Valuable Atlases and Maps, 1995-03-24
Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 113
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
(Including a Mercator Atlas, 1619, extra-illustrated with manuscript maps by Salomon de Caus; a Mediterranean Portolan chart by Jacopo Scotti, late sixteenth century; a fine hand-coloured copy of Ptolemy's Geographia, 1552; Waghenaer's Speculum nauticum, 1591 and rare nautical atlases by Pieter Goos and Johannes van Keulen.), Travel Books (Including Champlain's Voyages, 1613.), and Natural History Books.
Dates
- created: 1995-03-24
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu