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A Silent Auction of Rare Audubon Prints, Natural History Art, and Historic Maps

in Support of the Quebec-Labrador Foundation

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Hosted by Arader Galleries

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)~ John James Audubon, Amsterdam Edition ~

QLF Q U E B E C- L A B R A D O R F O U N DAT I O NATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY, the Quebec-Labrador Foundation (QLF) has been defined through its unique approachof working across borders. In the early days of the organization, those borders were geographic — state, provincial,and U.S./Canada. In recent years, the regional model in North America is now shared with places as diverse as LatinAmerica and Southeast Asia.

QLF is distinguished by its emphasis on connecting environmental problem-solving with associated needs of cultureand community. Environmental issues cannot be addressed without making sure that solutions include people. QLFhas always promoted the potential of individual initiative and leadership — that one person can make a difference.For example, QLF taps the energy and commitment of high school Volunteers, university Interns, and young professionals worldwide to provide experiential training opportunities for the next generation of leaders. QLF Alumninumber several thousand.

Quebec-Labrador Foundation • 55 South Main Street Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938 U.S.A. • 978.356.0038

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www.QLF.org

QLF exists to promote global leadership development, to support the rural communities and environment of

eastern Canada and New England,and

to create models for stewardship ofnatural resources and cultural heritage

that can be shared worldwide.

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Dear QLF Friends:

Arader Galleries and the Quebec-Labrador Foundation have celebrated a mutual interest inconservation in many ways over the past several years. Thanks to the inspiring leadership ofQLF President Larry Morris, we have had the pleasure of attending QLF events at The ExplorersClub as well as hosting many of you here at the New York gallery. We have found that Larry’scommitment to global leadership and environmental awareness is absolutely contagious. Therefore, we are thrilled to host this event and to share the excitement of “Audubon’s Aviary:the Final Flight” at the New York Historical Society. Our mutual respect for wildlife, naturalhistory and conservation led inevitably to the idea of joining forces for a memorable spring reception, and we could not be more pleased to host this event.

We want to benefit QLF’s cause in a tangible way as well, through a silent auction benefitingprograms in biodiversity conservation. The Auction will be held here at the gallery on theevening of April 28th, 2015. The 20% buyer’s premium charge for each auction lot will go directlyto supporting QLF!

This auction offers a variety of Audubon’s images from his beloved Birds of America, as well as other natural history offerings and a selection of rare maps representing QLF’s global involvement. From the majestic Snowy Owl, to one of the most recognized early maps of thenortheast by Nicholas Visscher, there is something for every participant.

John James Audubon spoke truly when he said “A true conservationist is a man who knowsthat the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” Whether in personor by absentee bid, we hope that you can join us in celebrating QLF and the art that continuesto remind each generation of the importance of the wildlife around them.

Most Sincerely,

Mike Foley and Morgan Beckwith for Arader Galleries

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A Silent Auction Benefiting the Quebec-Labrador Foundation

Hosted By Arader Galleries

The 20% Buyer’s Premium fee will be directed to fund QLF programs ~

AUCTION: The evening of Tuesday, April 28th, 2015Bidding opens on April 1st!

SALE PREVIEW: Selected works are available to view at Arader Galleries

SALE LOCATION: Arader Galleries1016 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10075+1 212 628 7625

ABSENTEE BIDDING: By telephone or by submitting an absentee bidding form (located in the back of this catalogue)

CATALOGUE: To order additional catalogues please contact QLF

SALE CONTENTS: Audubon Aquatint Engravings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots 1-8

Audubon Octavo Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots 9-16

Audubon Amsterdam Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots 17-21

Audubon Quadrupeds Imperial Edition . . . . . Lots 22-23

Mark Catesby Natural History Prints . . . . . . . Lots 24-29

Rare Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots 30-40

*Questions regarding lots in the auction can be directed to Morgan Beckwith*

(212) 628-7625 or morganbeckwith@aradergalleries.com

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A Selection of Aquatints by John James Audubon (1785–1851)

Elephant Folio. First Edition Engravings with Original Hand-ColorLondon: Robert Havell, 1827–1838

Lots 1-8

Audubon pursued his birds with an unusual passion for accuracy and painterly beauty, a fervorcaused, one imagines, as much by desperation as by scientific and aesthetic high-mindedness.

