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Dec. 17, 2023
LONG, John (fl. 1768-1791). Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians;
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
LONG, John (fl. 1768-1791). Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; with an Account of the Posts Situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To Which is Added, a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French. A List of Words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux Tongues, and a Table, Shewing the Analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway Languages. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Robson et al, 1791. First edition. Long was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company for nineteen years starting in 1768. Throughout his tenure he traveled among the indigenous peoples of Canada and made extensive notes of their languages, customs, and domestic life. "His is a graphic record of Indian life and customs and of conditions in the fur trade during the furious competition of the Montreal traders among themselves and with the Hudson's Bay Co." (TPL). The map shows the territory from the Great Lakes north to James’s Bay and from the Mississippi east to the St. Lawrence, entitled “Sketch of the Western Countries of Canada 1791.” The English-Native vocabularies are substantial, occupying pages 183 to 295. Howes L-443; Sabin 41878; TPL 597. Quarto (278 x 214mm). Errata and subscribers’ leaves present. Engraved folding map of Canada (short marginal tear, small area of offsetting). Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, board edges and corners worn, hinges cracked).
Christie's
Aug. 17, 2023
(Map - North Pacific Ocean) Carte de la Cote N.O. d'Amerique et de la Cote N.E. d'Asie Reconnues en 1778 et 79. Par le Capitaine Cook. Et Plus Particulierement Encore et 1788 et 89...
Est: $275 - $350
North Pacific Ocean. Capt. John Meares, Carte de la Cote N.O. d'Amerique et de la Cote N.E. d'Asie Reconnues en 1778 et 79. Par le Capitaine Cook. Et Plus Particulierement Encore et 1788 et 89..., from Voyages de la Chine, 1795 (circa). Hand Color. This scarce and interesting map of Alaska and the Bering Strait details the explorations of Captain John Meares. As noted in the title, the map shows the region explored by Captain Cook, but the primary focus is on the tracks of Meares' voyage in 1788-89, ten years after Cook's expedition. Meares is one of the more colorful figures in the early European exploration of the Northwest coast and Alaska. He claimed many of the discoveries of others as his own and rekindled the idea of the Sea of the West and a Northwest Passage. His mythical inland sea, Archipel du Nord, appears stretching from the Strait of Juan de Fuca northwards to just north of the Queen Charlotte Islands, although it is not completely delineated. A note indicates that the American sloop Lady Washington, captained by Robert Gray, had explored this sea in 1789. This was a complete fabrication on the part of Meares; nevertheless it gave new credence to the idea and appears on several later maps as well.
Old World Auctions
Apr. 12, 2022
A George III Inlaid Mahogany D-Shaped Sideboard, Circa 1785
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Property from a West Coast Collection A Pair of 'North Country' George III Mahogany Armchairs, Circa 1760 height 36 in.; width 5 ft. 4 in.; depth 34 in. 91.5 cm; 162.5 cm; 86.5 cm
Sotheby's
Nov. 20, 2021
John C. Russell, "British Colonies in North America from the best Authorities"
Est: -
Sohn des Kartographen und Stechers John Russell (1733-1795), partiell grenzkolorierte Kupferstichkarte/Büttenpapier, unterhalb der Darstellung rechts Stechersignatur, datiert 1797, Verlagsangabe, großflächige, fein gearbeitete Überblickskarte über den oberen nordamerikanischen Kontinent und die Kolonialgebiete der britischen Krone, publ. in London, wohl für Guthrie's New System of Geography, guter Zustand, leicht angegilbt, Darstellung 18,5 x 23 cm (HxB), Passepartout, Gesamtmaß 29,5 x 34 cm (HxB); Map of Northern America with British colonies, partially coloured copperplate engraving, 1797, pres. for Guthrie's New System of Geography, good condition, a bit tanned yellowish, mounted
Kunst- und Auktionshaus Quedlinburg
Oct. 08, 2020
India.- Rennell (James) A Map of the North Part of Hindostan or A Geographical Survey of the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Delhi, 1794.
