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A Landmark American Map, Printed by 1. Evans, Lewis: GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND MECHANICAL ESSAYS. THE FIRST, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS OF A GENERAL MAP OF THE MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. . . . : B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1755. Folding handcolored engraved map, 20¾ x 27¼ inches. Map backed on linen. Text: iv, 32pp. Quarto. Full tan polished tree calf by Riviere, red morocco label, a.e.g. Scattered light foxing. Very good. One of the most important maps of the British colonies done prior to that time, and its publication was a milestone in the development of Independence, a landmark in American cartography and an impor- printing arts in the colonial period”—Schwartz & Ehrenberg. tant Franklin printing. “The map is considered by historians to be the Evans’ map, which drew from his original surveys and Fry and Jef- most ambitious performance of its kind undertaken in America up to ferson’s 1753 map of Virginia, acknowledges French claims to all lands northwest of St. Lawrence Fort, resulting in criticism from New York. description of the Ohio country, and gives a good description of Despite the controversy, Evans’s work was very popular (there were the Carolina back country. The map was the authority for settling eighteen editions between 1755 and 1814), and was famously used by boundary disputes in the region. This is a rare example of the first General Braddock during the French and Indian War. issue of the map with lovely full period hand-coloring. Many cop- The accompanying text gives a detailed geographical description ies of Evans’ tract do not include the map, and only some copies are of the middle and southern colonies, particularly notable for an early fully colored, as is this copy. $280,000.

Early South Carolina Map 2. Mortier, Pierre: CARTE PARTICULIERE DE LA CAROLINE DRESSÉE SU LES MEMORIES LE PLUS NOUVEAUX PAR LE SIEUR S*** . Amsterdam: P. Mortier. [1700]. Engraved map, with original outline color, 19¼ x 24¼ inches. Very good. This is the first map of South Carolina to be printed outside of by John Thornton and Robert Morden. All topographical details England, and was included as part of Pierre Mortier’s Suite de Nep- are identical to those of its antecedent; however, most of the place tune François, published in Amsterdam in 1700. It is often incor- names have been Gallicized. Importantly, however, Mortier labeled rectly attributed to Nicolas Sanson. The map, here in the first state, over 250 plantations with their proprietor’s names, far more than embraces most of South Carolina from the Santee River in the any previous map. The street grid of Charleston is outlined, and the north, to the South Edisto River in the south. It is directly derived network of roads connecting the various settlements is delineated. from the extremely rare A New Map [of] South Carolina of 1695 $9500. Famed Dutch Map of the Northeast 3. Doncker, Hendrick, and Gerard Van Keulen: A CHART OF THE SEA COASTS OF NEW NEDER LAND, VIRGINIA, NEW-ENGLAND, AND PENN-SILVANIA, WITH THE CITTY OF PHILADELPHIA, FROM BASTON TO CABO KARRIK. Amsterdam. [ca. 1706]. Engraved map, 21¼ x 24¾ inches. With wide margins, overall a strong impression. A beautifully printed example of the Doncker-van Keulen chart of the plates acquired by Johannes van Keulen (1654–1715), who also took American coast from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Boston. over Doncker’s store and made it into a workshop. He reissued this This is a classic Dutch sea chart of the northeast American coast, with chart with various changes (most notably reworking the cartouche insets of Holme’s plan of Philadelphia and Boston Harbor. of the original into the inset of Boston Harbor). The chart in its new First issued by the well-known Dutch publisher of maritime form appeared around 1706. The inset of Philadelphia is derived works, Hendrick Doncker (1626–99) in 1688, this striking chart of from the Dutch edition of Thomas Holme’s famous 1683 plan. the northeast coast of North America was one of many Doncker $18,500. The Famous “Beaver Map” 4. Moll, Herman: A NEW AND EXACT MAP OF THE DOMINIONS OF THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN ON YE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA. . . . . [1731]. Engraved map, with period outline color, on two joined sheets. Overall size of joined sheets: 41¼ x 24¾ inches. Expertly repaired tears to folds. Very good. An attractive copy of state four (of five) of the famous Beaver map of the English and French colonies in North America. This map was one of the first and most important carto- graphic documents relating to the ongoing dispute between France and Great Britain over boundaries separating their respective American colonies. The British colonies according to British claims are outlined in red, with the French very lightly outlined in blue. All territory south of the St. Law- rence River and eastern Great Lakes is shown as British. Numerous notations relating to territorial claims, Indian tribes, the fur trade, and the condition of the land cover the face of the map. This map shows the early 18th-century postal routes in the British colonies, and is frequently called the first American postal map. There are four insets, including a large map of coastal South Carolina, a plan of Charleston, and a map of Florida and the Deep South. The most striking feature is the large vignette which gives the map its popular name. It consists of an early view of Niagara Falls, with a colony of beavers at work in the foreground. $35,000. A Primary British Map of Colonial New England 5. [Mead, Braddock, alias John Green]: A MAP OF THE MOST INHABITED PART OF NEW ENGLAND CONTAINING THE PROVINCES OF MASSACHUSETS BAY AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH THE COLONIES OF CONECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND, DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS. . . . [London]: Thomas Jefferys, Nov. 29, 1774. Engraved map, with contemporary outline hand-color, folding, as issued, in 24 sections backed onto linen. Overall size: 39½ x 41½ inches. In fine condition, with some spotting and toning. The largest and most detailed map of New England that had yet of latitude. Importantly, this map contains two highly-detailed car- been published, and one of the great maps of the east coast of tographic insets, one of the city of Boston (upper left), and another America. of Boston Harbor on the lower right sheet. The present map is the This is the grandest, most accurate and detailed map of New third edition and fifth overall state of this work, after the first of England produced during the British colonial period. It depicts the 1755, with little alteration from the previous issue beyond the altered entire region from Long Island Sound up north to the line of 44° 30´ imprint. $15,000. “The most ambitious cartographical work to come from America before the Revolution . . .”—Wroth 6. Scull, Nicholas: TO THE HONOURABLE THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN ESQRS . . . THIS MAP OF THE IMPROVED PART OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. IS HUMBLY DEDICATED BY NICHOLAS SCULL . Philadelphia. 