1346 The Hoosac Tunnel Route. [Boston, c. 1875]. Large lithographic poster in color advertising the opening of the new Hoosac tunnel, “Rapid transit, save time & distance, take the Hoosac Tunnel Route, the shortest line between the East and the West, carrying the United States mail, connecting with the New York Central Railroad,” showing two train lines in the Hoosac tunnel, period frame, toned, large tears, including a full vertical tear, top to bottom, and a long (8 in.) tear from the foot, 23 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. $200-300
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1347 Thornton, Robert John (1768-1837) The Maggot-bearing Stapelia. London: Thornton, 1801. Folio handcolored aquatint by Stadler after Henderson, matted and framed, 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. $350-450
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1348 Train, Locomotive, Railroad Illustration, 19th Century, Three Prints and a Drawing. Including a large chromolithograph, Passenger Engine, Boston Locomotive Works, Holmes Hinkley, President, Boston: J.H. Bufford’s Lithography, 313 Washington Street, [late 19th century], closed tears, foxing, dusty; chromolithograph of another Hinkley engine and car, Boston: Chas. H. Crosby Lithography, 46 Water Street, [late 19th century]; Stephenson’s Patent Locomotive Engine, [Britain]: Gladwin, [late 19th century], measured and drawn by C.F. Cheffins, toned; [together with] pen-and-ink drawing of an engine on board with watercolor wash by A.F. Bound, 1894, toned, chipped, each piece framed, sizes vary. (4) $400-600
1349 Weinmann, Johann Wilhelm (1683-1741) Taalryk Register der Plaat-ofte Figuur-Beschryvingen der Bloemdragende Gewassen. Amsterdam: Romberg, 1748. Volume two only, folio, illustrated with approximately seventy-six of approximately 109 period handcolored full-page botanical plates (some have been removed), remaining plates include depictions of eggplant, tomato, marigold, tomato, lilac, vanilla, grapes, yucca, thirteen plates of tulips, and many others, the plates in this volume are numbered 917 through 1025, arranged alphabetically by Latin plant name (text in Dutch), covering Serpillum through Zinzinber (numbered pages 373-619 and registers at end), title page present, contemporary binding (defective, boards detached), text not collated for completeness, sold as a collection of plates, 15 3/4 x 10 in. $7,000-9,000 1350 Arabian Peninsula. Girolamo Ruscelli (1604-1566) Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola. Venice: [1561-1598]. Small folio format map on laid paper, hand-colored, copper-plate, no page numbers printed on the map side, text on the verso in italic type in Latin titled “Arabiae Faelicis nova Tabula,” numbered 50, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. $300-400 1351 Brazil. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1631) Novus Brasiliae Typus. Amsterdam: Blaeu, [c. 1640]. Double folio copper-plate engraved map on laid paper, old hand-color, toning, discoloration, greens faded to a greenish-ochre tone, double-glazed frame, text on verso in French, 22 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. $200-300 1352 China, Japan, and Korea. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta. Amsterdam: Blaeu, [c. 1640]. Double-page engraved hand-colored map, large sheet, text on verso in Latin, likely old color, matted and framed, 24 1/2 x 21 in. $1,000-1,500
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1353 China. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio auctore Ludovico Georgio. Antwerp: Ortelius, 1584. First edition, first state, without the additional text “La Philippinas” added above “Sinus Magnus”; double-page folio map, engraved with old handcoloring, text in italic type in Latin on one sheet, other sheet verso blank; ownership stamps and marks on verso of blank sheet, marginal paper repairs on verso, matted and framed, 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. N.B. This first issue, published in 1584, was the first western map of China drawn directly from reports, in this case collected by the Portuguese mapmaker Ludovicus Georgius [aka: Luis Jorge de Barbuda] (1564-1613?). It is also the earliest printed map to include the Great Wall of China, and the first to have China as its main focus. $2,000-2,500 1354 Connecticut. Amos Doolittle (17541832) A Correct Map of Connecticut from Actual Survey. New Haven: Doolittle, 1797. Copper-plate engraved map on laid paper with contemporary hand outlining, browned, brittle, with tears, breaking along old folds, in pieces, 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. $300-500 1355 Europe, Three Framed Maps. Including: Henricus Hondius’s Totius Lemovici et Confinium Provinciarum, a hand-colored copper-plate engraved map of the province of Limoges, France, by Antoin-Jean Fayen, with an inset view of the town of Limoges in the upper right corner, engraved by Peter Keere; Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss Descript. Iacobo Surhonio Montano Auctore, Surhonius’s engraved double-page map of Luxemburg, hand-colored; [and] Illyricum, depicting Istria, Croatia, Bosnia, and Dalmatia, after Johann Sambucus, with strapwork cartouche, and hand-coloring, Antwerp, 1672. (3) $200-300