54     BELLIN, J.N. Suite du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent..Ontario. / Carte du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent…Quebec. / Carte du Golphe de St. Laurent et Pays Voisins. / Carte de la Baye de Hudson. ( Paris, 1757) Infimes rousseurs. - A few brown spots. 190 x 300 mm.

300 - 400 €
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¤ 4 Maps of Prevost's 'Hist. des Voyages', depicting the cours of the St. Lawrence river and the Hudson Bay.
Jaques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.
In smaller format, he issued the Petit Atlas Maritime (1764), which contained 580 charts, as well as maps to illustrate l"Abbe Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757). Bellin also produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.
His maps and charts were finely engraved and produced, and set a high standard of accuracy.

55     JEFFERYS, T. An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to … with Views of the Lands and All Necessary Instructions for Navigating that River to Quebec. ( Londres, Robert Sayer, 1775) Limites en col. ancien. 2 sheets joined. Some water staining, splits expertly repaired, laid on Japan paper. Outlines coloured. 600 x 950 mm.

1200 - 1300 €
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¤ With 5 insets. A chart of the St. Lawrence River by the noted eighteenth century English cartographer Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to George III and the Prince of Wales. Jefferys produced many important maps of America from 1751 until 1768, including this superior chart first issued in 1757. The main source for Jefferys was a map issued in 1702 based on a survey of the river by Jean Deshayes.
Deshayes map became the standard chart of the St. Lawrence until James Cook's surveys appeared in the second half of the century. Jefferys translated Deshayes' chart into English, and added an updated depiction of the river from Lake Ontario to Quebec based on J.B.B. D'Anville's 1755 map of Canada This is a sailing chart, complete with soundings, rhumb lines for navigation, written directions, and coastal profiles. The central part of the map shows the river from Anticosti Island to Quebec, and it includes a number of insets such as the one based on D'Anville's map and four others depicting important sections of the river with greater detail.
This reissue of the Jefferys map, which appeared in his "The American Atlas", was prompted by the growing tensions between the British government and its colonies, that generated an increasing demand for maps of North America.
The St. Lawrence River, with its importance for shipping to and from the prosperous Canadian settlements, was of particular interest to readers in London and elsewhere in the English speaking world.

56     DIDEROT, D. Carte de la Californie Suivant I la carte manuscrite…(164) / Carte de la Californie et des Pays du Nord Ouest (163). ( Paris, 1779) Infimes rousseurs. 295 x 370 mm.

400 - 600 €
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¤ Ensemble de 2 cartes (N° 163 et 164) représentant la Californie et publiées dans l"Encyclopédie" de Diderot. La carte N°164, gravée par Vaugondy, est constituée de 5 cartes représentant l'évolution de la cartographie de la Californie jusqu'en 1767.
- Five maps on one sheet, showing the development of the mapping of California. The map is from Diderot's "Encyclopedie" which contains ten maps of America, Asia and the Arctic Regions. The five maps, engraved by Robert de Vaugondy, are:
I. Mathieu Necrou Pecci's map of 1604 showing California as a peninsula and delineating the journey of Sebastian Vizcaino, 1602-3.
II. The central map, that of Sanson, 1656, showing California as an island.
III. De l'Isle's map of 1700 where he manages to show California as neither an island nor a part of the continent. IV. Father Kino's epoch-making map of 1705 which was finally to decide De L'Isle as to California being a peninsula and, through him, to influence all other cartographers.
V. The Jesuit Missions map of 1767 which is an update of Father Kino's map. / Diderot's famous 2 on 1 map showing the two early mappings of the west coast of North America, the first after Visscher, the second after Plancius' World map. Both show the Straits of Anian, Quivera, Baja and a similarly projected east-west coastline. The larger map includes more detail along the coastline and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, as well as a truer orientation of Baja California. Diderot's map were one of the first surveys of comparative cartography, tackling a number of the early misconceptions of the west coast of North America and the North-eastern Asian Coastline. - Schwartz & Ehrenberg, plate 76.

57     KITCHIN, Th. Mexico oder Neu Spanien zu Campens Entdekkung von America. ( Londres, ca. 1786) Infimes rousseurs. - A few brown spots, with folds as issued. 280 x 380 mm.

200 - 250 €
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¤ From Robertson's "Geschichte von America". German version of Kitchin's map with an inset of Mexico City.

58     PERTHES, J. Originalkarte der Californischen Halbinsel ... fur die Lower California Company . ( Gotha, 1868) Limites en col. ancien. 335 x 230 mm.

200 - 250 €
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¤ Lithograph showing the results of the expedition of J. Ross Brown, W.M. Grabb, and F. Loehr. Map by Loehr.