1759. Engraved map on six sheets, joined as three. Each of the three sheets approximately 31 x 21½ inches. Excellent condition, with three short repaired tears, very minor age toning at the sheet edges. Overall in remarkable unsophisticated condition. The first map of Pennsylvania to be published in America. Scull (1687–1761) was born in Philadelphia and is thought to have been apprenticed at a young age to William Penn’s surveyor, Thomas Holme. In 1719 he became deputy sur- veyor of Philadelphia County, eventually ascending to the surveyor generalship of Penn- sylvania in 1748. Dedicated to the colony’s proprietors, this is among the largest and finest maps produced in America to that date. The map depicts Philadelphia, Bucks, Northampton, Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Cumberland, and York Counties, and is based on Scull’s own surveys as well as the reports of others. In addi- tion, some information was gleaned from printed sources, including the important Fry- Jefferson map. The importance and accuracy of this large-scale map is underscored by the fact that a copy of it was among the maps hung by the Board of War at Philadelphia in August 1776, twenty years after the map’s publication. The map was engraved by James Turner (d. 1759), a Philadelphia silver- smith and protégé of Benjamin Franklin. Scull’s 1759 map of Penn- sylvania is very rare, with less than a dozen known institu- tional copies. Only a few have appeared at auction in the last half century, most notably in the sales of the collections of Thomas W. Streeter, Howard E. Welsh, and Laird U. Park (this copy). $185,000. One of three sheets, western sheet shown. A Very Early Manuscript Map of Western Pennsylvania 7. Hooper, Robert Lettis, Jr.: [MANUSCRIPT MAP OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA] . [Np, but likely northwest Pennsylvania. ca. 1770]. Manuscript map on two joined pieces of paper, measuring 15 x 15½ inches total. Old folds. Three very small separations at the folds with no real loss, some wrinkling, else near fine. An intriguing, detailed, and very rare manuscript map of north- just to the north and east of Pittsburgh (which is not shown) in the western Pennsylvania, created by noted surveyor and soldier Robert southwest. The dominant feature of the map is the “Allegany River,” Lettis Hooper, Jr. The map encompasses the present-day Pennsyl- shown snaking its way north and east to its headwaters. Two roads vania counties of Erie, Crawford, Venango, Armstrong, Jefferson, are indicated on the map in dotted lines, one showing the “road from and Clarion, a district that would later become famous due to its oil Fort Pitt to Wenango,” and the other, in the far northeast, marking and gas deposits. In fact, “Oil Spring” and “Oil C[reek]” are shown the “Indian Path to Cayuga.” in the northeast corner of the map. The scale of the map is fifteen A great colonial manuscript map of northwestern Pennsylvania. miles to an inch, and covers the area from Presque Isle on Lake Erie $25,000. (site of the present-day city of Erie) in the northwest to the region Important Map of the South Carolina Coast 8. Gascoigne, John, and William Faden: A PLAN OF PORT ROYAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SURVEY’D BY CAPN. JOHN GASCOIGNE. London: Jefferys & Faden, [1776]. Engraved sea chart. Sheet size: 32½ x 25¾ inches. In excellent condition, on a full, untrimmed sheet. A very rare and highly detailed sea chart, the most important map conducted by Captain John Gascoigne, assisted by his brother of South Carolina’s Port Royal Sound and Hilton Head made in James. the early days of the Revolutionary War, in the first state. This This chart would most certainly have been used by commanders very finely engraved and immensely detailed chart was superior in formulating their battle plans during the Revolutionary War. to all other maps printed of the region, and was one of the most This is significant, as Port Royal Sound was one of the South’s finest detailed and accurate of any such map of the American coastline. harbors, and both sides in the conflict believed that possession of the The immense detail of the hydrography was the result of surveys area was of great strategic importance. $12,000. New Jersey at the Outset of the Revolution 9. Faden, William, and Bernard Ratzer: THE PROVINCE OF NEW JERSEY, DIVIDED INTO EAST AND WEST, COMMONLY CALLED THE JERSEYS. London: Wm. Faden, Dec. 1, 1777. Engraved map. Sheet size: 32 x 24 inches. In good condition. The first state of one of the finest and most celebrated maps of New of Long Island, eastern Pennsylvania, and all of Delaware Bay. The Jersey, produced during the Revolutionary War. county divisions, major roads and towns are all carefully depicted, This elegant composition depicts New Jersey in finely engraved indicating that New Jersey was, by the standards of the time, heavily detail at a large scale of seven miles to an inch. The map was the populated, having over 120,000 inhabitants. grandest representation of the state made up to that time, taking in This copy of this important map, features a strong impression and the entire breadth of the state, as well as the Hudson Valley, most good margins. $30,000. American Military Pocket Atlas 10. Sayer, Robert, and John Bennet [publishers]: THE AMERICAN MILITARY POCKET ATLAS; BEING AN APPROVED COLLECTION OF CORRECT MAPS, BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES; ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH NOW ARE, OR PROBABLY MAY BE THE THEATRE OF WAR. . . . London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. 7pp., plus six engraved maps, handcolored in outline. Original half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Boards with an expected amount of rubbing and wear. A few instances of neat, closed separations along the crossfolds of the maps, but with no loss. Repaired closed tear in left edge of Brassier map. Some soiling at the edges of the maps. A very handsome copy, in completely original condition—as it The atlas included the “maps that the British high command would have been when carried by a British officer during the Ameri- regarded as providing essential topographical information in the most can War. convenient form” (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). The six maps include The “Holster Atlas” was one of the most important atlases of the Samuel Dunn’s general map of North America; Dunn’s map of the American Revolution, designed for use in the field. It was published West Indies; a map of the Northeast and eastern Canada; a version of by Sayer and Bennet at the suggestion of Governor George Pownall, the Lewis Evans map of the middle colonies; the Romans map of the and was meant to be used by British officers. Although the publish- Southern colonies; and Brassier’s map of Lake Champlain. ers claimed the atlas would fit into an officer’s pocket, it was more An important collection of Revolutionary-era American maps, usually carried in a holster and thus gained its nickname. The atlas meant to be used by British officers in the theatre of war, and here in was generally bound in an octavo format, as is the case in this copy. handsome original condition. $32,500.

