Jun 14, 2007 - Sale 2118

Sale 2118 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AFRICA.) Group of 9 engraved maps of Africa or portions thereof. Various sizes, generally wide or ample margins; hand-colored or in outline; condition varies greatly. should be seen. Vp, vd

Additional Details

Anville. Aegyptus Antiqua. 505x325 mm. 1784 Mercator. Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Joannis Imperiu. 345x485 mm, French text on verso; toned, hard extraneous crease close to vertical fold. Circa 1630 Fer. Le Cours du Nil. 475x645 mm; toned, tattered at edges away from image. Nd Homann. Totius Africae. 500x575 mm; partially separated along the vertical fold, evidence or earlier repairs, some soiling. Circa 1710 Wells. New Map of the North Part of Antient Africa. 375x490 mm. Circa 1700 Blaeu. Barbaria. 355x470 mm, Latin text on verso; stained. Circa 1630 Homann Heirs. Charte von Africa. 480x555 mm; dampstaining in lower margin reaching into image, generally toned. 1797 Cary. New Map of Africa. 495x535 mm; stained along bottom edge and into image. 1811 Boulton. Africa. Large 4-sheet map, with horizontal portions joined. 1050x1235 mm overall; several margins trimmed close (but ample), quite stained where joined and along another fold. 1787.