Est: £300 - £400
India.- Rennell (James) A Map of the North Part of Hindostan or A Geographical Survey of the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Delhi, detailed map of northern India, based upon Rennell's survey work while Surveyor General of the East Indian Company, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper, two sheets joined and mounted on linen support, total 750 x 1090 mm. (29 1/2 x 42 7/8 in), some old folds and handling creases, small repaired tear in the margin at the centre right, minor surface dirt, unframed, published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 25, 2020
North American Land Company
Est: €300 - €600
Philadelphia, 10 March 1795, 25 Shares, #181 representing #2201-25, 25 x 32 cm, black, white, edge heavily tanned and with small paper losses, one time repaired with tape, signed by Robert Morris, enclosed: Certificate signed by Clement Biddle regarding the Shares in the North American Land Company, portrait of Robert Morris. Philadelphia, 10.03.1795, 25 Shares, #181 representing #2201-25, 25 x 32 cm, schwarz, weiß, Rand stark gebräunt und mit kleinen Papierverlusten, an einer Stelle hinterklebt, Original-Signatur von Robert Morris, mit dabei: von Clement Biddle signiertes Zertifikat bezüglich der Aktien der North American Land Company sowie Bild von Robert Morris. Robert Morris (1732 - 1806) was one of the most fascinating people of his time. Morris was delegate of the first Continental Congress in 1774, where the American Colonies arranged the resistance movement against the English Crown. Furthermore he was war financier, signer of the declaration of independence, delegate of the constitutional convention of 1787 and member of the senate. Morris was interested in the financial sector. He raised the money to support the troops of George Washington. The money helped Washington to afield his troops under difficult circumstances. Robert Morris was American Minister of Finance between 1781 and 1784. He founded the Bank of North America and the Bank of New York, at that time. Robert Morris (1732 - 1806) war eine der schillerndsten Personen seiner Zeit. Morris war Delegierter des ersten Kontinentalkongresses, auf dem sich 1774 die amerikanischen Kolonien zum Widerstand gegen die englische Krone einigten. Er war Kriegsfinancier, Mitunterzeichner der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung, Delegierter auf dem Verfassungskonvent von 1787 und Mitglied des US-Senats. Die Interessen von Morris galten seit jeher dem Finanzsektor. Er war es, der das Geld aufbrachte, mit dem Washingtons Truppen trotz schwieriger Umstände im Feld gehalten wurden. Als amerikanischer Finanzminister (1781 - 1784) gründete Morris die Bank of North America und zwei Jahre darauf die Bank of New York. Countries: USA, , Region: Amerika
Scripovest AG
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £60 - £80
Jamaica, KINGSTON, Mark Howard, Penny (?), c. 1795, legend around coach and pair, rev. legend around groom with saddled house, edge grained right, 29mm (Lyall 153; Prid. 131). Good very fine with a hint of original luster £60-£80---Provenance: Bt. Spink & Son, 1975; ex Ray Byrne coll.------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £100 - £150
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Halfpenny, 1792, similar, edge plain, 24mm (Lyall 70; Prid. 17). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise about very fine £100-£150---Provenance: Bt 1975------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £80 - £100
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Penny, 1792, similar, edge plain, obv. countermarked 1825 twice and moore, liverpool (?) raised within a rectangular indent, rev. countermarked with random numbers, 31mm (Lyall –; Prid. –).About fine £80-£100---Provenance: Bt J. Whitmore 1978------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £100 - £150
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Penny, 1792, by J. Milton, similar, edge plain, 32mm (Lyall 67; Prid. 16). About very fine, rare £100-£150---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1983------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £240 - £300
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Penny, 1792, by J. Milton, similar, but obv. from a different die, no stop in rev. legend, edge plain, 30mm (cf. Lyall 66; cf. Prid 15). Good very fine, very rare £240-£300---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1983------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £300 - £360
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Penny, 1792, by J. Milton, African head left,wearing Prince of Wales coronet, incuse m on truncation, rev. George III as Neptune in marine car left, no stop in legend, edge plain, 30mm (Lyall 66; Prid. 15). About extremely fine, very rare £300-£360---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1980------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £100 - £150
Barbados, Uncertain issuer, Second issue, copper Penny, 1788, by J.G. Hancock, similar, edge plain, 32mm (Trudgen 5+H; Lyall 72; Prid. 14). About very fine £100-£150---Provenance: Bt 1978------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £90 - £120
Barbados, Uncertain issuer, Second issue, copper Penny, 1788, by J.G. Hancock, similar, edge plain, 32mm (Trudgen 4+E; Lyall 72; Prid. 14). Small clip on edge, otherwise about fine £90-£120---Provenance: Bt Format 1967------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £150 - £200
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, Second issue, copper Penny, 1788, perhaps by J.G. Hancock, similar, edge plain, on a small flan, 30mm (Trudgen 3+D; Lyall –, Prid. –). Good extremely fine, rare £150-£200---Provenance: Bt J.Shaw 1992------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £100 - £150
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, First issue, copper Penny, 1788, by J. Milton, similar, edge plain, 33mm (Trudgen 2+B; Lyall 63; Prid. –). About extremely fine, rare £100-£150---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1983------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £100 - £150
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, First issue, copper Penny, 1788, by J. Milton, similar, edge plain, 33mm (Trudgen 1+B; Lyall 62, cf. Prid. 11). Very fine, rare £100-£150---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1983------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Oct. 02, 2019
World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector
Est: £200 - £260
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, First issue, copper Penny, 1788, by J. Milton, African head left, wearing Prince of Wales coronet, rev. pineapple, edge plain, 32mm (Trudgen 1+A; Lyall 61, cf. Prid. 10). Good very fine, rare £200-£260---Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1983------For more information , additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Noonans
Apr. 01, 2017
NORTH AMERICAN LAND CO.
