Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 3

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Maps

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 734		"America" by Herman Moll, c.1750. "According to ye Newest and most Exact Observations" This map has very "light" feel to it. The paper is moderately bright, the printing is quite crisp and the hand-coloring accents just the outline of the countries. North America is slightly mis-shaped and depicts California as a large island. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 17". Miniscule smudges below "Great" (left of center). Fine. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 735		"America" by Joh. George Schreibern, c.1700's. This heavily charted map covers primarily North and South America with portions of the northern coast of West Africa and the southern tip of Europe. It is delicately accented with hand-applied hues of pink, green and yellow. A simple cartouche adorns the lower left and a significant legend is featured along the right side. As with many of the maps from this period, California is depicted as an island, thus creating a highly valuable document. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 13". Light foxing in the lower right region. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 736		"America" by Matth. Seutter, c.1700's. California depicted as an island. A highly detailed, hand-colored map covering North America with portions of Europe, Africa and South America. An elaborate cartouche vignette decorated with natives and animals is in the upper left. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 12.5". Fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details	Realized $575
Lot 737		"Amerika" by Leyden, late 1600's. A wonderful example of California depicted as an island. A handsome, crisp, uncolored map by the famed cartographer. North America, the northern tip of South America and western portion of Spain are heavily charted along with islands in the Caribbean. The cartouche vignette in the upper right features explorers in the foreground and natives in the background. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 13". Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $748
Lot 738		"Amerika of the Nieuwe Weerld" by Leyden, c.1600's. California is set apart as an island. An attractive little map (approximately. 9.5 x 6") covering North and South America and numerous islands. Each continent is hand-colored by country in shades of green, yellow and red. Vignette in upper left contains cherub cartographers with explorers. The border is painted a light maize color. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 13.5". Slight crease right of center. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $604
Lot 739		Antique Atlas Print by John Ogilby (1600-1675) "His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer." Having had to resort to selling trinkets at the age of twelve to support himself and his mother, John Ogilby won a small lottery prize and freed his father from debtor's prison. He purchased an apprenticeship with a dancing master and did quite well, eventually setting up his own school. Unfortunately, Ogilby injured himself dancing at a ball for the King and was unable to dance again. At the behest of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Viscount Wentworth, Ogilby went to Ireland to help establish a court culture in Dublin similar to that being enjoyed in London. However, after a few years as Master of the Revels, he left after almost being blown up in the Irish Rebellion in October of 1641. Upon his homeward journey to England he endured being shipwrecked only to return penniless and without a patron, Wentworth having been executed. He spent the next four years in Cambridge working on translations of the Bible and the classics of Virgil, Homer and Aesop. The Restoration of Charles II brought favor back to Ogilby with a commission to help in the arrangements for the coronation in 1660 with the composing of speeches and songs. Disaster struck John Ogilby's family and countless others with the Great Fire that raged through London in 1666. However, John and his step-son, William received a commission from the Lord Mayor and were appointed 'sworn' Viewers or surveyors for the preparation of a map of the City of London. The map was published ten years later by William Ogilby on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile and measured 9 x 7 feet. Ogilby established a thriving printing house and was appointed "King's cosmographer and geographic printer." His most important publications were engravings of maps and atlases, including Africa (1670), America (1671), Asia (1673), and a road atlas of Britain (1675). "CALLAO de LIMA", Hand colored, 14 x 12", circa 1671, London. A beautiful print depicting the coastline. Matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 19". Visible centerfold. Minor spotting. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 740		Antique Atlas Print. "ANGRA op TERCERA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 21x18". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 741		Antique Atlas Print. "ARX NASSOV II" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 21x18". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $288
Lot 742		Antique Atlas Print. "CARTAGENA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 23 x 20". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $288
Lot 743		Antique Atlas Print. "De Stadt St. MARTIN" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 15 x 12", London. Elaborately illustrated print depicts a Naval conflict off the coast of the tiny island. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 23 x 20 1/2". Quite clean save for a visible centerfold. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $299
Lot 744		Antique Atlas Print. "OLINDA De PHERNAMBUCO" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x20". Quite clean. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 745		Antique Atlas Print. "PORTO RICO" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 11½", London. Depicts a tranquil harbor scene and sparsely populated landscape. Matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 20". Print exhibits a fold down the center but is otherwise clean. Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $299
