Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

Sanson d'Abbevile, Nicolas Amerique Septentrionale. Paris: N. Sanson & P. Mariette, 1650 Copper-engraved map (sheet size: 438 x 578 mm). Original outline color. The scarce second state of this important map of North America, by the founder of the French School of cartography. The present map is arguably the most geographically progressive portrayal of the continent made at the time, and was not superseded until Vincenzo Maria Coronelli's map of 1688. Importantly, it is the first map to depict the Great Lakes in a recognizable form, and the first to name Lake Ontario and Lake Superior. In his rendering of the region, Sanson benefited from having received a copy of The Jesuit Relations (1649), a detailed account by French missionaries who had traveled in the region. To the north, a mysterious strait weaves over "New South Wales" on Hudson's Bay, terminating in the interior of the continent, a blank space labeled as "Mer Glaciale." This alludes to the existence of a much hoped-for Northwest Passage. On the eastern seaboard, the map notes "N[ouvelle] Amsterdam" in the place of present day New York, and is the first printed map to label "N[ouvelle] Suede," referring to the Swedish colony centered on Fort Christina, founded on the site of present-day Wilmington, Delaware in 1638. To the far southwest, Sanson based his depiction on the Father Alonso Benavides Memorial (1630), a travel account of New Mexico. It is the first printed map to label "S[anta] Fe" (which is incorrectly shown to be on the banks of the Rio Grande), and the domains of various native tribes such as the "Apache," "Navajo," and the "Taosij" (Taos). To the west, California is shown as a large island, and features some of the same nomenclature as found on Johannes de Laet's map of 1630. REFERENCE Burden, I:294 (state 3); Leighly 33:7; McLaughlin 12; Pastoreau; Wheat 39

View 1 of Lot 67: Sanson d'Abbevile, Nicolas | A scarce issue of an important map of North America

sanson d'abbevile, nicolas | a scarce issue of an important map of north america

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Floride. Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1656 Copperplate engraved map (to sight: 557 x 320 mm). Handcolored in outline; one or two stray spots. Matted and framed; not examined out of frame. "An important map, the first in a printed atlas to put the greatest emphasis on California and new Mexico. A map of great influence, it became the model for the delineation of California for the next 50 year" (Tooley). Wheat notes that with this map Sanson introduced the names of numerous places along the Rio Grad, as well as several Indian tribes. A bright, attractive example REFERENCE Leighly, California as an Island 27; Tooley, Mapping of America 115; Wheat, Trans-Mississippi West 50

View 1 of Lot 22: Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas | Establishing the shape of the West

sanson d'abbeville, nicolas | establishing the shape of the west

Livres et Manuscrits du XVe siècle à nos jours, dont Cinéma, Art contemporain et Bande dessinée

