Texas & Gulf Coast
How to date a Texas General Land Office county map (and what ‘ca. 1926’ tells you)
The piece: Wharton County, Texas General Land Office, c. 1925, about 101 years old
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Texas & Gulf Coast
Gulf Oil ‘Fishgide’ maps: the mid-century fishing guides to the Texas coast
The piece: Gulf Oil Company Fishgide, Freeport, Gulf Oil Company, c. 1970, about 56 years old
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Texas & Gulf Coast
Hunt & Randel’s Map of Texas: a Republic-era map compiled from Land Office surveys
The piece: Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys on record in the General Land Office of the Republic, Hunt & Randel, 1839, 187 years old
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Maps of the Americas
How to date an old U.S. state map: county lines, railroads and territory names
The piece: The Solar System, Cram, c. 1885, about 141 years old
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Maps of the Americas
Morse’s map of Oregon: how an 1840s atlas showed the Oregon Country
The piece: Oregon, Morse, 1842, 184 years old
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![A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, Jefferys, 1755 [c. 1768]](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0389/6416/6795/products/JefferysNewEngland.jpg?v=1623865532&width=720)
Maps of the Americas
Jefferys’ map of New England: colonial maps for the serious collector
The piece: A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, Jefferys, c. 1768, about 258 years old
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Europe, world & celestial
How to read an antique celestial chart: Andriveau-Goujon’s motions of the sun
The piece: Apparent Motions of the Sun and Theory of the Seasons, Andriveau-Goujon, 1841, 185 years old
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Europe, world & celestial
Abraham Ortelius maps: what to look for when buying your first one
The piece: Holsatiae Descriptio et al, Ortelius, c. 1595, about 431 years old
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![[Scotland] Scotia Regnum, Blaeu, c.1640](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0389/6416/6795/files/BlaeuScotiaRegnum_c.1640.jpg?v=1758741094&width=720)
Europe, world & celestial
Blaeu or Hondius? How to tell 17th-century Dutch atlas maps apart
The piece: [Scotland] Scotia Regnum, Blaeu, c. 1640, about 386 years old
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Prints, natural history & ephemera
Ernst Haeckel’s ‘Art Forms in Nature’: how to tell an original plate
The piece: Diphasia, Haeckel, 1899, 127 years old
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Prints, natural history & ephemera
Buffon’s bird engravings: 18th-century French ornithology for the home
The piece: La Sitelle ou le Torche-Pot, Buffon, 1766, 260 years old
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Prints, natural history & ephemera
Basilius Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis: how to recognize an original plate
The piece: Anthirrinum, Besler, 1613, 413 years old
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Rare books, atlases & documents
What is the Gazette du Bon Ton? Paris pochoir fashion plates explained
The piece: Enfin! Qu'Avez-Vous, Chère Amie?... ou Les Nerfs, Gazette du Bon Ton, 1920, 106 years old
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Rare books, atlases & documents
James Gillray’s satirical prints: Georgian caricature explained
The piece: Les Invisibles, James Gillray, 1851, 175 years old
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Rare books, atlases & documents
Piranesi’s views of Rome: how to judge an early impression
The piece: Disegno di una Quarta Parte di una Volta, Piranesi, 1778, 248 years old
