Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 133 808. Alexander Wilson (American, 1766‑1813) , “Carolina Parrot”, “Mississippi Kite” and “Great Tern”, three hand‑colored engraving from American Ornithology , 1808‑1814, sheets 10 3/4 in. x 13 3/8 in. (2) and 11 1/2 in. x 14 1/2 in. $700/1000 809. Isaak Tirion , “Grondvlakte van Nieuw Orleans, de Hoofdstad van Louisiana”, Amsterdam, 1769, engraved map, 13 in. x 17 1/4 in., matted and framed. $700/1000 810. [Map of Lake Pontchartrain Harbor] , “Sketch of the Pontchartrain Harbour & Breakwater exhibiting the plan & position of the work as finally approved by the Engr. Department, New Orleans, October 30th. 1853”, lithograph with later coloring, by Wagner & Guigan, Phil., sheet 9 in. x 36 1/2 in. $400/600 811. American Civil War Era Manuscript Map , “Copy of a Map Sheet No.1 Military Reconnaissance Dept. Va; Major Genl. Wool Comdg., drawn by Sergt. Ch. Worret...under the direction of Col: T.J. Cram, inscribed “For Capt. W.D. Whipple/ A.A. Genl. U.S.A/with the respects of T.J. Cram/ Corps. Top. Engrs.”, made by George Kaiser, 1862, pen, ink and watercolor, on tracing linen, 24 in. x 25 1/2 in., framed. $1800/2500 Note: Captain Whipple, Assistant Adjutant General, USA, to whom the map is inscribed, was attached to Colonel Hunter’s Division during the Manassas campaign and took part in the first battle of Bull Run. A similar copy map, also inscribed by Cram, is conserved by the Library of Congress. 812. Rudolph T. Lux Porcelain Cabinet Plate of Judah P. Benjamin , 1861, underside signed and inscribed: “Painted & Gilded / By / Rudolph T. Lux / N. Orleans La / April 1861”, and decorated with 8 stars representing the 8 states of the Confederacy; retains Earle D. Vandekar paper label, dia. 7 in. $1000/1500 813. [Civil War Broadside Map of Mississippi] , “Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its Fortifications”, c. 1863, by Charles Magnus, New York, hand‑colored map with vignettes of St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans, 23 1/2 in. x 25 in., framed. $700/1000 814. General P.G.T. Beauregard Autograph , clipped autograph, “Yours very truly / G.T. Beauregard / New Orleans, March 27, 1880”, framed together with a hand‑colored engraving, sight 5 in. x 4 in. $400/600 815. Seventeen Metal Military Emblems , 19th c. and later, incl. pair of American cast‑brass Naval shields, a belt buckle, shield; 10 pressed brass emblems with German mottos; and 3 British emblems, the largest 9 in. $500/700 816. A Victorian Carte de Visite Album of Notables , 19th c., tooled and gilt leather, all edges gilt, brass clasps, with more than 150 albumen photograph and lithograph CDVs, mostly notables incl: writers, royalty, Civil War officers, politicians, each numbered, with a manuscript index, 9 in. x 7 1/4 in. x 3 in. $500/700 817. Five Antique Color Lithographs of Civil War Naval Battle Scenes , published by Kelly, Piet & Co. lithographed by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, sight 5 1/2 in. x 8 3/4 in., framed alike. $400/600