Livres anciens (lots 1 à 27) Jaillot, Charles Hubert — Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville ─ Pieter Mortier Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement remarques les empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, republiques & peuples qui s'y trouvent à present par le Sr Sanson. Paris, chez Hubert Iaillot, M.DC.XCII. 2 volumes grand in-folio (635 x 515 mm). Vélin doré de l’éditeur, double encadrement de roulettes dorées sur les plats avec Atlas supportant une sphère armillaire au centre des plats, écoinçons, dos lisse orné, tranches dorées (Reliure hollandaise de l’époque). Traces de lacets. Tables des cartes imprimées et contrecollées sur l’encart gravé au début de chaque volume ; les numéros de cette table sont reportés à l’encre sur chaque carte. Les planches de cartes et vues des villes spécifiques ne sont pas comprises dans cette numérotation. Mors fendus en tête et en queue, coiffes arasées, coins émoussés, lacets manquants, reliure frottée. Reliure du volume 2 légèrement voilée.Tranchefile du premier volume détachée. Quelques feuillets brunis. Taches, rousseurs éparses. Tache brune sur le coin supérieur de la plupart des feuillets du t. II. Exemplaire personnalisé pour un amateur de l'époque, auquel sont ajoutées une quarantaine de cartes. En tête de chaque volume figure une table imprimée personnalisée en fonction des cartes choisies. Très bel exemplaire en coloris d'époque. 142 cartes et 26 planches de vues et cartes. Certaines des cartes sont sur les Amériques. Alexis Hubert Jaillot, sculpteur de formation, s'intéressa à la géographie après son mariage avec la fille de Nicolas Berey, célèbre coloriste de cartes, et s'associa à Paris avec les fils de l'éditeur Sanson. Vers 1669, il entreprit de regraver, d'agrandir et de rééditer les cartes de Sanson sous forme de feuilles et d'atlas, ne ménageant pas ses efforts pour combler le vide laissé dans le commerce des cartes par la destruction de l'imprimerie de Blaeu à Amsterdam en 1672. L'éditeur Pieter Mortier grandit à Amsterdam, mais vécut à Paris de 1681 à 1685 environ. À son retour à Amsterdam, il se spécialisa dans les livres français et entretint ses relations avec les libraires parisiens. "His knowledge of modern French cartography led him to copying the maps by Sanson, published by Jaillot since 1681" (Koeman). Cet exemplaire est répertorié par M. Pastoureau comme une "contrefaçon hollandaise" datant de 1692 (édition D), dans lequel quelques cartes viennent de l’édition de 1696 (édition E), soit un total de 110 cartes, avec aussi 26 planches de vues et cartes de villes. Pour un amateur de l’époque, l’éditeur a personnalisé cet exemplaire d’un choix spécifique de cartes : l’exemplaire est ainsi enrichi de 32 cartes de Mortier. Parmi ces cartes ajoutées, on en compte plusieurs concernant les Amériques. La plupart des cartes de Mortier (32 cartes) viennent de son Atlas nouveau (Koeman, III, Mor 1), et sont le plus souvent des "Théâtres des guerres" (5) ou des cartes des régions d’Italie (14) ; d'autres cartes proviennent de son Neptune françois de Mortier. Une "Vie des anciens solitaires" figure à la fin du volume 2 (n° 163).

View 1 of Lot 12: Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement remarques les empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, republiques & peuples qui s'y trouvent à present par le Sr Sanson. Paris, chez Hubert Iaillot, M.DC.XCII.

atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde, ou sont exactement remarques les empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, republiques & peuples qui s'y trouvent à present par le sr sanson. paris, chez hubert iaillot, m.dc.xcii.

Fine Books from a Distinguished Private Library

Alexis Hubert Jaillot and Nicolas Sanson Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties du monde. Paris: H. Jaillot [but Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier], 1692-1696 2 volumes, folio (655 x 520mm.), engraved architectural titles, contents leaf in each volume within elaborate border (printed table pasted in center), 111 DOUBLE-PAGE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED MAPS (including plans of Paris and Vienna), dated between 1691 and 1696, 3 full-page fortification plans, 19 tables, 84 gazetteers (dated 1692), 28 full-page mapsheets showing 196 views and plans, title to Sanson’s Introduction à la Géographie printed in red and black, contemporary Dutch mottled calf, gilt, by the double drawer handle bindery, covers with two floral roll frames (Storm van Leeuwen III, 704), oblique armillary spheres at corners, large centrepiece of Atlas holding up the world within a leafy frame (Storm van Leeuwen III, 662), raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with armillary sphere (Storm van Leeuwen III, 810) at centre, some offsetting, binding with neat repairs THE WARDINGTON COPY, with particularly fine hand colour, of one of the largest world atlases of the century. This example features beautifully impressed hand-coloured maps that in many cases appear to have their titles in proof state or even manuscript, apparently indicating that this was one of the earliest copies of this work produced by Amsterdam publisher Pieter Mortier. There are often faint lines visible which have been used to make the letters even, suggesting the type was just being set, or the cartouche lettering was being drawn up by a calligrapher. In 1690, Mortier obtained from French publishers the privilege to distribute their maps and atlases in Holland. He began re-engraving maps by the French Royal Geographer Alexis Hubert Jaillot (ca. 1632-1712), the partner and successor of the “Father of French cartography,” Nicolas Sanson (1600-67). Beginning in 1669, Jaillot had re-engraved and re-published Sanson’s maps, issuing them individually and in atlases. As the world atlas passed down from Sanson to Jaillot to Mortier, it became more striking and more renowned, partly because of its augmented size, its more creative embellishments, and its higher quality paper. The contemporary binding here is by the Double Drawer Handle Bindery, a workshop Mortier commissioned to produce bindings for some of his most important works, including his Great Bible. Jan Storm van Leeuwen suggests that Mortier may have had the “Atlas holding up the world” block tool “made especially for this project”; he records at least two other copies of the work in marbled calf bindings with this design. Given the early state of the engravings, manuscript lettering on some cartouches, lovely hand colouring, and special binding, it is possible that this copy was a prototype or exemplar used by the publisher. REFERENCES: Pastoureau 1E and 1F; for the binding: Storm van Leeuwen, “Dutch Decorated Bookbinding” I, 245 PROVENANCE: James Gibbs (architect 1682–1754), engraved bookplate dated 1736; Christopher Henry Beaumont Pease, 2nd Baron Wardington (1924–2005), bookplate, sale in these rooms, 18 October 2005, lot 203