Click on blue links to view complete descriptions of the items and additional images where applicable. Revolutionary War Map of 11. Sauthier, Claude Joseph: A TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE NORTHERN PART OF NEW YORK ISLAND, EXHIBITING THE PLAN OF FORT WASHINGTON, NOW FORT KNYPHAUSEN, WITH THE REBELS LINES TO THE SOUTHWARD, WHICH WERE FORCED BY THE TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE RT. HONBLE. EARL PERCY, ON THE 16th NOVR 1776. . . . London: Published by Wm. Faden, March 1, 1777. Engraved map, with period outline color. Sheet size: 22½ x 15⅛ inches. Some light old surface soiling, else very good. This is one of a small hand- ful of Revolutionary War battle plans that relate to the City of New York. Sauthier’s delineation of upper Man- hattan was the most accurate and detailed to date. After the British occupa- tion of New York, George Washington evacuated Man- hattan except for Fort Wash- ington at the northern tip of the island. The British under Gen. Howe moved north and attacked the main American army at White Plains in October 1776, but the Ameri- cans still remained in control of Fort Washington behind their forward lines. On November 16 the Brit- ish mounted a six-column attack on the fort that forced the Americans to surrender. Washington’s decision not to evacuate Fort Washington was one of his most serious tactical errors of the war. Almost three thousand men were taken prisoner, and the British seized large quanti- ties of supplies and weapons. Four days later Gen. Corn- wallis was sent to take Fort Lee on the opposite New Jer- sey shore, but the Americans stationed there had retreated. Sauthier illustrated the four phases of the attack with the letters A through D. The key at right identi- fies the first attack as that by Gen. Knyphausen, the second by Matthews and Cornwallis, the third as a feint, and the fourth by Lord Percy. $9500. The Earliest General Map of the Trans-Appalachian Country, Accompanied by the Text of Hutchins’ Work 12. Hutchins, Thomas: A NEW MAP OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA. . . . London. 1778. Folding map, 36¼ x 44 inches, on four joined sheets, with bright period outline wash color. A little brown- ing at joints. Overall a fine copy. Accompanied by the text of Hutchins’ work (see description below).

A remarkable work of American cartography, being both the first This copy of the map is accompanied by Hutchins’Topographical true general map of the American Midwest and the first meaning- Description. . . . London. 1778. [2], ii, 67pp. plus two folding maps and ful large-scale depiction of the trans-Appalachian Country. This folding table. Bound in half calf and marbled paper boards. Ex-lib. great map extends from western New York in the northeast, Cape with perforated stamp on titlepage and a few other minor library Fear in the southeast, the Wisconsin River in the northwest, to the marks. The text is here in the first edition, second state, with errors Arkansas River in the southwest. Hutchins compiled this map from corrected on the titlepage and in the text, and no errata leaf. As the his exhaustive personal surveys, and information gathered from most accomplished geographer in America, Hutchins’ exact descrip- many sources. This 1778 map was the foundation document for the tion of the regions west of the Alleghenies was the best available at mapping of the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century. It is filled with the time of the Revolution. exhaustive data throughout, with a fascinating series of notes or $150,000. “legends” interspersed among the geographical details. Sailing Chart for Delaware Bay 13. Des Barres, Joseph F. Wallet: A CHART OF DELAWAR[E] BAY WITH SOUNDINGS AND NAUTICAL OBSERVATIONS . . . COMPOSED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE USE OF PILOTAGE. . . . London: Published by J. F. W. Des Barres, June 1st, 1779. Engraved map, plate size: 30¼ x 22⅛ inches. Twelve-inch repaired tear from bottom edge, parallel to centerfold. Thin, uneven margins. Four-inch repaired split from bottom in centerfold, else very good. An outstanding sea chart of the Delaware coast from The Atlan- tic Neptune, which is universally recognized as one of the most magnificent atlases ever made. Published for the use of the Brit- ish Navy, this chart shows the major part of the Delaware coast, from Rehobeth to Bombay Hook, as well as the opposing south New Jersey shore. Des Barres, of Swiss-Huguenot extraction, studied under the great mathematician, Daniel Bernoulli, at the University of Basel, before immigrating to Britain where he trained at the Royal Military Col- lege, Woolwich. From 1762, Des Barres was enlisted to survey the coastline of eastern Canada, while his colleague, Samuel Holland, charted the New England coast. He also managed to gain access to some surveys of the American South, Cuba, and Jamaica. In 1774, Des Barres returned to England where he began work on The Atlantic Neptune. His dedication to the project was so strong that he continually updated and added new charts and views up until 1784, often at his own expense. The Atlantic Neptune, the most celebrated sea atlas, contained the first systematic survey of the east coast of North America. This chart of the Delaware Bay is notable for its detail and accu- racy, as well as the elegance of its design. $10,000. Preparations to Rebuild Spain’s Greatest Defensive Position on the Pacific 14. [Mexico]: PROJECTO DE UN CASTILLO PARA DEFENSA DE LA ENTRADA DEL PUERTO DE ACAPULCO [manuscript caption title]. [Acapulco. 