2202 Terrestrial and Celestial Globe. Amsterdam G. et L. Valk. 1750.Both coloured, with brass meridian, in the original wooden stands. 12.The terrestrial globe is in good condition but the celestial is partly damaged. This last bears 2 annotations, telling that this globe is corrected and augmented by Hevelius and L. Zumbach (de Koesfeldt.)

2203

Globe, by D. ADAMS. London, D. Adams, Globemaker to the King. 1796. Both coloured and varnished, with brass meridians of 48 centimeter diameter, etc., each with a silk cover and in the original wooden stand, high 125 cent., each with a large compass. To each stand belongs a stout oak case, with door, of 140 by 65 cent. Both exceedingly well preserved. 50.

Both globes are dedicated to King George III. The pair forms a fine ornament for an astronomical or geographical library.

2204 Uranologion, sive systema variorum authorum qui de Sphaera, ac sideribus, eorumque motibus Graece commentati sunt. Graece et Latine, cura D. PETAVII, Soc. Jesu. Lutetiae Paris., S. Cramoisy. 1630. vellum. fol. 8.2205 Eratosthenis, Catasterismi (Graece) cum interpretat. Latina et commentario, cur. J. C. Schaubach. Gottingae. 1795. With 2 maps of the celestial globe. 8°.

1.75

2206 SACROBUSTO, JOH. DE, Opusculu spericum cù notabili comento a Magnifico viro domino Wenceslao Fabri de Budweysz medicine Doctore edito, cumq. figuris textum declarantibus utilissimis. No place or date, (Lipsiae, Martinus Landsberg Herbipolensis, about 1495). 58 unnumb. leaves, title in woodcut border, woodcuts. 4o. 17.50

2207

2208

2209

2210

Sacrobosco, Joh. de, Sphaera. Lovanii, J. Waen. 1547. Woodcuts, MS. notes in contemporaneous handwriting. Ejusd., Libellus de anni ratione. Antverpiae, M. Nutius, without date, (1547?) Woodcuts. 1 vol. sm. 8°.

6.

Sphaera. Antverpiae, J. Richardus. 1551. Woodcuts, MS. notes in old handwriting. Ejusd., Libellus de anni ratione. Ibidem. 1551. Apollonii Rhodii, Argonauticon (Graece). Paris. 1541. chiridion. (Graece). Lovanii. B. Gravius. 1550.

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Epicteti, En1 vol. calf. sm. 8o. 7.50

Sphaera emendata, Eliae Vineti Santonis scholia in eand. Sphaeram. Adjunx. compendium in Sphaeram per Pierium Valerianum Bellunensem, et P. Nonii Salaciensis de inaequali climatum latitudine. Paris, H. de Marnef & G. Cavellat. 1572. Woodcuts, MS. Notes in old handwriting. A. Picard, Quaestiones novae in libellum de Sphaera J. de Sacrobosco. Paris, G. Cavellat. 156(9). Woodcuts, and 2 folding tables. 1 vol. calf. sm. 8o.

15.

Sphaera, in usum Scholarum recensita, opera F. Burgersdicii. Lugd. Bat., B. & A. Elzevir. 1626. Figures. sm. 80.

4.

2211

Same work, other edition. Lugd. Bat., B. & A. Elzevir. 1647. Figures, revolvable diagrams. vellum. sm. 8°.

3.

2212 Ghillany, F. W., Der Erdglobus des Martin Behaim vom Jahre 1492, u. der des Joh. Schöner von 1520. Nürnb. 1842. 18 pp. 2 plates. bds. uncut. 4o.

2213

2.50

Geschichte des Seefahrers Ritter Martin Behaim, nach den ältesten vorhanden Urkunden. Nebst Al. v. Humboldt, Abhandl. üb. d. ältesten Karten des Neuen Continents u. d. Namen Amerika. Nürnberg, 1853. Portr., 2 plates of Behaim's Globus of 1492, facsimile of the 3 oldest maps of America. bds. Very large 4o. (22.-) 16.2214 Blaeu, W. J., Tweevoudigh onderwijs v. de Hemelsche en Aerdsche Globen, na Ptolemaeus en Copernicus. Amst., W. Bleau. 1638. Vellum, woodcuts. 4°.

