maps

  Boston Rare Maps, one of the country’s premier specialists in rare and unusual antique maps, announces the acquisition of an important and highly sought-after 1784 map by Jean Lattré, noted as the first map of the independent United States.  The map, a rare variant including text panels describing the “principal events” of the American Revolution, will highlight Boston Rare Maps’ offerings at this year’s Miami International Map Fair, taking place February 4-5, 2012.  For ...

  The first century and a half of Massachusetts mapmaking saw a distinct shift in emphasis from piecing together the geography of eastern New England, to documenting the early years of settlement, and finally supporting Massachusetts’ aggressive territorial claims.  These historical maps, artifacts in their own right, tell a unique story of the evolution and development of one of the early United States’ most iconic regions. BEFORE “Massachusetts” In 1548 Giacomo Gastaldi ...

From 2nd to 23rd December, Daniel Crouch Rare Books will be exhibiting 100 maps of London, 4 Bury Street, London, SW1Y 6AB. The collection ranges from the “Earliest extant plan of London” by Braun and Hogenberg, 1572, to the First Tube Map, by Harry Beck 1933. Prices from £100 to £16,000, making for a creative and original Christmas present for all budgets! “The Earliest Extant Plan of London” (£9500), pictured above, depicts 16th Century London in a birds-eye view from the south ...

Bonhams' "American Experience: 1630-1890" auction on Thursday, December 2, 2010, was a huge success totaling over $4 million with 100% of the lots sold; several lots reaching world record prices. This 300-lot sale was comprised of printed and manuscript Americana from a well-known San Francisco-based collector, Bruce E. McKinney. Christina Geiger, Director, Books and Manuscripts, said "We are delighted with the results of today's sale; there were many new buyers, including online ...

With an overall result of € 1,9* million, the two day auction of Rare Books at Ketterer Kunst made for the best result in this section for the last twenty years. The evening auction alone realized a stunning 74 percent sold lots and a quota of 128 percent*. The reason for this tremendous success is in “the very innovative catalog concept,“ said Robert Ketterer. The introduction of the evening auction made for a jump start. A catalog was developed just for this particular event, with the ...

A rare, 184-year-old map that captures a critical point in Northeast Ohio history will soon be unveiled as it prepares for a May auction with expected bids as high as $50,000. The 1826 Savery-Sumner map, titled Map Of The Western Reserve Including the Fire Lands in Ohio, is one of the earliest locally printed maps of the Western Reserve, and is truly distinguished by watercolor embellishments added at a latertime, possibly by schoolgirls. The map will be auctioned by Garth's Auctions Inc. at ...

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces an auction featuring over 75 lots of early Italian and Latin literature from the antiquarian book library of John Sisto of Berwyn, Illinois. The books, maps and engravings comprise what remains of the over 3,500 items seized by the Chicago division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2007, of which 1,600 items were repatriated to Italy after being deemed unlawfully imported. The collection had been brought to the attention of the FBI by Mr. ...

  The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephen J. Bury to the post of Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library. For the past ten years, he has been at the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, and one of the world’s greatest research institutions, where he is a Deputy Director and Head of European and American Collections, as well as Maps, Music, and Philatelic Collections. Previously, Dr. Bury was Head of ...