1778]. Original hand-drawn plan, 34 x 26 inches, backed on linen. Occasional small tears along folds, some minor expert repairs. Colors remain bright and clean. Old institutional label on verso. Very good. A detailed plan showing the proposed reconstruction of the Fort of to 2000 men. Among the areas indicated are troops’ quarters, the San Diego at Acapulco. The fort was originally built in 1615 by the armory, and water tanks. The water holding system was particularly Dutch engineer, Adrian Boot, to protect the bustling commercial ingenious, based on a revolutionary plan for preserving rainwater. port from pirates drawn, no doubt, by the annual visit of the famed Such plans were often executed in multiple copies by colonial offi- Galleon of Manila. After an earthquake destroyed the original fort cials (this copy marked “Copia No. 5” at upper right) for use in both in 1776, Spanish officials set out to build a grander and more -effi Spain and Mexico. cient structure. This effort coincided with a general revitalization of While similar plans survive in the Spanish Department of the the defenses of New Spain which marked the 1770s. The result was Marine and like institutions, they are extremely rare in the market. an impressive advance in military engineering. The fort features an A tremendous illustration of Spain’s most important Pacific coast uncommon “pentastar” structure and was capable of quartering up defensive bulwark. $9500. With an Extraordinary Map of the Isthmus of Darien, and a Plan for a Canal at the time of the Nootka Controversy 15. La Bastide, Martin de: MEMOIRE SUR UN NOUVEAU PASSAGE DE LA MER DU NORD A LA MER DU SUD . Paris. 1791. [4], 70pp. plus large colored folding map, 20 x 22 inches. [4]pp. pamphlet bound in at the rear. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine richly gilt. Small hole in titlepage, repaired with tissue, a couple instances of very minor light foxing. Manuscript correction to two lines on one page. Near fine, untrimmed. A rare and exceptionally early plan for building a canal across the British and Spanish activities in the Pacific Northwest, as those two Isthmus of Darien, thereby connecting the Atlantic and Pacific nations had just settled many of the controversial issues regarding oceans, and containing a fabulous map of the region. From the ear- Nootka Sound. liest attempts to find a northwest passage, the desire to find a sea The beautiful large folding map in this copy has striking con- route across the Americas, thereby linking Europe with Asia, had temporary color, and shows Nicaragua between the ninth and thir- been a long-standing goal. This text is one of the earliest propos- teenth parallels, giving a clear depiction of the proposed route across als for a water route across Nicaragua, a route that was considered the river San Juan, into Lake Nicaragua, and then across another a viable option until the construction of the Panama Canal in the small body of land and into the “Golfe de Papagayo.” The map, often early 20th century. Bastide explains in great detail the feasibility lacking from copies of this work, is a fine cartographic representa- and course of the route, and the great advantages that it would give tion of the region, showing the river systems and mountain ranges, to France. Significantly, it would help the French keep an eye on as well as significant cities and volcanoes. $15,000. Extremely Rare Map of the American Victory at Yorktown 16. Bauman, Sebastian: TO HIS EXCELLENCY GENL. WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS PLAN OF THE INVESTMENT OF YORK AND GLOUCESTER . . . IS MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S OBEDIENT AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT, SEBASTN. BAUMAN. . . . Philadelphia. 1782. Engraved map, with original hand-coloring. Sheet size: 27 x 18⅞ inches. Some minor creases on verso from previous folding, restoration to margins beyond plate mark, else very good. The only detailed battle plan of York- town published in America, and an iconic representation of the battle that secured American independence. Within three days of the British surrender on Octo- ber 19, 1781, Major Sebastian Bauman, an American artil- lery officer, took the field and carefully surveyed the terrain and battle positions at Yorktown. A native of Germany, Bauman immigrated to America after service in the Aus- trian army. During the Revolution he served in the cam- paigns in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and was in command of the artillery at West Point, before joining Washing- ton at the siege of Yorktown. Bauman spent six days sur- veying the battlefield at Yorktown. His manuscript draft was quickly sent to Philadelphia, where it was engraved by Robert Scot to be sold by subscription. As a participant for the winning side, Bauman was able to spend more time surveying the field than the British engineers who were bottled up in Yorktown. Thus Bauman’s plan is a legendary rarity which almost never appears he was able to include an extensive area to the south of the town that on the market. Its scarcity is due to the fact that it was separately does not appear on the best British plans, such as those published published by subscription only. Relatively few sheets were printed, by Faden and Des Barres. The location of the French and American and very few of those survived. Wheat & Brun locate eight institu- positions is necessarily more detailed and informed. As it appeared tional copies. To these we can add four copies known to us in private in print before the British plans, it was the first survey of the Siege American collections. $250,000. of Yorktown made available to the American public.

