"A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810" by John Payne for his New and Complete Universal Geography, Volume 4, America, published by E. Low, New York. Uncolored map of early Tennessee featuring early towns and roads, including Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville), Native American towns and roads, boundary lines, rivers, […]
Lot 264: Tennessee Map, Samuel Lewis & Alexander Lawson, 1804
"Tennessee" Map, drawn by Samuel Lewis, engraved by Alexander Lawson, published by John Conrad & Co., Philadelphia, 1804. From "A New And Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps" by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Uncolored map of early Tennessee featuring early towns and roads, including Knoxville […]
Lot 265: Important Early South Carolina Map 1696
Pierre Mortier / Nicolas Sanson, CARTE PARTICULIERE DE LA CAROLINE, DRESSE FUR LES MEMOIRES LE PLUS NOUVEAUX, published Amsterdam, circa 1696. Copper engraving with hand colored highlights. The first map of South Carolina printed in Continental Europe. Housed in ebonized frame with gilt liner and cream silk matte. Sight – 19" H x 23 1/2" […]
Lot 258: Surveyor's Transit – KY Tiensch & Stancliff
Tiensch and Stancliff, Louisville Kentucky brass surveyor's transit level compass on stand, steel dial with engraved name "Tiensch & Stancliff Louisville Ky", engraved fleur-de-lis at North, and engraved foliate decoration at center with two intact leveling vials, and a vernier scale to outer circumference. 16 1/2" H x 9" dia. Circa 1859. Note: An excerpt […]
Lot 259: 1888 Birdseye View Nashville Map plus 2 Streetcar Maps
1st item: Framed Birdseye view map of Nashville, Tennessee, 1888, looking Northwest and showing 89 points of interest including the State Capitol, Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, University of Nashville Medical Dept, Montgomery Bell Academy, St. Ceceila Academy and St. Bernard Academy, numerous other schools, churches, and larger businesses including office of the Nashville Banner newspaper. […]
Lot 260: 1871 Foster Map of Davidson County
Large, early and scarce map of Davidson County – NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, 1871 surveyed and mapped by Wilbur F. Foster, Civil and Topographical Engineer; Engraved, printed and manufactured by G.W. and C. B. Colton of New York. Depicts different colored civil districts along […]
Lot 261: Kentucky and Tennessee Map, 1796 Harris
Cyrus Harris, "A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government Compiled from the Best Authorities," from Jedidiah Morse's The American Universal Geography. Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1796. Engraving by Amos Doolittle. 7 5/8" x 11 1/2" sight; 14 1/2" x 18 1/2" matted and framed in giltwood frame. Indian boundaries and the […]
Lot 255: Giers Nashville Archive 2 – unbound images
An archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2″ x 15″ album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions and churches (note exception: first page includes 5 stereoview images). Subjects include the Customs House, County Jail, Watkins Institute, Spring Park in East Nashville, the Penitentiary, Mt. […]
Lot 256: 27 Bound Photos of 19th C. Nashville Homes and Businesses
Partial album of original albumen prints, most 9" H x 7 1/2" W, mounted to boards 13 1/2" H x 11" W, depicting important buildings and houses in the city of Nashville in the post-Reconstruction era, most attr. Otto Giers. Included are several elegant homes, buildings at Vanderbilt University, University School, the office of the […]
Lot 257: John Davis's Brass Surveyor Compass and Scale
Brass surveyor compass and Gunter's Scale used by John Davis to survey Davidson County (Nashville) in the late 1700s. Brass Compass with engraved eight-point dial, with North indicated by a fleur-de-lis; the outer ring is divided into four 90-degree quadrants; steel directional needle on central brass post. No maker's mark. Retains partial wood cover. Dial […]