View 1 of Lot 43: Alexis Hubert Jaillot and Nicolas Sanson | Atlas nouveau. Amsterdam, 1692-1696, in fine contemporary colour

alexis hubert jaillot and nicolas sanson | atlas nouveau. amsterdam, 1692-1696, in fine contemporary colour

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas L'Amerique en Plusieurs Cartes Nouvelles et Exactes; et en Divers Traittes de Geographie, & d'Histoire. [Amsterdam: Halma, circa 1700] Quarto (216 x 165 mm). 15 double-page engraved maps. Contemporary calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second gilt-lettered, others with repeat decoration in gilt; some rubbing to extremities, wear to joints. A rare issue of Sanson's atlas of the Americas ﻿The maps include detailed charts of North, South, and Central America, the West Indies, Canada, Mexico, Florida and the southeast, and a map of New Mexico showing most of the Spanish southwest territory with California depicted as an island. The maps are titled as follows: 1) Americque Septentriole 2) Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c. 3) La Floride 4) Audience de Mexico 5) Audience de Guadalajara, Nouveau Mexique, Californie, &c. 6) Audience de Guatimala 7) Les Isles Antilles, &c. 8) Amerique Meridionale 9) Terre Ferme, Nouveau royme de Grenade, &c. 10) Guiane divisee en Guiane, et Caribane 11) Le Perou, et le cours de la rivre Amazone 12) Le Chili 13) Le Brasil 14) Le Paraguay subdivise en ses principales parties, suivant les dernieres relaons 15) Detroit de Magellan, Terre, et Isles Magellanicques, &c. Various states of the maps have been identified by Burden, Kershaw, and Cumming, though none conform definitively to this issue of the atlas. Grid lines were added to the plates for publication in Halma's edition of Description de tout l'Universe (Amsterdam 1700), suggesting the place and date of publication for this unrecorded edition. REFERENCE Burden 324-327; Cumming 97; Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada 137; Phillps, Atlases 1151 (first edition); Sabin 76712; Streeter Sale 68 (undated edition)

sanson d'abbeville, nicolas | an unrecorded issue of sanson's atlas of the americas

Antiquarian Books

Hubert Jaillot; Nicolas Sanson Le duché de Milan. [Paris, late 17th - early 18th century]; Illyricum Orientis, Padua, 1694 an engraved and coloured map, mounted on cardboard, a small marginal lack; 498x680 mm, an engraved map, slight browning (2)

View 1 of Lot 257: Hubert Jaillot; Nicolas Sanson, 2 mappe incise, [Parigi, fine 17 - inizio 18 sec.]; Padova, 1694

hubert jaillot; nicolas sanson, 2 mappe incise, [parigi, fine 17 - inizio 18 sec.]; padova, 1694

The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III

Engraved map with contemporary outline hand coloring (412 x 560 mm).  Matted and framed.

le canada et nouvelle france. paris:  mariette, 1656.

travels in africa, egypt, and syria, from the year 1792 to 1798, londra, t. cadell junior e altri, 1799, 4to grande, prima edizione, antiporta, una pianta incisa in rame e 2 carte geografiche più volte ripiegate, vitello marmorizzato coevo, dorso a nervi ornato, ex libris non identificato, uno strappo su una carta riparabile, lievi gore d'acqua, dorso rifatto, spigoli lisi - vincent, william. voyage de néarque, des bouches de l'indus jusqu'à l'euphrate, parigi, imprimerie de la république, an viii (1799), 4to grande, occhietto, antiporta numismatica, una tavola e 6 carte geografiche incise in rame ripiegate, mezzo vitello coevo, leggere fioriture e bruniture su alcune carte, cerniere consumate - sanson d'abbeville, nicolas. l'afrique en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, parigi, chez l'auteur, 1656, 4to, 18 carte geografiche incise in rame a doppia pagina, confini acquerellati, pergamena coeva, leggere bruniture e aloni, restauri marginali con talvolta fastidio (3).blackmer 219 (per la prima opera)