One of the Most Important Early Maps of the United States 17. Faden, William: THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA WITH THE BRITISH & SPANISH TERRITORIES ACCORD - ING TO THE TREATY OF 1784. [London]. 1785. Engraved map, with full original color. Sheet size: 20¾ x 26½ inches. Trimmed to plate mark bottom margin, neatlines intact, mounted on silk mending a split at center fold, large lateral margins. Very good. Faden’s maps of the United States represent one of the most impor- American, British, and Spanish territories, and the coasts of tant cartographic depictions of the newly independent republic. Newfoundland. The present map is the fourth issue of the fourteen total iterations The Treaty of Paris established the new United States from the (including the parent plan and thirteen subsequent issues), and is Atlantic to the Mississippi. Unfortunately, the source of the Mis- one of the extremely rare first five appellations of this series which sissippi had not been determined, though the map provides two almost never appear on the market. The Faden maps comprise a possible “Mississippi River by Conjecture” sites. Consequently, no critical and fascinating series of historical documents regarding the definitive northwestern border could be determined., and this map political development of the United States, especially since each shows open western borders for every state from Georgia to Penn- issue captures a distinct stage in America’s process of transforma- sylvania, except South Carolina. The composition is completed by tive change. The present map depicts the United States with its an extremely fine title cartouche, which depicts a scene in which new boundaries as determined by the Treaty of Paris at the end of slaves prepare barrels, bundles, and bales for export. the Revolutionary War. The map is beautifully colored to identify $18,500. A Cartographic Rarity 18. Carey, Mathew: THE GENERAL ATLAS FOR CAREY’S EDITION OF GUTHRIE’S GEOGRAPHY IMPROVED. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, May 1, 1795. Letterpress title mounted on a larger sheet uniform in size to the maps. 44 engraved maps, each handcolored (some folding). Extra-illustrated with an additional map of the United States. Folio. Bound to style in half 18th-century calf over contem- porary marbled paper covered boards. A few tears expertly repaired, some discoloration. [with:] Guthrie, William: A NEW SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794 [vol. 1]; 1795 [vol. 2]. Quarto. Tanning and foxing as usual. An American cartographic rarity: Carey’s 1795 “Guthrie Atlas”—the the United States by American mapmakers and publishers. One first edition of the first general atlas published in the United States. of them, Mathew Carey, was a pioneer in producing cartographic This a unique copy with the maps handcolored at a contemporary works . . . In 1795 Carey published The General Atlas for Carey’s Edi- date, and extra-illustrated with a map of the United States. The tion of Guthrie’s Geography Improved. William Guthrie’s popular maps are usually folded; here they are edge bound to create a larger textbook was originally issued in London in 1770”–Ristow. format atlas, complete with its rare accompanying text. Eighteen of Colored copies of pre-1814 Carey atlases are extraordinarily rare. the maps are of the United States. $37,500. “Following the Revolution, there was considerable activity in A Most Important American Atlas and the First Color Plate Published in America 19. Reid, John, and W. Winterbotham: THE AMERICAN ATLAS. . . . [with:] An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America. . . . New York. 1796. Reid atlas: Title-leaf plus twenty folding maps (without the added folding plan of Washington, not found in most copies). Folio. Titlepage and maps expertly washed and rehinged, signs of foxing remaining on a few maps. Gutter margin on Maine map expertly refurbished. Overall a very good copy. Winterbotham text: Four volumes. Twenty-two (of twenty-six) plates (one in color), lacking portraits of Washington, Penn and Franklin. Also lacks the plan of Washington called for in the third volume. The Reid atlas is one of the rarest and most interesting of Ameri- although the two are usually found separately. Most of the hand- can atlases, preceded only by the 1795 Carey atlas as the earliest some plates illustrate birds, quadrupeds and reptiles found in the United States atlas. It includes detailed engraved maps of North West Indies, but the color plate represents the tobacco plant. These and South America, and the United States, with individual maps of are some of the earliest natural history plates produced in Phila- New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, delphia. The plate of the tobacco plant is the first color plate regu- Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and larly published in an American book, here present in a very good Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, impression. Georgia, Tennessee, and the West Indies. A rare and important American atlas, with the accompanying The Winterbotham text properly accompanies the Reid atlas, text volumes, in nice condition. $17,500.