Est: €400 - €800
16 March 1795 PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA. Cert. of 4 Founder Shares. black. No 565. A fine example of this popular piece, signed by Robert Morris, as president. Morris (1734-1806) was born in England, gained his first serious commercial experience in shipping, and, for 39 years, was head of Willing, Morris & Co. Morris may be considered as the financier of the American revolution. It was Morris who found money when Washington's troops were in serious difficulty on the battlefield. He was one of the signers of the declaration of Independence. In 1787 he was a delegate to theconstitutional assembly in Philadelphia. In 1782 he founded the first bank of the young nation, the Bank of North America. From 1789-95 he was a U.S. Senator for PA. On Feb. 20, 1795, Morris founded together with Greenleaf and Nicholson the North American Land Company (NALC) to finance their land speculation business. It was the largest land trust ever known in America, more than 6,000,000 acres (24,000 kmÂ²), most of it valued at about 50 cents an acre. NALC was authorized to issue 30,000 shares of $100 each. The 3 partners guaranteed a 6% annual dividend. An expected loan from Holland never materialized because England and the Dutch declared war on Revolutionary France. The subsequent Napoleonic Wars ruined the market for American lands, and Morris's highly leveraged company collapsed.
Boone Shares - The Scripophily Center
Dec. 18, 2016
Large early World & North American Maps: framed under glass in burl mahogany frame: a two-part A Central Map of the World-Terraqueous Globe published by Laurie & Whittle No. 63 Fleet St. 12th May 1794 London each 20 ½T X 49 W image size (See also item #462)
Est: -
Large early World & North American Maps: framed under glass in burl mahogany frame: a two-part A Central Map of the World-Terraqueous Globe published by Laurie & Whittle No. 63 Fleet St. 12th May 1794 London each 20 ½T X 49 W image size (See also item #462)
Roan Inc. Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 14, 2016
Faden (William), Chart of the N.W.Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779, 2nd edition published 1794,
Est: £500 - £800
North America. Faden (William), Chart of the N.W.Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779, 2nd edition published 1794, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 410 x 700 mm
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 30, 2016
Five 18th Century NC/TN land grants
Est: $400 - $600
Group of 5 documents signed by North Carolina governors Richard Dobbs Spaight and Samuel Ashe granting land in what would eventually become known as Tennessee in return for Revolutionary War service, along with survey maps. 1st item: 1792 land grant "in consideration of the signal bravery and persevering zeal" of Private James Tucker, 640 acres in the Mero District of Davidson County. Signed by Spaight. Map drawn by John Davis, "Deputy Surveyor." (Full tears at 2 fold lines, partial tears at others, map intact but with significant toning and foxing). 2nd item: 1793 land grant to Thedor Benton, a private," 220 acres in the Mero District, Sumner County. Signed by Spaight. (Losses/tears at fold lines on document and map). 3rd item: 1793 land grant to John Moran, assignee of John Standen, 503 acres in the Mero District of Davidson County. Signed by Spaight. Map by John Davis, "Deputy Surveyor." (Full tears at several fold lines with one 3" area of loss, heavy toning and left edge losses to map). 4th item: 1796 land grant of 640 acres in the Mero District of Davidson County to Jonathan Frier Robertson (son of General James Robertson, co-founder of Nashville), assignee of Abel Sessums (?). Signed by Ashe. The map is signed by surveyor John Davis, whose daughter Kitty married Jonathan Robertson in 1792. (Partial tears and losses at fold lines, heavy toning at folds). 5th item: Interesting 1797 land grant on State of North Carolina letterhead, with survey map bearing handwritten "State of Tennessee". The Dec. 1797 land grant refers to 640 acres granted to John Mann, assignee of private Thomas Dunlap, and references "John Donelson's line" as a boundary. Signed by Ashe. The attached map is dated August 28, 1797. (Note: Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796). Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Apr. 18, 2016
North American Land Company
Est: €250 - €400