Estat present du royaume de Perse. Paris: veuve de Jacques Langlois et Jacques Langlois, 1694

[sanson d'abbeville, nicolas]

Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History

FIRST EDITION, folio (440 x 320mm.), title with woodcut royal arms, manuscript contents list in a contemporary hand bound in at title, printed contents list, 146 double-page engraved maps numbered in ink on verso (contents list calls for 113 maps), also with 3 small maps pasted on verso of double-page maps or inserted, hand-coloured in outline (cartouches with later added hand-colour), later half vellum over speckled boards, minor browning or staining, some tears and repairs including strengthening (particularly on folding maps), a few maps shaved, light wear to binding

cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde. paris, chez i'autheur. . .et chez pierre mariette, 1658

Folio (430 x 305mm.), 64 double-page maps, hand-coloured in outline, nineteenth-century half calf, manscript index on flyleaf, maps numbered in ink at upper corners, lacking title, first world map misbound, second world map bound before flyleaf, several maps shaved, some marginal soiling, a few small tears at fold or margins, binding rubbed

[cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde, où les empires, monarchies, républiques, estats, peuples &c., de l'asie, de l'africque, de l'europe & de l'américque, tant anciens que nouveaux sont exactement remarqués. paris: pierre mariette, 1654]

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

4to (225 x 170mm.), 6 parts in one volume (including Nicolas Bion's L'usage des globes and Johannes Luyts' Tables géographiques as supplements), double-page allegorical title, double-page printed title in red and black with engraved device, 74 double-page maps engraved by A. de Winter, copied  from Sanson's quarto atlases of the continents, and 15 mostly folding plates and diagrams in Bion's supplement, printed divisional titles, ex-libris of G. de Labeau, with arms in gilt on covers, contemporary calf, spine gilt, [Koeman II, Hal1; Phillips, Atlases 528; Pastoureau, Sanson VII G], occasional soiling and spotting, binding rubbed

description de tout l'univers, en plusieurs cartes, & en divers traitez de geographie et d'histoire. amsterdam: françois halma, 1700

Books & Manuscripts

L'Asie [l'Afrique, l'Europe, l'Amérique] en plusieurs cartes. Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1658165616831657

L'Asie [l'Afrique, l'Europe, l'Amérique] en plusieurs cartes. Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1658165616831657 4 parts in one volume, 4to (9 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.; 240 x 170 mm). Title-pages for Asia, Africa, and America, 62 handcolored engraved double-page maps (Asia, Africa and Europe fully colored, America colored in outline), engraved and handcolored double title-page and double-page dedication in Europe, publisher's 2-page advertisement and imprimatur at the end of Africa; moderate browning to text, a few maps toned, Europe lacks letterpress title-page, marginal browning to maps of Europe,  text leaves of Europe remargined along top and bottom. Modern half red morocco over marbled boards, the spine in 6 compartments lettered and decorated gilt, top edge gilt.

sanson, nicolas

4to (254x180mm), 18 carte geografiche a doppia pagina incise in rame fuori testo, confini acquerellati, pergamena coeva. Aloni di umidità, riparazioni sui margini bianchi che talvolta toccano le immagini e in un caso ledono poche lettere, piccoli fori di tarlo sul piatto anteriore.

l'afrique en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes; & en divers traictes de geographie, et d'histoire. parigi: presso l'autore, 1656

Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps

4to (227 x 165mm.), double-page engraved allegorical title and 74 folding double-page maps, edge-bound, modern half vellum over boards, some worming at upper edge just affecting 6 maps, a few short splits

