The Dec. 11, 1999, Premier Beverly Hills Collectible Sale, Sale 4

734   "America" by Herman Moll, c.1750. "According to ye Newest and most Exact Observations" This map has very "light" feel to it. The paper is moderately bright, the printing is quite crisp and the hand-coloring accents just the outline of the countries. North America is slightly mis-shaped and depicts California as a large island. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 17". Miniscule smudges below "Great" (left of center). Fine.
Estimated Value $1,200-1,500.

735   "America" by Joh. George Schreibern, c.1700's. This heavily charted map covers primarily North and South America with portions of the northern coast of West Africa and the southern tip of Europe. It is delicately accented with hand-applied hues of pink, green and yellow. A simple cartouche adorns the lower left and a significant legend is featured along the right side. As with many of the maps from this period, California is depicted as an island, thus creating a highly valuable document. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 13". Light foxing in the lower right region. Fine.
Estimated Value $800-1,000.

736   "America" by Matth. Seutter, c.1700's. A highly detailed, hand-colored map covering North America with portions of Europe, Africa and South America. An elaborate cartouche vignette decorated with natives and animals is in the upper left. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 15.5 x 12.5". Fine. California depicted as an island.
Estimated Value $900-1,200.

737   "Amerika" by Leyden, late 1600's. A handsome, crisp, uncolored map by the famed cartographer. North America, the northern tip of South America and western portion of Spain are heavily charted along with islands in the Caribbean. The cartouche vignette in the upper right features explorers in the foreground and natives in the background. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 17 x 13". Fine. A wonderful example of California depicted as an island.
Estimated Value $800-1,000.

738   "Amerika of the Nieuwe Weerld" by Leyden, c.1600's. An attractive little map (approximately. 9.5 x 6") covering North and South America and numerous islands. Each continent is hand-colored by country in shades of green, yellow and red. Vignette in upper left contains cherub cartographers with explorers. The border is painted a light maize color. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 13.5". Slight crease right of center. Fine. California is set apart as an island.
Estimated Value $800-1,000.

739   Antique Atlas Print by John Ogilby. (1600-1675) "His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer."

Having had to resort to selling trinkets at the age of twelve to support himself and his mother, John Ogilby won a small lottery prize and freed his father from debtor's prison. He purchased an apprenticeship with a dancing master and did quite well, eventually setting up his own school.

Unfortunately, Ogilby injured himself dancing at a ball for the King and was unable to dance again. At the behest of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Viscount Wentworth, Ogilby went to Ireland to help establish a court culture in Dublin similar to that being enjoyed in London. However, after a few years as Master of the Revels, he left after almost being blown up in the Irish Rebellion in October of 1641. Upon his homeward journey to England he endured being shipwrecked only to return penniless and without a patron, Wentworth having been executed.

He spent the next four years in Cambridge working on translations of the Bible and the classics of Virgil, Homer and Aesop. The Restoration of Charles II brought favor back to Ogilby with a commission to help in the arrangements for the coronation in 1660 with the composing of speeches and songs.

Disaster struck John Ogilby's family and countless others with the Great Fire that raged through London in 1666. However, John and his step-son, William received a commission from the Lord Mayor and were appointed 'sworn' Viewers or surveyors for the preparation of a map of the City of London. The map was published ten years later by William Ogilby on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile and measured 9 x 7 feet. Ogilby established a thriving printing house and was appointed "King's cosmographer and geographic printer." His most important publications were engravings of maps and atlases, including Africa (1670), America (1671), Asia (1673), and a road atlas of Britain (1675).

"CALLAO de LIMA", Hand colored, 14 x 12", circa 1671, London. A beautiful print depicting the coastline.
Matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 19". Visible centerfold. Minor spotting. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

740   Antique Atlas Print. "ANGRA op TERCERA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 21x18". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

741   Antique Atlas Print. "ARX NASSOV II" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 21x18". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

742   Antique Atlas Print. "CARTAGENA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 23 x 20". Quite clean save some minor creases. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

743   Antique Atlas Print. "De Stadt St. MARTIN" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 15 x 12", London. Elaborately illustrated print depicts a Naval conflict off the coast of the tiny island. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 23 x 20 1/2". Quite clean save for a visible centerfold. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

744   Antique Atlas Print. "OLINDA De PHERNAMBUCO" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A delicately illustrated print depicting the harbor and coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x20". Quite clean. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

745   Antique Atlas Print. "PORTO RICO" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 11½", London. Depicts a tranquil harbor scene and sparsely populated landscape. Matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 20". Print exhibits a fold down the center but is otherwise clean. Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

746   Antique Atlas Print. "Urbs DOMINGO IN HISPANIOLA" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. A simple etching of city scenes and the coastline. Finely matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x20". Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

747   Antique Atlas Print. "Urbs SALVADOR" by John Ogilby. Circa 1671, hand colored, 14 x 12", London. An intricately illustrated etching of a harbor in the Central American country. Superbly matted and archivally framed to an overall size of 22 x 20". Fine.
Estimated Value $300-500.