Philadelphia, 16 March 1795, 4 Shares, #572, 24.5 x 32 cm, black, white, small tears, signed by Robert Morris. Philadelphia, 16.03.1795, 4 Shares, #572, 24,5 x 32 cm, schwarz, weiß, kleinere Randeinrisse, Original-Signatur von Robert Morris. Der 1734 geborene Robert Morris war eine der frühen, schillernden Figuren der Vereinigten Staaten: Er war Mitglied des ersten US-Kongresses, Mitunterzeichner der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung, Landspekulant und Kriegsfinanzier. Seine Finanzoperationen waren mitentscheidend für den Verlauf des Unabhängigkeitskrieges. Daneben gründete Morris die erste amerikanische Bank (Bank of North America). Er war zudem von 1781 bis 1784 Finanzminister. 1794 gründete er dann gemeinsam mit John Nicholson die Asylum Company. Diese sollte ursprünglich dem französischen König Louis XVI, Königin Marie Antoinette sowie anderen hochkarätigen Mitgliedern der gestürzten Monarchie die Flucht und die Aufnahme in den USA ermöglichen. Die Personen wurden allerdings bereits 1793 hingerichtet. Countries: USA Region: Amerika
Scripovest AG
Nov. 21, 2015
The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of Distances
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Robert Sayer (1725-1794) and John Bennett (D. 1787). London: March 20, 2776. Broadside, single sheet (28 6/8 x 20 6/8 inches). Fine engraved map of the eastern states of America (16 x 20 inches to the neat line), hand coloured in outline, above 3 columns of letterpress text below the title "A Compendious Account of the British Colonies in North America," (old folds). last copy to sell at auction made $7,500.
Arader Galleries
Sep. 26, 2015
North American Land Company certificate #1926
Est: $600 - $1,200
Number 1926 to Bird, Savage, and Bird in 1795. Signed by Robert Morris (later cancelled for obvious reasons) and James Marshall. Robert Morris was called the Òfinancier of the American Revolution.Ó But his involvement with the North American Land Company lieterally destroyed his life. During the Revolutionary War Morris, an extremely wealthy Philadelphian, kept his friend George Washington and his troops fed, clothed, and armed. After the war Morris tried his hands in other ventures including the largest land trust in American History, and is one of the first publicly traded Real Estate companies. To make a long story short, his investments turned bad and the harder he tried to reverse his fortunes the deeper in debt he became. So in 1798 the financier of the American Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence found himself in debtors prison! James Marshall (brother of Chief Justice John Marshall) was his son-in-law and made a valiant but unsuccessful trip to Europe to gain supporters. Bird, Savage & Bird was a London Financial Firm and certianly one fo the places James Marshall would have visited. (Prag collection) City: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania Date: HWAC#: 33052
Holabird Western Americana
Sep. 19, 2015
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Est: $80,000 - $150,000
Thomas L. McKenney(1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). 20 original parts. Folio (21 x 15 inches). Notice regarding âThe Description of the War Dance, received from Mr. Atwaterâ being incorrect tipped-in towards the end of part 9, Erratum slip tipped-in to beginning of part 10, âNotices to Binders and Subscribersâ tipped-in at the beginning of part 20, âThe History of the Indian Tribes of North Americaâ bound in to the ends of parts 1-3 and throughout parts 17-20, 17 pages of facsimile signatures of subscribers, leaf entitled âThe Genuineness of the Portrait of Pocahontas, lithographed leaf of maps entitled âLocalities of All the Indian Tribes in North America in 1833â, all at the end of part 20; title pages to part 1 (Volume 1, Biddle imprint, 1837, BAL state B), part 9 (Volume 2, Greenough imprint, 1838, BAL state A), part 16 (Volume 2, Rice and Clark imprint, 1842, BAL state B as called for), part 20 (Volume 3, Rice and Clark imprint, 1844, BAL state A). 120 SUPERB hand-colored lithographed plates after C. B. King and Rindisbacher (some minor offsetting of text onto plates, some occasional spotting to text leaves). ORIGINAL OCHRE PRINTED PAPER WRAPPERS (backstrips to parts 1-3 worn away and wrappers loose, short tear with loss to front wrapper of part 17, one or two creases); housed in red morocco backed clamshell box. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle (parts 1-6), Frederick W. Greenough (parts 7-13), J. T. Bowen (part 14), Daniel Rice and James G. Clark (parts 15-20), 1836-1844.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 12, 2015
[HOUSTON, Sam (1793-1863),Senator, President of Texas.] FRÉMONT, John C. (1813-1890).Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-’44. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
