• Auction 12850

    Mapping the Globe

    1 November 2016 - 10 November 2016, London, South Kensington

    SALE TOTAL: 124,812 (GBP)
30 Lots for Sale 12850
Lot 2
MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). Tabula orientalis regionis, Asiae fellicet...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,218 - $1,827)

price realized
£2,000
($2,484)
Lot 4
RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557). Brasil. [Venice: Giunti, 1565].

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,218 - $1,827)

price realized
£1,875
($2,328)
Lot 6
MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen...

estimate
£2,400 - £3,500
($2,923 - $4,263)

price realized
£6,000
($7,452)
Lot 7
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Typus Orbis Terrarum. [Antwerp: 1570s].

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,461 - $2,192)

price realized
£6,000
($7,452)
Lot 8
MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). Das Erst General inhaltend die beschreibung...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,218 - $1,827)

price realized
£2,500
($3,105)
Lot 9
[DUDLEY, Sir Robert (1574–1649)]. Carta particolare del mare d'India sino...

estimate
£2,400 - £3,000
($2,923 - $3,654)

price realized
£3,000
($3,726)
Lot 10
WIT, Frederick de (1629/1630-1706). Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula...

estimate
£2,400 - £3,500
($2,923 - $4,263)

price realized
£3,000
($3,726)
Lot 11
HOLLAR, Wenceslaus (1607-1677). Chorographica Terrae Sanctae Descriptio....

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,436 - $3,654)

price realized
£2,500
($3,105)
Lot 12
HOLLAR, Wenceslaus (1607-1677). Scenographica totius Templi Hierosolymitani...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,436 - $3,654)

price realized
£2,500
($3,105)
Lot 15
HONDIUS, Henricus (1597-1651). Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,827 - $2,436)

price realized
£1,875
($2,328)
Lot 16
THORNTON, Samuel (d.1715). A new mapp of the island of Zeloan. [London:...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,218 - $1,827)

price realized
£1,250
($1,552)
Lot 17
CORONELLI, Vicenzo Maria (1650-1718). Corso del Fiume dell Amazoni....

estimate
£500 - £800
($609 - $974)

price realized
£625
($776)
Lot 19
FER, Nicolas de (1646-1720). Mappe-monde, ou carte generale de la terre....

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,654 - $6,090)

price realized
£4,000
($4,968)
Lot 20
MONTANO, Benito Arias (1527-1598). Pars orbis. Antwerp: 1571 [but 1572].

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,436 - $3,654)

price realized
£2,750
($3,415)
Lot 21
[WELLS, Edward (1667-1727).] A New Map of the most Considerable Plantations...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,827 - $2,436)

price realized
£2,125
($2,639)
Lot 22
TIRION, Isaac (c.1705-1765). Nieuwe Kaart van t Keizerryk Japan....

estimate
£500 - £800
($609 - $974)

price realized
£625
($776)
Lot 24
MOLL, Herman (fl.1678-1732). Map of Asia According to the Newest and Most...

estimate
£500 - £800
($609 - $974)

price realized
£687
($853)
Lot 26
FISCHER VON ERLACH, Johann Bernhard (1656-1723). Prospect von einem Theil...

estimate
£500 - £800
($609 - $974)

price realized
£750
($931)
Lot 29
A 2¾-INCH TERRESTRIAL POCKET GLOBE
I. SENEX, LONDON. CIRCA 1740
9 x 7 x 7cm
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,090 - $9,744)

price realized
£10,000
($12,420)
Lot 30
BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772). An Essay of a New and Compact Map,...

estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,192 - $3,045)

price realized
£3,750
($4,657)
Lot 31
BACHIENE, Willem Albert (1712-1783). Nieuwe en Algemeene Kaart van...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($974 - $1,461)

price realized
£1,000
($1,242)
Lot 34
AN ENGLISH 2¾-INCH POCKET GLOBE
After Moll, circa 1770
8cm. diameter in case
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,090 - $9,744)

price realized
£4,750
($5,899)
Lot 43
A MATCHED PAIR OF LIBRARY GLOBES
J. & W. Cary, 1799 and 1835
each 115 x 66 x 66cm.
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($36,540 - $60,900)

price realized
£25,000
($31,050)
Lot 45
VISSCHER, Nicolaes Janszoon II (1649-1702). Description Geographique des...

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,461 - $2,192)

price realized
£1,500
($1,863)
Lot 52
AN ENGLISH 3-INCH POCKET GLOBE
MINSHULLS, CIRCA 1810
8cm. diameter in case
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,872 - $7,308)

price realized
£5,000
($6,210)
Lot 53
DARBY, William (1775-1854). A Map of the State of Louisiana, with part of...

estimate
£9,000 - £12,000
($10,962 - $14,616)

price realized
£11,250
($13,972)
Lot 55
[JANSSONIUS, Joannes (1588-1664).] Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio....

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($852 - $1,218)

price realized
£875
($1,086)
Lot 57
AN ENGLISH 3-INCH POCKET GLOBE
James Cox, 1839
8.8 x 8.5 x 8.5cm
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,827 - $3,045)

price realized
£5,625
($6,986)
Lot 58
A PAIR OF ENGLISH 12-INCH GLOBES
Newton & Son, 1840
each 90 x 44 x 44cm.
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,526 - $12,180)

price realized
£8,750
($10,867)
Lot 61
Six Muggletonian Astronomical Prints
After Isaac Frost
each 28.3 x 34.4 x 1.5cm in frame
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,827 - $3,045)

price realized
£3,250
($4,036)
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