Eugène Duflot de Mofras Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eugène Duflot de Mofras Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 08, 2023
Duflot De Mofras Map of the California Coast
Est: $500 - $1,000
DUFLOT de MOFRAS, Eugene (1810-1884). Mouillage De San Pedro. No. 12 (with) Mouillage De La Mission De Sta. Barbara. No. 13 Engraved map. From the atlas volume of Duflot de Mfroas' Exploration du Territoire de L'Orgeon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille. Paris, 1844. 17 1/2" x 24 1/4" sheet, 11 3/4" x 19 1/2" plate.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 08, 2023
Duflot De Mofras Map of Fort Vancouver
Est: $500 - $1,000
DUFLOT de MOFRAS, Eugene (1810-1884). Carte du Rio Columbia depuis son embouchure jusqu'au Fort Vancouver. Engraved map. From the atlas volume of Duflot de Mfroas' Exploration du Territoire de L'Orgeon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille. Paris, 1844. 17 1/2" x 24 1/4" sheet, 11 1/4" x 18 3/4" plate.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 28, 2023
Duflot de Mofras Map of the Pacific Northwest including Nukta Sound
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugene (1810-1884). No. 19, Port de Quadra ou de la decouverte & No. 20, Plan du Port du Nutka Cala de los Amigos. Two Engraved maps on one sheet. Paris, 1844. 12" x 19 3/4" visible, 22" x 27 1/2" framed.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 12, 2019
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE. 1810-1884. Exploration du territoire de L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE. 1810-1884. Exploration du territoire de L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. 2 text volumes plus atlas volume. 8vo (228 x 139 mm) & broadside folio (540 x 350 mm). Text: Half-titles, 8 engraved plates including frontispieces. Scattered few mild spots. Atlas: Large folding map hand-colored in outline: Carte de la Cote de l'Amerique sur l'Ocean Pacificque Septentrional; 25 engravings on 17 sheets. Slight offset from browned guards, boards unevenly sunned, short taped stub tear to large map. 3 volumes in near uniform contemporary red morocco (atlas in morocco-backed boards), crowned cypher gilt, text volumes with gilt edges. Light scuffing to extremities.FIRST EDITION OF THIS MOST MAGNIFICENT BOOK ON THE NORTHWEST COAST. "A very rare work" (Hill). The author, who was the French ambassador to Mexico, was investigating the region in order to advise his government on whether or not to become involved in the conflict over Oregon between the United States and Great Britain.It covers the entire Northwestern coast including Alaska and also Hawaii, but the superlative plates are first and foremost of California interest. Included are images of Monterey, California missionary Father Duran, a Californian throwing the lasso, detailed plans of San Francisco, Fort Ross and Bodega Bay, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and the splendid, large "Vue de la Mission de Saint Louis Roi de France dans la Nouvelle Californie" (near the present town of Oceanside, California). The large map is one of great, rare western maps, present here in beautiful condition. It extends along the west coast from Mount St. Elias to Acapulco and as far inland as Hudson Bay, Fort Leavenworth, and Austin, Texas. Cowan I, p 74. Cowan II, p 186; Forbes 1461; Hill, p 87; Holliday 319; Howes D542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Phillips Atlases 1457; Streeter sale 3323; Van Nostrand & Coulter California Pictorial, pp 38-39; Wheat Transmississippi West 474; Maps of the California Gold Region 19; Zamorano 80 30.
Bonhams
Jun. 15, 2017
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du Territoire de l’Orégo
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du Territoire de l’Orégon, des Californies, et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. The rare frst edition of one of the most important works on the Northwestern Coast, including Alaska (Lada-Mocarski), also considered the best book on California for this period. Dufot de Mofras had been sent to Mexico in 1839 ostensibly to act as French Ambassador. His real motive was to provide the French government with information about the Pacifc Coast of North America to help decide whether or not to become embroiled in the confict over Oregon between the United States and Britain. His description includes the western coast of America from Tehuantepec to the Bering Strait, and considers the Spanish voyages of discovery, Vancouver Island, and the Fraser River. Cowan I p.186; Graff 1169; Hill 496; Howes D-542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Sabin 21144; Streeter 3323; Zamarano 80, 30. Two text volumes, octavo (228 x 147mm) and folio atlas (527 x 359mm). Text: 8 engravings. Atlas: large folding map hand-colored in outline, 25 engravings on 17 sheets (one double-page), comprising 21 charts and 4 plates. (Text: occasional light browning and foxing; atlas: folding map with short marginal tear repaired, some light staining.) Modern black half morocco, spines with two morocco labels, lettered in gilt. Provenance: Frank Streeter (bookplates, his sale, Christie’s New York 16 April 2007, lot 167).
