The Old Print Gallery Showcase May 2015

VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 2 MAY 2015

1. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia andMaryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat of their Government,after the Year 1800. Andrew Ellicott. Published in London by H.D. Symonds & J. Ridgeway. Copperplate engraving, 1795. Image size 15 5/8 x 20 5/8". Good condition save for narrow side margins,which have been professionally enlarged, and some minor splitting along fold intersections. Profession-ally repaired. Black & white. Phillips' Washington PW 33; Ristow, American Maps, p.153; Verner, 13.#30438.3 $4,750.

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2. Map of the City Of Washington. F. C. DeKrafft. Published by A. Rothwell. Stone engraving,1836. A fine early pocket map of the Nation’s Capital. Retains original red leather covers with goldtooled title, "City of Washington." Accompanied by a 18 page guide to the city with the title, "Pictureof the City of Washington, Being a Concise Description of the City, Public Buildings, &c. Accompa-nied by a correct map." Of note, the newly formed "Jackson City" (1835) in shown across the LongBridge in Virginia. Engraved by Mrs. W. I. Stone. B. Homans, printer. Image size 15 3/8 x 20 3/4"plus hairline margins. Very good condition and color. #46187.1 $4,500.

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3. On Lake Como, Number Two. John Taylor Arms. Etching and aquatint printed in color, 1919.Signed and dated in pencil. Edition in color 63, B&W 10. Inscribed "3/12." Third state. Also signedby the printer, Frederick Reynolds. Very good condition. #73477.1 $1,950.

3This issue of the Old Print Gallery Showcase offers a wide spectrum of subjects, printing techniquesand eras. City plans and maps range from early Washington, D.C. plans to a collection of small ear-

ly 20th century map guides of popular U.S. cities. Since it is the season for college graduations, wedevote several pages to college views and activities. With spring comes baseball, which is representedby four dynamic prints. Also, with spring comes rain, portrayed by four scenes, showing the glisten-ing energy it brings. For many, the circus carries childhood nostalgia and our selection of printsshows the excitement and color experienced under the big top.

Our recent gallery show, focused on aquatints. Aquatint is an etching technique thatcreates areas of tone through the use of a powdered or ground resin that is sprinkled on a metal

plate prior to being bitten by etching acid. Although primarily used in the 18th and 19th centuries asa medium to reproduce the delicate fluidity and transparency of watercolors and paintings, the aqua-tint survived as an artist’s medium because of its atmospheric effects and flat wash properties.

featured the talented printmakers of the 20th and 21st century who experimented and pushedthe boundaries of aquatint’s potential. Varying between flat color planes and incredible plate tex-ture, these artists demonstrated a fluid and experimental handling of the medium. The resulting im-ages have an expressive strength and visual intensity that relay the ingenuity to be found in the worldof original printmaking. Several works from the show are included in this Showcase. On the back

cover is an example of an early 19th century aquatint and stipple engraving.

In the gallery, our current show, explores how printmakers choose to depict thenatural world through its evolution and transformation into the modern era. Although united inthe theme of landscape, the works are realized through differing conceptual and methodical ap-proaches. Some, like Robert Kipniss, use the velvety blacks and luminous whites of a mezzotint toinfuse landscapes with a poetic melancholy and stillness- depicting a terrain seemingly untouched bythe viewer or even the artist. Others, like Harry Wickey and Gerald Scheck, use the chaotic cross-hatching of a drypoint needle or the unpredictable acidic bite of the aquatint to evoke the untamed,wild majesty of the natural world. Seen together, the prints selected for the show unveil the emo-tional power and pull of the natural world, a beauty and mystery that both entrap and enchant art-ists, and serve as a deep pool of inspiration for their work.

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4. View of Washington City and Georgetown. Published and sold by Casimir Bohn, Washington D.C.Two-color lithograph, 1849. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore. This scarce view shows the city fromthe portico of the Capitol building. Pennsylvania Avenue is shown in the center right. In the distanceis the Washington Monument in its original design. To the right of that is the Observatory; to the leftis the Smithsonian Institution. Surrounding the image is a series of twenty vignette illustrations ofprominent buildings and monuments of the time. These include two views of the Capitol, the Whitehouse, Navy Yard, Georgetown College, Aqueduct near Georgetown, Post Office, etc. Image size 17 3/4x 27". Fair to good condition. Several splits along fold lines. Left margin added. Reps Views andViewmakers 666; Deak, Picturing America 577. #6872.3 $7,950.