2215

2216

2217

2218

3.

(Twofold instruction of the celestial and terrestrial globes, after Ptolemaeus and Copernicus.)

3.

Same work. Amst., J. Blaeu. 1655. vellum, woodcuts. 4o. Institutio astronomica de usu Globorum et Sphaerarum coelest. et terrestr. Latine redd. a M. Hortensio. Amst., J. et C. Blaeu. 1640. vellum. With fig. 8°.

3.

3.

3.

Same work. Amst., J. Blaeu. 1652. Uncut. With figg. 8o. 8ame work. Amst., J. Blaeu. 1668. vellum. With figg. 8o. Blaeu wrote this manual for those who bought his globes. The editions (in Dutch: 1620, 1647, 1655, 1666, 1669, etc., in Latin: 1634, 1640, 1652, 1655, 1668 etc., and in French: 1642, 1658, 1669 etc.) offer no variations. The Latin edition is augmented with a preface by Hortensius, the translator. See Baudet, pp. 45-52.

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2219 Baudet, P. J. H., Leven en werken van Willem Jansz. Blaeu. Utrecht. 1871. With facs. portr. after the rare engrav. by J. Falck, 3 facs. and Supplement. 8°.

Prize-essay.

(Life and works of W. J. Blaeu.)

Contains ample information on Blaeu's globes and cartographical works.

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3.60

2220 Hues, Rob., Tractaet ofte Handelinge v. h. gebruijck d. Hemelscher ende Aertscher Globe. Uit 't Latyn overgh. ende verm. d. J. Hondius. Amsterdam, C. Claesz. 1597. vellum, woodcuts. 4o. Sligthly stained by water. 15.(Treatise on the use of the celestial and terrestrial globe, transl. and augmented by J. Hondius.)

2221

2222

2223

First, rare edition. Hues, the companion of Candish, wrote the original : Tractatus de globis, Lond. 1594, for the globes, which Hondius published in London. Pp. 26-28 contain a description of America and Magellanica. Amongst the woodcuts a rough map.

cuts.

Same work. New edition. Amst. M. Colyn. 1612. hf. vellum. wood-
Fine copy.

10.

L. W. Graaf, wederlegging d. schriften van veel sterrekundigen bysonder over de Zonne stilstand en Aartkloots beweeginge. Amst., L. Gunter. 1696. W. R. de Smith, Demonstratief bewijs v. de grootheid d. Aardkloot, etc. Gron. 1722. 1 vol. hf. calf. 4o.

12.

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Tractatus de globis coelesti et terrestri ac eorum usu. 2a edit. aucta. Amst., J. Hondius. 1612. 4o. Stained by water. Reprint of the original edition by Hondius, for whom the treatise was written.

2224 Hues. Same work.

Figuris locupletatus, recognitus multisque observatt. auctus studio J. J. Pontani. Amst. J. Hondius. 1617. 4o. vellum. 8.Of this revised edition a Dutch translation appeared in 1623.

2225 Audebert.

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Description des Globes mobiles qui se font par D. Audebert, Horlogeurs à Amsterdam (1725?) hf. calf. 4o. In Dutch and French. Rare. 3.2226 Bion, V., l'Usage des globes celestes et terrestres et des sphères. Paris, chez l'auteur. 1699. 2 parts (300, 112 pp.), 1 vol. plates, vellum. 8o. 3.— 2227 Covens, C., Handleiding tot de kennis en het gebruik d. hemel- en aard-globen. Amst. 1802. plates. Ig. 8o. 3.

(Manual for the knowledge and use of both globes.)

2228 Geelhoed, D., Onderwijs in de behandeling d. aardglobe. 2e dr. LeyOnderwijs in de behandeling d. hemelglobe. Dordr. 1826.

den. 1826.

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2 parts. 8o.
(Instruction in the use of both globes.)