Christie's
Apr. 18, 2015
Port du Port et la baie de monte-ray situes sur la cote septle de la Californie. No. 14 & Baie de la Trinidad no. 15
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Five Lots (126-131) From Eugene Duflot de Mofras?s Exploration Du Territoire De L?Oregon, Des Californies Et De La Mer Vermeille, Executee Pendant Les Annees 1840, 1841 Et 1843. Considered to be the best book on California prior to the American occupation. Wheat calls the large map ?a landmark...It made these western regions known in European official circles...his highly original map has much to commend it.? Paris, 1844. 12 x 19 3/4 inches
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Apr. 18, 2015
Port du Port Mulgrave. No 22. & Plan du port de la nouvelle archangel dans l'ile de sitka capitale des etablissements de l'amerique
Est: $300 - $400
Five Lots (126-131) From Eugene Duflot de Mofras?s Exploration Du Territoire De L?Oregon, Des Californies Et De La Mer Vermeille, Executee Pendant Les Annees 1840, 1841 Et 1843. Considered to be the best book on California prior to the American occupation. Wheat calls the large map ?a landmark...It made these western regions known in European official circles...his highly original map has much to commend it.? Paris, 1844. 12 x 19 3/4 inches
Arader Galleries
Apr. 18, 2015
Port de San Francisco Dans La Haute Californie. No 16.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Five Lots (126-131) From Eugene Duflot de Mofras?s Exploration Du Territoire De L?Oregon, Des Californies Et De La Mer Vermeille, Executee Pendant Les Annees 1840, 1841 Et 1843. Considered to be the best book on California prior to the American occupation. Wheat calls the large map ?a landmark...It made these western regions known in European official circles...his highly original map has much to commend it.? Paris, 1844. 12 3/4 x 20 1/8 inches.
Arader Galleries
Apr. 18, 2015
Port de L'Embouchure Du Rio Colorado dans le Mer Vermeille. No. 10 & Plan du port de s. diego situe sur la cote septentrionale de la California. No. 11
Est: $700 - $1,000
Five Lots (126-131) From Eugene Duflot de Mofras?s Exploration Du Territoire De L?Oregon, Des Californies Et De La Mer Vermeille, Executee Pendant Les Annees 1840, 1841 Et 1843. Considered to be the best book on California prior to the American occupation. Wheat calls the large map ?a landmark...It made these western regions known in European official circles...his highly original map has much to commend it.? Paris, 1844. 12 x 19 3/4 inches.
Arader Galleries
Apr. 18, 2015
Port de Quadra ou De La Decouverta. No. 19. & Plan du Port de Nutka Cala de los Amigos. No. 20.
Est: $300 - $400
Five Lots (126-131) From Eugene Duflot de Mofras?s Exploration Du Territoire De L?Oregon, Des Californies Et De La Mer Vermeille, Executee Pendant Les Annees 1840, 1841 Et 1842. Considered to be the best book on California prior to the American occupation. Wheat calls the large map ?a landmark...It made these western regions known in European official circles...his highly original map has much to commend it.? Paris, 1844. 12 3/4 x 20 1/8 inches.
Arader Galleries
Apr. 30, 2014
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du territoire de l'Orégon
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du territoire de l'Orégon,...
Christie's
Jun. 25, 2013
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE. 1810-1884.
Est: $500 - $800
Mendoza et Navarrete. Notices biographiques. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1845. Folio (346 x 252 mm). 72 pp. Half-title. Later boards. Toning and some fingersoiling to margins, textblock cracked at pp 24-25. Provenance: Henry Harrisse (ownership signature to front pastedown; marginal note). FIRST EDITION, HISTORIAN OF SPANISH EXPLORATION HENRY HARRISSE'S COPY. Duflot de Mofras' study of Spanish explorers Pedro de Mendoza and Martin Fernandez de Navarrete. Harrisse [1823-1910] was the author of several works on Spanish exploration and the discovery of the Americas, including Jean et Sebastien Cabot (1882), Christophe Colombe (1884-85), and Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima (1866).
Bonhams
Jun. 25, 2013
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE. 1810-1884.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Exploration du territoire de l'Oregon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. 8vo (223 x 140 mm). 2 volumes only. [XVI], 524; [IV], 514 pp. 8 engraved plates. Late 19th century purple morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Without atlas volume, some faint foxing mainly to preliminary and final leaves, spines somewhat sunned, stray rubbing, light shelfwear. Provenance: Bibliothèque du Citoyen Napoléon-Bonaparte (stamp to half-titles). FIRST EDITION. The author, who was the French ambassador to Mexico, was investigating the region in order to advise his government on whether or not to become involved in the conflict over Oregon between the United States and Great Britain. The work covers the entire Northwestern coast including Alaska but also Hawaii "comme appendice naturel de la Californie" (as a natural extension of California). Cowan I, p 74. Cowan II, p 186; Forbes 1461; Hill, p 87; Holliday 319; Howes D542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Phillips Atlases 1457; Streeter sale 3323; Zamorano Eighty 30.