5. Soldier's Home, Washing-ton, D.C. Published byCharles Magnus, New Yorkand Washington. Lithograph,1863. A scarce image depict-ing several buildings groupedbehind a center flagpole flyingthe Stars and Stripes. Fromleft, identified in the title mar-gin, are Dr. King's residence,President Lincoln's villa, themilitary governor's house, andthe Soldier's Home. This waslater called the Armed ForcesRetirement Home. During theCivil War, Abraham Lincoln and his family resided there during the summers and falls of 1862, 1863,and 1864, commuting daily to the White House. Since 2008 the Gothic revival styled cottage has beenrun as an historic site by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Image size 9 1/8 x 17". Finecondition. Black and white. #88249.1 $850.

6. Plan of the City of Washington. J.Good. Published by J. Good for inclusionin the Literary Magazine, London. Copperplate engraving, Feb. 1, 1793. On January24, 1791, President George Washingtonannounced the Congressionally designatedpermanent location of the national capital,a diamond-shaped ten-mile tract at the con-fluence of the Potomac and Eastern BranchRivers. The original survey of the 100square mile diamond shaped "district" wasundertaken by Andrew Ellicott and Benja-min Banneker (a free slave). In March of1791, Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant wasappointed by George Washington to pre-pare the plan for the city itself with Ellicottas his assistant. Unfortunately, L'Enfantturned out to be very difficult to work with. Eventually both Washington and Jefferson becamedisgusted with L'Enfant's obstinacy which led to his being suspended in 1792 and outright terminationin 1793. Ellicott took over the project using L'Enfants plan as a base. The first five maps were engravedand printed in America, the sixth, seventh and eighth in London. This is the seventh printed view andappeared in the 1793 edition of the Literary Magazine And British Review, a British produced monthlyperiodical. The rather primitively engraved Eagle and shield cartouche adds a decorative element to thisparticular map and visually separates it from the American imprints of Thackera & Vallance, Hill, andTiebout. A scarce and unusual map. Plate size 9 1/2 x 11 1/2". Very good condition. Uncolored.Verner 7. P. Lee Phillips, A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress p. 1004; P. Jolly, Maps inBritish Periodicals Vol. 2, p.195. #676.2 $4,500.

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7. Philadelphia. Published by the Society forthe Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Engraving,hand-colored, Sept. 1840. Legend in lower left.Views of The United States Bank and TheExchange on the right, sideways. The Societyfor the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, betterknown as SDUK, was an English enterprisedevoted to spreading the most up to date carto-graphic information and enhancing geographi-cal understanding and knowledge of the world.The maps from this series are known for theirfine engraving and attention to detail. Imagesize 12 x 15 1/4". Good condition. Originaloutline color. #81419.1 $150.

8. Gray's Atlas Map of Chicago. Ormando W.Gray. Published by Stedman, Brown & Lyon,Philadelphia. Stone engraving, 1873. A decora-tive and well engraved map of Chicago fromGray's Atlas of the United States. Image size 15 x12". Good condition and color. #82679.1 $175.

9. Plan of Boston. S. Augustus Mitchell.Published by S. A. Mitchell, Philadelphia. Adecorative map of the city. From Mitchell's NewGeneral Atlas. Nicely embellished with a roseflower and ivy vine border. The inset in thelower right is a overview of the Boston region.Image size 11 x 9 3/8". Good condition andcolor. #21729.6 $225.

10. Baltimore. Frank A. Gray. Published byJohn W. Lyon & Co, N.Y and O.W. Gray &Son, Philadelphia. Stone engraving, 1883. Awell engraved map from The National Atlas.Depicts the city of Baltimore, with Druid HillPark detailed and the grounds of Johns HopkinsUniversity outlined. Also includes a small popu-lation chart for the city in the upper right cornerand an inset map of the Patapsco River and itsapproaches in the bottom left corner. Image size15 x 11 15/16". Good color and condition.#45931.2 $125.