Once Audubon had committed to his project, producing the monumental Birds of America, it fellto him to find an engraver and subscribers. After a failed attempt to drum up interest in Philadelphia,he turned to Europe. Departing from New Orleans in 1826, he arrived in Liverpool first. While inEurope, he presented himself as a romanticized American woodsman. He dressed in buckskinsand applied bear grease to his long hair, playing to the English’s attraction to characters of frontierculture. With him he brought more than 300 pictures, which were exhibited in Liverpool, Manchester, and Edinburgh where they were enthusiastically well-received by a scientific communitymuch preoccupied with little-known lands. While in Edinburgh, Audubon was directed toWilliam Home Lizars (1788 – 1859), the finest engraver in the city. Lizars was so impressed byAudubon’s drawings that he put aside a project and agreed to instead take on the formidable taskof engraving the plates for Audubon’s “Great Work.” Work on the first part began in November1826 and by January 1827 the first five images were printed. Audubon’s relationship with Lizarswas, however, not long-lasting. During the production of the first two parts Lizars’ colorists wenton strike, and in June 1827 Audubon retrieved the ten completed plates and began his search for a new engraver.

In London he met Robert Havell, Sr. (1774–1832), a printmaker. Havell, Sr., felt he was too oldfor such an undertaking, but his son Robert Jr. (1793–1898) entered into a partnership with himand together they brought to fruition Audubon’s massive work, The Birds of America.

Audubon’s prints are, in a word, stunning. He was an exceptional naturalist. The striking postureof the birds displays as much of their shape and plumage as possible, with a degree of detail thatproves the extent of his research. Audubon stood out from other ornithological naturalists of histime by depicting his birds in dynamic, active attitudes, rather than just in profile. The artist’s eyeand hand can be seen on every page; the birds have personalities, and with them Audubon cementedhis status as an American archetype, as much a part of our national folklore as George Washingtonor Johnny Appleseed.

John James Audubon’s renowned Birds of America is the single most important work on NorthAmerican ornithology ever produced. To own a Havell edition Audubon is to own an importantpiece of American History.

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1 •� MEADOW LARK, PLATE 136Common Name: Eastern MeadowlarkJohn James AudubonEstimate: $35,000-45,00038½ x 25 5/8 inches. Full margins and excellent conditionRetail price: $65,000Guidance: Christie’s, 2004, $47,800Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, October 11, 2014, $45, 750Guernsey’s, January 25, 2014, $45,000Guernsey’s 2012, $37,820

“At this season the beauty of their plumageis much improved, their movements haveacquired more grace, their manner of flightand all their motions when on the groundevidently shewing how strongly they feelthe passion that glows in their bosom.” –J.J. Audubon (p218)

*All excerpts taken from John James Audubon’s Ornithological Biography

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2 •� BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE, PLATE 187John James Audubon Estimate: $7,000-10,00037 3/4 x 24 3/8 inches. Full margins and excellent conditionRetail Price: $18,000Guidance: Christie’s, 2004, $13,145 Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, June 7, 2014, $6,250Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries.October 11, 2014, $2,745

“In the plate are represented apair in full spring plumage. I have placed them on theirfavourite live-oak tree.” –J.J. Audubon (p508)

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3 •� PURPLE GRACKLECommon Name: Common GrackleJohn James AudubonLizars EditionEstimate: $8,000-$10,00038 x 26 inches. Full margins and excellent condition.Retail price: $22,500Guidance: Christie’s, 2004, $13,145Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, December 2014, $6,100

