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THIS COPY OF COLTON’S WALL MAP WAS USED TO PLOT TROOP MOVEMENTS DURING THE CIVIL WAR
SMITH, John Calvin. Colton's Map of the United States of America. New York, 1854. 1854 edition of Colton’s landmark steel-engraved wall map of the United States. The manuscript cover label reads, “This map hung on the dining room wall of Schuyler Cottage at Nevis ——, N.Y. The U.S. & Confederate forces—advances & retreats marked by rows of red and black headed pins.” $20,000.
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SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF FINLEY’S GREAT 1824 NEW GENERAL ATLAS
FINLEY, Anthony, publisher. New General Atlas. Philadelphia, 1824. First edition of Anthony Finley’s first publication, his popular General Atlas, about half of which features maps of America and American states. Complete with 58 hand-colored engraved maps and two hand-colored engraved tables. $16,500.
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HAYDEN’S ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1867-78
HAYDEN, Ferdinand Vandiveer. Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey (1867-1878). Washington, 1873-83. Twelve volumes (eleven text volumes and separate octavo portfolio of folded maps). Scarce complete set of first editions of Hayden’s important surveys, profusely illustrated with nearly 700 maps and plates-many folding, many in color-and numerous in-text illustrations. A monumental primary source offering a wealth of geological, topographical, mineralogical, paleontological and zoological knowledge of the American West, including particular attention to Yellowstone National Park in the final annual report, the capstone to Hayden’s life’s work. “Yellowstone cartography was placed [by Hayden] on a vastly higher level; these must be regarded as the first modern maps of the Park” (Wheat, 349). Accompanied by scarce map portfolio containing nine very large folding maps and one sheet with three tinted panoramic views. An undisputed landmark of American natural history and cartography. $15,000.
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“THE LARGEST AND MOST DETAILED MAP OF NEW ENGLAND THAT HAD YET BEEN PUBLISHED”
(JEFFERYS, Thomas). Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England. London, 1774. 1774 printing of one of the most famous and important maps of New England, “the most influential map of this area published during the eighteenth century,” which served as a guide for British military operations in the region throughout the Revolutionary War. $12,500.
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LARGE, EARLY GOLD RUSH MAP, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE
“GOLD REGIONS” OF CALIFORNIA
ENSIGN & THAYER. Pictorial Map of the United States. New York, 1850. Original large rolling wall map of the United States, altered from Ensigns & Thayer’s 1847 imprint to feature the Gold Regions of California. $9800.
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TWO HANDSOME HAND-COLORED DE L’ISLE MAPS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
DE L’ISLE, Guillaume. America Meridionalis and America Septentrionalis. Augsburg, 1760. Guillaume de L’Isle’s fine hand-colored maps of North and South America, re-engraved sometime after 1757 by Georg Friedrich Lotter. De L’Isle is recognized as “the first scientific cartographer” (Karpinski). $7800.
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THE VALKS’ WONDERFUL LARGE HAND-COLORED WORLD MAP, WITH BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORICAL ENGRAVINGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS
VALK, Gerard and Leonard. Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accurata Tabula. Amsterdam, 1700. Magnificent large hand-colored double-hemisphere world map, based largely on Jaillot’s map of 1674, with two polar insets and elaborately engraved allegorical borders depicting the four seasons, handsomely framed. $6500.
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WITH 66 COLOR-OUTLINED FOLIO MAPS
BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel. Comprehensive Atlas. Boston, 1835. First edition of “one of the first American general atlases to supplement the maps with lengthy geographical descriptions” (Ristow, 271), with hand-colored frontispiece “The Five Varieties of the Human Race,” 66 detailed color-outlined maps (19 of the United States) and ten engraved diagrams. $6000.
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A CLASSIC OF WESTERN AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY
PREUSS, Charles. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Washington, 1845. This rare landmark of American overland cartography, Preuss’ famous 1845 map of the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and Northern California, played a critical part in westward exploration and expansion. $5000.
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POSTAL ATLAS OF CHINA, 1936, WITH 31 LARGE MAPS
CHINA. Postal Atlas of China. Nanking, 1936. First printing of the 1936 edition of this Chinese postal Atlas, with 31 color maps. $4800.
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