[HOUSTON, Sam (1793-1863), Senator, President of Texas.] FRÉMONT, John C. (1813-1890). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-’44. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. 8°. 22 lithographed plates and 5 maps (two folding, the large Preuss map in pocket at end). (“Fort Laramie” plate detached but present.) (Occasional spotting throughout.) Original brown blind-tooled cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (wear at ends of spine and extremities). [Including:] PREUSS, Charles. Map of an Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the Year 1843-44. Baltimore: E. Weber & Co. [1845]. Large folding map (825 x 1346 mm). FIRST EDITION, the Senate issue. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SAM HOUSTON on the front free endpaper: “Presented to Miss E. D. Burnside, by her friend and obt. Servt Sam Houston, Texas. Washington, 19 June [1846].” A powerful association of “Pathfinder” Frémont’s with a central figure in Texas history. Frémont’s Report describes the 10,000-mile “wilderness which lies between the frontiers of the Missouri to the shores of the Pacific” (Wheat). Houston was back in Washington as Senator for the new State of Texas, 14-years after being forced to flee the U.S. after his caning of Congressman William Stanbery. The two reports, written with the help of Frémont's wife Jessie Benton, "caught the public imagination: images of Frémont's guide, the then little-known Christopher 'Kit' Carson, riding bareback across the prairie, and Frémont himself, raising a flag on a Rocky Mountain peak, entered the national mythology" (Pamela Herr, American National Biography). The reports mapped out all California rivers south of the American River and the three Colorado rivers. They became essential guides for gold rush travelers and settlers heading for California and the Oregon Territory. Frémont stresses the importance of Preuss's large map of the routes traversed in both expeditions: "it fills up the vast geographical chasm" between Missouri and the Columbia River. Historians ever since have warmly agreed, calling it "monumental in its breadth--a classic of exploring literature" (Goetzmann, Exploration and Empire, p.248). Wheat, in Mapping the Transmississippi West, deems it "as important a step forward from the earlier western maps...as...Pike, Long, and Lewis and Clark in their day" (p.495). Cohen Mapping the West, pp.130-133; Field 565; Graff 1436; Howes F-370; Sabin 25845; Streeter sale VI:3131; Wagner-Camp-Becker 115:2; Zamorano Eighty 39.
Christie's
Feb. 28, 2015
The Quadrupeds of North America
Est: $10,000 - $13,000
John James Audubon (1785 - 1851). New York: V.G. Audubon, 1851-1854. 3 volumes. (10 x inches). 155 fine handcolored lithographed and chromolithographed plates by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and J. W. Audubon (pale waterstain affecting a few text leaves which are also a bit brown). Cotnemporary full red morocco, gilt (a bit scuffed and darkened at the edges of the covers). First octavo edition, later issue title-page in volume one, but clearly bound from the original parts. The ?Quadrupeds? was first published in three Imperial folio volumes between 1845 and 1848, as ?The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America?, with 150 colour plates. The first octavo edition, issued in response to the success of a similar edition of ?The Birds of America?, between 1851 and 1854, contains all of the original 150 plates, reduced by means of the camera lucida, with 5 of the 6 supplemental octavo plates that were issued separately with text in 1854. Audubon?s enthusiasm at the start of the project was unbridled. Around 1840 he wrote to his collaborator, the Rev. James Bachman, ?I am growing old, but what of this? My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever, my legs full able to carry my body for ten years to come, and in about two of these I expect the illustrations out, and ere the following twelve months have elapsed, their histories studied, their descriptions carefully prepared and the book printed! Only think of the quadrupeds of America being presented to the World of Science by Audubon and Bachman? (Streshinsky, Audubon, p. 331). The artist managed to complete seventy-seven drawings before failing health kept him from his work. The remainder were completed by John Woodhouse Audubon. The dauntingly massive enterprise was a commercial success, owing chiefly to Victor?s careful management. Before Audubon?s death in 1851, his sons succeeded in soliciting some three hundred subscriptions for the work. Bennett 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638.
