I am a buyer of maps, atlases, color plate books, natural history watercolors - Arader Galleries has the largest stock in the world in all of these categories.



What I bought today at Sothebys NYC today in their rare book and map sale.  Let me know if anything is of interest. 

Graham Arader in Books sale N09885 - June 28 2018
Lot
Description
hammer
aggregate
132
Cram, George F. 9 maps of Oklahoma and Indian Territories. Chicago: 1888-1895
1,000
1,250
133
Delisle, Guillaume. Carte du Mexique et de la Floride. Paris: 1703
4,000
5,000
134
Delisle, Guillaume. Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi. Paris: 1718
6,000
7,500
139
Humboldt, Alexander von. Carte Generale du Royaume de Nouvelle Espagne. Paris: 1811-1812
9,500
11,875
141
(Indian Territories and Reservations). Four 19th- or early 20th-century maps of Indian Territories and in the U.S.
2,400
3,000
142
Jefferys, Thomas. The Western Coast of Louisiana & The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana. London: 1775
1,700
2,125
143
Jefferys, Thomas. The American Atlas. London: 1776
30,000
37,500
145
La Harpe. Manuscript map of Carte nouvelle de la partie de l'ouest de la Louisianne. Paris: 1722-1725
480,000
591,000
146
Lattré, Jean. Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique suivant le Traité de Paix de 1783. Paris: 1784 [but ca. 1792]
4,500
5,625
147
[Lindbergh, Charles]. Rand McNally map of Oklahoma, signed by him and used in flight. [Chicago: ca. 1920–1930]
3,200
4,000
150
Lopez. La Luisiana cedida al Rei N. S. por S. M. Christianisima, con la Nueva Orleans. Madrid: 1762
6,000
7,500
153
Mercator, Rumold. Orbis terrae compendiosa description. Duisburg: 1595 or later
2,600
3,250
154
Moll. A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America. London: 1715
10,000
12,500
156
[North America]. Five nineteenth-century maps of North America or portions thereof
3,000
3,750
162
Purchas, Samuel. Purchas His Pilgrimes [with] Purchase his Pilgrimage, London: 1625-1626. 5 vols
20,000
25,000

Total
583,900
720,875

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