Rare maps of North America

Folio, three volumes (490 x 355 mm. each), bound to style in half red morocco over red moire cloth covered boards, gilt ruled, spines with gilt ruled raised bands in six compartments, each gilt panelled, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, gilt volume dates to base of each spine, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page to each volume, pp. [2], 4, 206; [2], 237; [4], 196, [2], with 120 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Karl Bodmer, Charles Bird King, James Otto Lewis, P. Rhindesbacher and R. M. Sully, drawn on stone by A. Newsam, A. Hoffy, Ralph Trembley, Henry Dacre and others, printed and coloured by J. T. Bowen and others, comprising 117 portraits and 3 scenic frontispieces after Rindisbacher, 1 leaf containing 2 lithographic maps and a table and 17 pages of facsimile signatures of subscribers. Light foxing to volume 1 as usual, offsetting to plates as usual, with some waterstaining to beginning of volume 2 affecting the first plate and volume 3 affecting first 5 plates, otherwise in good condition.

320 x 375 mm., in good condition.

270 x 155 mm., professionally lined with tissue, with loss of the last five lines and imprint, otherwise in good condition.

250 x 340 mm., with wide margins, with some repair to double folds as might be expected, light fold along the centre, otherwise in good condition.

Duodecimo (150 x 85 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with ribbed spine, very ornate gilt decoration to compartments, gilt title, gilt slightly worn. With typographic title page, pp. [4], 331, [1], p. 236 erroneously numbered 136, with 7 folding maps, otherwise in excellent condition.

510 x 620 mm., early wash colour, a rare unfolded example in good condition.

145 x 100 mm, in good condition.

760 x 1050 mm., two sheets joined as one, in fine early outline colour, printed on strong paper, light toning to joint of two sheets as often the case, otherwise in good condition.

180 x 220 mm., in fine condition.

170 x 230 mm., modern wash colour, in fine condition.

350 x 480 mm., in recent wash colour and good condition.

305 x 415 mm., with good margins in good condition.

220 x 265 mm., uncut, in very good condition.

410 x 555 mm., with light offsetting, good margins, uncut, with manuscript title to the verso, in good condition.

Octavo (230 x 145 mm.), original ornate blind embossed boards with gilt title to upper board, with two folding maps pasted to the inside of each board; 685 x 1555 mm., and 865 x 415 mm., occasional foxing, creases, a few splits, otherwise in good condition.

520 x 830 mm., light browning to the margins. There is insignificant tiny loss to the margin line lower left, and to the margin upper left.

500 x 595 mm., in magnificent full early wash colour, good condition.

705 x 1040 mm., in 2 sheets joined, large aquatint and etched engraving, UNFOLDED AND UNCUT, with the LVG watermark. With pamphlet, quarto (280 x 230 mm.), original blue wrappers, typographic title, pp. 5-(12), there are no pages 3-4 which agrees with the John Carter Brown example.

350 x 490 mm., early wash colour with French text, in good condition.

275 x 350 mm., one small faint fox mark upper left near the border, otherwise in good condition.