Click on blue links to view complete descriptions of the items and additional images where applicable. Earliest American Chart of the North Carolina Coast 20. [Norman, John]: CHART OF THE COAST OF AMERICA FROM CAPE HATERAS [sic] TO CAPE ROMAN FROM THE ACTUAL SURVEYS OF DL. DUNBIBIN E sq. [Boston: John Norman, 1794]. Engraved sea chart, on two joined sheets. Overall sheet size: 21¼ x 33 inches. Very good. An early issue of the earliest American chart of the North Carolina pilot). This state can be discerned by the addition of “New Inlet” just coast. north of Cape Fear. Additional issues were published through 1803. Wheat & Brun and others, speculate that the original version of The American Revolution brought to an end Britain’s leading role this map was separately published in 1761, citing an advertisement in the mapping of America. The task now fell to the American pub- in the September 14, 1761 Boston Gazette for a map of the Carolina lishing industry, still in its infancy, but with first-hand access to the coast by Daniel Dunbibin. No copy of this 1761 map is known to new surveys that were documenting the rapid growth of the nation. exist. It is believed, however, that John Norman re-used the original In particular, there was a need for nautical charts for use by the printing plate for this map, or closely copied a surviving example, expanding New England commercial fleets. Norman’sThe American when he published the first edition of hisThe American Pilot in 1791. Pilot, the second American atlas of any kind, met this need. The This example of Norman’s chart of the North Carolina coastline American Pilot is one of the rarest of all American atlases, and one of is present here in its third state (i.e. preceded by the 1761 first issue, the very few published during the 18th century. $75,000. and second issue copies from the 1791 and 1792 editions of Norman’s Philadelphia When It Was the Capital of the United States 21. Hills, John: THIS PLAN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS, SHEWING THE IMPROVED PARTS, IS DEDICATED TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND CITIZENS THEREOF . London. 1798. Engraved map printed on a single elephant folio sheet, with 54 numbered references. Sheet size: 27¾ x 38 inches. Very good. The best map of Philadelphia published during its time as the capi- necessary for Hills to send his plan to London for publication. tal of the United States. Engraved by John Cooke, the plan was published by the Boydells at Hills was one of the most talented and prolific British surveyors the end of 1797, although it also included an imprint by Hills offering working during the Revolutionary War. During the Philadelphia the map for sale in Philadelphia. The large size of this plan allowed Campaign of 1777–78 and later actions in the New Jersey theatre, Hills to name and locate each of the dozens of wharves along the Hills drafted a magnificent series of manuscript battle plans, and Delaware and to give the details of construction then existing in larger regional campaign maps. After the war Hills seems to have every city block to, and even beyond, the Schuylkill. This is the sec- settled in Philadelphia, and in 1796 he drafted this impressive map, ond issue of the map (with the Boydell imprint below the neat line) receiving the commendation of the mayor, Matthew Clarkson. which was issued very shortly after the first. Both states are very rare. To ensure the best quality of engraving and printing, it was still $27,500.

Expanded descriptions of these and many more items relating to American cartography may be had by request, or found on our website: www.williamreesecompany.com The First Official Map of Massachusetts 22. Carleton, Osgood: MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS PROPER COMPILED FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT, AND UNDER THE INSPECTION OF AGENTS OF THEIR APPOINTMENT . [Boston. 1801]. Engraved map with original outline color, 31¾ x 46¾ inches. Dissected and mounted on contemporary linen. In good condition, with light foxing. The revised, much improved, and first “official” edition of the most The map is drawn on a scale of four miles to the inch, and gives a important early map of Massachusetts. This edition is a great clear delineation of the boundaries and coastline of the state of Mas- improvement over Carleton’s 1798 original (which was rejected for sachusetts, and of the borders of each town in the state. The distance official sanction by the government of the Commonwealth) in sev- of each town from Boston and from their respective county seat is eral ways. First, the coastline and coastal islands have been more given, and major roads and streams are shown. Public and private correctly rendered, largely due to the fact that information from institutions, including academies, meetinghouses, courthouses, etc., the charts of Joseph Des Barres was incorporated. Secondly, roads are located, as are topographical features such as mountains, ponds, and streams that had been left incomplete in the earlier map were rivers, and streams. extended. Lastly, some of the clutter of the 1798 map, engraved by A very rare, important, and early map of Massachusetts. Carleton’s partner, John Norman, was removed, and the map is more $35,000. attractive and informative, with the lines cleaner and crisper. With Three Engraved Maps 23. Melish, John: MILITARY DOCUMENTS: CONSISTING OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. . . . Philadelphia. 1814. 34, 18, 29, 44pp. plus three maps. Contemporary roan backed marbled boards, old manuscript label on front cover. Very good. A rare, cartographically-illustrated work by John Melish, meant to complement his earlier War of 1812 maps. In 1813, Melish first published his “Map of the Seat of War in North America,” with a new edition from a new plate appearing shortly thereafter. The success of that map led Melish to separately publish his “Map of the Southern Section of the United States,” as well as a map of the Straits of Detroit. In 1814, Melish packaged these three maps together, along with the three smaller maps found in the present work, and published his Military and Topographical Atlas. Appar- ently seeing a market for the work to those who had already purchased the three large maps separately (or to those who wished to purchase them separately), Melish in 1815 published the present work which encompassed his Atlas without the three large maps. The three maps in this volume are “View of the Coun- try round the Falls of Niagara,” “East End of Lake Ontario,” and “Plan of Montreal, with a map of the Islands & Adjoining Country.” This work is not well known. Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC together locate a total of only three other extant copies. Not in the NUC, Howes, or the Servies bibliography of Florida. This copy bears the ownership signatures of two members of the United States Army on the front free endpaper, James Muhlenberg Bailey, who fought in the War of 1812, and C.A. Waite, a career sol- dier decorated for his service in the Mexican War. $8500. A Major Early Map of Ohio, and the First to Show All Surveys 24. Hough, Benjamin, and Alexander Bourne: A MAP OF THE STATE OF OHIO FROM ACTUAL SURVEY. Philadelphia: John Melish, 1815. Folding map, 46 x 51 inches, partially handcolored, backed on linen. Minor insect damage to linen, not affecting map. A very nice copy. The second map devoted to the state of Ohio, a greatly expanded first map of Ohio to show all the actual surveys within the inhabited and revised version of the first, issued in 1807. Hough and Bourne part of the state” (Ristow). were General Land Office surveyors who took over and improved A quite rare map, with no copy appearing in Antique Map Price the work of the surveyor general of the United States, Jared F. Records, nor is there a copy in Rumsey. The Streeter copy, the last Mansfield. They evidently bought the copyright to Mansfield’s work to appear in book auction records, was sold by this firm to the Yale after he was killed in the War of 1812, then substantially expanded Map Collection in 1982. $75,000. it, based on their own surveys. This map, with their revisions, is “the Boyë’s Famed Map of Virginia 25. Boyë, Herman: A MAP OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA (REDUCED) FROM THE NINE SHEET MAP OF THE STATE, IN CONFORMITY TO LAW . [Philadelphia]: Engraved by H.S. Tanner and E.B. Dawson, [1827]. Printed on four sheets, handcolored in outline, dissected into forty sections and linen-backed at a contemporary date. Sheet size: Approximately 31¼ x 39½ inches. Folds into contemporary half roan over marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed at joints. Minor toning overall, minor separations at folds, else very good. A nice example of Boyë’s rare and famed map of Virginia. In 1816 the 400 copies were printed; and a reduced version (the present copy) Virginia legislature passed ordinances for each county to provide an printed on four sheets on a scale of one inch to ten miles, of which accurate chart, so that a state map could be compiled. In 1819, John 800 copies were printed. Copies of both the large and reduced ver- Wood was appointed chief surveyor for the project. Wood died in sion of the original 1826 map are very scarce, with no copies of either 1822, after completing a large number of manuscript county survey appearing in the auction records or the Antique Map Price Record. maps. Herman Boyë, a Danish emigrant living in Richmond, was The last copy of the reduced version that we could trace on the mar- appointed to succeed Wood. Although the county surveys and maps ket was sold by Edward Eberstadt in 1963. were finished, it took Boyë, a trained engineer, another five years to The present copy of the Boyë map carries an important Virginia bring the project to a successful conclusion provenance to John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), a leading Two versions of the map were produced: a very large version southern anti-Federalist and a fierce advocate of states’ rights. printed on nine sheets at a scale of one inch to the mile, of which $47,500. Wall Map of the United States in 1825 26. Vance, David H.: MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC INFORMATION. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, [1825–1829]. Wall map, 51 x 61 inches, with full period color. Expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in burgundy cloth, and on contemporary rollers. Very good. This is the very scarce second edition of the finest general map of northern boundary of the U.S. at that latitude. the United States published since Melish’s map of 1816. Rumsey As with most maps of the nation published before 1850, Finley describes the map as “Scarce . . . Contemporary with Lay’s [map of includes only that portion east of approximately the 101st meridian. the U.S.] but a much more ambitious production.” The large inset The map is quite rare in any edition, and was unknown in any edition “Map of North America including all of the Recent Geographical to Wheat, who notes only Finley’s 1826 atlas maps. Discoveries” (18 x 20 inches) shows the northern Pacific boundary $12,000. of the United States at 54º, probably the earliest map to show the Southwest quadrant of North American map shown.

The Greatest United States Atlas to That Time 27. Tanner, Henry S.: A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS CONTAINING MAPS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION. . . . Philadelphia. 1825. Letterpress half title, 1p. index, and 18pp. text. Eighteen fine handcolored engraved maps (16 double-page, 2 folding). Folio. Expertly bound to style in half calf over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. Very good. A fine copy of the second edition of “one the most magnificent best existing published sources. atlases ever published in the United States,” engraved during the The evident high cost of production meant that the publishers “Golden Age of American Cartography” (Ristow). took the decision to issue the maps originally in five separate parts Tanner’s New American Atlas contains the most accomplished which were published from 1819 to 1823. A first collected edition was series of maps of America that had yet appeared in an atlas. Of the published in 1823, and this second revised edition appeared in 1825. greatest importance were the maps of American states, which are The maps, all of which are carefully handcolored, include a world highly detailed and brilliantly colored. While New York and Florida map, four maps of continents, a map of South America on a large each had their own dedicated page, other double-page sheets show- folding sheet made up from two joined sheets (the index calls for cased multiple states at a time. As the title claims, these maps were two separate sheets), a map of North America on four sheets, and drawn up using a careful combination of original surveys and the eleven double-page maps of the various states. $85,000. Classic Overland Map 28. Preuss, Charles: TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ROAD FROM MISSOURI TO OREGON COMMENCING AT THE MOUTH OF THE KANSAS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ENDING AT THE MOUTH OF THE WALLAH-WALLAH IN THE COLUMBIA. . . . Baltimore. 1846. Seven individual sheets, each 15¾ x 26 inches, folded. Expertly bound to style in half morocco and marbled boards. Expert repairs to old folds. Very good. First issue of the first map “to show the Oregon Trail accurately” to give a real feeling of the daily progress of the expedition (in 1842 (Rumsey). One of the greatest monuments to the cartography of the and 1843, between June 10 and October 26) by including indica- American West. tors of where and when each overnight camp was set, where each Charles Preuss, born in Prussia in 1803, served as the cartogra- noon-day halt was called, and the total distance from the starting pher on Fremont’s first and second expeditions and drew all of the point of Westport Landing. Longitudinal and latitudinal coordi- maps which accompany Fremont’s reports. Preuss also produced nates are also given, as are daily “Meteorological Observations” and the present masterful map of the Oregon Trail. It is drawn to a “Remarks,” including notes on the availability of game, water, graz- very detailed scale, ten miles to an inch, and provides accurate car- ing, the friendliness (or otherwise) of local Indian tribes, and some tographical information about the whole of the 1,670 mile route quite lengthy extracts from Fremont’s Report. A second revised issue between the Missouri and the Columbia rivers. The sheets combine of this map was published in 1849. $9000.