748   Antique Maps.

Lot of Three:
A.) "Der Nördliche Theil der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America" Circa 1850s, 16.6 x 13.5". A heavily charted map of the eastern seaboard and parts of the mid-west, beautifully detailed with hand-colored accents.

B.) " Vereinigten Staaten von Nord America". Circa 1850s, 16.6 x 13.5". A heavily charted map of the entire United States and Canada, beautifully detailed with hand-colored accents.

C.) " Carte des Pays situés sur la Mer du Sud" Circa 1780, 10 x 16". Uncolored, highly detailed map of the western portion of South America. Very Good.
Estimated Value $250-400.

749   "Barbarie", c.1600s. Includes two smaller maps of the Holy Land and of Egypt. Reverse contains a detailed history (in French) of both the Barbary region and Egypt. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5 x 19". Minor foxing in sections, miniscule ink spotting and small tear at bottom of fold. None of which affect the heart of the document. Good.
Estimated Value $500-750.

750   "Brasilia" by John Ogilby, c.1700. A handsome specimen decorated with delicate hues of hand-applied color. With vignettes of ships, cherubs, indigenous peoples and modern explorers. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 22.5" x 19.5". Fine.
Estimated Value $400-600.

751   "Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de L'Amérique Septentrionale", c.1650. This hand-painted map of the southern United States features Virginia in light purple, North Carolina in yellow, South Carolina in green, and Georgia in coral. The Appalachian Mountains separate the colonies from the unchartered territory occupied by "les Cherokees". Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 19 x 14.75". Fine.
Estimated Value $750-1,000.

752   "Carte Générale", c. 1780s. This magnificently detailed full world map documents the voyages of Captain James Cook, while helming the Endeavour from 1768 to 1771, the premier voyage of de la Resolution from 1771 to 1775 and its second voyage from 1775 to 1780. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 45 x 32". Exhibits horizontal and vertical folds, very minor foxing along bottom center. Very Good.
Estimated Value $600-800.
As with many of the maps of this period, the state of California is separated from North America by a body of water. In this case it's rendered as a peninsula.

753   "Chili" by John Ogilby, c.1670. A sparsely labeled chart documenting the Chilean coast and the Andes Mountains. Nicely illustrated with hand-colored vignettes of ships, hard working natives and adorable little cherubs in the midst of surveying. Matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 19.5". Paper has an overall dark tone with certain regions darker than others. Fine.
Estimated Value $400-600.

754   "Chili" by Hondius, c.1700's. A very understated map by the famed Dutch cartographer. The use of color is very limited compared to other works of the period, yet the way its applied to the cartouches makes it refreshingly unusual. The coast and interior is sparsely labeled, with the Andes dominating the region. The Chilean sea is illustrated with its traditional tall ships, whale and even a ferocious looking sea monster! Matted and framed to an overall size of 26.5" x 22". Slight center crease. Fine.
Estimated Value $500-700.

755   "Gallaecia" by John Ogilby, c.1670. A splendid map, highlighted with robust colors of coral, cobalt and maize. Features finely detailed vignettes of ships, cherubs, the customary whale and a Neptune-like character in the lower left. Presented in an interesting manner, it's situated between two-ply glass and thus "floats" within its gorgeous wood frame, 26.5 x 23". Such presentation allows access to the description of the region on the reverse. Fine.
Estimated Value $500-750.

756   "Gviana" by John Ogilby, c.1670. An beautiful, hand-colored map documenting the country of Guyana and the Amazon region. Decorated with lovely vignettes of natives and a handsome cartouche in the upper right. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 21 x 18.5". Fine.
Estimated Value $400-600.

757   "Imperial Rome" by N. Sanson, c.1637. A delicately colored map. Heavily charted map of Europe and North Africa. With an elaborate cartouche vignette of knights and explorers in the upper left and numerous ship and whale figures. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 26 x 22". Intermittent foxing along the edges, center crease. Very Good.
Estimated Value $500-750.

758   "Instruction Generale" by Chattlain, c.1720. Uncolored. Four vignettes with descriptive text at left, Governmental listings of the various countries involved in New World exploration and a small inset map of the Western Hemisphere with California rendered as an island. Museum matted and framed to an overall size of 25 x 21". Print is a bit faded in the upper right and is slightly discolored in the lower right, neither of which hinder the integrity of the document. Very Good.
Estimated Value $800-1,000.