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11. Richmond. Image size 5 3/4 x 8 7/8". Goodcondition and color. #87578.2 $65.

12. Minneapolis. Image size 3 7/8 x 5 3/4".Good condition and color. #87620.2 $65.

13. Denver. Image size 3 7/8 x 5 3/4". Goodcondition and color. #87619.2 $65.

14. Cleveland. Image size 5 3/4 x 7 7/8". Goodcondition and color. #87611.2 $60.

Small Mapsby Fritz Baedeker.

Issued in a 1904, Baedeker's travel maps arefun, attractively colored guides to U.S. citiesand other popular destination. The wax litho-graphs were published by Karl Baedeker inLeipzig and printed by Wagner & Debes Ge-ography establishment.

Additional City Maps in the Series Available whichcan be viewed on our website:

New York. Southern Part, (Lower Manhattan) #87526.2 $65.Vicinity of New York #87527.2 $55.Washington #87531.2 $75.Baltimore #87567.2 $50.Philadelphia #87568.2 $60.New Orleans #87569.2 $65.Boston #87573.2 $55. & 87570.2 $65.Chicago #87596.2 $75. & #87594.2 $75.Cambridge (Massachusetts) #87599.2 $65.St. Augustine. (Florida) #87602.2 $60.Milwaukee #87604.2 $60.Savannah (Georgia) #87605.2 $65.Detroit #87610.2 $60.Salt Lake City #87615.2 $65.Indianapolis #87616.2 $55.St. Paul #87618.2 $55.Charleston #87621.2 $75.Colorado Springs #87622.3 $75.

Maps of other areas from Baedeker’s travel guide:

The Grand Canyon #87608.2 $95.Franconia Mountains - White Mountains #87575.2 $65.Mount Desert Island #87601.2 $60.Northern Florida #87603.2 $45.Yosemite Valley #87606.2 $65.Yellowstone National Park (untitled) #87607.2 $75.

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15. State University of Kentucky.Arthur J. Elder. Published by W.Littig & Co., New York. Photo-gravure, hand-colored, c. 1911.With remarque of a cannon intitle margin. Restrike. Image size13 3/8 x 27 3/4". Fine conditionand color. #44966.1 $385.

16. Mills College. A. I. Keller.Published by J. Dewing PublishingCo., New York and San Francisco.Photogravure, hand-colored,1888. From Picturesque California:The Rocky Mountains and the PacificSlope, edited by John Muir. Imagesize 7 7/16 x 10 9/16". Goodcondition. #55214.1 $95.

17. Girard College in Philadel-phia. Hermann Meyer. Steel en-graving, c. 1850. This small printis from Meyer's Universum, a publi-cation which consisted of highlydetailed and very well engravedviews from around the world.Girard College is a private philan-thropic boarding school foundedby Stephen Girard in 1833. Gi-rard was the wealthiest man inAmerica at the time of his death in1831. Image size 4 1/4 x 6 1/8".Good condition, modern hand-color. #13404.2 $75.

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18. Secret Societies '61. (Yale). W. H.Davenport. Publisher unknown. Lith-ograph, c. 1859. Initiation Yale Fresh-man at top. At the upper corners,skulls and crossbones hold back drap-eries framing a riotous scene of initia-tion. On either side are a gibbet witha hangman's noose and a guillotine.One of three curious images which arerare lithographs depicting activities atYale University. They were created byW. H. Davenport and lithographed byEmil Crisand of New Haven, circa1862. On mounted India paper asissued. Image size 7 7/8 x 9 3/4". Finecondition. #55240.1 $600.

19. Yale. The Burial of Euclid. W. H.Davenport. Publisher unknown. Lith-ograph, c. 1859. Students riding hob-by horses, Father Time covering hiseyes, and Christ beset by devils framethis depiction of a secret society rite.One of three curious images which arerare lithographs depicting activities atYale University. They were created byW. H. Davenport and lithographed byEmil Crisand of New Haven, circa1862. Image size 7 7/8 x 9 7/8".Good condition and color save oldmat-line. On mounted India paper asissued. #55238.2 $600.

20. Yale College Secret Society Build-ings, New Haven, CT. Published byThe Daily Graphic, June 19, 1886.Wood engraving, 1886. Contains sig-nificant buildings on the Yale campusrelated to secret societies. Image size17 1/2 x 12 1/4". Fine condition andcolor. Backed by Japan, modern hand-color. #49968.1 $85.