3.80

2229 Erlâuterungen zu d. pneumatisch-portativen Erd-Globus gezeichn. v. J. L. Grimm u. W. Scharrer. Berlin. 1832. 8°. -.50 2230 Klaproth, J., Lettre à Humboldt sur l'invention de la Boussole. Paris. 1834. 3 folding plates illustrating the Chinese compass. 8o. Uncut. Rare.

3.2231 Lulofs, J., Introductio ad cognitionem atque usum utriusque globi. Lugd. Bat. 1743. hf. calf. Uncut. 8°.

1.25

1.50

2232 Same work, 2d edition. Lugd. Bat. 1763. Uncut. 8o. 2233 Metius, Adr., Astronomische ende Geograph. onderwysinghe inde welcke door 't gebruyck d. Aertschen Globi de Zeevaert verlicht wordt. M. 2 nieuwe tafelen Romborum. Amst. H. Lauwerensz. 1632. vellum, woodcuts. 4o. 4.—

(Astronom. and Geograph. instruction explaining navigation by the use of the earth-globe.)

2234 Müller, J. W., Einleitung zur Erkentnisz und Gebrauch der Erdund Himmelskugeln. Neue umgearb. Aufl. Nürnberg. 1801. 2 prts. 1 vol. 10 coloured folding plates. 8°. 2.2235 Swinden, J. H. v., Lessen over het Planetarium, Tellurium en Lunarium van Hartog v. Laun. Amst. 1803. 2 folding plates. 8o. Rare. 3.— (Lessons on H. v. Laun's Planetarium, Tellurium and Lunarium.)

2236 (Valk, L.), 't Werkstellige d. Sterrekonst. Mitsg. toestand d. Aardkloots in 't gebruyk van Hemel- en Aard-Globen. Amst. (1705?) Figures. Uncut. 4o.

Revised edition of Blaeu's Manual, to accompany Valk's globes.

1.50

SUPPLEMENT.

2238 Bulletin des sciences géographiques, économie publique, voyages. Publié sous la direction de M. le Bon de Férussac. Paris. 1824-1831. 28 vol. hf. calf. 8°. (150.-) 30.Highly esteemted journal, with contributions by Champollion-Figeac, Durean de Lamalle, de Férussac, de Freycinet, Jomard, Klaproth, de Laborde, Abel Rémusat, Walkenaer, a. o. A host of articles treat on American geography, (physical, political, statistical, etc.); besides on commerce, cartography and voyages.

maps.

2239 Covens & Mortier, Atlas. Amst. (about 1755). hf. bnd. fol. 30 Coloured 5.With 6 maps of America and of parts thereof, all by G. de l'Isle, viz.: General map, Canada and the northern parts, Louisiana and the course of the Mississippi, N. America (No 2000), and S. America, in 2 sheets. 2240 Ottens' Atlas. Amst., R. & J. Ottens. (about 1760). hf. bnd. fol. 40 Coloured maps.

5.With a map of the Globe, of N.- and of S. America, and one of the Gulf of Mexico, all by Jaillot.

2241 Lotter's Atlas. Aug. Vindel. (Augsburg), T. C. Lotter, (about 1765.) hf. bnd. fol. 47 Coloured maps. 5.Contains a map of the World, of N. and S. America by de l'Isle, 3 maps of France on which the naval exploits of Admiral Hawcke, in 1759, a map of Portugal with special map of Brazil and a small represent. of the capture of the silverfleet in the Bay of Vigos, 1702, etc.

2242 Atlas belonging to the prize-essay on the Dutch discoveries and the original Dutch names of the discov. islands, capes, etc. by Bennet and van Wijk. Dordr. 1829. 7 plain maps. fol. With the prize-essay. 8o. Uncut. 4.50

A map of New-Netherland of the Dutch discoveries in the Polar regions of their surveys of Greenland and Spitzbergen Cape Horn, Strait Magellan and Le Maire, etc.

2243 Lloyd's new map of the U. S., the Canadas, and N. Brunswick. New York. 1862. Very large fol. 127 by 95. Stained by water.