[description de tout l'univers. amsterdam: f. halma, 1700]

first edition, folio (438 x 315mm.), printed title with woodcut royal arms, 183 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary manuscript numbering calls for 172 maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine and covers with triple gilt fillet border added, lacking maps 119 & 155 from numbering sequence but with 119 replaced from another copy (re-margined to size) and 12 other maps added, without a table of contents, title repaired, first few maps repaired and strengthened at lower corner (affecting engraved surface), light staining and soiling, some maps slightly creased or frayed at edges, binding repaired

cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde, où les empires, monarchies, républiques, estats, peuples &c., de l'asie, de l'africque, de l'europe & de l'américque, tant anciens que nouveaux sont exactement remarqués. paris: pierre mariette, 1658

Ibid. L'Afrique en plusieurs carte nouvelles, et exactes. Paris: chez l'autheur, 1656, 4to (244 x 182mm.), 18 double-page engraved maps

Ibid. L'Afrique en plusieurs carte nouvelles, et exactes. Paris: chez l'autheur, 1656, 4to (244 x 182mm.), 18 double-page engraved maps Ibid. L'Asie en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes. Paris: chez l'autheur, 1652, 4to (248 x 183mm.), 17 double-page engraved maps Ibid. L'Amérique en plusieurs cartes. Paris: chez l'autheur, 1657, 4to (248 x 182mm.), 17 double-page engraved maps, wormhole at outer lower corner, not affecting engraved surface Together 4 volumes, 64 maps, all hand-coloured in outline, contemporary limp vellum, later gilt decoration incorporating Pease doves, several short tears and light stains

l'europe. paris: chez l'autheur, [c.1648], 4to (248 x 190mm.), engraved title-page, double-page engraved dedication leaf, 12 double-page engraved maps

L12405

4 parts in one volume, 4to (216 x 165mm.), double-page engraved title to first part and printed titles to each, 62 double-page maps, mostly engraved by A. de Winter, [Pastoureau, Sanson VIII-F, III-F, I-F, & II-F], contemporary calf, occasional light browning at edges (more so towards end of book), map "Les Isles Antilles" shaved at upper margin, one or two small tears, binding slightly worn, joints splitting

l'europe; l'asie; l'afrique; l'amerique en plusieurs cartes nouvelles, et exactes. [utrecht: françois halma?], sur la copie a paris chez l'autheur, 1683

Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana

A fine group of two maps of North America, as follows:

A fine group of two maps of North America, as follows: Sanson, Nicolas. Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c. Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1656. Double-page engraved map (16 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.; 420 x 565 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; a few tiny spots at fold, and marginal dampstains. Glazed and framed. Only state. Burden 319. Mortier, Pierre — after Nicolas Sanson. L'Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties ... 1692. Paris [i.e. Amsterdam]: Hubert Iaillot, 1692. Double-page engraved map (24 1/4 x 37 1/2 in.; 616 x 953 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; repaired at verso of center fold with errors in registration of printed frame. First state. Burden 686.

sanson d'abbeville, nicolas

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L'Asie [l'Afrique, l'Europe, l'Amérique] en plusieurs cartes. Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1658–1656–1683–1657

L'Asie [l'Afrique, l'Europe, l'Amérique] en plusieurs cartes. Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1658–1656–1683–1657 4 parts in one volume, 4to (9 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.; 240 x 170 mm). Title-pages for Asia, Africa, and America, 62 handcolored engraved double-page maps (Asia, Africa and Europe fully colored, America colored in outline), engraved and handcolored double title-page and double-page dedication in Europe, publisher's 2-page advertisement and imprimatur at the end of Africa; moderate browning to text, a few maps toned, Europe lacks letterpress title-page, marginal browning to maps of Europe,  text leaves of Europe remargined along top and bottom. Modern half red morocco over marbled boards, the spine in 6 compartments lettered and decorated gilt, top edge gilt.

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sanson, nicolas. l'europe. paris: [1660], 4to (245 x 180mm.), engraved title, dedication...

composite atlas--[sanson (nicolas) geographie vetus]. [paris & amsterdam: 1662], folio...

Folio (460 x 320mm.), printed title with woodcut royal arms, 201 double-page engraved maps, 90 engraved descriptive tables (dated 1663-1679), contemporary manuscript index at end of volume calling for 110 maps, contemporary outline colour, contemporary rough calf, a few maps with small tears, binding somewhat worn

tables de la geographie ancienne et nouvelle ou methode pour s'instruire avec facilite de la geographie, et connoistre des empires, monarchies, royaumes, estats, republiques, et peuples... de toutes les parties du monde. paris: pierre mariette, 1667 [but 1679 or later]

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