The auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books takes us on a journey across time and space, offering a plethora of tantalizing artifacts of global exploration and discovery. Notable examples of early maps include Matthaus Seutter’s Atlas Novus sive Tabulae Geographicae totius Orbis, which contains a resplendent double-hemispheric world map with four additional continental maps and a range of European subjects. Also available is Joannes Clericus’ atlas of ancient and modern geography titled “Atlas Antiquus, Sacer, Ecclesiasticus et Profanus.”What: Sale of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate BooksWhere: Swann Galleries, Inc., 104 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010.When: Dec 8, 1:30pmPublic viewing: Dec 7, 10am-6pm; Dec 8, 10am-12pmTop Lots of the Sale:* Laurie, Robert And Whittle, James. The Complete East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator. Estimate: US$ 40,000 - US$ 60,000* Plancius, Petrus. (The Spice Map.) Insulae Moluccae Celeberrimae sunt ob Maximam aromatum copiam quam totum terrarum... Double-page engraved map of the islands of Southeast Asia. Estimate: US$ 20,000 – US$ 30,000 * Roscoe, William. Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn from Living Specimens in the Botanic Garden at Liverpool. 112 lithographic plates hand-colored by George Graves. Estimate: US$ 20,000 – US$ 30,000* Miller, John. Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei... An Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus. Engraved emblematic frontispiece and title-page. Estimate: US$ 15,000 – US$ 20,000* De Wit, Frederick. Belgii XVII Provinciarum Tabula Per F. De Wit. Engraved wall map of the Netherlands on 9 sheets joined. Estimate: US$ 10,000 – US$ 15,000* Clericus, Joannes. Atlas Antiquus, Sacer, Ecclesiasticus et Profanus. Engraved pictorial frontispiece, title-pages in Latin and French (tailpiece of a small engraved double-hemisphere world map printed in reverse with California as an island). Estimate: US$ 10,000 – US$ 15,000 * Seutter, Matthaus. Atlas Novus sive Tabulae Geographicae totius Orbis. Engraved hand-colored allegorical title, list of map contents pasted on final leaf of preliminaries, 29 double-page engraved maps. Estimate: US$ 10,000 – US$ 15,000For details, visit: http://www.swanngalleries.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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