“I could not think of any better modeof representing these birds than thatwhich I have adopted, as it exhibitsthem in the exercise of their nefariouspropensities.” – J.J Audubon (p35)

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4 •� BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, PLATE 32John James AudubonEstimate: $10,000-12,00029 x 39 inchesRetail Price: $28,000Guidance Christie’s 2004, $19,120Neal Auction Co. 2010, $14,937.50

“It being so scarce a species inLouisiana, I have honoured it byplacing a pair on a branch ofMagnolia in bloom.” – J.J. Audubon (p170)

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6 •�ZENAIDA DOVE, PLATE 162 John James Audubon 38 x 26 inches. Excellent condition.Estimate: $6,000-8,000Retail Price: $18,000Guidance: Neal Auction Company, 2011, $8,962.50Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, December 6, 2014,

$2,440

“‘The cooing of the Zenaida Dove is so peculiar, that onewho hears it for the first time naturally stops to ask, ‘What bird is that?’” – J. J. Audubon (p331)

5 •� PIGEON HAWK, PLATE 92Common Name: MerlinJohn James AudubonEstimate: $4,000-6,00037 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches|Retail Price: $15,000Guidance: Guernsey’s, January 25, 2014, $7,500Christie’s 2004, $7,170Guernsey’s 2013, $6,500

“It sweeps along in the stillness of the autumnal eveningwith a rapidity seldom equalled, creating confusion, terror,and dismay along the whole shores.” – J.J. Audubon(p250)

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7 •� TUFTED AUK, PLATE 249Common Name: Tufted PuffinJohn James Audubon25 x 38 inchesEstimate: $8,000 -10,000Retail price: $11,000Guidance: Guernsey’s, December 5, 2012, $4,250

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8 •� CAROLINA TURTLE DOVE, PLATE 17Common Name: Mourning DoveJohn James Audubon30 7/8 x 24 3/8 inchesEstimate: $800-1,000Retail Price: $1,800

“I have tried, kind reader, to give you a faithful representation of two as gentle pairs of Turtles as ever cooed their loves in thegreen woods. I have placed them on a branch of Stuartia,which you see ornamented with a profusion of white blossoms,emblematic of purity and chastity.” – J.J. Audubon (p56)

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A Selection of Octavo lithographs by John James Audubon (1785–1851)

Hand-colored lithographs. Royal Octavo Edition Philadelphia: J.T.Bowen, 1840 – 1844

Lots 9-16

The success of Audubon’s first Birds of America brought Audubon worldwide acclaim. Followingthat success, he returned to America and set out to issue a smaller version that would includemore birds (most newly discovered in the Western U.S.). He decided on a 1/8 or octavo sized sheetmeasuring about 6-1/2" x 10". He called this set The Royal Octavo Edition of Birds of America.The 1st Edition of 500 plates was lithographed and hand colored by J.T. Bowen in Philadelphiaand New York from 1840-44. The 1st Royal Octavo Edition of Birds of America was completedunder the direct supervision of J.J. Audubon.

They were again sold by subscription, and issued in order by species in 100 sets of 5 each. It is estimated that from 1000-1200 complete sets were issued. No one knows how many complete setsand individual prints survive today. They are very popular and highly collectable. Today, a completeset in good condition would sell for over $50,000.00 at auction. Individual 1st edition prints sellat dealer's galleries from $50-$100 each, on up to $4,000.00+, depending upon popularity.

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9 •� A Selection of 4 Audubon Artic Bird Octavos Estimate: $1,000-1,500Hand-colored lithographs:

6 1/2 x 10 inches or 10 x 6 1/2 inches eachPhiladelphia, 1840-44, Royal Edition

LARGE-BILLED PUFFIN, PLATE 463Retail Price: $775.00

HUTCHINS GOOSE, PLATE 377 Retail Price: $690.00

ARCTIC TURN, PLATE 436Retail Price: $890.00

HORNED-BILLED GUILLEMOT, PLATE 471Retail Price $175.00

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10 •� A Selection of 4 Audubon Songbird Octavos Estimate: $800-1,000Hand-colored lithographs: 10 x 6 1/2 inches each Philadelphia, 1840-44, Royal Edition