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21. Yale College (New Ha-ven). William H. Bartlett.Published for the Propri-etors, by Geo. Virtue, Lon-don. Engraving,1838-1842. Published inAmerican Scenery: Or, Land,Lake and River Illustrations ofTransatlantic Nature. Imagesize 4 3/4 x 7 1/4". Goodcondition with modernhand-color. #12747.5$140.

22. University of Califor-nia - Berkeley. Publishedby J. Dewing PublishingCo., New York and SanFrancisco. Sepia etching,1888. From PicturesqueCalifornia: The Rocky Moun-tains and the Pacific Slope,edited by John Muir. Im-age size 8 1/8 x 12 3/16".Good condition. #55222.1$125.

23. The Dean's Office,Princeton. John TaylorArms. Etching, 1925.Signed in pencil. Prince-ton Series #6. Image size 41/4 x 6 5/8". Very goodcondition. Fletcher 158.#46060.3 $175.



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24. A Collegiate Game of Base-Ball. W. P. Snyder. Published in Harper's Weekly, New York. Woodengraving, Aug. 31, 1889. Image size 13 3/4 x 19 7/8". Good condition with modern hand-color.#50772.2 $600.

25. The Yale Varsity Crew Out For a Spin With Their Coach. Thure de Thulstrup. Published byHarper’s Weekly, New York. Wood engraving, June 29, 1889. Image size 13 3/4 x 19 7/8". Goodcondition. Modern hand-color, backed with Japan. #22343.1 $375.

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26. Bases Loaded. Stanley Kaplan. Linocut, 2007.Edition 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed"2/25." Image size 11 7/8 x 9". Very good condi-tion. #47399.1 $250.

27. Baseball. (Black). Jake Muirhead. Etchingand aquatint, 2010. Artist proof. Signed andtitled by artist in pencil. Image size 9 3/4 x 87/8". Very good description. #75174.3 $400

28. The Batter. Su-Li Hung. Woodcut, 1999.Edition 50. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.Inscribed "2/50." Image size 6 1/2 x 5 1/4". Verygood condition. #14215.2 $150.

29. Double Play. Fletcher Martin. Publishedby Associated American Artists. Lithograph,1952. Edition 250. Signed in pencil. Imagesize 12 3/8 x 8 3/8". Very good condition.#83754.1 $1,200.www.oldprintgallery.com

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30. A Shower on Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D. C. W. T. Smedley. Published by Harper'sWeekly. Wood engraving, Oct. 4, 1890. Pennsylvania Ave. in the rain, with the Capitol in thebackground. Image size 12 3/8 x 20 1/8. Good condition. Modern hand-color. #46529.3 $495.

31. Rainy Day #1. Richard Lubell. Aquatint,2005. Edition 30. Signed, titled, and dated inpencil. Inscribed "15/30." Image size 11 7/8 x8 15/16". Very good condition. Image size 117/8 x 8 15/16". Very good condition.#39836.1 $200.

32. Rail, Steam and Speed. J. M. W. Turner.Published by James S. Virtue et al., London.Steel engraving, 1859-75. From The Turner Gal-lery. "Many plates are of great beauty," wroteRawlinson. Herman said the work "stands as amemorial not only to the artist but also to theschool of engravers." Engraved by R. Brandard.Image size 7 1/2 x 9 7/8". Fine condition.Modern hand-color. #47901.1 $295.

33. Cloudburst. Art Werger. Etching andaquatint, 2013. Edition 75. Signed and titledin pencil. Inscribed "13/75." Image size 69/16 x 8 13/16". Very good condition. Ongray paper. #82880.3 $300.

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34. Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey. Published byCentral PTG. and Illinois. Co., Chicago, U.S.A. Offset litho-graph, c. 1938. A vintage poster announcing that the circus iscoming to Washington D.C. Image size 28 x 28 7/8". Goodcondition and color. Some professionally repaired tear in theupper corners. Mounted on linen. #69628.1 $1,400.

