Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana
Catalogue Information: 247 lots | 226 with images
Date: 2008
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Viewing Notes:
Sat, 6 Dec 08, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun, 7 Dec 08, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 8 Dec 08, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue, 9 Dec 08, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed, 10 Dec 08, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sale Notes:
Selby Kiffer
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Marsha Malinowski
Senior Vice President
Books and Manuscripts
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Justin Caldwell
Vice President
Books and Manuscripts
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Elizabeth Muller
Vice President
Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Lipton
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Books and Manuscripts
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Lot 1: - Carey, H. C. and I. Lea, publishers
A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, being a Guide to the History of North and South America, and the West Indies ... to the Year 1822. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822 Folio (17 3/4 x 12 in.; 451 x 30 [...more]
Lot 2: - Colton, George Woolworth
Colton's Atlas of the World, Illustrating Physical and Political Geography. Accompanied by Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, by Richard Swainson Fisher, M. D. New York: J. H. Colton, 1856 2 volumes, folio (18 1/2 x 16 in. [...more]
Lot 3: - Faden, William
A fine group of three maps from the Revolution and Federalist periods, as follows: The British Colonies in North America. [London], 1777 . Double-page engraved map (22 x 28 7/8 in.; 560 x 734 mm), contemporary handcoloring; a few marginal tears [...more]
Lot 4: - Featherstonhaugh, James D. and Richard Z. Mudge
North American Boundary. Map of that Portion of Her Majesty's Colonies of New Brunswick and Lower Canada the Title to Which is Disputed by the Government of the United States ... to Accompany a Report of the Investigation of that Country. London: [...more]
Lot 5: - Fry, Joshua and Peter Jefferson
A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia: containing the Whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina. London: Robert Sayer and Thomas Jefferys, 1775 4 sheets joined as 2 (both 19 3/4 x 50 in.; 502 x 12 [...more]
