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Auction archive: Lot number 111

ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873) Australia from surveys made by ...

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,555 - US$2,333
Price realised:
£1,750
ca. US$2,722
Auction archive: Lot number 111

ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873) Australia from surveys made by ...

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,555 - US$2,333
Price realised:
£1,750
ca. US$2,722
Beschreibung:

ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873). Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet . . London: 1 May 1838. Engraved map on two sheets (each 637 x 525mm to outer limits of engraved area), to the scale of 100 miles to 1¼ inches (1: 5,068,800), hand-coloured in outline, dissected and mounted on linen. (Light even browning and soiling.)
ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873). Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet . . London: 1 May 1838. Engraved map on two sheets (each 637 x 525mm to outer limits of engraved area), to the scale of 100 miles to 1¼ inches (1: 5,068,800), hand-coloured in outline, dissected and mounted on linen. (Light even browning and soiling.) RARE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN ARROWSMITH ' S FIRST MAP OF AUSTRALIA . It contains insets of Tasmania and the Torres Straits, as well as details of the great voyages of exploration by Tasman, Flinders, De Witt, Dampier, etc. ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (ABPC/RBH). Tooley, The Mapping of Australia , 81.

Auction archive: Lot number 111
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
9 June 2015, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873). Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet . . London: 1 May 1838. Engraved map on two sheets (each 637 x 525mm to outer limits of engraved area), to the scale of 100 miles to 1¼ inches (1: 5,068,800), hand-coloured in outline, dissected and mounted on linen. (Light even browning and soiling.)
ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873). Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet . . London: 1 May 1838. Engraved map on two sheets (each 637 x 525mm to outer limits of engraved area), to the scale of 100 miles to 1¼ inches (1: 5,068,800), hand-coloured in outline, dissected and mounted on linen. (Light even browning and soiling.) RARE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN ARROWSMITH ' S FIRST MAP OF AUSTRALIA . It contains insets of Tasmania and the Torres Straits, as well as details of the great voyages of exploration by Tasman, Flinders, De Witt, Dampier, etc. ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS (ABPC/RBH). Tooley, The Mapping of Australia , 81.

Auction archive: Lot number 111
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2015
Auction house:
Christie's
9 June 2015, London, South Kensington
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