Louisiana Purchase Auction

Louisiana School, 19th c., "Portrait of Madame Celeste D'Estrehan Marigny de Grailhe (1808-1885)", c. 1860, oil on canvas, unsigned, 30 1/4 in. x ...

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), The Quadrupeds of North America, New York, 1854, 3 vols., octavo, second edition, original gilt-tooled r...

Louisiana Herbarium, 19th c. or earlier, 3 vols., blue boards with leather spines, manuscript title "Herbal of Louisiana", 13 in. x 8 in., 92 page...

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851), "Summer Wood Duck", "Brown Pelican", and "Night Heron or Qua Bird", Plates 391, 423, and 363, chromolith...

Bossu, Jean Bernard, Nouveaux Voyages dans L'Amerique Septentrionale...", Amsterdam [Paris], Changuion, 1777, first edition, full calf, marbled en...

Alexander Wilson (Scotland/Pennsylvania, 1766-1813), "Mottled Owl..."; "Canada Jay..."; "Carolina Parrot..."; "Louisiana Tanager..."; "Carolina Cu...

De Fer, Nicholas (French, 1646-1720), "Cartes et Descriptions Generales et Particulieres Pour l'Intelligence Des Affaires du Temps, au Sujet de la...

De L'Isle, Guillaume (French, 1675-1726), "Carte du Mexique et de la Floride des Terres Angloises et des Isles Antilles du Cours et des Environs d...

Tirion, Isaak (Dutch, 1705-1765), "Grondvlatke van Nieuw Orleans, de Hoofstad van Louisiana...", Amsterdam, 1769, three engraved maps on one sheet...

Ross, Lieutenant and Robert Sayer, "Course of the Mississipi River from the Balise to Fort Chartres...", London, 1772, engraved map in outline col...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "A General Map of the River Ohio, From its source to its mounth [sic]: containing the names of th...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Map of the Missouri; of the higher parts of the Mississipi; and of the elevated Plain, where the...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of an Old Fort in the State of Kentucky", Plate 12, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amer...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of the Town of Pittsburgh", Plate 6, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrio...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of Cape Girardo", Plate 26, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., ...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of St. Lewis With the Project of an entrenched Camp French", Plate 27, engraved map, from V...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "An American Log-house", Plate 16, engraved view, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale...,...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "View of Pittsburgh", Plate 5, engraved view, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., Par...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "General Map of the Course of the Ohio from its Source to its Junction with the Mississipi", Plat...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Sketch of new Orleans taken from fort St. Charles. Sketch of Plaquemine Fort", Plate 36, engrave...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Passage of a Branch of the river Juniata across a chain of Mountains uninhabited and covered wit...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of Fort Erie", Plate 3, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., Pari...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of Fort Niagara", Plate 4, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., P...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Road from Limestone to Frankfort in the state of Kentucky", Plate 22, engraved map, from Voyages...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of the Rapids or Falls of the Ohio, Latitude of Louisville", Plate 17, engraved plan, from ...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "View of the Rapids of the Ohio and of Louisville taken from the village of Clarkesville", Plate ...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of Fort Des Ecores at Margot", Plate 31, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septen...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of Nogales", Plate 32, engraved plan, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale..., Paris...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Plan of the Fort of New Madrid or Anse a la Graisse", Plate 30, engraved plan, from Voyages dans...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "View of the Fort of the Natchez", Plate 13, engraved view, from Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentr...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Chart of the Sources of the Mobile and of the River Yazoo, Including a part of the Course of the...

Collot, George Henri Victor (French, 1750-1805), "Indian of the Nation of the Shawanoes", plate 19; "Indian of the Nation of Kaskaskia", plate 20;...

Fourteen Antique Louisiana and French Colonial Maps, incl. "La Louisiane et Pays Voisins", c. 1762; "Plan de la Ville du Cap, a la Côte Septentrio...

Hennepin, Louis (French, 1640-1705), "Carte de la Nouvelle France et de la Louisiane", Paris, 1683, engraved map by Roussel, cartouche by Guerard,...

