Maps and Atlases

1788 1st ed ARCTIC Voyages Johann Forster History of James Cook ATLAS Maps 2v

Johann Reinhold Forster was an 18th-century Scottish naturalist who played an important role on James Cook's famous second Pacific voyage. Cook's second voyage was set to circumnavigate the world by means of going as far south as possible. This voyage, which is significantly less reported on than his third and final voyage, took Forster and crew to locations such as Easter Island, Tahiti, and the Arctic Circle. Perhaps the most important discovery from this voyage was proving that no continent existed between New Zealand and South America – a common theory amongst centuries of European navigators and historians.

Forster's 'History of Discoveries Made in the North' is one of the best accounts of voyages in the Arctic regions. He not only discusses his own experiences but covers expeditions made by Portuguese, English, French, and even Russian voyages into the Northwest Passage. He covers notable explorers such as Cabot,… Read More

[Railroad] Map of the Illinois Central Railroad and its Connections. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company Map Engravers. 1875. Map printed on green paper. 33 x 25 on sheet 40 x 38 cm folded to 9 x 19 cm. Added text printed in green in margins around map. One three inch fold split, else very good.
OCLC shows one holding (Newberry Lib.) Relief shown by hachures. Timetables on verso "corrected to June 20th, 1875." Text describing routes and connections on 5 panels on verso: Illinois Central Railroad principal connections -- Illinois Central Railroad Dubuque and Sioux City Line! -- Illinois Central Railroad, the direct route from Chicago to Springfield, Farmer City, Clinton and Mt. Pulaski -- Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis through line -- Illinois Central Railroad New Orleans through line.

1789 Atlas MAPS Gibrat Geography USA Italy Turkey Louisiana Mexico America

A rare 18th-century geographical treatise by Jean Baptiste Gibrat. Little is known of Gibrat other than this work; however, this work is a fine study in geography. Per the title, this work was designed for use of college and university students and includes descriptions of France, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and even America and Mexico!
Item number: #14739
Price: $750
GIBRAT, Jean Baptiste
Traité de la géographie moderne
A Toulouse, J. Robert ainé, 1789.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xlviii, 412 (i.e. 456)
o 19 engraved plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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London: Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, et al., 1744 - 1748. Second edition, considered by many to be the best. Revised from the 1705 first edition adding a number of new maps including one of Australia. Two folio volumes (approximately 10.5 x 16.5"). Bound in tan, full-leather boards with 5 raised spine bands and gilt-stamped black leather spine labels to upper compartments; title pages printed in red and black; text in double columns; frontis portraits ("Four Admirals") in vol. II; this copy lacking privilege leaf often found facing title page in vol. I. ILLUSTRATED WITH 61 ENGRAVED CHARTS, PLATES AND MAPS, INCLUDING 15 FOLDING MAPS. All of which have been collated using the list of engraved plates at rear of vol. II, revealing the occasional misplacement or reversal but showing all plates to be present and accounted for. Some staining to vol. I title page which is worn along the edges, list of plates at rear of vol. II somewhat soiled and stained and with touch of wear to edges;… Read More

London: Henry S. King & Co. Collectible-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Folding map plus 16 illustrations by the Eskimo. Complete with decorated cloth protected with a mylar cover. . Sm 8vo., 468 pp. plus 32 pp. catalogue, Inter spine and hinges needs repair. Contents clean. Former owner's inscription, bookplate. .

A Bird's-Eye View of Narragansett Bay. [Providence, R.I.]: J.A. & R.A. Reid. 1888. Black and white bird's eye map. 50 x 72 cm. Has been folded. Very good. OCLC shows no holdings. Probably produced for Reid's Illustrated Sea Side Souvenir, which is itself very scarce, with only two holdings for any years (Brown Univ. & RI Hist. Soc.). A nice display piece. Inset of light house and sailboat. Index of places.

Basel, in der Officin Henricpetrina, Im Jar 1569.
Folio [310 x 205 mm] of (100) prel. ll. including 1 engraved frontispiece, followed by 1467 pp. of text and engravings, the last one not numbered bearing the printer's mark. Full brown calf, double gilt fillet on the covers with a gilt medallion in the center decorated in an Arabic manner, and surmounted by the monogram H.C.H. on the front cover with the date 1570 gilt-stamped underneath, spine ribbed decorated with blind-stamped fleurons, extremities of the spine and corners restored, sprinkled edges. Interesting and elegant contemporary binding.

Very rare edition not described by Sabin of one of the most famous travel and geography books from the Renaissance, illustrated with 26 double-page maps including the map of the "New World" showing the American islands and continent, 37 views and maps of cities on double-page including for example the oldest map of Paris and the first map of Switzerland, 3 folding views of cities (Worms, Heidelberg and… Read More

1781 Geography 18 Maps ATLAS Africa USA Asia America California Island Buffier
Known primarily for his contributions to philosophy, Claude Buffier, a 17th-century French Jesuit historian, published a work of universal geography. This work, which went through numerous editions and titles into the late 18th-century, describes each of the world's continents and major world powers on each. This atlas, along with previous editions, were published at a time before extensive knowledge of the world was common. Buffier atlases are well-known to show California as an island off the American west coast!
Item number: #19146
Price: $750
BUFFIER, Claude
Géographie en vers artificiels, exposée dans les différentes méthodes qui peuvent abréger l'étude de cette science, & en faciliter l'usage
A Paris, du fonds de P.F. Giffart, chez Barrois aîné, 1781.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o Geographie: xvi, 452, [4]
o Traite de la Sphere: 79, [1]
o 17 engraved maps
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London: Bernard White, 1687. A lovely copy of this first edition. Original boards with restored spine (sympathetically re-backed with original label). Complete with 5 engraved illustrations - frontis, folding map, plan, plate and engraved plate in text. small ink annotations to end papers. A touch of darkening to the edges, and a touch of very light foxing but overall in excellent condition. (vi); 250; (vi) pp. 330 by 200mm (13 by 7¾ inches). See Wing S5017

Ash-Tree Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Unsworth, Simon Kurt : Lost Places. Ashcroft (BC, Can) : Ash-Tree Press, 2010. ISBN 9781553101192. First edition. Limited edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark red cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. X pp prelim material, 194 numbered pp, four wo numbers following, including colophon. Introduction by Barbara Roden, eighteen stories, story notes/acknowledgements. Condition notes: A fine, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Light wear to dj, a light soil spot and scratch to top edge. One of 400 hb copies originally published in 2010. Unsettling tales. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Atlante di Roma: La forma del centro storico in scala 1:1000 nel fotopiano e nella carta numericaby Paolo Marconi, Eugenio Baldari, Bruno cussino, Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, Gabriella Maltese, Daniele Tinacci, Licinio FerrettiMarsilio, Venice, 1996. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Square (11 1/2" x 11 1/2"). 621pp. Black Cloth. An aerial view of the historic areas of Rome in 276 square color plates. Each plate is accompanied by schematic of the section photographed. There are 45 black and white illustrations which are comprised of ancient maps of Rome as well as Technological renderings of the architecture. Accompanied by essays (i.e. A New Tool for an Improved City) bilingual- in Italian in front and English in the back. Condition: The book is lacking the jacket and embossed white titles on the spine are mostly gone - but otherwise the book and slipcase are as new. A heavy oversize volume (9 pds.) which may require additional shipping cost.

Boston: Printed By J. T. Buckingham for Thomas & Andrews. Fair; Boards worn, longitudinal crack down spine, front outer joint split, foxing, bookplate scar on front pastedown endpaper, pages toned. Maps toned, Africa map tattered at edges, but all three are intact and in Good condition. 1808. Second Edition. Leather. Original tree calf binding. Lacks leather lettering piece on spine. Three folding maps: Europe, Africa, Asia. A geographical survey of Europe, Africa and Asia. Morse is best known as a minister and educator, as well as the metaphorical father of American geography and biological father of Samuel F. B. Morse. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

1738 Thomas Salmon on Myanmar Arakan Mogul Empire INDIA Ceylon Maldives MAPS

Thomas Salmon was an 18th-century English historian who was known for his chronological treatises on the world's countries. Perhaps his best and most-well known work was his 'Present State of All Nations', a survey of each of both ancient and modern nations and peoples. This volume from the 1738 Italian edition contains descriptions of Southwest Asia including the historical city of Pegu Myanmar, region of Arakan, Great Mogul Empire, Islands of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, the Maldives! And while the contents of this tome are important in themselves, the impressive folding illustrations make this work highly desirable!

Item number: #21393
Price: $550

SALMON, Thomas

Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo naturale, politico, e morale : con nuove osservazioni e correzioni degli antichi, e moderni viaggiatori : volume IV

Venezia: Giambatista Albrizzi Q. Gir, 1738.

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Hartford: Robinson & Pratt, 1831. Soft cover. Fair. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Yellow printed stiff wraps. 12 hand-colored maps and charts, one of which is double page. Covers heavily soiled, maps and charts lightly soiled, most soiling is in margins, occasional chipping to edges, atlas has folded vertically showing slight crease. Regional maps of the United States as well as South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the world. Maps are dated 1828-1830.

Report of a military reconnaissance in Alaska, made in 1883 -- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in answer to Senate resolution of April 18, 1884, the official report of Lieutenant Schwatka of his military reconnaissance of 1883 in Alaska. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. 1st Edition. 1p.l.,121pp. Octavo. illustrations from photos and drawings, and 20 folding maps at the end of the book. Rebound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards; marbled endpapers; the name Geo B. Fleming in gilt at the bottom of the spine.
Frederick Gustavus Schwatka (29 September 1849 – 2 November 1892) was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law, and was a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska. In 1878 he volunteered his pluck for an American Geographical Society search for relics of Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition, missing since 1845. During this 11-month, 3,251-mile dogsled journey in –60-degree weather, Schwatka hunted muskoxen and—when in… Read More