Jun 19, 2008 - Sale 2150

Sale 2150 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 18,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
COVENS and MORTIER. Composite atlas containing 46 double-page engraved maps, including some American subjects. All hand-colored in outline. Folio, 550x360 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf, needs rebinding; scattered dampstaining, generally marginal, some scattered spotting, American maps unevenly browned; ownership signature of Peter Wraxall on manuscript map list. Amsterdam, 1730s
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From the library of Peter Wraxhall, Secretary of the New York Commissioners of Indian Affairs, including Sir William Johnson.
Maps include: Mappe Monde. Unsightly large brown spots on image Europe Isles Britanniques Courones du Nord. 2 maps Danemarc Moscovie Partie Meridionale de Moscovie France Provence Pays Bas Catholiques. Foxed Provinces Unies des Pays Bas. Some offsetting L''Allemagne. Toned Helvetiae. Sharp extraneous crease La Pologne L''Espagne L''Italie Piemont et du Monferrat Partie Meridionale du Piemont La Source du Po Le Cours du Po. 4 maps Sicile Staining in upper right corner entering image Insula Corsica Hongrie. Dampstaining in lower margin just entering image Grece Asie Afrique Barbarie. Foxed Egypte Congo et du Pays de Cafres Amerique. Light dampstaining entering image from a portion of the lower margin Maps of the British Empire in America. Dampstaining entering image from lower margin, margins heavily toned Partie de la Baye d''Hudson [etc.] [Popple map]. Moderately toned with several brown spots. Owner''s manuscript note in margin La Nouvelle Bretagne, le Canada [etc.] [Popple map]. Moderately toned Caroline Meridionale, la Floride [etc.] [Popple map]. Moderately toned, some offsetting Iles de Bermude [etc.] [Popple map]. Toned, browning Principales Forteresse Ports &c. de l''Amerique Septentrionale. Few brown spots on image Uncolored engraved views on a single sheet of Mexico, New York, Quebec, and Fall of Niagara Theatrum Historicum. 2 maps Graeciae pars Septentrionalis Graeciae pars Meridionalis. Brown spots on image Italiae Antiquae. Toned, several brown spots on image.