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Sale 99
The July 8-9, 2017 Manuscript, Space, Collectibles & Stamp Auction
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Lot 289 |
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Cuba Insula [With] Hispaniola Insula, [With] Insula Iamaica, [With] Ins. S. Ioannis, [With] I.S. Margareta Cum Confiniis, [With] Inset of Havana. Decorative map of the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Jamaica, with an inset of Havana. Mercator-Hondius, Amsterdam, 1619, 14 x 19¼"; sheet: 17¾ x 20¾". Old coloring, decorative cartouches, a sailing ship and sea creatures cavorting the the water. Latin text on verso. Very good. Estimate Value $400 - 600
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Lot 290 |
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Stabilimenti de Francesi, Inglesi, e Spagnuoli nelle Isole Antille, Venezia, 1785. Hand-colored copper engraving, Presso Antonio Zatta, Plale: 12¼ x 16"; sheet: 15 x 20". Fine; minor toning. Lovely decorative cartouche. A detailed map of the Caribbean and southern Florida from Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, his four-volume decorative atlas. Estimate Value $300 - 500
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Lot 291 |
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Isola Cvba Nova - Engraved Map. Trentesimaterza tavola nvova, from La geografia di Claudius Ptolemy, translated from Greek to Italian by Girolamo Ruscelli, Venetia, Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, M.D.LXI. (1561), 6½ x 9", on 9 x 11½". Uncolored. Very good. Some show-through from verso where atlas pages are joined at center seam. One of the earliest separately published maps of Cuba, which was first appeared in the 1548 edition of Gastaldi's edition of Ptolemy's Geografia. Estimate Value $300 - 400
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$188 |
Lot 292 |
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Three Cuban Maps Showing the Siege of Havana by the British in 1762--Part of the Seven Years' War. Three hand-colored, copperplate maps: (1) A View of the Moor's Castle near the Havana Whilst Besieged by Us, London; London Magazine, [1763]., 5 1/8 x 8 1/8". Three British ships from the Royal Battery are pictured: the Marlborough, the Dragon, and the Cambridge. Matted to 7¼ x 9¾". (2) A Plan of the Late Siege of the Havana, and Moor's Castle, & their Environs," London: London Magazine, 5¼ x 8", matted to 7¼ x 9¾". (3) A Plan of the Straights of Bahama, through which the Expedition Fleet was Conducted in the Year 1762, against the Havana, London, London Magazine, 5 x 8", matted to 7¼ x 9¾". All fine. Havana was returned to Spain under the 1763 Treaty of Paris that ended the war. Estimate Value $250 - 300
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Lot 293 |
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Copper Engraving, Map of The Gulf of St. Lawrence ca. 1760s. Copper engraving Carte du Golphe de St Laurent from 1760, Paris 8½ x 14" of the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Newfoundland by Jacques Nicolas.Bellin [1703 - 1772] and in exceptional condition beautifully matted and framed to 18½ x 24" in gilt wood frame. Estimate Value $150 - 300
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