SUMMER RED-BIRD, PLATE 208Retail: $890.00

ROSE-BREASTED SONG GROSBEAK, PLATE 205

Retail: $375.00

CARULEAN WOOD-WARBLER,PLATE 86Retail: $460.00

PIPIRY FLYCATCHER, PLATE 55 Retail: $260.00

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11 •� ROSEATE SPOONBILL, PLATE 362Estimate: $2,000-3,000Hand-colored lithographFramed: 10 1/2 x 14 inches Philadelphia, 1840-44, Royal Octavo EditionRetail Price: $4,025

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12 •� IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER, PLATE 256Estimate: $1,000-2,000Hand-colored lithograph: 10 1/2 x 6 inches Philadelphia, 1840-44, Royal EditionRetail Price: $2, 875

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13 •� BLUE HERON, PLATE 372Estimate: $1,000-1,500Hand-colored lithograph10 1/2 x 6 inchesPhiladelphia, 1840-44, Royal EditionRetail Price: $2,070

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14 •� COLUMBIA JAY, PLATE 229Estimate: $500-1,000Hand-colored lithograph: 10 1/2 x 6 inchesPhiladelphia, 1840-44, Royal EditionRetail Price: $1,600

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16 •� PASSENGER PIGEON, PLATE 285Estimate: $500-800Hand-colored lithograph, 2nd Edition Framed: 17 3/4 x 14 inchesPhiladelphia, 1843Retail: $950

15 •� WHOOPING CRANE, PLATE 314Estimate: $500-1,000Hand-colored lithograph: 10 1/2 x 6 inchesPhiladelphia, 1840-44, Royal EditionRetail: $1,150

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A Selection of Limited Edition Facsimiles of Audubon’s Birds of America

Elephant Folio dimensions. Color photo-lithography printsAmsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, 1973

Lots 17-21

In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials andthe ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., inconjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finestpossible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of JohnJames Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America".

“The Birds of America” is the single greatest ornithological work ever produced and is the realizationof Audubon's dream of travelling throughout the United States recording, natural size, every nativebird then known. The 435 double-elephant folio sized plates, printed by the Havells of Londonand published in 1827-38, depict some 1,065 different species, the majority drawn from specimensthat Audubon himself had captured.

The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland, made their copy of the original workavailable for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon’sson as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complexbut highly accurate process of color photo-lithography was chosen as the appropriate printingmethod. The best exponents of this art were the renowned Dutch printing firm of NV FotolithoInrichting Drommel at Zandvoort who were willing to undertake the task of printing each plate inup to eight different colors.

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17 •� ICELAND OR JYR FALCON, PLATE 366Estimate: $1,000-2,000Limited Edition Facsimile: 38 x 25 inchesAmsterdam, 1973Retail Price: $2,500

18 •� SNOWY OWL, PLATE 121Estimate: $1,000-2,000Limited Edition Facsimile: 38 x 25 inchesAmsterdam, 1973Retail Price: $2,500

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19 •� BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PLATE 91Estimate: $900-1,500Limited Edition Facsimile: 38 x 25 inchesAmsterdam, 1973Retail Price: $2,500

20 •� WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, PLATE 286Estimate: $900-1,500Limited Edition Facsimile: 25 x 38 inches Amsterdam, 1973Retail Price: $2,500

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21 •� BROWN PELICAN, PLATE 286Estimate: $1,000-2,000Limited Edition Facsimile: 38 x 25 inchesAmsterdam, 1973Retail Price: $2,500

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Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America Imperial Folio

Lithographs with original hand-colorPublished in Philadelphia between 1839 and 1844 by J.T. Bowen

Illustrations by John James AudubonIn collaboration with his sons, Victor Gifford and John Woodhouse Audubon

Text by the Reverend Dr. John Bachman

Lots 22-23

In the 1830s, as the final plates were being completed for John James Audubon’s monumentalBirds of America series, the artist began to gather material for his second and equally ambitiousundertaking. Planning to complete the definitive study of American wildlife, Audubon set out to document the animals of North America, and to present them in a format as impressive andsweeping as that he used for his birds. The result of the artist/naturalist's years of field research,travel, and seemingly endless study was the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, the outstanding work on American animals produced in the nineteenth century.

