Stereographic Map, on the Plane of the Meridian” and the other showing a “Stereographic Projection on the Plane of the Horizon” and “Orthographic Projection on the pLane of the Meridian”. Read More about Two engraved maps

Price: $150