59     ROBINSON, H.R. The Government House. ( New York, 1847) Lithographie imprimée en couleurs. La litho est un peu frottée, les coloris sont passés. Nombreuses restaurations en différents endroits. En l'état. - Lithograph in colours. Unfortunataly image shaved on various places and repair of several splits, laid down on paper. Sold as is. 410 x 520 mm.

200 - 300 €
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¤ Lithographie d'après un dessin original de C. Milbourne, réalisé en 1797.
- The Government House, New York, 1797, lithograph printed in colours by Willimam Ells and published by H.R. Robinson, 142 Nassau Street, New York, 1847.
The image was originally drawn by C. Milbourne in 1797.
Underneath the print a historical description : This office was erected 1790, at the foot of Broad Way, facing the Bowling Green. It was originally designed for the Residence of Gen.l Washington (then President of the United States,) but the Capitol being removed, he never occupied it. It then became the Governor's House; and was the residence of Governors George Clinton and John Jay. The building was subsequently used for the Cust... from the year 1799, until 1815, when it was taken down.

60     VALENTINE'S MANUAL. Attacks of Fort Washington by His Majestys Forces under the command of General Sir William Howe K. B. 16th November 1776. ( New-York, 1861) Col. ancien. Lithographie. Encollé et doublé de papier du Japon. - Lithographed map backed on Japan paper for protective reason, re-inforced along folds. 420 x 560 mm.

250 - 300 €
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¤ Map relating to the American Revolutionary War.

61     JANSSON, J. Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae. ( Amsterdam, 1645) Beau col. ancien. Rousseurs, léger offset de la partie gauche sur la moitié droite, le cul-de-lampe du verso transparaît dans la partie droite, petite fente marginale en bas du pli central. - Slightly browned and with offsetting, some shinetrough of the vignette on verso. Orig. col. 385 x 505 mm.

600 - 700 €
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¤ Well known map of the Southeast extending from the southern part of Virginia to northern Florida. This is the first state of Jansson's map which is virtually identical to Blaeu's map of 1638. Cartographically it improves on the Hondius map of 1606, on which it was derived.
The map depicts the English and French colonial interests in the region as depicted by their respective Royal coat of arms and several new colonies are noted. At the southern end of the Appalachians is a note concerning gold and silver mines.
Richly decorated with a large cartouche flanked by Native Americans, compass roses, and galleons. German text on verso. - Burden, North America, 254, state 1

62     CASTRIES, Maréchal de. Carte Réduite du Sud des Etats-Unis Avec l'Intérieur du Pays, Pour Servir à l'Intelligence de cette Histoire. ( Paris, 1787) Déchirure à gauche, sur 6 cm à l'int. de la carte restaurée, pliure horizontale et verticale, 2 infimes trous de ver, coupée le long du filet d'encadrement. - Repair of tear left hand part 6 cm into engraved area, vertical and horizontal folds, 2 small worm holes, cut close to the neatline. 530 x 443 mm.

1200 - 1500 €
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¤ Carte "Copiée Par Permission de M.gr le Maréchal de Castries, Ministre et Secrétaire d'Etat de la Marine et des Colonies, Sur le N° 2 du Neptune Américo-Septentrional". Publiée dans : "Le Boucher. Histoire de la dernière guerre, entre la Grande-Bretagne et les Etats-Unis. Paris, Brocas, 1787".
- The map was used to illustrate a French history of the Revolutionary War. "One of the best contemporary histories of the American Revolution, described by Howes as the "best French chronicle of the Revolution; particularly valuable on naval affairs." The map shows the American coast from Pennsylvania to Georgia, with Chesapeake Bay and Savannah. - Phillips, Maps of America, p. 866

63     ANONYME. Baltimore. ( Ca. 1840) Col. ancien. Découpée au trait et remontée sur carton, rousseurs marginales. Lithographie sur fond teinté, rehaussée et gommée. - Cut off till the neatline and mounted on card. Lithograph printed on tinted grounds, finished by hand and heightened with gum-arabic. 250 x 350 mm.

500 - 600 €
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¤ Vue de Baltimore avec en premier plan un berger et ses moutons et à l'arrière plan, la ville et des bateaux ancrés dans la baie.

64     JANSSON, J. Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia. ( Amsterdam, 1647) Beau col. ancien. Quelques rousseurs, papier légèrement jauni. - Paper slightly age-toned, a few brown spots. 348 x 484 mm.

350 - 450 €
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¤ Based on Ortelius's map of 1579 which became the basis for many of the seventeenth century maps of the area. French text on verso.