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2244 New-Netherland. Nicolas Visscher's map, with the view of New-Amsterdam, (see No 2032) with addition of the posterior address of P. Schenk Jun. (Amst., about 1720). fol. 55 by 47. This edition is not mentioned in Asher's list.

2245 New-York, State.

Coloured.

12.

Map of Morris's Purchase or West-Genesee, ex

hibiting part of the Lakes Erie and Ontario, the Straights of Niagara, Chautauque Lake, etc. several tracts of land purchased by the

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laid down by

Holland Land Company, W. & J. Willink, a. 0.
J. & B. Ellicott. 1800. fol. 66 by 52.
30.-
Very rare.
Same map as described in No 2037, but a later and much more interesting
edition. The parts bordering the Lakes Erie and Ontario, which are still
blank in the first edition, are here filled up. We call especially attention
for another purchase of land, delineated here, viz.: that of S. Sterret's
Tract, 175000 Acres, at the East boundary of Gennesee tract. On this
part, MS. letters occur, corresponding with a Manuscript list (on the
right margin), of the subscribers' names and the number of acres, allotted
to each, evidently made up by one of the Dutch subscribers.

2246 New-York, State.

2247

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Very rare.

20.-

Map of Messs Gorham & Phelps's purchase
now the County of Ontario in the State of New York, by A. Porter.
Engraved by A. Doolittle, N. Haven. (about 1795). High fol. 39 by 60.
Pasted on cloth.
Map illustrating a similar negotiation, as mentioned
tract adjacent to that, described in that No.
graph signature of J. G. v. Staphorst, one of the subcribers of the W.
Gennesee-negotiation, with date: 1797.

in No 2037,38, for a

On the map the auto-

Ma-

30.-

„A Map of Servis Patent and the Country adjacent."
nuscript map. High fol. 54 by 75. Pasted on cloth.
Survey for another land-negotiation between the Blackriver and the Mohawk.
On the various tracts, which are parcelled and numbered, the names of
the owners: t. i.: Kelly, 2000 Acres, Steuben, Willet, Woodhull, Adgate,
Lansing, Curtenius, etc. etc.

2248 New-York.

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New & Accurate Plan of the City of New York in the
State of New York in North America. Published (Philadelphia ?) in
1797". B. Taylor del., J. Roberts sculps. 2 sheets. fol. Together: 94
by 60.
20.-
Pasted on cloth, in good condition.
Rare and very remarkable plan. Of some buildings the front is delineated,
f. i. of the Governor's House, the Goal, the College, the Work-house,
In the right corner a view on the city from Long-Island.

2249 Pennsylvania. General view of the roads and inland Navigation of
Pennsylvania and part of the adjacent States, inscribed to Thomas Miff-
lin, Governor, by J. Adlum & J. Wallis. (Philadelphia, 1795 ?) - 2
sheets. fol. Together: 91 by 84. Pasted on cloth.
15.-
Interesting map, including large parts of the States of New-York, New-Jer-
sey, Maryland and Delaware. Many proposed canals occur; in the left cor-
ner a perspective view of part of one of these, with 3 sections of a lock,
and with description. Thomas Mifflin was Governor of Penn. from

- View of Foster's-Fall, one of the rapids of the Susquehanna.
aquarel by Köhler. 24 by 17.

2251 Philadelphia.

2252

Plan of the City, dedicated to the citizens. P. C. Varlé
del., Scott sculp. Philadelphia (about 1785). fol. 64 by 46. On cloth.

15.--
On this plan 3 special engravings, showing the front of the Bank, Library,
Congress-Hall, State House and City-Hall. At all the houses, ont of
the city, the proprietors' names are inscribed. The date of publica-
tion is certainly before 1788, for some roads, laid out in that year, ac-
cording to an inscription on the following plan, are not yet marked
on this.

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Plan of the City of Philadelphia and its Environs, shewing the
improved parts. Dedicated to the Mayor, etc., by John Hills, Surveyor.