Despite his newly acquired wealth and celebrity, Audubon insisted on executing many of thepreparatory drawings and watercolors personally, enlisting a select few to help. The contributorsto the project included the Reverand Dr. John Bachman, a Lutheran minister who had been theartist's closest friend and supporter for many years, who wrote all of the descriptions and acted asa scientific editor for the work. Audubon's two sons, John Woodhouse and Victor, also took criticalroles, with John Woodhouse providing portraits and Victor working on the backgrounds. With his sons, Audubon traveled through the Eastern woodlands, and through Missouri to the RockyMountains. Together they collected and drew specimens along the Mississippi, as well as in coastalregions of Florida and the East Coast.

As Audubon’s health and eyesight began to fail, the help of John Woodhouse and Victor becameincreasingly crucial to the Quadrupeds, now a family project. Audubon managed to complete seventy-seven drawings before failing health kept him from his work. Before he died in 1851,Audubon’s sons managed to solicit some three hundred subscriptions for the Quadrupeds. Together, the three men, along with John Bachman, produced an unequaled record of Americanwildlife, matching the great combination of art and science attained in the Birds of America.Audubon’s Quadrupeds are wonderfully animated, superbly rendered, and beautifully printed in large format.

The work was published by a respected Philidelphia-based printing house under J.T. Bowen.Bowen used a newly developed technique of steel lithography, and hand colored each plate withremarkable consistency.

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22 •� SWIFT FOX, PLATE 52John James AudubonEstimate: $10,000-$12,000Retail Price: $35,000Guidance: Guernsey’s

January 25, 2014, $11,590Guernsey’s, November 9, 2013, $7930

23 •� CANADA LYNX, PLATE 16John James AudubonEstimate: $8,000-10,000Retail Price: $35,000Guidance: Guernsey’s January 25,2014, $11,590Guernsey’s, November 9, 2013, $7930

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A selection of prints from

Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama IslandsAnd

Hortus Europae Americanus: Collection of Curious Trees and Shrubs, The Produce of America…

Mark Catesby (1683 - 1749)

Lots 24-29

In 1712, the English-born artist and naturalist Mark Catesby embarked on a series of expeditionsto the southern colonies of British North America. His drawings and written observations were theraw material for as for an unprecedented project: a scientific account of previously uninvestigatedwildlife, with illustrations taken from life. The result was the most sweeping, complete and uniquenatural history study ever done. Catesby’s images convey what the artist must have experienced inAmerica: the colors and varieties of the exotic species of birds, fish, animals, insects and plants ofthe New World. Widely considered the greatest achievement of eighteenth-century art and science,the images from Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands and HortusEuropae Americanus have lost none of their power to delight in the 250 years since the firstpublication.

The work of Mark Catesby greatly influenced the images of naturalist John James Audubon.While there is a distinct difference in the way these artists approached their subjects, it is clearthat Audubon looked to Mark Catesby’s compositions for inspiration.

