Three (3) Scarce Nautical prints. 1st item: Currier and Ives (American, 1834-1907) lithograph on paper, CLIPPER SHIP RED JACKET, IN THE ICE OFF CAPE HORN ON HER PASSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO LIVERPOOL. Housed under glass in a burlwood frame. Image: 8 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W. Sight: 12 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W […]
Lot 630: English 18K Pocket Aneroid Compensated Barometer
English 18K pocket aneroid compensated barometer and altimeter. Drum form comprised of a silvered dial marked with barometric range from 23-31 inches of mercury, meteorological headings "Rain," "Change," "Fair", altimeter readings and an open center revealing the works. Additionally marked "Compensated" lower edge. Outer edge of 18K case marked 750 and back of case with […]
Lot 631: 2 French Pocket Aneroid Barometers
1st item: French pocket aneroid barometer, by Jules Richard, #234, comprised of a white enameled dial marked with barometric range from 71-80 inches of mercury, lower dial edge marked "JR, Barometre, Brevete, SGDG". Works marked "Richard A Paris, #234" together with the Jules Richard hallmark. Housed in a sterling silver case with checkered engraving, Minerva […]
Lot 627: 2 Framed Maps, Israel & Russia
Two (2) Historical 19th Century maps. 1st item: CARTE DE LA TERRE SAINTE OU DES DOUZE TRIBUS D'ISRAEL map, drawn by Guillaume Delisle, engraved and published by Jean Claude Dezauche, Paris, 1828. Copperplate engraved map with hand coloring depicting Israel with the locations of tribes on each side of the river Jordan and other areas […]
Lot 628: Pair of 1848 Astronomy Prints
Two (2) Space and Solar System woodblock prints from Asa Smith's Illustrated Astronomy, originally published New York, 1848. Framed under glass with beige mats in stained wood frames. Sight: 9 7/8" H x 8" W. Framed: 17 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W. Frames are new; prints are mid to late 19th century. Provenance: Private […]
Lot 629: English 18K Pocket Aneroid Barometer w/ Compass
18K yellow gold English pocket aneroid barometer and altimeter with compass cover. Comprised of a cover with compass needle and bezel with directional markers, a silvered dial marked with barometric range from 23-31 inches of mercury, meteorological headings "Rain," "Change," "Fair", altimeter readings and an open center revealing the works. Back of case with engraved […]
Lot 626: 3 Maps, incl. Mississippi, Hawaii, France
Three (3) 19th Century maps. 1st item: Mississippi map titled DIAGRAM OF THE SURVEYING DISTRICT SOUTH OF TENNESSEE, 29th Congress, 1st session. S. Doc., No. 16, surveyed by C.A. Bradford, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., ca. 1845. Lithographed survey map depicting Choctaw and Chickasaw cessions after The Indian Removal Act of 1830. […]
Lot 623: 1795 Map of Tennessee, Daniel Smith
A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE[sic] GOVERNMENT FORMERLY PART OF NORTH CAROLINA TAKEN CHIEFLY FROM SURVEYS BY GENL. D. SMITH & OTHERS, drawn by Daniel Smith, engraved by Joseph T. Scott, for "General Atlas For Carey's Edition Of Guthrie's Geography Improved" published by Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, 1795. Copper plate engraving of Tennessee depicting early towns, including […]
Lot 624: 2 Southern Maps: Kentucky, 1800 and Southern U.S. 1797
1st item: THE STATE OF KENTUCKY WITH THE ADJOINING TERRITORIES FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES 1800, engraved by John Scoles for "New Encyclopaedia" by John Payne, published by John Low, New York, 1800. Copper plate engraved map of Kentucky and the surrounding areas including the "Northwestern Territory" of Illinois and Virginia and the "Southwestern Territory" including […]
Lot 625: Payne/Low, Map of Tennessee Government, 1799
A MAP OF THE TENNASSEE[sic] GOVERNMENT FROM THE LATEST SURVEYS, 1799, engraved for John Payne's NEW AND COMPLETE UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY, published by John Low, New York, 1799. This early copperplate engraved map of Tennessee depicts Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville); Memphis, which had not been founded yet, is in an area noted as "Light soil, […]