Smithsonian Institution. Annual
Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution...
July, 1894. GPO. Washington, DC. 1868. Thick 8vo, xl,770 p.
fold. col. maps, plates. Black cloth, faded. Contains an
informative illustrated article on the development of the
cartography of America up until 1570 by Dr. Sophus Ruge. Includes
28 plates of globe gores and early maps. I.D.#04487.
American Geographical
Society. Bulletin. No. 1879 Annual Address: The Early
History Of Cartography, Or What We Know Of Maps And Map-Making
Before The Time Of Mercator. By Charles P. Daly, L.L.D. president
of the Society. Printed for the Society. NY. 1879. 8vo, 38 p.
large folding facsimile map, ports., facsims. Gray printed
wrappers, wrappers very dry and flaking. Excellent presentation on
early Western cartography. Significant early reference.
I.D.#10315. SOLD.
 Colton, G.W. & C.B. & CO.
Billhead. Invoice to South Yuba Water & Mining Co., Yuba, AZ
for printing 1000 special annual report maps. New York. Aug.
23, 1880. Printed and manuscript. I.D.#08249.
Stevens, Henry N. The First
Delineation Of The New World And The First Use Of The Name America
On A Printed Map. An Analytical Comparison Of Three Maps For
Each Of Which Priority Of Representation Has Been Claimed (Two
With The Name America And One Without) With An Argument Tending To
Demonstrate That The Earliest In Each Case Is The One Discovered
In 1893 And Now Preserved In The John Carter Brown Library At
Providence, R.I. ... Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles. London. 1928.
4to, 128+ p. 2 fold. pocket maps (1 missing) Claret linen, gilt,
gilt top. Elegantly printed on laid paper, lightly foxed.
Inscribed in pencil on front pastedown: Stevens Son and Stiles. A
defense by Stevens that the map he sold Mrs. Brown is the first. I.D.#05012.
Wheat, Carl I. Mapping the
transmississippi west... San Francisco. 1957-1963. 5 volumes
in 6. Folios. 1302 fine facsimile maps (many fold.) with a color
frontispiece map in each volume. Gray boards with green fabric
spines, original glassene. Finely printed at the Grabhorn Press or
after Grabhorn designs. 1 of 1000 sets. A cartographic triumph.
The most sought after of all American references on maps. I.D.#01515.
Columbus, Christopher. The
Journal... Translated By Cecil Jane With An Appendix By R. A.
Skelton. Ninety Illustrations From Prints And Maps Of The Period.
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. New York. c1960. 8vo, xxiii,227 p. 10
photo plates Blue cloth, d.j. Water damage to plates on coated
stock. I.D.#01550.
Stevens, Henry. Historical
And Geographical Notes On The Earliest Discoveries In America
1453-1530. With Comments On The Earliest Charts And Maps; The
Mistakes Of The Early Navigators & The Blunders Of The
Geographers; The Asiatic Origin Of The Atlantic Coastline Of North
America How It Crept In And How It Crept Out Of The Maps; The
Whole Illustrated By The Tehuantepec Railway Company’s Map Of The
World On Mercator’s Projection And Photo-Lithographic Fac-Similies
Of Many Of The Earliest Maps And Charts Of America. By Henry
Stevens, GMB, MA... Burt Franklin. New York. 1970. 8vo, 54 p.
front., 6 large fold. maps in pocket at back. Green cloth.
Original printing 1869. (Burt Franklin: Research & Source Works
series 442. American classics in history and social science 94).
I.D.#01538.
Birmingham Public
Library 1570-1970. An Exhibit In Commemoration Of The 400th
Anniversary Of Publication By Abraham Ortelius Of Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum, The World’s First Atlas. May 20, 1970. Birmingham, AL.
4to, unpaged. Col. illus. Wraps. I.D.#01572.
California State University
Library, Fullerton. Collection For The History Of Cartography.
The English Origin Of The Americas. Maps & Charts. 1486-1808. An
Exhibition. October 25, 1976. Sponsored By The Patrons Of The
Library. 1976. 8vo, 20 p. facsims. wraps. Finely printed.
I.D.#01565. |
