PAULUS SWAEN OLD & RARE MAPS
We specialize in rare maps, atlases, globes, travel posters, master prints, and decorative prints from the 16th to 18th centuries, and we offer antique maps from around the world, produced by renowned cartographers such as Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu, Janssonius, Hondius, Visscher, and de Wit. The items listed in our BuyNow catalog are available for immediate sale.Â
Swaen BuyNow CATALOG
Our BuyNow-catalog offers immediate sale items, and no commission is charged. The catalog includes old maps of the World - America - Asia - Europe - Africa - Medieval Manuscripts - Nuremberg Chronicle - Prints - Posters, atlases, globes, etc.
We update our stock weekly, and our latest additions are conveniently displayed in our "Latest Listings".
Check out our Gallery highlights or our Curated Collection of carefully selected old and rare maps, all graded 8-10 stars in the HiBCoR grading system.
Latest Listings & Updates
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Gallery Highlights
In this highlights section of the BuyNow catalog, we present some personal favorites from our large stock of authentic maps, atlases, prints, globes, posters and Medieval manuscripts.
Items are available immediately, and we charge no commission.
Paris Map Fair, 21 Nov.
Paulus Swaen will exhibit at the 25th Paris Map Fair at Espace Cléry, 21 November, 2026. Please check out some of the highlights we will bring to the fair
My Collection+
Now you can save any of your favorite items from our BuyNow catalog, Latest Listings, or Archive in one place. Build your own Virtual Collection. It is free and you can delete an item at any time. Previously acquired items are automatically added to the My Collection+ list.
The Mapping of . . .
We have created some short articles on the mapping of Arabia, Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, the Invasion of Minorca, Japan, Korea, Malta, the Mer de l'Ouest, the Northwest Passage, Poland, Russia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Ukraine, among other regions.
Archive of sold items
Paulus Swaen maintains an archive of sold items, including images. Most map images are not subject to copyright and can be used freely, as they are in the public domain. These historical prices can help explain how old map prices developed.
Read our short articles
If you are interested in the backgrounds of antique maps, prints, mapmakers, etc., then you should read our short but informative articles >>>>
Or about posters, old prints, Nuremberg Chronicle, optical prints, medieval manuscripts, etc.
Featured Listings
![[Title page for] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.](/uploads/cache/47940-250x250.jpg)
[Title page for] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
1570 ORTELIUS, A. - [Title page for] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
Date: Antwerp, after 1570
Lutetia Furens. Das ist : Die wütende Statt PARIS.
1594 /. S. - Lutetia Furens. Das ist : Die wütende Statt PARIS.
Date: France ca.. 1594
Cypri Insulae Nova descript. 1573.
1574 ORTELIUS, A. - This is a beautiful example, in the earliest obtainable version of the best map of Cyprus made to date
Date: Antwerp, 1574
Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de Hemelsche en Aerdsche Globen; Het een Na de meyning van Ptolemeus met een vasten Aerdkloot...
1655 BLAEU, W. - Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de Hemelsche en Aerdsche Globen; Het een Na de meyning van Ptolemeus met een vasten Aerdkloot...
Date: Amsterdam, 1655
Les honneurs du Panthéon . . . . (Plate 433 from La Caricature.)
1834 DAUMIER, H. - Les honneurs du Panthéon . . . . (Plate 433 from La Caricature.)
Date: Paris, October 23, 1834
Carte Genealogique pour conduire a l´Histoire des Rois du Nord la carte de Leurs etats, leurs armes et des remarques pour conduire a l‘intelligence de l‘ Histoire du Nord
1728 CHATELAIN, H.A. - Carte Genealogique pour conduire a l´Histoire des Rois du Nord la carte de Leurs etats, leurs armes et des remarques pour conduire a l‘intellige...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Popular Listings
Chinese advertising poster for Red Lion cigarette brand.
1960 ASIATIC LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PRESS - Chinese advertising poster for Red Lion cigarette brand.
Date: Shanghai, 1950/1960
A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt.
1883 VAN MAELE, M. - A rare suite of 12 original etchings by Martin van Maele to the famous work by Edmond Haracourt.
Date: Nevers, Brussels, 1882,1883
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.
1680 PITT, M. / SWART, S. / JANSSONIUS VAN WAESBERGHE, J. - Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.
Date: Oxford, 1680
![[Anti capitalism Soviet Union propaganda poster]](/uploads/cache/47032-250x250.jpg)
[Anti capitalism Soviet Union propaganda poster]
1974 THE FIGHTING PENCILS - [Anti capitalism Soviet Union propaganda poster]
Date: Leningrad, 1974
