Ten (10) Keuffel & Esser (K&E) Slide Rules. 1st item: K&E 4061 Polyphase Duplex slide rule. Comprised of two-sided celluloid coated mahogany, with frameless glass cursor with plastic edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped metal end pieces. Maker's marks and model number, front and top edge of cursor. Includes one (1) brown leather […]
Lot 714: Tennessee Map, Lucas, Carey, & Lea, 1822
GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL MAP OF TENNESSEE drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr., engraved by William Kneass, from A COMPLETE HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL AMERICAN ATLAS, published by Henry C. Carey and Issac Lea, Philadelphia, 1822. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, and mountains […]
Lot 715: Early Trippensee Planetarium Model Orrery
Trippensee Planetarium Company, Saginaw, Michigan, geared Tellurian model, manufactured by the George F. Cram Company. Consisting of painted or lithographed globes representing the Earth, Moon, and Venus affixed to metal rod arms that revolve around a central brass sphere representing the sun on a wooden arm with an inset compass, all mounted on a turned […]
Lot 716: 2 Scientific Instruments, incl. Wolz Pulfrich Type Refractometer
Two (2) Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments. 1st item: Max Wolz, Bonn, Germany Pulfrich type refractometer, No. 1385, comprised of brass, black painted cast iron, and glass. Stamped "180 MAX WOLZ BONN No. 1385 270," to main wheel. 11 1/2" H x 12" W x 6 3/7" D. 2nd item: Spectrometer prism, comprised of brass, […]
Lot 712: Mississippi Territory Map, S. Lewis, 1812
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by David Fairman, from A NEW AND ELEGANT GENERAL ATLAS, drawn by Aaron Arrowsmith and Lewis. Published by Thomas and Andres, Philadelphia, 1812. Copper plate engraving with later hand coloring depicting of Mississippi Territory, extending from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River and incorporating all of Alabama, […]
Lot 713: 2 TN & KY Maps incl. C. Harris, 1796
Two (2) Early Tennessee and Kentucky maps, including Cyrus Harris, 1796, and Thomas G. Bradford, 1835. 1st item: A MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle, published by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, 1796. From THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY by Jedidiah […]
Lot 710: Group of 4 Maps, incl. North America & Mexico
Four (4) 19th Century Maps of North America and Mexico. 1st item: NORTH AMERICA map, drawn and engraved by John C. Russell, Jr., from GEOGRAPHY, ON A POPULAR PLAN, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PERSONS by the Rev J. Goldsmith, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, circa 1809. Copper plate […]
Lot 711: 4 KY and TN Maps plus KY Civil War Print, 5 items
Four (4) Maps of Kentucky and Tennessee and one (1) Civil War era full-page illustration from HARPER'S WEEKLY, 5 items total. 1st item: MAP OF THE STATES OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, by John H. Hinton, engraved and printed by Fenner Sears and Company, published by Issac T. Hinton and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1831. From […]
Lot 709: TABULA RUSSIAE, J. Blaeu, ca. 1643
TABULA RUSSIAE map, by Hessel Gerritsz, from Joan Blaeu's ATLAS MAIOR, German Edition, Amsterdam, circa 1643. Copperplate engraved map on laid paper with handcoloring depicting depicting Russia, specifically the region bordered by the Arctic Ocean, top, Baltic Sea, top left, Austria, lower left, the Black and Caspian Sea, lower left and right, inset maps of […]
Lot 706: Swiss Paillard 12 Tune Cylinder Music Box
Swiss Paillard brass 18 1/2" cylinder, 12 tune music box, Sublime-Harmonie. Housed in an inlaid rosewood and rosewood veneered case with an ebonized base, the lid and front case with painted floral designs. Interior of lid with the original paper tune sheet listing each song and it's composer and brass Paillard/New York label. Steel comb […]