Rare maps of North America

380 x 500 mm., with a small upper right corner margin repair, otherwise in good condition.

FIRST EDITION IN COLOUR. Text in two large quarto volumes (330 x 280 mm. ea.), recent matching half calf, brown moiré cloth boards, spines with gilt ruled raised bands with gilt titles, with central blind embossed compartments. With titles, half-titles, table of contents, list of subscribers, pp. [16], 654, [2]; [24], 688, [2], containing over 40 woodblock engravings set within the text, with the large folding map (415 x 810 mm.) in early outline colour often missing. Tableau atlas in oblong portfolio (430 x 610 mm.), in contemporary half calf binding, brown moiré cloth boards, gilt panelled with central gilt title within ornate frame, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, compartments with ornate blind central feature, interior of both boards with publisher's green moiré paper, extremities lightly rubbed. Containing 48 plates consisting of 48 Tableau engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic and a table illustrating the temperatures at Fort Union and Fort Clark (often lacking), 41 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp. Vignette atlas in oblong portfolio (330 x 485 mm.), in contemporary half calf binding, brown moiré cloth boards, gilt panelled with central gilt title within ornate frame, rebacked to style, interior of both boards with publisher's green moiré paper. Containing 33 Vignette engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic, 30 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp.

200 x 290 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.

215 x 165 mm., uncut manuscript four page ledger, in good condition.

190 x 290 mm., in very nice early outline colour, good condition.

210 x 295 mm., in very nice full early wash colour, good condition.

THE RARE 31 PLATE ISSUE. Folio (595 x 430 mm.), contemporary half straight-grained blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, uncut, blue cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with ornate gilt raised bands, compartments with ornate central gilt feature and gilt titles, gilt top, marbled endpapers. With title page, Contents and 31 hand coloured lithographic plates (25 numbered and 6 unnumbered), each with blank interleaf, a few margins lightly stained, lower corner of title page chipped, 5 plates with waterstain in the margins effecting the image of only one - 'Attacking the Grizzly Bear', otherwise in good condition.

INCLUDING THE SECOND MAP OF CAROLINA. Octavo (150 x 95 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, rebacked with blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title label, original endpapers. With typographic title page, dedication to Charles II, Preface, pp. (8), 192, with three folding maps, in excellent condition.

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE OF NICOLAS DE FER'S LANDMARK MAP IN FULL CONTEMPORARY WASH COLOUR. 465 x 640 mm., in full early wash colour, faint water stain lower centrefold, otherwise in excellent condition.

320 x 375 mm., in good condition.

A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF LOUISIANA. Octavo, nineteenth century quarter calf, panelled cloth boards, gilt spine, with marbled endpapers. XX, 318, 5, (4) pp. Slight loss of paper to the title page. With two folding maps in full contemporary wash colour in excellent condition.

A PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST FOLIO PLAN OF NEW YORK. 410 x 555 mm., with light offsetting, good margins, uncut, with manuscript title to the verso, in good condition.

BROADSIDE POSTED IN NEW YORK DETAILING THE PROCESSION TO RE-OCCUPY THE CITY. 270 x 155 mm., professionally lined with tissue, with loss of the last five lines and imprint, otherwise in good condition.

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MAP in its FIRST STATE. 250 x 340 mm., with wide margins, with some repair to double folds as might be expected, light fold along the centre, otherwise in good condition.

Quarto (240 x 175 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with extremely ornate ribbed spine, each compartment with gilt decorative panels and central floral feature, red calf gilt title label affixed, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page, pp. (16), 262, 35, (1), 23, (7), 49, (2), 81, with 5 folding maps, 9 plates of which 3 are folding, with light water stain to lower gutter near the beginning, otherwise in good condition.

THE FIRST AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC WORK TO CONTAIN MAPS. Octavo (200 x 120 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with ornate gilt red calf title label. With typographic title page, pp. xii, 534, (4), with two large folding maps, the second map with some early closed tears to fold, some general toning as is usual, otherwise in good condition.

510 x 620 mm., early wash colour, a rare unfolded example in good condition.

145 x 100 mm, in recent wash colour and good condition.

370 x 460 mm., with fine recent wash colour, some professional repair to the double folds as usual, with good margins on three sides, the top cut close just affecting upper right where some facsimile of the neat line exists, small rusthole just above the title repaired, otherwise in good condition.

760 x 1050 mm., two sheets joined as one, in fine early outline colour, printed on strong paper, light toning to joint of two sheets as often the case, otherwise in good condition.