35. The Balancing Act. Ellen Na-than Singer. Two-plate color etch-ing and aquatint a la poupe, 2009.Edition 10. Signed and titled inpencil. Inscribed "2/10." Imagesize 11 13/16 x 8 7/8". Very goodcondition. #64108.1 $300.

36. The New Society Fad. - An Amateur Circus Entertainment, at Baychester, Which Interested the"Four Hundred" - The "Baby Elephant" Act. C. Bunnell. Published in Frank Leslie's IllustratedNewspaper, New York. Wood engraving, May 18, 1889. Image size 8 7/8 x 13 3/4". Good conditionwith modern hand-color save small marginal repair. #56173.1 $75.

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37. We Shall Always Love Them. Arnold Ron-nebeck. Lithograph, 1936. Edition 20. Signed,titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed "#3/20."Image size 13 1/2 x 9 1/4". Good condition.Some old paper tape at paper edge. #69561.1$2,000.

38. Circus II (Space Man). Letterio Calapai.Etching, c. 1950. Signed and titled in pencil.Inscribed "Trial proof in Blk & White." Imagesize 8 7/8 x 6". Very good condition. #86588.1$1,950.

39. Center Ring. Georges Schreiber. Offset Lithograph, c. 1970. Signed in pencil. Image size 113/8 x 16". Very good condition. #30124.4 $250.

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40. Pyramidal Build-ing and Fragments ofSculpture, at Copan.Plate II. FrederickCatherwood. Pub-lished in London bythe artist. Two-colorlithograph with origi-nal hand-coloring,1844. From Views ofAncient Monuments inCentral America, Chia-pas and Yucatan by F.Catherwood, Archt.On stone by H. War-ren. Catherwoodnoted the structure asbeing the most re-markable and perfectmonument in Co-

pan. In the foreground, on the left, is a carving of a monkey's skull, perhaps done in worship of thenumerous monkey species that inhabit the area. On the right are remnants of some of the sculpturefound in the area. Image size 10 1/4 x 14 1/4". Good condition and color, removed from the originalmount. #86272.1 $2,500.

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41. Portion of la Casa de las Monjas, Uxmal. Plate XV.Frederick Catherwood. Two-color lithograph with origi-nal hand-coloring, 1844. On stone by A. Picken. Imagesize 16 3/16 x 11 7/16". Good condition and color,removed from the original mount. #86288.1 $2,750.

Mayan Views by Frederick Catherwood

is one of the first and still one of the most important works done on the Mayan civilization. Publishedin London in 1844 by Frederick Catherwood. Catherwood was a British architect and artist whotraveled with John Lloyd Stephens on his 3,000 mile journey to Honduras, Guatemala, and theYucatan, visiting 44 archaeological sites in 1839 and 1841. He chose his favorite drawings to bereproduced in lithographs by the most prominent lithographers in London. Those lithographersinclude John C. Bourne, Thomas Shotter Boys, George Belton Moore, William Parrott, AndrewPicken, and Henry Warren. These are prints from the very rare deluxe edition, in which the two-colorlithographs were hand-colored and trimmed to the image edge and mounted to cards.

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43. Yucatan Con-ventus IuridiciHispaniae NovaePars Occidentalis,et Guatimala Con-ventus Iuridicus.Arnoldus Monta-nus. Published byJacob van Meurs,Amsterdam. Cop-per plate engrav-ing, 1671. FromMontanus' DeNieuwe en Onbek-ende Weereld: of Bes-chryving vanAmerica. This fasci-nating map coversCentral Americafrom Mexico Cityto Panama City, in-cluding Guatimala,Honduras and Costa Rica. Part of Cuba is shown at upper right. A highly decorative title cartouche iscomposed of cherubs and Native Americans. A small scene depicting Neptune is pictured to the rightof the cartouche. The map is a derivative of Blaeu’s 1662 map. Image size 11 1/4 x 14 1/4". Goodcondition. Black and white. #68086.1 $750.

42. Nova HispaniaNova Galicia Gua-timala. ArnoldusMontanus. Pub-lished by Jacob vanMeurs, Amster-dam. Copper plateengraving, 1671.From Montanus'De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Be-schryving van Ameri-ca. Based on thecartography of Hes-sel Gerritsz, thisearly chart coversthe coastline ofCentral America,including Mexico,the Yucatan, theBay of Hondurasand Costa Rica.Western Floridaand part of Cuba are also mapped. The map locates numerous settlements, rivers, and harbors in theinterior and identifies multiple mountain ranges. Image size 11 3/8 x 14". Good condition. Black andwhite. #33381.2 $795.

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45. Virginia Mary-landia et Carolinain America Septen-trionali. JohannBaptist Homann.Published by J. B.Homann, Nurem-berg. Hand-coloredcopper plate engrav-ing, 1714 (c. 1730).A fine map thatshows the middleportion of the colo-nies. This map wasintended to pro-mote German emi-gration to America.The cartouchegraphically showsthe wealth and op-portunity waiting inAmerica through abountiful display of

gold, fish, fruit and tobacco, all surveyed by a well-dressed planter. The Atlantic is titled "Mare VirginiAnum... the Sea of Virginy." Image size 19 1/8 x 22 5/8". Good condition save for some splitting inlower centerfold. Original color with some modern enhancements in the cartouche. Cumming, Wm.Southeast in Early Maps 156. #3291.4 $3,500.

44. The Tourist'sGuide through theStates of Maryland,Delaware and Partsof Pennsylvania &Virginia, with theRoutes to theirSprings, &c. Field-ing Lucas, Jr. Engrav-ing, 1836. A raretravelers pocket guidemap of Maryland,Virginia, Delaware &the Chesapeake Re-gion. This well delin-eated map depicts theearly roads, canals,and the railroads,which at the time of

publishing were a new mode of transportation. The rail lines on this map are outlined in red, includethe route from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Washington to Baltimore, with a branch to Annapolis,and Baltimore to the western mining regions of Winchester and Cumberland. A table of distances fromBaltimore to various cities and springs is shown in the upper right and central left. Fielding Lucas Jr. wasmost active prior to 1825. He published his New & Elegant Atlas and contributed to the maps of Carey& Lea. Lucas issued very few pocket maps and most are very rare, especially those issued after 1830.Bound into the original gold embossed covers with the title Map of Maryland and Part of Virginia &c.Inscribed on inner front cover "M.M. Dawson, Easton, Md. 1846.” Image size 13 7/8 x 19 5/8". Goodcondition. #83458.1 $1,275.

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47. Planisfero del MondoNuovo. Vicenzo M. Coro-nelli. Copper plate engrav-ing, c. 1691. A fine map ofthe western hemispheresfrom Coronelli's "AtlanteVeneto." The geographicalinformation presentedhere was based on Coro-nelli's large gores of 1688.California is shown as anIsland on the second San-son model New Zealand isshown with a hypotheticalcoastline stretching south-eastward towards Tierradel Fuego. The delineationof the Great Lakes isamong the most accuratelyproduced in the seventeenth century. Shown in the upper left, in current day Bering Sea, is a represen-tation of Terra di Iesso, the mythical land bridge which was frequently shown to extend from Asia toAlaska. The decorative borders include depictions of the signs of the zodiac. Image size 17 3/4 x 233/4". Good condition save for minor tear in lower left margin. Nicely colored. #86760.1 $2,750.

46. Nova OrbisTabula, in LucemEdita, A. F. DeWit. Amsteloda-mi cum PrivilegioPotentiss D. Dom-inorum OrdinumHollandiae etWestfrisiae. Fred-erick de Wit. Cop-per plateengraving, 1670 (c.1680). A fine andhighly decorativedouble hemi-sphere map of theworld. "One of themost attractive ofits time." Shirley.In each of the fourthe corners are il-lustrations thatcombine images ofthe four seasons,the elements, and the signs of the zodiac. In the center, above and below are polar projections. The mapwas first published in 1670. This is the second state, published c.1680, with the addition of a decorativesnake skin border and cherubs to the inner cusps. Nova Guinea now present. In North America, theGreat Lakes appear as a large semi-circle inland sea with an open western end. The island of Californiais shown on the Briggs model, with a flat top. The Strait of Anian is also present in the upper northwest.A beautiful map. Image size 18 1/4 x 21 5/8". Attractive modern hand color. Professionally restored.Very good condition. 451, State 2 in The Mapping of the World by Rodney W. Shirley. #88093.1 $7,500.

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49. Along Franconia Ridge. Matt Brown. Color wood-block print, 2014. Edition 300. Inscribed "297/300 (2ndstate)". Signed, titled, and dated by artist in pencil. Imagesize 16 1/4 x 7". Very good condition and color. #87711.1$295.

48. The Shogun's Garden. Grace Bentley - Scheck. Colla-graph, 1997. Edition 40. Signed, titled, and dated inpencil. Inscribed "6/40." Image size 6 3/4 x 10 7/8". Verygood condition. #40012.1 $225.

50. Sentinels. Robert Kipniss. Mezzotint, 1992.Edition 60 + 10 AP. Signed in pencil. This printis included in the permanent collection of TheHeckscher Museum of Art. Inscribed "30/60."Image size 13 13/16 x 9 1/4". Very good condi-tion. #32147.1 $3,000.


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Starting out as a woodworker after graduating from Harvard, MattBrown discovered the art of Japanese woodblock printmaking in1993 and became enthralled with the hanga method, using waterbased inks. He studied Japanese prints in homes and museums andread books such as Technique of the Color Woodcut, by John Lehetas he developed his technique. A resident of New Hampshire, heprints imagery mostly from New England, producing dramaticlandscapes rich in translucent colors.

52. Iceland Rocks I. JosephEssig. Etching printed in color,finished by hand, 2014. Edition65. Signed and titled in pencil.Inscribed "1/65." Image size 129/16 x 10 9/16". Very goodcondition. #86794.1 $225.

53. Storm in the Mountains.Harry Wickey. Drypoint, 1935.Edition 100. Signed in pencil.Inscribed "100 proofs." Imagesize 8 7/8 x 12 3/4". Goodcondition, minor light burn.#37593.1 $950.

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51. Country Scene. (untitled).Peter Hurd (1904 – 1984). Col-or lithograph. Signed in pencil.Inscribed “AP.” Image size 189/16 x 26 26 9/16”. Goodcondition. #69562.1 $900.



54. Destiny and the Stars. Henry Ziegler. Aquatint, 1927. Small edition. Signed and titled in penciland inscribed “proof.” Image size 18 1/2 x 13 3/4". Very good condition. #26037.1 $1,900.

55. Astronaut. Letterio Calapai. Etchingand aquatint. Edition 12. Signed andtitled in pencil. Inscribed "Artist's proof#3." Image size 13 3/4 x 9 7/8". Tear inthe left margin repaired with tape.#84480.1 $1,450.

56. Alone Again. Gerald Scheck. Drypoint, etching, andengraving, 2005. Edition 25. Signed, titled, and dated inpencil. Inscribed "1/25." Image size 19 5/8 x 21 3/4".Very good condition. #38029.1 $600.

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57. Ausable Lakes. John Taylor Arms.Etching with aquatint printed in color,1921. Edition 50. Signed and dated inpencil. Inscribed "artist proof." Image size2 x 3 7/8". Very good condition.#73437.1 $900.

58. Marking Time. Linda Adato. Coloretching and aquatint, 2000. Signed, ti-tled, dated and numbered in pencil.Inscribed "12/50". Image size 19 1/2 x 151/4". Very good condition. #28267.2$450.

59. At the Window. [Chinatown, NewYork City.] Ellen Nathan Singer. Etchingand aquatint, 2009. Edition 10. Signed andtitled in pencil. Inscribed "7/10." Image size8 15/16 x 5 15/16". Very good condition.#66549.4 $300.

60. Back Street. Ellen Nathan Singer. Etching andaquatint, 2007. Edition 10. Signed and titled inpencil. Inscribed "5/10." Image size 11 15/16 x 87/8". Very good condition. #56669.1 $400.

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61. The Narrow-leaved Kalmia. Dr. Robert John Thornton. Published by Dr. Robert John Thornton,London. Aquatint and stipple engraving, 1804. Printed in color and finished by hand. Plate XXVIIfrom The Temple Of Flora Or The Garden Of Nature. One state only. Engraved by Caldwell after thepainting by Reinagle. This fine publication had a total of thirty-one plates. They are among the mostimportant (and most beautiful) botanical prints ever published. Image 18 1/8 x 13 5/8". Goodcondition. Original hand coloring. #19779.2 $4,500.

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