Arader Galleries
Oct. 20, 2014
North American Land Company
Est: €300 - €450
Philadelphia, 8 April 1795, 1 Share, #1297, 24.5 x 32 cm, black, white, small tears, ink rust, signed by Robert Morris. Philadelphia, 08.04.1795, 4 Shares, #1297, 24,5 x 32 cm, schwarz, weiß, kleine Randeinrisse, Tintenfraß, Original-Signatur von Robert Morris. Der 1734 geborene Robert Morris war eine der frühen, schillernden Figuren der Vereinigten Staaten: Er war Mitglied des ersten US-Kongresses, Mitunterzeichner der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung, Landspekulant und Kriegsfinanzier. Seine Finanzoperationen waren mitentscheidend für den Verlauf des Unabhängigkeitskrieges. Daneben gründete Morris die erste amerikanische Bank (Bank of North America). Er war zudem von 1781 bis 1784 Finanzminister. 1794 gründete er dann gemeinsam mit John Nicholson die Asylum Company. Diese sollte ursprünglich dem französischen König Louis XVI, Königin Marie Antoinette sowie anderen hochkarätigen Mitgliedern der gestürzten Monarchie die Flucht und die Aufnahme in den USA ermöglichen. Die Personen wurden allerdings bereits 1793 hingerichtet. Countries: USA Region: Amerika
Scripovest AG
Dec. 08, 2013
After John James Audubon-(American, 1785-1851)-Canis Lupus (Pl. LXXII)
Est: $600 - $800
Canis Lupus (Pl. LXXII) , 1845 From the Bowen edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, handcolored lithograph on wove paper, with margins trimmed, laid down, with light staining, foxing, soft creases, tears extending from sheet edges, colors faded, not framed. 19 1/8 x 24in sheet 19 3/4 x 25 5/8in
Bonhams
Nov. 17, 2013
Gage, Thomas (1720-1787) General Return of the Number of Rations and Provisions Issued to His Majesty's Troops in North America under
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Gage, Thomas (1720-1787) General Return of the Number of Rations and Provisions Issued to His Majesty's Troops in North America under the Command of His Excellency, the Honorable Major General Thomas Gage, Commander in Chief &c. between the 25th of June and 24th of December 1768. Manuscript document on a double folio sheet of laid paper, oriented in landscape format; the content of the document expressed by means of a graph that lists the names of the posts and places in the leftmost column, with each ensuing column listing the numbers of troops in each regiment, with a column for each regiment (seventeen regiments listed), filling the page all the way across, with the total number of rations for every regiment in each region totaled in the rightmost column, so that totals can be viewed both by post and regiment, signed by Gage in the lower right corner; the sheet lightly toned, slight breaks along the central fold, generally good, tissue repairs along the breaks applied to the verso, 15 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. The posts and places listed on the document are as follows: New York, Albany, Fort George, Quebec, Montreal, Three Rivers, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Oswegatchie, Fort Ontario, Niagara, Fort Erie, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Prince George, Elizabeth Town, Brunswick, Fort Charlotte, Fort Augusta, Fort Frederica, Charles Town, St. Augustine, Halifax, Bermuda, Fort Pitt, Fort Sigonier, Fort Bedford, Fort Littleton, Carlisle, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and Boston. A note at the bottom states that "the returns of the 18th Regiment at the Illinois, 21st at Charlestown, & 31st at Pensacola are not yet come to hand."
Skinner
Oct. 03, 2013
Map of The Holy Land. Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, Paris, 1797-1798
Est: $400 - $500
"Cart de la Terre des Hebreuxou Israelites partgeeselonl'ordre de Dieu aux douzetribus." Map of the Holy Land divided into 12 tribes pursuant to the Sanson map. Coastline from Sidon in the North to Raphia in the South. By Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, Paris, 1797-1798. Published by Charles Francois Delamarche. A beautiful copper engraving by Guillaume Delahaye. Colored tribal borders. Lovely, black and white, title cartouche in lower left corner. In the lower right corner are comments on the map. French. 48.5 cm x 68.5 cm (56.5 cm x 76 cm inclusive). Very fine condition. Thick, high quality paper. Aging stains. Original fold. Inset map in left corner depicting Solomon's kingdom with shoreline from Beirut to Geth in the South. The kingdom includes part of Syria to Damascus. Colored provincial borders. Laor, 673.
Winner's Auctions LTD
Feb. 17, 2013
After George Catlin (American, 1794-1872)
Est: $400 - $600
Catching the Wild Horse, Pl. 4, from the North American Indian Portfolio, 1844-45 Handcolored lithograph on heavy wove paper, the regular edition, published by Day & Haghe, London, with margins, in good condition aside from a 3in repaired tear, foxing and other minor defects, framed. 12 1/4 x 17 3/4in sheet 17 x 23in
Bonhams
Feb. 17, 2013
After George Catlin (American, 1794-1872)
Est: $400 - $600
North American Indians, Pl. 1, from the North American Indian Portfolio, 1844-45 Handcolored lithograph on heavy wove paper, published by James Ackerman, New York, with margins, in good condition aside from foxing, soft creases and other minor defects, framed. 17 1/2 x 13in sheet 22 x 16in
Bonhams
Feb. 17, 2013
After George Catlin (American, 1794-1872)
Est: $400 - $600
Wi-Jun-Jon, Pl. 25, from the North American Indian Portfolio, 1844-45 Handcolored lithograph on heavy wove paper, the regular edition, published by Day & Haghe, London, with margins, in apparently good condition aside from foxing, staining, colors faded and other minor defects, framed (not examined out of frame). approx. 17 1/2 x 12 1/2in
Bonhams
Feb. 13, 2013
Part of North America, Comprehending the Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina & Georgia Eastern United States John Cary 1795 B+
Est: - $300
Part of North America, Comprehending the Course of the Ohio, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina & Georgia Eastern United States John Cary 1795 B+ (Size: 11.6 x 8.3 inches) A finely engraved map based on the larger map by Didier Robert de Vaugondy (McCorkle 755.37). The map is filled with detail of early settlements, Indian villages, and topography. The colonies extend to the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, with North Carolina shown in an unusual, skinny configuration. The top left of the map is filed with the inset "Supplement to Carolina" which extends the map ...
