Sale 424 View Catalogue
The Library of Roger Wagner
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Title-page of the 1584 edition of Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, with 112 hand-colored double-page maps.
Estimate: $150,000/200,000
Preview:
Monday, March 15, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 16, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 17, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, March 18, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Sale 425 View Catalogue
Americana – Travel – History
Maps – Prints
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Robert Furber’s Twelve Months of Flowers, complete set of the 12 hand-colored engravings from 1730.
Estimate: $40,000/50,000
Preview:
Tuesday, March 30, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 31, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, April 1, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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| American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and Other Notices of Publick Affairs, the Whole forming a Documentary History of Origin and Progress of the North American Colonies; of the Causes and Accomplishment of the American Revolution; and of the Constitution of Government for the United States, to the Final Ratification Thereof. Fourth Series: From the King's Message, of March 7th, 1774 to the Declaration of Independence, by the United States, in 1776. [And] Fifth Series: From the Declaration of Independence, in 1776, to the Definitive Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, in 1783. [All Published] |
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| Complete 9-volume set of Peter Force's remarkable compilation, American Archives, with a superb facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. Offered in Sale 425, Americana - Travel - History - Maps - Prints, April 1, 2010. Estimate: $12,000/18,000. |
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| Map of the Mining District of California |
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| W.A. Jackson's important Map of the Mining District of California, 1851, the revised second edition, considered the best map of the Gold Region published to that time. Offered in Sale 425, Americana - Travel - History - Maps - Prints, April 1, 2010. Estimate: $10,000/15,000. |
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