State of Nevada Lincoln Mourning Proclamation, printed broadside, dated May 16, 1865, by Henry G. Blasdel, Governor, proclaiming June 1, 1865 "As ...

Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren Land Grants, 2 partial printed documents, on vellum; October 1, 1835, secretary signed, land grant issued to W...

States of Georgia and South Carolina Land Grants, two partial printed documents; August 4, 1794, land grant issued to Richmond Dawson for land in ...

President James Madison Signed Land Grant, dated April 5, 1814, partially printed, on vellum, with embossed paper label, 8 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in. Pr...

[Louisiana Governor Signed Documents], incl. autograph letter signed Antonio de Ulloa, regarding a book of observations made near the equator, Apr...

Autograph Document Signed Governor William C.C. Claiborne, March 2, 1807, act of divorce for John Valentine Duforest and Mary Louisa Martha Deblan...

State of South Carolina Land Grant Signed by Gov. William Moultrie, partial printed document dated February 19, 1791, issued to John Fisher, incl....

[Continental Congress/ Philadelphia Assembly], 2 partial printed documents, salary voucher for John Balstone for attendance in general assembly, O...

Napoleon Autograph Document Signed, partially printed vellum, dated March 5, 1812, signed by Napoleon, co-signed by the Minister of Justice and th...

Empire Brass Copernican Armillary Sphere, early 19th c., bands engraved in French, showing the signs of the Zodiac, solstice and equinox, the orre...

Pair of French Dueling Épées, 19th c., triangular blades, shagreen and twisted wire grips, urn pommels, kidney form guards, remnants of leather an...

Three Antique British and French Swords, incl. French small sword, decorated with crown and fleur-de-lis, gilded and blued triangular blade, l. 30...

Queen Anne Flintlock Pistol, 18th c., marked "Ketland & Co." and "London", turn-off barrel with cannon muzzle, box lot, silver grotesque mask butt...

Group of Five Engravings Pertaining to Colonial Pursuits, 18th c., various subjects incl. fishing, and sugar and indigo production, 9 1/2 in. x 7 ...

Group of Nine Exploration-Themed Prints, various subjects, incl. De Soto and Christopher Columbus, 6 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. to 21 1/2 in. x 31 in. Pr...

Attributed to Louis Antoine Collas (French, 1775-1856, act. Louisiana, 1822-1829), "Madame Andry", c. 1826-29, gouache miniature, unsigned, 3 1/2 ...

Alexandre Alaux (French/New Orleans, 1851-1932), "Louisiana Governor Jacques P. Villere (1761-1830)", watercolor miniature, signed lower left, han...

Alexandre Alaux (French/New Orleans, 1851-1932), “Portrait of Woman Wearing a Madres Calendé (previously thought to be Marie Laveau)”, after engra...

Alexandre Alaux (French/New Orleans, 1851-1932), "Louisiana Governor Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos (1747-1799)", watercolor miniature, inscribed "Re...

Alexandre Alaux (French/New Orleans, 1851-1932), "Jean Etienne de Bore (1741-1820)", watercolor miniature, inscribed "reprod par A. Alaux" mid-rig...

French School, early 19th c., "Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Coronation Robes", watercolor miniature, unsigned, 3 in. x 3 in., framed. Provenance:...

Continental School, early 19th c., probably after an 18th c. miniature, "Pierre Philippe Enguerrand de Marigny de Mandeville (1757-1800) father of...

Continental School, 19th c., probably after an 18th c. miniature, "Soldier of the Marigny de Mandeville Family, Either Francois-Philippe (1680-172...

Manner of Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665), "Classical Landscape", 18th/19th c., oil on canvas, unsigned, "Louisiana State Museum" labels en ve...

French School, 19th c., "Portrait of a Woman in a Black Dress and Jewelry", watercolor, unsigned, "Jules Berville, Paris" label en verso, 3 1/2 in...

Louisiana School, late 19th/early 20th c., "Pére Antoine de Sedella (1748-1829)", watercolor enhanced engraving on paper, unsigned, pencil inscrip...