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MÜNSTER, S., De pago aventico vulgo Wifelspurgergow. . ., antique map, old maps

MÜNSTER, S. - De pago aventico vulgo Wifelspurgergow. . .
Basle, ca. 1564, Uncoloured.. 150x155mm. Wood block print with letterpress. Paper slightly age-toned. Generally in good condition. Size of the sheet : 318x205 mm.
A lovely detailed wood cut map of South-western Switzerland it shows Geneva, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, Lake Thuner, etc (150 x 155 mm). On verso, a text page in one hand , and in the other a horn from Münster's Cosmographia Universalis.
The Cosmographia by S... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 12 - 20)
Starting bid
$ 10
Condition:

ORTELIUS, A., Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . ., antique map, old maps

ORTELIUS, A. - Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . .
Antwerp, 1573, Uncoloured.. 320x495mm. Two maps on one sheet. Age toning and browning. Some marginal worm tracing under laid. Latin text on verso.
Left hand map centered on Basle, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in title cartouche.
Right hand map with Boden See, Strasbourg and Augsburg. The map was prepared by David Seltzlin.
Very decorative and a masterpiece in the sense of engraving and composition.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 60 - 100)
Starting bid
$ 50
Condition:

MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J., Das Wiflispurgergou., antique map, old maps

MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J. - Das Wiflispurgergou.
Amsterdam, 1608, Coloured.. 140x186mm. Paper browned. Some discolouration in the upper part.
Reduced version of Mercator''s map of the southwestern part of Switzerland. Shows Geneva, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, Lake Thuner, etc.
From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius'' Atlas Minor.
Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases th... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 80 - 100)
Starting bid
$ 50
Condition:

MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J., Das Wiflispurgergov., antique map, old maps

MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J. - Das Wiflispurgergov.
Amsterdam 1630, In original colours.. 360x479mm. A good and strong impression. Paper slightly age-toned, as usual. Altogether in very good condition.
In lower right Geneva and Lake Geneva with Lausanne. In center of map the cantons of Fribourg and Bern.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 400 - 550)
Starting bid
$ 300
Condition:

VAUGONDY, R. de, III. Cours du Rhin où sont les environs de Brisach, Newenburg, Fribourg &c., antique map, old maps

VAUGONDY, R. de - III. Cours du Rhin où sont les environs de Brisach, Newenburg, Fribourg &c.
Paris, 1799, In original o/l colours.. 163x198mm. Very crisp and fine image. Good margins. Very good condition.
Small detailed map illustrating the stretch of the Rhine which flows between Nuremburg and Breisach am Rhein.
From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.
Page 34c outside border top right. Mary Sponberg Pedley does not mention a state without date.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 30 - 80)
Starting bid
$ 20
Condition:

ERNST, Otto., Funicolare Monte Brè Lugano Suisse. Cassarate-Catagnola., antique map, old maps

ERNST, Otto. - Funicolare Monte Brè Lugano Suisse. Cassarate-Catagnola.
Lugano, ca. 1930, In original lithograph colours.. 995x695mm. Original colour lithographed poster, backed on linen, in mint condition.
Rare and authentic poster of the Lake Lugano, situated in the Switzerland mountains, with a view of the Funicolare of Monte Brè.
Designed by Otto Ernst and printed and published by A. Trüb & Cie, Aarau - Lugano.

Otto Ernst was born in 1884 in he Swiss canton of Aargau. After his appr... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 1,200 - 1,500)
Starting bid
$ 900
Condition:

Switzerland cities

MEISNER, D., S. Iulius., antique map, old maps

MEISNER, D. - S. Iulius.
Frankfurt, 1623-1678, Uncoloured.. 100x145mm. Copper engraving. A good and dark impression. Very good.
A very nice view of the town. On the foreground, a pont with several frogs are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.
The poet and topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his first publication entitled Thesaurus Philo-Politicus in Frankfurt ... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 100 - 120)
Starting bid
$ 60
Condition:

MEISNER, D. - S. Iulius.
Frankfurt 1623-1678, Uncoloured.. 100x145mm. Copper engraving. A good and dark impression. Very good.
A very nice view of the castle. On the foreground, several frogs are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the picture.
The poet and topographer from Comothau, Daniel Meisner (1585-1625), started his first publication entitled Thesaurus Philo-Politicus in Frankfurt in 1623,... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 50 - 60)
Starting bid
$ 30
Condition:

ANDREWS, J., A plan of the city of Geneva., antique map, old maps

ANDREWS, J. - A plan of the city of Geneva.
London, 1760, Coloured.. 225x255mm. In very good condition and attractive original colours.
Uncommon plan of Geneva with a very decorative title cartouche. A numbered key (1-22) to most important buildings and streets in town.
Engraved by J. Andrews, marked Plate VI. A nice decorative plan with street layout.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 150 - 200)
Starting bid
$ 100
Condition:

ANONYME., Vue de Brigg., antique map, old maps

ANONYME. - Vue de Brigg.
Ca. 1820, In original colours.. 150x240mm. Aquatint in colours. Marginal water stain upper right corner.
Rare print of Brigg.... (Click on title or image to go to item page)

Estimate
($ 80 - 100)
Starting bid
$ 10
Condition: