Apr 16, 2026 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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The most decorative map of the Americas of the period
CHATELAIN, HENRI ABRAHAM
Carte Tres Curieuse De La Mer Du Sud Contenant Des Remarques Nouvelles Et Tres Utiles Non Seulement Sur Les Ports et Isles de Cette Mer, Mais aussy sur les principaux Pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, Avec les Noms & la Route des Voyageurs... Amsterdam: 1720. 32 x 56 inches (81 x 142 cm); engraved map with hand-coloring (possibly of the period) on four conjoined sheets. Usual folds, in generally excellent condition, not examined out of frame.
This uncommonly richly colored four-sheet map, published just before the bursting of the South Sea Bubble, would have been extracted from the sixth volume of Chatelain's opus work, the Atlas Historique, ou Nouvelle Introduction à l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne & Moderne, published in Amsterdam, the text of which was by the French geographer Nicolas Gueudeville. Depicting the area from eastern Asia to western Europe, centered on the Americas, this cartographic masterpiece bears more than 35 insets and vignettes of various scenes and regions in the New World. A series of medallions at the upper center depicts some of the most important New World explorers, while their voyages are shown on the body of the map. Other marginal vignettes depict areas of significance, including city views. California is shown as an island, although it bears a notation stating that some authorities believe it to be part of the mainland, an early sign of skepticism towards the traditional geographic representation of the region. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, pp. 142, 146-147; Tooley p. 130.
$8,000 - $12,000
CHATELAIN, HENRI ABRAHAM
Carte Tres Curieuse De La Mer Du Sud Contenant Des Remarques Nouvelles Et Tres Utiles Non Seulement Sur Les Ports et Isles de Cette Mer, Mais aussy sur les principaux Pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, Avec les Noms & la Route des Voyageurs... Amsterdam: 1720. 32 x 56 inches (81 x 142 cm); engraved map with hand-coloring (possibly of the period) on four conjoined sheets. Usual folds, in generally excellent condition, not examined out of frame.
This uncommonly richly colored four-sheet map, published just before the bursting of the South Sea Bubble, would have been extracted from the sixth volume of Chatelain's opus work, the Atlas Historique, ou Nouvelle Introduction à l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne & Moderne, published in Amsterdam, the text of which was by the French geographer Nicolas Gueudeville. Depicting the area from eastern Asia to western Europe, centered on the Americas, this cartographic masterpiece bears more than 35 insets and vignettes of various scenes and regions in the New World. A series of medallions at the upper center depicts some of the most important New World explorers, while their voyages are shown on the body of the map. Other marginal vignettes depict areas of significance, including city views. California is shown as an island, although it bears a notation stating that some authorities believe it to be part of the mainland, an early sign of skepticism towards the traditional geographic representation of the region. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, pp. 142, 146-147; Tooley p. 130.
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Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Apr 16, 2026
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10am
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NEW YORK, NY – Doyle will hold an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10am.The sale opens with two fossils, very far from our usual fare. Lots 3 – 74 are antiquarian books from a variety of consignors, including an interesting group of early books on science and a small selection of Aldines. Lots 75 – 93 comprise a collection of equestrian books, with a copy of Stubbs on the anatomy of the horse (lot 93) and some very scarce early Italian books on horsemanship. Lots 94 – 98 are a small group of manuscripts, including a Company School manuscript of Indian architectural views, an attractive 15th-century book of Hours, and a 13th-century manuscript psalter. Autograph material by Freud, Einstein, Napoleon and others is included in lots 99 – 116; literary autographs in lots 117 – 125; American autographs, including Cotton Mather, among lots 126 – 134; and American Presidents (including two fine Thomas Jefferson letters) are grouped in lots 135 – 148. This section is followed by printed Americana and memorabilia, lots 149–175, and maps (including the Chatelain map of the Americas), lots 176 –197. Travel and sporting books occupy lots 198 – 215, incorporating a small section of mountaineering, with a correspondence by the pioneering photographer of Alpinism, Vittorio Sella.
Literature begins with lot 216, continuing on to lot 327, with a small group of Virginia Woolf and Hogarth press material and a copy of the Limited Editions Club Ulysses, signed by Joyce and Matisse. A section of fine binding begins with two grand Cosway-style bindings (lots 328 and 329), and proceeds to lot 365. Lots 366 –376 is original illustration art, with art for five New Yorker covers, and two drawings for Charles Schulz Charlie Brown cartoons. This is followed by books on fine art and illustrated books, lots 377 –405. A section of private press books comprises lots 406 – 465, and the sale ends with a small section on space, lots 466–472.
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