Key Lots from December 15th Auction

Lot 150

Marc Lescarbot

Figvre de la Terre Nevve, Grande Riviere de Canada, et Cotes de l’Ocean en la Novvelle France, 1609

Engraving; 7 x 17 inches

Estimate: $40,000 - 50,000

Reference: Page 90, Plate 45 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 151

Samuel de Champlain

Carte de la nouvelle France

Engraving: 20 ½" x 34"; Paris, 1632

Estimate: $90,000 - 110,000

Guidance: Sotheby's May 9, 2012. Lot 180. $102,737

Reference: Page 93, Plate 48 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 152

John Smith (1580-1631)

Virginia

Burden, State 9

Engraving: London, 1612 (1624-32)

Estimate: $30,000 - 40,000

Guidance: Sotheby’s Benevento Collection, London, May 6, 2010, Lot 29, Sold for GBP34,850 or $55,760

Reference: Page 95, Plate 50 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 153

John Smith (1580-1631)

New England the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and mighty Prince Charles, Prince of great Britaine. Observed and described by Captayn John Smith” from The General Historie of Virginia, New- England and the Summer Isles

State 5

Copperplate engraving

Estimate: $60,000 - 70,000

Guidance: Swann December 9, 2004. Lot 193. $41,400

Reference: Page 98, Plate 53 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 159

John Foster

A Map of New England, 1677

1st English Edition; Woodcut

12 x 15 inches

Estimate: $70,000 - 80,000

Reference: Page 123, Plate 68 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 160

Thomas Holme

A Mapp of ye Improved part of Pensilvania in America, Divided into Countryes Townships and Lotts, 1687

Engraving with original hand color

15 1/2 x 21 inches

Estimate: $60,000 - 70,000

Reference: Page 123, Plate 70 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 163

Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726)

Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi

1st edition, 1718

Copper-plate engraving with original hand color: 201/2" x 271/4"

Estimate: $30,000 - 40,000

Reference: Page 146, Plate 84 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America