Bonhams
Dec. 02, 2010
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE. 1810-1884. Exploration du territoire de L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Exploration du territoire de L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. 2 text volumes plus atlas volume. Text: xii, [4], 524; [4], 514 pp. Half-titles, 8 engraved plates including frontispieces. 8vo (228 x 139 mm). Scattered few mild spots. Atlas: [3] ll. Large folding map hand-colored in outline: Carte de la Cote de l'Amerique sur l'Ocean Pacificque Septentrional. 25 engravings on 17 sheets. Broadside folio (540 x 350 mm). Slight offset from browned guards, boards unevenly sunned, short taped stub tear to large map. 3 volumes in near uniform period red morocco (atlas in morocco-backed boards), crowned cypher gilt, all edges gilt on text. Light scuffing to extremities. FIRST EDITION OF THIS MOST MAGNIFICENT BOOK ON THE NORTHWEST COAST. "A very rare work" (Hill). The author, who was the French ambassador to Mexico, was investigating the region in order to advise his government on whether or not to become involved in the conflict over Oregon between the United States and Great Britain. It covers the entire Northwestern coast including Alaska and also Hawaii, but the superlative plates are first and foremost of California interest. Included are images of Monterey, California missionary Father Duran, Californian throwing the lasso, detailed plans of San Francisco, Fort Ross and Bodega Bay, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and the splendid, large "Vue de la Mission de Saint Louis Roi de France dans la Nouvelle Californie" (near the present town of Oceanside, California). The large map is one of great, rare western maps, present here in beautiful condition. It extends along along the west coast from Mount St. Elias to Acapulco and as far inland as Hudson Bay, Fort Leavenworth, and Austin, Texas. Cowan I, p 74. Cowan II, p 186; Forbes 1461; Hill, p 87; Holliday 319; Howes D542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Phillips Atlases 1457; Streeter sale 3323; Van Nostrand & Coulter California Pictorial, pp 38-39; Wheat Transmississippi West 474; Maps of the California Gold Region 19; Zamorano 80 30. Acquisition: purchased from Chevreuil, Paris, 2001, $36,000.
Bonhams
Oct. 15, 2010
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, EUGENE Exploration du territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844 3 vols. in 5, comprising 2 8vo text vols. in 4 (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in., uncut ) and a folio atlas (21 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.; 536 x 349 mm). Text volumes with 2 half-titles, 2 title-pages, 2 engraved frontispieces and 6 other plates, all after Charles Ransonnette; some scattered light foxing. Publisher's printed teal boards; some rubbing, spines darkened and with some chipping. Atlas volume with half-title, title-page, contents leaf, 22 maps on 13 leaves (one colored in outline), 4 full-page plates, folding map at end (colored in outline); moderate to light foxing throughout, small tear to fold of folding map. Publisher's printed teal boards; rubbed, soiled, later cloth spine.
Sotheby's
Apr. 16, 2007
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du Territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies, et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
DUFLOT DE MOFRAS, Eugène (1810-1884). Exploration du Territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies, et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. 2 text volumes, 8 o (228 x 147 mm) and atlas 2 o (527 x 359 mm). Text: 8 engravings. Atlas: large folding map hand-colored in outline, 25 engravings on 17 sheets (one double-page), comprising 21 charts and 4 plates. (Text: occasional light browning and foxing; atlas: folding map with short marginal tear repaired, some light staining.) Modern black half morocco, spines with two morocco labels, lettered in gilt. "THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS ON THE NORTHWESTERN COAST, INCLUDING ALASKA" (Lada-Mocarski) FIRST EDITION, "A VERY RARE WORK" (Hill), and the best book on California for this period. Duflot de Mofras had been sent to Mexico in 1839 ostensibly to act as French Ambassador. His real motive was to provide the French government with information about the Pacific Coast of North America to help decide whether or not to become embroiled in the conflict over Oregon between the United States and Britain. His description includes the western coast of America from Tehuantepec to the Bering Strait, and considers the Spanish voyages of discovery, Vancouver Island, and the Fraser River. Cowan I p.186; Graff 1169; Hill 496; Howes D-542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Phillips Atlases 1457; Sabin 21144; Streeter sale VI:3323; Zamarano 80 , 30. (3)
Christie's
Sep. 21, 2005
EUGÈNE DUFLOT DE MOFRAS (1810-1884)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Exploration du Territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies, et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842. Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1844. 2 text volumes, 8° (228 x 147mm) and atlas volume, 2° (542 x 362mm). Text: 8 engravings; Atlas: folding voyage map hand-coloured in outline, 25 engravings on 17 sheets, one double-page, comprising 21 charts and 4 plates. (Text: occasional light browning and spotting; Atlas: folding map and double page map with short marginal tear repaired, folding map lightly browned, title and one one plate with marginal repair, a few plates soiled) Black quarter morocco [text] and half morocco [atlas], spines lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed, front joint of Vol. II starting, sides of atlas scuffed, and without cornerpieces). FIRST EDITION, 'A VERY RARE WORK' (Hill), and the best book on California for this period. 'This is one of the most important works on the northwestern coast, including Alaska' (Lada-Mocarski). Duflot de Mofras had been sent to Mexico in 1839 ostensibly to act as French Ambassador. His real motive was to provide the French government with information about the Pacific Coast of North America to help decide whether or not to become embroiled in the conflict over Oregon between the United States and Britain. His description includes the western coast of America from Tehuantepec to the Bering Strait, and considers the Spanish voyages of discovery, Vancouver Island, and the Fraser River. Cowan, p. 186; Graff 1169; Hill 496; Howes D-542; Lada-Mocarski 120; Sabin 21144; Zamorano Eighty 30. (3)
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