Old World Auctions
Feb. 10, 2013
After George Catlin (American, 1794-1872)
Est: $400 - $600
North American Indians, Pl. 1, from the North American Indian Portfolio, 1844-45 Handcolored lithograph on heavy wove paper, published by James Ackerman, New York, with margins, in good condition aside from foxing, soft creases and other minor defects, framed. 17 1/2 x 13in sheet 22 x 16in
Bonhams
Jan. 03, 2013
North American Land Company
Est: -
Philadelphia, 2 shares à 6 $ 16.3.1795. Mit Originalunterschrift Robert Morris. Eines der bedeutendsten Stücke der frühen amerikanischen Wirtschaftgeschichte. NICHT entwertet. VF. #12563-12564. Der aus Liverpool stammende Robert Morris (1734-1806), Mitunterzeichner der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung, war der Finanzier der amerikanischen Revolution. 1782 gründete er die "Bank of North America". Er war der engste Vertraute und Freund von George Washington. Das Angebot, in Washington's erstem Kabinett den Posten des Finanzministers zu übernehmen, schlug er aus. Sein Glaube an die Entwicklung der Landstriche westlich der damals besiedelten Gebiete war die Ursache für riesige spekulative Landkäufe durch seine North American Land Co.: Ihm gehörte auch der größte Teil einer unerschlossenen Wildnis, die später zum Bauplatz der neuen Hauptstadt Washington wurde. Eine Wirtschaftsdepression, bedingt durch die von ihm nicht vorhergesehenen napoleonischen Kriege in Europa, zerstörte schließlich sein ganzes Vermögen. So spektakulär Morris' Aufstieg gewesen war, so spektakulär war sein Fall: 1798 wurde er ins Schuldnergefängnis geworfen, wo er über drei Jahre saß. Er starb bald darauf als körperlich und geistig gebrochener Mann.
Deutsche Wertpapierauktionen
Nov. 10, 2012
North American Land Company
Est: €350 - €550
Philadelphia, 19 December 1795, 3 Shares, #2111, 24.5 x 32 cm, black, white, small tears (one with 2 cm), original signature of Robert Morris. Philadelphia, 19.12.1795, 3 Shares, #2111, 24,5 x 32 cm, schwarz, weiß, kleinere Randeinrisse (einer 2 cm), Original-Signatur von Robert Morris. Der 1734 geborene Robert Morris war eine der frühen, schillernden Figuren der Vereinigten Staaten: Er war Mitglied des ersten US-Kongresses, Mitunterzeichner der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung, Landspekulant und Kriegsfinanzier. Seine Finanzoperationen waren mitentscheidend für den Verlauf des Unabhängigkeitskrieges. Daneben gründete Morris die erste amerikanische Bank (Bank of North America). Er war zudem von 1781 bis 1784 Finanzminister. 1794 gründete er dann gemeinsam mit John Nicholson die Asylum Company. Diese sollte ursprünglich dem französischen König Louis XVI, Königin Marie Antoinette sowie anderen hochkarätigen Mitgliedern der gestürzten Monarchie die Flucht und die Aufnahme in den USA ermöglichen. Die Personen wurden allerdings bereits 1793 hingerichtet. Countries: USA Region: Amerika
Scripovest AG
Apr. 10, 2012
HEARNE, Samuel (1745-1792). A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of The Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c.; In the Years 1769, 1770,
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
HEARNE, Samuel (1745-1792). A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of The Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c.; In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1795. 4υo (288 x 231 mm). Publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Five engraved folding maps and plans, and four engraved folding plates. (Some occasional pale offsetting and staining, heavier on the last few leaves and plates.) Contemporary English mottled calf gilt, red morocco lettering-piece on spine (rebacked preserving original spine, some light wear at extremities, bookplate removed from pastedown). FIRST EDITION. A TALL COPY OF HEARNE'S WORK ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE COPPERMINE RIVER. Hearne was the first white man to cross North America north of Mexico, and the first to travel overland to the Arctic Ocean. He'd been sent by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1769 to find a northwest passage via Hudson Bay and to explore the country for copper mines which had been reported by the Indians. After two initial failures, he reached the Coppermine River in December of 1770 and followed it to its mouth on the Arctic coast. On his return he discovered Great Slave Lake. As a result of Hearne's explorations, any theory of a western exit to the Pacific was disproved, and much was learned about the natural history and Indian tribes of the region. The navigator Jean François La Pérouse, who captured Fort Albany on Hudson Bay, discovered Hearne's manuscript and negotiated with the Hudson's Bay Company for its publication. "Nothing can be more vivid than his