Auction No 363, Tag: American Colonies
2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)
"A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario"
"A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario"
Lot 61
Lot: 61
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSA Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario,shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson’s Routs, W. Owen, London, 1755; inset plans of Fort Du Quesne & Fort Frederick. 20 x 17.5cm plus border, folds (as issued), one strengthened, VG; together with folding maps ofBritish & French Settlements in North America in 2 parts (each 47 x 21cm, one torn), A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with…parts of New England and Canada 1785 (46 x 55cm, very creased), and a Map of Paraguay by E. Bowen c.1759 (5)
George Sandys (trans.) "Ovids Metamorphosis Englished" Andrew Hebb, London, 1638,
George Sandys (trans.) "Ovids Metamorphosis Englished" Andrew Hebb, London, 1638,
Lot 130
Lot: 130
- Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
- Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £175
MORE DETAILSGeorge Sandys (trans.) Ovids Metamorphosis Englished Andrew Hebb, London, 1638, 14.5 x 9cm, contemp. leather, worn; title page dust-affected, browning to index and colophon; [4], 316,[10]pp. Written in Virginia, America, 1626, Sandys' translation of the Metamorphosis is the first major poetic work composed in the American colonies. Sandys became Treasurer of the Virginia Company in 1621. Before leaving England, he had started the translation, but it was in Virginia that he finally finished it in 1626, dedicating it to Charles I.