American Geographical Society. 1922. COLONIAL SETTLEMENT.
A Short Account of the First Settlement of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-Jersey, and Pensylvania (sic) by the English ... London: Printed in the Year MDCCXXXV. Reprint. Printed at the Conde Nast Press, in Greenwich, Conn., by Douglas C. McMurtie, June 1922. Published by American Geographical Society. Originally published in London in 1735. 10"h x 7"w. 20 pages plus large folding facsimile map in outline color: "A Map of Virginia Anno 1606 Also of the Adjacent Country called by the Dutch Niew Nederlant Anno 1630 By John Senex 1735." From an edition of 790 copies. Backstrip separating. Library copy.

Bloch and Company. BELLIN MAPS. Facsimiles. 1959.
Old Maps of the World: Set I North America Featuring maps produced in 1757 by Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Cleveland, Bloch and Company, 1959. 11”h x 8 ½”w. Includes title page, contents and 10 facsimile maps. Ex lib. Original booklet, in excellent condition, is bound in a library folder.

Bloch, Louis M. SANSON MAPS. 1959.
America, 1667. Volume I. A translation of L'Amerique, written in 1667 by Sanson d'Abbeville, geographer and teacher of King Louis XIV of France. Cleveland: Bloch and Co., 1959. 9"h x 6"w. 61 pages plus 2 page index. Four double-page reproductions of Sanson's maps: "Amerique Septentrionale", "Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France ...", "La Floride", and "Audience de Guadaljara, Nouveau Mexique, Californie ...". Maps and text in excellent condition. Ex-library. Dust jacket.

Harlow, Neal. SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 1950/1995 Facsimile.
The Maps of San Francisco Bay from the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation. Originally published by The Book Club of California in 1950, this facsimile was published by Maurizio Martino, Staten Island, in 1995. 12”h x 9”w. xi, (1), 140, (4) pages. 39 maps. Cloth. Limited to 300 copies. Like new.

FACSIMILE ATLAS. MAPPA MUNDI. ENGLISH VERSION. RARE. 1978.
Mappa Mundi: The Catalan Atlas of the Year 1375. Size: 3 meters wide by 65 cm. high when opened. Published at Dietikon – Zurich, Urs Graf Publishing Company, 1978. Excellent condition. Embossed dark brown full leather with dust jacket. In slip case with text and portfolio containing 12 sheets of maps, text and figures on paperboard in the size of the originals. Those sheets are illuminated with gold leaf.

The original was meant to be read with the north at the bottom and the maps upside-down compared to current convention. To make it easier to compare with contemporary maps this facsimile edition is shown with North to the top, placing much of the Catalan text upside down. The maps were intended to be viewed in the round, as some of the text and figures are upside-down compared to others on the maps.

This is a facsimile of the original Spanish Catalan Atlas now in the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris. Most historians attribute the map to Abraham Cresques (1325-1387), a Jewish cartographer from Palma, a seaport city on the island of Majorca. However, this authorship is not certain. Cresques was mapmaker to King Peter of Aragon. The atlas was commissioned by Charles V of France, whose envoy requested a set of world maps from King Peter, as Catalan maps were held in high esteem. The atlas is considered historically important as a record of the state of the art of geographic knowledge of the late 14th century, depicting the three-continent world as known.

The atlas shows the regions and peoples of the known world along with sections related to cosmography, navigation, astronomy, astrology and planets. The portfolio consists of three parts: I. Introduction; II. Panels (the twelve sheets), and III. Transcription, translation, and interpretation of the texts and nomenclature of the Atlas. (This latter panel is a valuable aide to understanding the atlas.)

Panels 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b contain texts and figures relating to astronomy, astrology, the calendar, and navigation. Panels 2a and 2b are a wheel calendar. At the center is the earth represented by an astronomer/astrologer with an astrolabe in his hand. Concentric rings depict the remaining three elements (water, air and fire); the seven planets, each with its own orbit; the twelve signs of the zodiac; and the 28 phases of the moon. The outermost ring shows the numbers of the 19-year lunar cycle used to determine the date of Easter. The four seasons frame the wheel.

Panels 3a, 3b, 4a and 4b form a portolan chart of the Mediterranean area and Western Europe.