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24 •� SWALLOW TAIL’D HAWKMark Catesby Estimate: $1,000-2,00020 3/4 x 14 1/2 Retail Price: $4,750

25 •� THE BAHAMA FINCHMark Catesby Estimate: $1,000-2,00020 3/4 x 14 1/2 inchesRetail Price: $4,750

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26 •� |THE TROPICAL BIRD Mark Catesby Estimate: $3,000-4,00014 1/2 x 20 3/4 inchesRetail Price: $8,500

27 •� THE NOODYMark Catesby Estimate: $2,000-3,00014 1/2 x 20 3/4 inchesRetail Price: $8,500

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Two Hand-colored engravings from Catesby’s Hortus Europae Americanus: Collection of 85 Curious Trees and Shrubs, the Produce of North America …

(London: J. Millan, 1767)

28 •� ROCK ROSE OF PENNSYLVANI; IVY TREE; PELLITORY OR TOOTH-ACHE-TREE; ANONA FRUCTUEstimate: $4,000-6,000Retail Price: $8,500

29 •� CYPRESS OF AMERICA; SWEETGUMTREE; TULIP TREE; WATER TUPELOEstimate: $4,000-6,000Retail Price: $8,500

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30 •� Nouvelle Carte Particulière De L’Amerique ou font exactement marquees la NouvelleBretagne, le Canada ou Nouvelle France, laNouvelle Ecosse, la Nouvelle Angleterre…Estimate: $5,000-6,000Covens & Mortier Hand colored engravingAmsterdam, 1737Retail Price: $8,500

A Selection of Historic Maps Relating to QLF’s Global Reach

Lots 30-40

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31 •� Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle FranceEstimate: $25,000-30,000Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726)Engraving with original hand color outlineParis, 1703Framed: 31 3/8 x 38 ½ inchesRetail Price: $45,000

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32 •� Novi Belgii Noraeque Angliae …Estimate: $15,000-20,000Nicholass Jansz VisscherEngraving with original hand colorAmsterdam, ca. 1685Framed: 30 1/8 x 33 5/8 inchesRetail Price: $26,000

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33 •� United States of America. Correct & Improved from the best Authorities.Estimate: $2,00-3,500Benjamin WarnerPublished by Philadelphia: B. Warner, 1820Retail Price: $ 4,800

34 •� Coast of West Florida and Louisiana with the Peninsula …Thomas Jefferys (1719-1771)Estimate: $ 5,000- $6,000London: Robert Sayer, 177521 3/4 x 50 inches Retail Price: $8,500

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35 •� Grand theatre de la guerre en ameriquesuivant les plus nouvelles observationsdes Espagnol…Estimate: $800-1,500Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750Amterdam, 1745Retail Price: $2,000

36 •� India OrientalisRare map highlighting Southeast Asia and IndiaHondius and Mercator Estimate: $5,000-$7,000Copperplate engraving with original hand colorAmsterdam, 1606Framed: 29 1/2 x 33 1/2 inchesRetail Price: $ 9,000

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38 •� Carte Particuliere des Pais ou Les Apotres ont Preche l’Euan Gile…Detailed Map of the Mediterranean and the Middle EastEstimate: $800-1,000Covens and Mortier Retail Price: $1,800

37 •� Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani…Map of the Region Surrounding the Indian Ocean Estimate: $8,000-10,000Jan van LinschotenEngraved by Robert Beckit from Itinerario16 3/4 x 21 3/8 inchesLondon: John Wolfe, 1598Retail: $12, 000

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39 •� La Figure du Monde UniverselSebastian Munster (1489-1552)Estimate:$ 5,000-$7,000Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1552-156821 x 24 4/8 inches Retail Price: $9,500The Most Widely Circulated Contemporary Delineation of the New World

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40 •� Orbis Terrae Compendiosa DescriptioEstimate: $8,000-10,000Gerard (1512 – 1549) and Rumold (1545-1599)Engraving with original hand-color From Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum15 1/2 x 21 inches Duisberg: 1587 [ 1595 ]Retial: $12,500

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SILENT AUCTION RULES & GUIDELINES

You are eligible to begin bidding as soon as you receive this catalog!

However, please take the time to read our Auction Rules & Guidelines listed below.

There will be an additional 20% buyer’s premium fee on each individual lot during this sale. If thebidding on one item concludes at $1,000 a fee of 20% (or $200 in this case) will be added to thepurchaser’s total: the purchaser would pay $1,200 (plus nyc sales tax where applicable). This 20%fee will go directly to funding QLF conservation programs. A check made out separately for this20% to QLF will act as a receipt of a charitable donation for tax purposes.

