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We are pleased to present this updated special gallery
dedicated to some of our most beautiful, interesting
and important atlases. You may wish to browse our website
for still more atlases by clicking
here. Please feel free to contact us directly with
any questions you might have regarding these or any
other of our fine maps, atlases and globes.
Our telephone numbers are: 800-423-3741 (U.S. and Canada
only) or at 212-308-0018.
We
also welcome inquiries via email at
info@martayanlan.com.
Should we still have these items in stock, we will be
featuring them in our booth at the New
York Antiquarian Book Fair (April
20-23) at the Seventh Regiment Armory at Park Ave. and
67 th Street.
Of course, you are always welcome to visit us in our New
York gallery. Hours are 9:30-5:30 Monday through Friday,
and Saturdays by appointment.
We are located at:
Heron Tower
70 East 55th Street, 6th Floor (Between Park and Madison)
New York, NY 10022
Please
click on the images below for larger illustrations and
full descriptions.
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The
Primary English Navigational Guide to
American Waters
For Nearly a Century
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Nautical
Atlas. MOUNT, John & PAGE, Thomas
[London, 1784]The English
Pilot The Fourth Book. Describing The West-India
Navigation, from Hudson’s Bay to the River
Amazones… The Whole being much Enlarged and
Corrected,…London: Printed for Mount and Page,
on Tower Hill: 1784. Folio. 19th century
marbled-papered boards, two scuff marks, sheep
backstrip with red and green morocco labels;
68pp, 22 folding and double-page charts, 6
charts in text; numerous coastal recognition
views in text; some folding charts reinforced
with old paper, occasional staining, chart
of Newfoundland more extensively repaired
with some losses, Jamaica with poorly aligned
reinforcement & cropped side margin; still
overall very good.
$45,000
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Battlefield Atlas for British Officers
During the
American
Revolution
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Atlas/ American Revolution. SAYER,
R./ BENNETT, J. [London, 1776]
The American Military Pocket Atlas; Being
An approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General
And Particular, Of The British Colonies; Especially
those which now are, or probably may be The Theatre
Of War: . . . Octavo;
original marbled paper over boards, quite worn;
rebacked with red morocco label; 18th c.? bookplate
of W. Miller inside front cover; 6 maps including
Lake Champlain on heavy paper, minor fold wear,
moderate foxing to 3 maps; overall very good condition.
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“A
New and Important Edition“ (Stevens)
With the First Double-Hemisphere World Map in an
Atlas
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Atlas. PTOLEMY, C./ RUSCELLI,
G. [Venice, 1561]La Geografia
. . . Nouvamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano da
Girolamo Ruscelli . . . Venice, Valgrisi, 1561.
Quarto. Contemporary limp vellem, some staining
and worming; with labeling strip of old paper on
spine. (4) p.l., 358 pp. (1)ff., (28)ff., 47 pp.,
(24)ff. & 64 maps; slight worming and faint
library stamp to t-p, slight worming to first few
leaves, light waterstaining to lower corners of
several leaves and few other stains, sewing top
of spine weakening; maps mostly with very dark impressions
and wide margins; overall near excellent.
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“A Rare and Important Work, Seldom Available
in the United States…” Lada-Mocarski
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Atlas/ Alaska. BUACHE, Philippe
[Paris, 1757] Cartes et Tables
De La Geographie Physique ou Naturelle…1757.
Folio in contemporary boards, new calf spine gilt
with Pease crests, boards rubbed; double-page engraved
title, 10 maps, 3 double-page tables. One map cropped
and re-mounted as issued, two maps slightly soiled,
else excellent.
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A Handsome, Folio, English Atlas
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Atlas. BOWEN, Emanuel [London,
1752] A Complete Atlas, Or
Distinct View of the Known World; Exhibited In
Sixty-Eight Maps:… Folio. 4 pp. 69 maps.
Original marble-papered boards, some staining
& light wear, calf back strip with red morocco
label; excellent condition.
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A Beautifully Printed, Much Expanded
Edition
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Atlas/ Americas. BUCHON, J.
A./ CAREY & LEA [Paris, 1825]
Atlas Geographique, Statistique, Historique
Et Chronologique Des Deux Ameriques Et De Iles
Adjacentes; Traduit De l’Atlas Execute En Amerique
D’Apres Lesage, Avec De Nombreuses Corections
Et Augmentations, Par J. A. Buchon . . . A Paris,…M.D
CCC XXV. Folio. Bound in new marble-papered
boards with calf back strip with gold-tooled black
morocco label; 51 maps with original wash color,
2 plates; fine condition.
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The
First French Atlas of the Americas
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Atlas/ Americas. SANSON, N. d’
Abbeville. [Paris, n.d., 1667?]
L’Amerique, en Plvsievrs Cartes Nouvelles,
Et Exactes, &c. En Divers Traitez De Geographie,…Par
le S. Sanson d’Abbeville, Geographe ordinaire
du Roy. A Paris, Chez l’Autheur, rue S. Iacques,
a l’Esperance… Quarto. Full, original, speckled
calf, arms stamped on front and back boards, lightly
worn; 80pp and 15 folding maps with original outline
color; few spots, light soiling else excellent.
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A
Remarkably Informative Atlas of Long Island
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Atlas/ Long Island.. BEERS,
L. W. [New York, 1873] Atlas
of Long Island, New york. From Recent and Actual
Surveys and Records…Published by Beers, Comstock
& Cline, 36 Vesey Street, New York. 1873…
Folio. Original cloth over boards, rebacked;
192pp. 99 orignal-colored, lithographed maps;
reinforcement and mended tear on large folding
LI map, occasional light, marginal discoloration;
overall excellent.
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