Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

Pocket maps, with a few case maps thrown in. Click for listing of maps in Auction 23
“Considered the first encyclopedia of the Americas”—Schwartz & Ehrenberg Click for full description with images	Americana: High Spots of Texas, the West, Mexico & the Borderlands Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photography, Prints & Ephemera Auction 23 Prices Realized Auction Schedule: Thursday, April 4, 2013: Session 1: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 1-150 Session 2: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 151-300 Friday, April 5, 2013: Session 3: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 301-450 Session 4: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 451-end Exhibition: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 2 & 3, 2013 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST 102 W. Tarrant Street Llano, Texas 78643 Click for Auction 23 Abstracts, Detailed Item Descriptions, and Illustrations Auction 23 Flipbook Download complete catalogue: [ PDF] [Microsoft Word] Download abstracts: [PDF] Search Auction 23 Catalogue: Tip: To search for an exact phrase, put your search terms in “double quotes.”	Count Waldeck's Voyage Pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d’Yucatan (Paris & London, 1838), a Mesoamerican classic, with an important map of Yucatan. Click for full description with images
The First Book of Mexican Authorship Printed in Europe, with Superb Engravings Click for full description with images		“A magnificent map”—Streeter “The map was apparently quite popular and seems to have been used roughly, for few copies have survived”—Graff Exceedingly Rare Large-Scale Map of the Western Mining Frontier Click for full description with images
Major Scientific Publication in New Spain. With Illustrated Xochicalco Supplement Click for full description with images	The Rare First Issue of the First Printed Map to Accurately Delineate the Mississippi River “One of the most definitive maps of the time, as well as the most influential in the later cartography of North America”—Streeter Click for full description with images	“Goddard’s remarkable and beautifully designed production can properly be deemed the capstone of the gold region cartography” (Wheat) Click for full description with images
Exceedingly Rare 1849 German California Gold Rush Guide & Map Die Flugschrift, die Strömen von Auswanderern den Weg nach Kalifornien wies Click for full description with images	Salva's Superb Copy of Missa Gothica seù Mozarabica Click for full description with images	Two Rare & Important Maps relating to Texas & California “Major source for the study of tribute, place glyphs, and political economy and geography of the Aztecs” (Glass) “One of the finest products of the press of Hogal” (JCB) Click for full description with images
Acceptance of the Patronage of Virgin of Guadalupe for Mexico With a Remarkable Engraving of the Virgin Saving Mexico City from the Pestilence Click for full description with images	A Wonderful, Fresh Copy of the Disturnell Treaty Map Click for full description with images	First Publication of Fifteenth-Century Migration Maps of the Chichimeca Click for full description with images
Earliest Bird’s-Eye View of Laredo listed by Reps “The Gateway to and from Mexico” Click for full description with images	“The most beautiful & generally interesting of Humboldt’s works” (Sabin) With the Magnificent Chimborazo Plate after Humboldt’s 1802 Drawing Click for full description with images	The First Scholarly Description of the Discovery and Attempted Explanation of the Meaning of the “Piedra del Sol” Click for full description with images

AUCTION 23 * April 4 & 5, 2013 * Llano, Texas