An Early Atlas of Islands Engraved with Delicate Beauty
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Atlas/ Islands/ Caribbean. PORCACCHI, Thomaso
[Venice, 1590]
L'isole piu famose del Mondo.
Small folio [20.25 x 29.5]
(6) (of 12) ff., including engraved title, 201, (1) pp., including 47 copper plate engraved maps in text. Note: bound contemporaneously without 2nd half of index (b signature). Complete with all maps. Bound in contemporary flexible vellum, borders of covers gilt-ruled with arabesque in center, spine gilt with double bands. Head of spine chipped, and some soling to covers. Engraved ex libris of Thomas Heath, Merchant of Exeter and another of the Western Reserve Historical Society, stamped withdrawn. Some soiling in outer margin of title and scattered leaves, faint waterstain in margin of others; notwithstanding a fresh example with the maps with excellent impressions.
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The Beaver Map — An Icon of American Cartography
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North America. MOLL, H.
[London, 1715/ 1731]
A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America. ... By Herman Moll Geographer.
39 5/8 x 23 7/8 inches
Original and later color; usual wear & mends at folds and margins, some losses in margin or just entering surface, mounted on rice paper, else overall very good condition with strong impression; archivally mounted and framed.
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A Separately Published, French Mitchell
In a Contemporary Binding
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North America. MITCHELL, J./ LE ROUGE, G.
[Paris, 1756/ 1776]
Amerique Septentrionale avec les Routes, Distances en miles, Villages et Etablissements . . . Par le Docteur Mitchel . . . A Paris Par le Rouge . . . 1756…Corigee en 1776 par M. Hawkins Brigadier des armies du Roi.
Folio.
Printed on eight sheets with original outline color, each approximately 26 x 18 3/4 inches. [Bound with:] LE ROUGE, G. [Paris, 1774] L’Amerique Suivant Le R. P. Charlevoix Jte…1774. 19 x 25 inches. Original outline color. Folio bound in contemporary marble-papered board, quite worn especially along spine, yet firmly intact; internally a few stains, else fine condition.
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Very Decorative & Rare Wall Map of the Americas
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Americas. BAILLEUL, Nicholas (le jeune)
[Lyons, 1769]
L’Amerique Divisee En Ses Principales Parties ou sont distingues les ms des autres Les Etats … .
30 x 39 ½ inches.
Fine hand color; some light spotting, else excellent; elegantly framed.
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Rare Revolutionary War-Period Map
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Northeast/ American Revolution. BRION DE LA TOUR, L. (?)
[Paris, 1778]
Partie Septentrionale De Possessions Angloise En Amerique, Pour servire d'intelligence a la Guerre...
20 x 28 1/2 inches.
Original outline color; deckled edges, fine with dark impression.
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