Lot 746		Antique Atlas Print. "Urbs DOMINGO IN HISPANIOLA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A simple etching of city scenes and the coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x20". Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $311
Lot 747		Antique Atlas Print. "Urbs SALVADOR" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. An intricately illustrated etching of a harbor in the Central American country. Superbly matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 20". Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $288
Lot 748		Antique Maps. Lot of Three: A.) "Der Nördliche Theil der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America" Circa 1850s, 16.6 x 13.5". A heavily charted map of the eastern seaboard and parts of the mid-west, beautifully detailed with hand-colored accents. B.) " Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America". Circa 1850s, 16.6 x 13.5". A heavily charted map of the entire United States and Canada, beautifully detailed with hand-colored accents. C.) " Carte des Pays situés sur la Mer du Sud" Circa 1780, 10 x 16". Uncolored, highly detailed map of the western portion of South America. Very Good. Estimated Value $250 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 749		"Barbarie", c.1600s. Includes two smaller maps of the Holy Land and of Egypt. Reverse contains a detailed history (in French) of both the Barbary region and Egypt. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 19". Minor foxing in sections, miniscule ink spotting and small tear at bottom of fold. None of which affect the heart of the document. Good. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Unsold
Lot 750		"Brasilia" by John Ogilby, c.1700. A handsome specimen decorated with delicate hues of hand-applied color. With vignettes of ships, cherubs, indigenous peoples and modern explorers. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5" x 19.5". Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 751		"Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de L'Amerique Septentrionale", c.1650. This hand-painted map of the southern United States features Virginia in light purple, North Carolina in yellow, South Carolina in green, and Georgia in coral. The Appalachian Mountains separate the colonies from the unchartered territory occupied by "les Cherokees". Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 14.75". Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 752		"Carte Generale", c. 1780s. This magnificently detailed full world map documents the voyages of Captain James Cook, while helming the Endeavour from 1768 to 1771, the premier voyage of de la Resolution from 1771 to 1775 and its second voyage from 1775 to 1780. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 45 x 32". Exhibits horizontal and vertical folds, very minor foxing along bottom center. Very Good. Estimated Value $600 - 800. As with many of the maps of this period, the state of California is separated from North America by a body of water. In this case it's rendered as a peninsula. View details	Realized $460
Lot 753		"Chili" by John Ogilby, c.1670. A sparsely labeled chart documenting the Chilean coast and the Andes Mountains. Nicely illustrated with hand-colored vignettes of ships, hard working natives and adorable little cherubs in the midst of surveying. Matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 19.5". Paper has an overall dark tone with certain regions darker than others. Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 754		"Chili" by Hondius, c.1700's. A very understated map by the famed Dutch cartographer. The use of color is very limited compared to other works of the period, yet the way its applied to the cartouches makes it refreshingly unusual. The coast and interior is sparsely labeled, with the Andes dominating the region. The Chilean sea is illustrated with its traditional tall ships, whale and even a ferocious looking sea monster! Matted and framed to an overall size of 26.5" x 22". Slight center crease. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details	Realized $403
Lot 755		"Gallaecia" by John Ogilby, c.1670. A splendid map, highlighted with robust colors of coral, cobalt and maize. Features finely detailed vignettes of ships, cherubs, the customary whale and a Neptune-like character in the lower left. Presented in an interesting manner, it's situated between two-ply glass and thus "floats" within its gorgeous wood frame, 26.5 x 23". Such presentation allows access to the description of the region on the reverse. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $345
Lot 756		"Gviana" by John Ogilby, c.1670. An beautiful, hand-colored map documenting the country of Guyana and the Amazon region. Decorated with lovely vignettes of natives and a handsome cartouche in the upper right. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 18.5". Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 757		"Imperial Rome" by N. Sanson, c.1637. A delicately colored map. Heavily charted map of Europe and North Africa. With an elaborate cartouche vignette of knights and explorers in the upper left and numerous ship and whale figures. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 26 x 22". Intermittent foxing along the edges, center crease. Very Good. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $345
Lot 758		"Instruction Generale" by Chattlain, c.1720. Uncolored. Four vignettes with descriptive text at left, Governmental listings of the various countries involved in New World exploration and a small inset map of the Western Hemisphere with California rendered as an island. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 25 x 21". Print is a bit faded in the upper right and is slightly discolored in the lower right, neither of which hinder the integrity of the document. Very Good. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $690
Lot 759		"Insula Creta hodie Candia" by Joh. Bapt. Homann, c.1697. Quite clean and fresh, a wonderful display item. A splendid document, hand-colored with red, green, yellow and turquoise. Highlighted by a magnificent cartouche vignette depicting Neptune with a cherub, other figures. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 31.5 x 28". Very subtle remnants of tear fixing, barely noticeable. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $345