descriptions of their savage customs, their brutal indifference to their own as well as others' sufferings, and their horrible massacres of rival tribes" (Field). Hearne's narrative is particularly noteworthy for its candid and graphic descriptions: "When I was on my passage from Cumberland House to York Fort, two boys killed a fine buck moose in the water, by forcing a stick up its fundament; for they had neither gun, bow, nor arrows with them." Peter C. Newman writes in Empire of the Bay (2000): "That painfully honest chronicle of his epic journey -- published twenty-three years later as A Journey from Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean [sic] -- turned out to be as important a legacy as the journey itself. The perceptiveness that allowed Hearne to view each new experience without the inhibitions of his time made his diary a classic in the literature of northern discovery" (p.232). Bell H-73; Field 676; Hill 791; Lande 1220; Sabin 31181; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 445; Streeter sale VI:3652.
Christie's
Mar. 22, 2012
QIAN FENG 1740 - 1795
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
FROM AN IMPORTANT NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 601-625) CALLIGRAPHY IN REGULAR SCRIPT signed Feng, with a dedication, and two seals of the artist, qian feng zhi yin, nan yuan ink on paper, framed 169.2 by 92 cm. 66 5/8 by 36 1/4 in.
Sotheby's
Oct. 05, 2011
An Egyptian pottery hippopotamus vessel two pottery vessels, and a North African jar, 4
Est: £500 - £800
An Egyptian pottery hippopotamus vessel Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1991-1786 B.C. Modelled with broad snout and short tail, surmounted by a short necked aperture with everted rim, some red slip remaining, 4in (10cm) high, 7in (18cm) long; two pottery vessels, each with a single handle modelled as a cow's head, decorated with red on cream slip with rays at the shoulder, the bases decorated with four spiral motifs, Not Ancient, 5in and 6in (12.5cm and 15cm) diam excluding the lug handles; and a North African jar, Not Ancient (4)
Bonhams
Jun. 23, 2010
[NORTH AMERICA.]
Est: $500 - $700
SCHRAEMBL, FRANZ ANTON. 1751-1803. Generalkarte von Nordamerica samt den Westindischen Inseln. [Vienna]: Schraembl, 1788. Copper-engraved map on 4 sheets, each about 527 x 614 mm, unjoined. Some light dampstain and wear in outer margin, one short tape repair in margin, generally clean and attractive. An impressive four-sheet map of North America by the Austrian cartographer.
Bonhams
May. 15, 2010
Pair of Prints from Thomas L. McKenney's The History of the Indian Tribes of North America: Appanoose, Saukie Chief and Makataimeshe-Kiakiah, Saukie Brave
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
CHARLES BIRD KING (American, 1785-1862) Pair of Prints from Thomas L. McKenney's The History of the Indian Tribes of North America: Appanoose, Saukie Chief and Makataimeshe-Kiakiah, Saukie Brave, 1836 Lithograph on paper 15-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (39.4 x 29.2 cm) window Published by F.W. Greenough, Philadelphia
Heritage Auctions
Feb. 08, 2010
After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851); Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL);
Est: -
Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL), 1846 From the John T. Bowen edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph with handcoloring on wove paper, with margins, framed (not examined out of frame). sight 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in
Bonhams
Feb. 07, 2010
After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851); Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL);
Est: $500 - $1,000
Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL), 1846 From the John T. Bowen edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph with handcoloring on wove paper, with margins, framed (not examined out of frame). sight 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in
Bonhams
Sep. 19, 2009
John James Audubon (1785-1851), Cougar & Young
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper, plate XCVII from "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" published in 1846 by J.T. Bowen (Philadelphia). Matted and framed under glass. SS 20" x 26"; DOA 29.25" x 35.25" Not examined out of the frame.
Leland Little Auctions
Aug. 31, 2009
After John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851); Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL);
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lynx Rufus (Pl. XCIL), 1846 From the John T. Bowen edition of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, lithograph with handcoloring on wove paper, with margins, framed (not examined out of frame). sight 19 1/2 x 25 1/2in
Bonhams