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Click on blue links to view complete descriptions of the items and additional images where applicable. A Seminal Map of the Southwest 29. Tanner, Henry S.: A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO, AS ORGANIZED AND DEFINED BY THE SEVERAL ACTS OF CONGRESS OF TH at REPUBLIC. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1846. Engraved map on banknote paper, with original hand- color. Sheet size: 23 x 28½ inches. Very good. An important and rare map of Mexico, depicting Texas in its larg- Henry S. Tanner, of Philadelphia, was one of the most esteemed est form. This is the “1846, second edition” of Tanner’s celebrated American mapmakers of the first half of the 19th century. His 1822 map. The map embraces all of modern Mexico and the southwestern “Map of North America” was one of the most influential of the United States of America, and prominently features the new state period. In 1825 he excerpted and enlarged the portion of the map of Texas with its original extensive boundaries. Texas is portrayed pertaining to what was a newly independent Mexico, which then as an enormous Mexican state, its massive territory extending far to included the entire American southwest. Tanner’s map effectively the north and west of its modern limits, following the eastern band became the definitive source map for the region, directly informing of the Rio Grande up to its headwaters, up into the “stovepipe” to a the famous Disturnell map of 1846, the “Treaty map” initially used point touching the 42nd parallel. The geographical detailing of most to consider the demarcation of the international border following of Texas is quite accurate, as Tanner was well apprised of Stephen the Mexican-American war. $30,000. F. Austin’s surveys, a point underscored by his inclusion of “Austin’s Colony” in east-central Texas. San Francisco in the Early Years of the Gold Rush 30. MAP OF SAN FRANCISCO, COMPILED FROM LATEST SURVEYS & CONTAINING ALL LATE EXTENSIONS & DIVISIONS OF WARDS . San Francisco: Britton & Rey, [1852]. Lithographed map, 9 x 11 inches and printed on blue paper. Some browning and chipping at edges. Slight staining along the upper edge. Very good. An early and important map of the developing city of San Fran- and California streets is indicated. The “Mission Plank Road,” a toll cisco, issued as a letter sheet by the lithographic firm of Britton & road built in 1851 is also indicated. A vignette of a building in the Rey. It shows the city bounded by San Francisco Bay, the Presidio lower right corner is captioned “Page Bacon & Co.—Adams & Co.,” Ranch, and Mission Creek and Tracy Street. Most significantly, showing the offices of the important banking firms that likely com- it shows proposed extensions of the city’s waterfront area into the missioned the map. A key gives the locations of City Hall, the post bay. Speculation in these proposed lots was running rampant at the office, customs house, places of worship, etc. The map is undated, time, and the city had sold “water lots” in the central business dis- but a date of 1852 was derived from comparisons with the B. F. But- trict as early as 1847 in order to pay down municipal debt. Planked ler map of 1852 and the Zakreski map of 1853. $3750. streets are shown in darker tones, and the extra width of Market Rare Pike’s Peak Overland Guide with Important Maps 31. Redpath, James, and Richard J. Hinton: HAND-BOOK TO KANSAS TERRITORY AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS’ GOLD REGION; ACCOMPANIED BY RELIABLE MAPS AND A PRELIMINARY TREATISE ON THE PRE-EMPTION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. New York: J.H. Colton, 1859. 177pp. plus three maps on two folding sheets, and [7]pp. of ads. 16mo. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Spine ends very slightly chipped. Maps with an occasional small separation at a cross-fold, else in excellent condition. Very clean internally. Near fine. A rare Colorado gold rush guide book with three important maps of the region. The first two maps (on one sheet and both outlined in color) are “Kansas and Nebraska” and “Nebraska and Kanzas. Showing Pikes Peak and the Gold Region.” The third map is “Military Map of Parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota by Lieut. G. K. Warren from Explorations made by him in 1855–57.” The second and third maps are particularly significant, showing Denver, Montana, and as far west as Salt Lake. The text contains an account of the Kansas region, descriptions of the various routes, information on the gold discoveries in the Rockies, and advice on outfitting a trip to the gold fields. “Pre-emption” laws relate to land claims and are treated in an appendix. The authors were cor- respondents for eastern newspapers. Many of the advertisements at the rear are for rail routes to the Pike’s Peak gold region. The Eberstadts describe this guide book as the “origi- nal ‘Pike’s Peak or Bust’ overland guide.” $11,000. Sheet nine shown.

One of the Greatest American Maps, with Superb Original Color 32. Popple, Henry: A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA WITH THE FRENCH AND SPANISH SETTLEMENTS ADJACENT THERETO. London: Engrav’d by Willm. Henry Toms, 1733 [but ca. 1735]. Engraved map with full contemporary hand- coloring (with twenty-two integral inset views and plans) on 15 double-page and 5 single-page sheets, with the double-page key hand-colored in outline. With the contents leaf, laid in. Folio. Expertly bound to style in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco label. Very good. A monument to 18th-century American cartography: a highly disputes–English territory is colored red, that claimed by Spain is attractive fully colored copy of the first large-scale map of North in yellow, French territory in blue, and Dutch claims are colored America, and the first printed map to show the thirteen colonies. purple. The coloring adds a whole new dimension to a map that is Popple maps with full contemporary color are exceedingly rare, we usually only seen in its uncolored state. have handled only one other copy, and the only other comparable The map is on a grand scale: if actually assembled it would result example to have appeared at auction in the past thirty years is the in a rectangle over eight feet square. Several of the sections are illus- Siebert/Freilich copy. trated with handsome pictorial views or inset maps. Mark Babinski Popple produced this map under the auspices of the Lord has made a detailed study of the issues and states of the Popple map. Commissioners of Trade and Plantations to help settle disputes This copy is in Babinski’s state 5; the key map is in Babinski’s state 1. arising from the rival expansion of English, Spanish and French The very rare small format table of contents is present. colonies. The present copy of Popple’s map, with its full contem- $275,000. porary hand-coloring, would have been particularly useful in these

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