Thomas Hutchins' A New Map of the Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; Comprehending the River Ohio [etc.], large 3-sheet engraved case map in 32 sections, London, 1778, with manuscript additions circa 1790, sold on June 19, 2008 for a record of $168,000.

Mortier and Jaillot's Le Neptune Francois, bound with Cartes Marines a l’Usage des Armees du Roy de la Grande Bretagne, first edition, Paris and Amsterdam, 1693, sold on December 6, 2007 for a record of $96,000.

John Cowley's A New and Correct Map of the Province of North Carolina drawn from the Original of Col. Mosely’s Survey, a two-sheet pen and ink manuscript map, London, 1737, sold on June 14, 2007 for $360,000.

Martin Waldseemueller, Tabula Terre Nove, double-page wood-engraved map, Strasbourg, 1513, the first map of America to appear in an atlas, sold on June 19, 2003 for $83,900.

John Speed, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain... Together with a Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, third edition, London, 1676, with fine maps of American interest. Sold on December 11, 2003 for $79,500.

Andre Thevet, Le Nouveau Monde Descouvert et Illustre de Nostre Temps, Paris, 1581, sold on June 17, 2004 for $11,500.

Hartmann Schedel, "Secunda etas Mundi," double-page wood-engraved world map from the Latin language edition of the "Nuremberg Chronicle," Nuremberg, 1493, sold on December 12, 2002 for $13,800.

John Rocque, "A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark," massive engraved 24-sheet map, each sheet double-page, London, 1746, sold on December 12, 2002 for $8,050.

 

Gary Garland, Director
212-254-4710 ext.17 ggarland@swanngalleries.com

	THE CHRISTOPHER BOU COLLECTION OF OCEAN LINER & AVIATION MEMORABILIA March 04, 2010 The sale's first session offered an extensive collection of memorabilia including brochures, service ware, posters, company-issued photo albums and models for a large selection of ships and lines. The Normandie book illustrated on the cover brought $1,320.
	MAPS & ATLASES, LITERATURE, ART & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS Including Decorative Graphics, Plate Books, and Ephemera June 17, 2010 Featuring Robert Warner's The Orchid Album, containing 527 hand-colored lithographed plates, London, 1882-97.
	MAPS & ATLASES, BOOKS WITH PLATES, HISTORICAL PRINTS, TRAVEL BOOKS, AND EPHEMERA December 03, 2009 Offered notable atlases and maps including an extensive private collection of Holy Land maps and views, and decorative graphics such as Audubon’s Birds of America, London, 1830s.
	MAPS & ATLASES, NATURAL HISTORY, HISTORICAL PRINTS & EPHEMERA June 11, 2009 Featured desirable maps, atlases and books with plates, as well as natural history prints. A section of ephemera offered many lots of postcards. For more information click catalogue cover.