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Classical Antiquities and Rare Maps

Traders Of The Lost Art

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera (2)

Spectacular Map of California As An Island! Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Maps: Pre 1700 item# 418321 (stock# RESM05-01)
click for details		Traders Of The Lost Art $2200, sale priced $1600
De Fer, Nicolas: Cette Carte de Californie et du Nouveau Mexique. Excellent condition, great color, paris, 1700. A rare and important map from 'Atlas Curieux', engraved by C. Inselin, and based on Sanson's monumental map of 1656, with various additions and revisions. This landmark map is a pivotal document in the cartographic history of California and the Southwest, particularly regarding the popular notion in the 1600s that California was an island. Almost simultaneously with de Fer ...click for details

Beautiful 1798 Framed World Map by Dezauche Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Maps: Pre 1800 item# 131085 (stock# RESM03-02)
click for details		Traders Of The Lost Art $2195 Reduced to $1795
Beautiful World Map by noted French cartographer, Dezauche. This map is quite large at 18" x 26" and nicely matted and framed in a custom gold-leaf frame which is much larger. The map displays the United States (only established a few years before the map) and explorer Capt Cook's tracts through the pacific. A search of dealer and auction records reflect a selling price of a similar map by Martayan Lan of $2500 for the map alone! It was at the time of this maps printing that the pa ...click for details

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