Each lot is given a low and high estimate, representing the opinion of Arader Galleries expertsabout the range in which the lot might sell at auction. Estimates are based on the examination ofan item and recent auction records of comparable pieces. An estimate provides prospective buyerswith an important preliminary guide to value. There is no guarantee that any item will fall withinthe estimate range.

If you cannot attend the auction you can still participate: please call Morgan Beckwith at (212) 628-7625 or fill out the Absentee Bidding Form located at the back of this catalog and followthe instructions.

Contact Morgan Beckwith from Arader Galleries if you have any questions regarding any of theworks listed in the catalog. morganbeckwith@aradergalleries.com (212) 628 7625

On the evening of the Silent Auction all guests will receive a bidding number upon entering AraderGalleries. Arader Galleries staff will announce when it is time to begin bidding. To place bids onitems one will write down their bidding number and the dollar amount they wish to bid on thesheets placed next to all of the auction lots.

Bids must be in whole dollar increments. Any bids not adhering to this format will be declaredinvalid and voided. If a bid number is crossed out, that bid will be considered null.

There is no maximum limit for your bid and you may bid as many times as you wish. If the bidsheet is full, please continue onto the second sheet. If there are no extra sheets, please request onefrom the Arader Galleries or QLF staff.

Once the auction is declared closed, the last bid entered on the bid sheet that adheres to the desig-nated bidding increment will constitute the winning bid and will be so marked. Arader Gallerieswill mediate any disputes among bidders and that determination shall be final.

Invoices will be prepared after the closing of the Silent Auction. Please be patient!

Payment can be made by cash, check, or credit card (excluding Amex).

Arader Galleries staff will work with the winners regarding shipment or framing of any pieces thathave been won at auction. These additional services will be at the cost of the purchaser.

If the initial declared winner refuses to follow through with the silent auction bid, the secondhighest bidder will be contacted.

*Also see TERMS & CONDITIONS*

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1. All properties are sold as is, and neither we northe consigner make any warranties or representationswith respect to any lot sold including but notlimited to correctness of the catalogue description,the physical condition, size, quality, rarity,attribution, authorship, importance, medium,provenance, exhibitions, literature, or historicalrelevance of the property, and no statement any-where, whether oral or written, shall be deemedsuch a warranty or representation. All sizes listedare approximate. Prospective bidders should inspectthe property before bidding to determine condition,size, and whether or not it has been repaired or restored. WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITYOR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE THAT ANY OFTHE MERCHANDISE COMPLIES WITH ANYAPPLICABLE GOVERNMNETAL RULES, REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER.

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5. All bids placed and all payments made must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank unlesspayment in U.S. dollars wired from a foreign bankhas been pre-arranged.

6. We reserve the right to reject any bid. Thehighest bidder acknowledged by Arader Gallerieswill be the purchaser. In the event of doubt on ourpart as to the validity of any bid, Arader Gallerieswill have the final discretion whether to resell thearticle in dispute. If any disputes arise after thesale, our sale records are conclusive. Although inour discretion we will execute order bids or accepttelephone bids as a convenience to clients who arenot present at the auction, we are not responsiblefor any errors or omissions in connection therewith.

7. If Arader Galleries decides that any opening bidis below the value of the article offered, he or shemay reject the same and withdraw the article fromsale, and if having acknowledged an opening bid,he or she decides that any advance thereafter isinsufficient, he or she may reject the advance.