Lot 760		"L'Amerique Suivant Les Dernieres Observations De L'Acad. Royale Des Sciences", early 1700's. Not only is California depicted and labeled as an island, but Australia is located directly beneath South America. An exquisitely beautiful yet simple map of the Americas. The body of the map is accented by hand-colored hues of cobalt, light pink, yellow and green. The cartouche and border are also delicately painted in varying shades of the same colors. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 11.5 x 13". A tiny stain in the upper left, not affecting document. Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details	Realized $460
Lot 761		"Nord America" by George Schreibers, c.1700. "Charte von dem Engellaedischen u. Franzoesischen, Besitzungren in Nord America". A highly charted and delicately hand-colored map covering the French and English colonies of North America. A regal cartouche adorns the upper left and a legend of the colonies resides in the lower right. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 13". Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details	Realized $546
Lot 762		"Nova Hispania et Nova Galica" by Jansson, c.1639. An absolute gem of a map! Meticulously detailed in its documentation of Mexico. Radiant, hand-applied color permeates throughout the body of this work from the beast-like whale off the coast of Mexico, to the armadillos and cherub decorating the legend in lower right. And then there's the cartouche! A wealth of colors adorn this exquisite vignette. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 26.5" x 21.5". Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $345
Lot 763		"Orbis Terrarum", c.1666. Any map which depicts California as an island is highly desirable, especially one that was first published before 1700!. World Map, Double Hemisphere. This particular example is from a Dutch Bible, published in Amsterdam by Stoopendaal (c.1700-1710). The text on the reverse side and several small areas of the bordering vignettes have been expertly restored. A most impressive and visually stunning map. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,700. View details	Realized $690
Lot 764		"Paraqvaria Vulgo Paragvay", c.1700's. An attractive map, heavily illustrated with geographic icons; mountainous regions, forests, and townships. The cartouche in the lower left features native peoples presenting a ram, and equally detailed cherubs adorn the upper border. Matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 18.5". Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $345
Lot 765		"Peru" by John Ogilby, c.1670. Hand painted map documenting the Peruvian coastline and Tropic of Capricorn. The ornate cartouche in the upper left is beautifully hand-colored in golden yellow, blue, green and touches of red. The border and coastline is a light yellow. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 21.5". Reverse print is slightly visible in spots, but in no way affects prints adversely. Fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 766		"Tabvla Asiae III", c.1600's. A quaint map, simply illustrated and colored, covering the regions of Cyprus, Syria, the Arabian desert, Armenia, Mesopotamia and Babylon. Of Italian design. Unknown date. Matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 14". Very Good. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $518
Lot 767		"The British Governments in North America" by J. Gibson, c.1764. "Laid down agreeable to the Proclamation of Octr. 7. 1763." A very interesting map on a number of counts. First, it has a very "modern" feel to it in terms of presentation and layout. The color, while hand done, is quite exact in its application. Also, there's the inclusion of the inner map, Bermuda "or the Summer Islands." Finally, one will find another interesting aspect at the southern tip of the states. (Not only is there an East & West Florida, but the region we now know as south Florida is made up of numerous islands!) The territory just west of the colonies is designated, "Lands Reserved for the Indians" and Louisiana spans from it present location all the way north and west. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 13.25". Fine. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details	Realized $460
Lot 768		"The Expeditions of Alexander the Great" c.1630. A large, heavily charted map documenting the Greek leader's travels throughout Western and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Minor. Hand-colored accents and detailed cartouche vignettes of soldiers in both lower corners. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 26 x 22". Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $391
Lot 769		"The Invasions of England and Ireland", c.1700's. "With all their Civil Wars Since the Conquest." By I. Speed. Features a legend of the battles in the lower left. Museum matted and framed to 26.5 x 21.5". Hand painted with watercolor. A minuscule tear in the upper left and intermittent spotting from moisture (neither affects integrity of document). Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $437
Lot 770		"The Track of the Centurion", c.1750. Adding to the uniqueness of this map is the presence of California depicted as an island. This uncolored map by R.W. Seale documents the round the world voyage of the Centurion. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 15.5". Paper has an overall dark tone with intermittent foxing in the center, upper left and a dark streak across the lower left. Very Good. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $345
Lot 771		"Venezuela" by John Ogilby, c.1670. This exquisite map documents the northern portion of Venezuela as well as the southern portion of the Caribbean islands; St. Lucia, Granada, Tobago and Margarita to name a few. Accented with a delicate use of hand painted color throughout the map itself and the adorning vignettes of native inhabitants, "westerners" and mythic figures. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 19.5". Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 772		"West Indies" by Salmon, 1767. Approximately 12 x 8.5". Uncolored. A finely detailed map of the southern pan-handle (Florida is oddly shaped), the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Cuba, Mexico, Central America and the northern region of South America. Overall dark tone, some foxing with minorly worn edges. Fine. Estimated Value $325 - 500. View details	Realized $334