Key Lots from the December 5th Auction

 The first obtainable world map to show a printed depiction of America

Lot 139

Johannes Ruysch (c. 1460-1533)

"Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi"

("A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations") from Geographia Cl. Ptholemaei

Engraving: 17” x 23”; Rome, 1507 (1508)

Estimate: $175,000 - $200,000

Reference: Page 27, Plate 6 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

 Lot 140

Martin Waldseemuller

Tabula Terre Nove

Woodcut map with original hand color: 18” x 233/4”; Strassburg, 1513

Estimate: $125,000 - 175,000

Reference: Page 34, Plate 8 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 141

Oronce Fine (1494-1555)

“Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio” from Novus Orbis Regionum...

Woodcut

Frame size: 23 3/8” x 28 1/2”; Paris, 1531 [1532]

Estimate: $50,000 - 60,000

Reference: Page 46, Plate 16A in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 144

Bolognino Zaltieri

Il Disegno del discoperto della noua Franza, 1566

Engraving

10 1/2 x 16 inches

Estimate: $150,000 - 175,000

Full margins

Reference: Page 67, Plate 30 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America

Lot 149

Cornelis de Jode

Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis, 1593

Engraving; 15 x 20 inches

Estimate: $30,000 - 40,000

Reference: Page 78, Plate 39 in Schwartz’s The Mapping of America