Panels 5a, 5b, 6a and 6b continue the geography east from Turkey and Eastern Asia. These contain scanty geographical information but are supplemented by drawings of people and events as presented in the Holy Scriptures and by ancient writers.

This facsimile edition is a limited edition of 790 copies hand-numbered in Arabic plus 40 copies in Roman numerals which were not for sale. There were 490 copies with German commentary and German translation by Prof, Dr. Georges Grosjean and 300 copies with English commentary and English translation by Prof. Dr. B. M. Charleston of the University of Berne. This is copy 704. This present English version was translated from the German edition which was translated from the original Catalan text.

The thumbnail image at the right shows approximately one-fourth of Panels 2a and 2b.

A rare opportunity to own the English version of this edition published in full leather covers.

Nicollet, Joseph N. (1786-1843). MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Facsimile map.. 1976.
A Map: The Hydrographical Basin of the Mississippi River 1843. St. Paul Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, 1976. One facsimile map in binding 9”h x 6”w. No text except inside front cover. Gold boards with title in brown. Folded map was printed from an original copy, 36”h x 31”w. Front pastedown explains historical significance of the map and details regarding Nicollet. Like new.

A facsimile of “Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information By J. N. Nicollet … 1843 … W. J. Stone Sc.” Extends from Lake Superior in the upper right to Kansas River in the lower left. Uses hachure lines to show principal terrain features.

Parker, Samuel. JOURNAL. Facsimile edition. 1967.
Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the Direction of the A.B.C.F.M. Performed in the Years 1835, ’36, and 37…. Facsimile edition of the original of 1838 by Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, 1967. 9”h x 6”w. xii and pages 14-380. Facsimile “Map of Oregon Territory by Samuel Parker 1838”. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Brown cloth. Dust jacket. Very good condition.

Penrose, Boies. MAP - EAST INDIES. 1929.
A Link with Magellan Being a Chart of the East Indies, C. 1522. Privately printed, 1929. The last page states: "A Link with Magellan has been privately printed by Wm. F. Pell Co., Printers, for Mr. Boies Penrose in a special edition of one hundred and fifty copies of which this is copy No. 38." Beautiful, double page (14"h x 21 1/2"w) color reproduction of a manuscript chart of the East Indies. There are 15 unnumbered pages; near the end is a list of modern names for 27 sites named on the map. The author states that the map is probably the work of of Magellan's expedition: "It is clearly of Spanish and not Portuguese manufacture ..."

Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805). BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA - Facsimile. 1949.
A Topographical Description of the Dominions of the United States of America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1949. 12 1/2"h x 8 1/2"w. 235 pages with 2 large folding facsimile maps in excellent condition:

1. "A Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America ... By T. Pownall ... 1776".

2. "A General Map of the Southern British Colonies ... By B. Romans, 1776".

Bookplate.

Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. VIRGINIA MAPS. 1975.
A Description of the Country: Virginia's Cartographers and Their maps 1607-1881. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1975. 130 page text volume plus a portfolio having full-size facsimiles of 9 famous maps. Maps in excellent condition. Folder somewhat faded. Text volume in very good condition. Maps include: (1) Smith’s “Virginia”; (2) Senex, “A New Map of Virginia….”; (3) Fry & Jefferson, “A map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia….”; (4) French version of Anthony Smith’s map, now titled in French, “Carte De La Baie De Chesapeake”; (5) Kitchin, “Map of the United States in North America”; (6) Böye-Bucholtz, “Map of the State of Virginia”; (7) Crozet, “A Map of the Internal Improvements of Virginia”; (8) [Michler, Manuscript Map of Richmond, Virginia]; and (9) Hotchkiss, “Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia”.

Schedel, Hartmann. NUREMBERG CHRONICAL. Facsimile. 1979.
The Nuremberg Chronicle: A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel’s Buch der Chroniken Printed by Anton Koberger in 1493. New York: Landmark Press, 1979. 14”h x 10”w. Profusely illustrated with many full page and in- text woodcuts throughout. A facsimile of the German edition published in 1493. Bound in dark green faux-leather with gilt on black lettering. Slip case. Book in fine condition. Slip case in fine condition.