Swann Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books Sale2512, June 6, 2019 [Auction Catalog]
by Swann Galleries
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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About This Item
Swann Galleries, New York, 2019-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. [Auction Catalog]. Swann Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books Sale 2512, June 6, 2019. Soft cover, unpaginated. Detailed descriptions, estimates and photos for 400 lots. In very good condition. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Notable lots include Lewis Evansâ 1755 General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America in its proof state, annotated, signed and dated two months before the mapâs official publication, and another eighteenth-century American rarity, A.P. Folieâs 1792 Plan of the Town of Baltimore, never before seen at auction; George Catlinâs North American Indian Portfolio; an exquisite copy of John Fisk Allen and William Sharpâs chromolithographs of giant water lilies, Victoria Regia; and a complete run of the first 54 volumes of William Curtisâs lovely hand-colored Botanical Magazine; Several truly scarce sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch imprints, including a map of southern Africa by Petrus Plancius with an inset view of a shipwrecked crew being accosted by giant lobsters, and a run of maps by obscure publisher Pieter Verbiest. Pocket maps include James Turnbullâs 1828 map of Ohio, and a notable example of late-nineteenth century mapmaker Emil Fischerâs Map of Southwestern Colorado; Also includes a stack of marine sketches by Oswald Walters Brierly, nearly all of the 200 chromolithographs of religious Renaissance master paintings published by the Arundel Society, and a hand-painted Art Deco-period aerial photograph of New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20190912012
- Title
- Swann Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books Sale2512, June 6, 2019 [Auction Catalog]
- Author
- Swann Galleries
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Swann Galleries, New York
- Date Published
- 2019-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Auction Catalogs, Maps & Atlases
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Epilonian Books
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About the Seller
Epilonian Books
Biblio member since 2009
Manhattan Beach, California
About Epilonian Books
Epilonian Books is a small bookseller dedicated to preserving ephemera and any esoteric or imminently extinct written work.
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