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Maps:

Glocester, Rhode Island; Jubel Bowen , town clerk and surveyor. ORIGINAL HAND - DRAWN INK MAP OF GLOCESTER, RHODE ISLAND, DATED 1810
16x13 inches. Map key states "Plotted by Jubel (or Juber?) Bowen from the returns on the proprietors records, 1810. By scale of 30 Poles to an Inch." Map has four landowner's names: Daniel Jenckes, Zachariah Allen, John Fields, Joseph Snows. Fair, creased in middle with tape residue on fold, frayed on all edges, 4 closed tears . Edges frayed. Unique. Original manuscript map of Glocester, Rhode Island. Paper ephemera. (a82205)
$125.00 De Wit (Dewit), Frederick . TABULA INDIAE ORIENTALIS (map)
Amsterdam 1662 first edition. Engraved by Joannes Shuilier. Map measures 18 x 22 inches; 46 x 56 cm. Full blank border of 1-1/2 inches all around map image. Original hand-colored map of area from southeast Persia to northwestern Australia. Maldives and India are on left , southeast Asia on right, Borneo, East Indies, Siam, Philippines. Guaranteed original. Beautiful bright colors outline each country. Four men in oriental costume stand around a pillar engraved with the map's title in top right. Yellow border around entire map. Pictures available on request. Excellent condition, no tears, no spots, light fraying of edges of border. Antique Dutch maps are stunning. (a90927)
$470.00 Seutter, Albert Charl . PLAN TRES EXACT ET VUE DE LA VILLE, BAYE, ET DES NOUVELLES FORTIFICATIONS DE GIBRALTAR (map)
Augsbourg . c. 1760. first edition. 20x22 inches; 49x57 cm. Antique Dutch map (guaranteed original) of Gibraltar with 6 colorful ships circling the island and a bold stunning bw engraved swirl of Greek Gods and myth along right edge. Along bottom portion of map are two seascapes, side by side: Vue de Detroit de Gibraltar comme il se Represent du Cole de la Mer Mediterranae; Vue de la Ville et Du Detroit de Gibraltar du cote de l'Ocean Atlantique ou Occidental. Hand-colored in strong green, pink and red color. Beautiful map! VG, faint vertical crease runs length of map; light edge fraying, but bold colors, no tears, no holes, no spots. (a90928)
$220.00Sanson, S (cartographer). LE CERCLE DE WESTPHALIA (map)
Paris 1681. Chez H. I Aillot. (first edition?) Color map 33 x 22 inches with 2 inch blank border on all 4 sides. "Dresse sur les Memoirs les plus Nouveaux par le S. Sanson, Geographe Ordinaire du Roy." Fancy pictorial circle around map title and similar around map's key. Densely decorated map with lines of color in red, pink, orange, green. No tears. Folded in half. One very light stain (appears water-based) at center fold about 8 inches by 1 inch. Very pretty map with bold black outlines and bright colors. Good plus condition. Map - ephemera. (a92271)
$390.00