8. At the conclusion of the silent auction, title to the offered lot will pass to the highest bidderacknowledged by Arader Galleries subject to fulfillment by such bidder, of all the conditions set forth herein, and such bidder thereupon 1) assumes full risk and responsibility thereof, but not limited to, insurance, fire, theft, removaland storage or damage from any and all causesand b) will pay full purchase price thereof. In addition to other remedies available to us by law,we reserve the right to impose a late charge of 1½%per month of the total purchase price if paymentis not made in accordance with the conditions setforth. If any applicable conditions herein are notcomplied with by the purchaser, in addition toother remedies available to us and the Consignerby law, haser liable for the total purchase price, we at our option may either, a) cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all paymentsmade by the purchaser, or b) resell the property

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at public auction without reserve, and the purchaser will be liable for any deficiency costs including handling charges, the expenses of bothsales, our commissions on both sales at our regularrates, reasonable attorney’s fees, incidental damages,and all other charges due hereunder. In the eventthat such a buyer pays a portion of the purchaseprice for any or all lots purchased, Arader Galleriesshall apply the payment received to such lot orlots that Arader Galleries, in its sole discretiondeems appropriate. In case of default, purchasershall be liable for legal fees and expenses. Inaddition, a defaulting purchaser will be deemed to have granted us a security interest in, and wemay retain as collateral security for such purchaser’sobligations to us, any property in our possessionowned by such purchaser. We shall have the rightsafforded to a secured party under the New YorkUniform Commercial Code with respect to suchproperty and we may apply against such obliga-tions all monies held or received by us for the account of, due from us to, such purchaser.

9. Estimates do not represent any opinion or guar-antee of actual value or ultimate sale price. Actualprices realized for items can fall below or abovethis range. They should not be relied upon as aprediction or guarantee of the actual selling price.They are prepared well in advance of the sale andare subject to revision.

10. Should any disputes arise pertaining to purchasesat this auction or any other matters relating to theauction, such disputes shall be brought in thecourts of the State of New York. Venue shall bewithin the County of New York.

11. Any claim regarding a purchase must be madeby the successful bidder to Arader Galleries, inwriting, certified mail, return receipt requested,within 90 days of the final day of the silent auction.Thereafter, all claims shall be time-barred.

12. Unless exempt by law, purchasers will berequired to pay New York City sales tax andother local taxes as required.

13. Packing and handling of the purchased lots by us or by someone else is at the entire risk of the purchaser. Purchasers are responsible for allpacking and shipping costs. We are not responsiblefor the acts or omissions of carriers or packers ofpurchased lots whether or not recommended by us.

14. We are happy to help you on the telephone or via e-mail with condition reports or any otherinformation you might need to facilitate your bidding. Please contact morganbeckwith@aradergalleries.com

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Arader Galleries1016 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10075

Email: morganbeckwith@aradergalleries.comWebsite: www.aradernyc.com

ABSENTEE BIDDING FORM

I wish to place the following absentee bids for the Silent Auction benefiting the Quebec Labrador Foundation onApril 28, 2015. These bids are to be executed by Arader Galleries on behalf, up to but not exceeding the amount,or amounts, specified below. Each bid is per lot, as indicated. All bids will be executed, and are acceptedsubject to the “Terms and Conditions” as stated by Arader Galleries and announced at the start of the sale.

NAME

ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE

TELEPHONE

EMAIL

� Visa � Mastercard � Amex/Discover

CreditCard Number*___________________________________________ Expiration _____ /_____ /_____

� I wish to bid by phone (subject to availability)

� By checking this box and initialing here _______, I authorize Arader Galleries to bid upto the amount indicated in the event I cannot be reached by phone during the auction.

SIGNATURE DATE

Please PRINT Neatly and List Lots in Numerical Order

LOT NUMBER CATALOGUE TITLE TOP BID AMOUNT ($US)

ALL PURCHASES ARE SUBJECT TO A 20% BUYER’S PREMIUM. APPLICABLE NYC SALES TAX

QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION

Gros Morne National Park, Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland PHOTOGRAPH BY NICHOLAS GATES

AUDUBON SONGBIRD OCTAVOS

CARULEAN WOOD-WARBLER SUMMER RED-BIRD

PIPIRY FLYCATCHER ROSE-BREASTED SONG GROSBEAK