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Mercurius.
Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbour with goods being loaded and unloaded...
Place, Date: Antwerp, 1585
Lapis polaris magnes.
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. On image, bottom right: 'Ion. Stradanu...
Place, Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
ABRAHAMUS ORTELIUS ANTVERPIANUS Orteli dum proponis spectantibus Orbem, Quam tua delectant structa Theatra homines! . . .
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up business there with his sister, a...
Place, Date: Antwerp, c.1595
Christophorus Columus Ligur Indiarum Prim invet A°1492
Very decorative portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, &quo...
Place, Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
![[Title page] Perspective die hooch-gheroemde conste..](/uploads/cache/25554-500x500.jpg)
[Title page] Perspective die hooch-gheroemde conste..
Title page from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vri...
Place, Date: Leiden, 1604
![[Title page colored by Georg Mack Jr. to : Hortus Eystettensis, Sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium,. . .]](/uploads/cache/39343-500x500.jpg)
[Title page colored by Georg Mack Jr. to : Hortus Eystettensis, Sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium,. . .]
Title page to the first edition, one of about 300 copies printed, from one of the largest and most magnificent of the great flower books, depicting more than 1000 flowers...
Place, Date: Nuremberg, ca 1613
Composite atlas of the Low Countries.
A composite atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Jean Surhon, C...
Place, Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633
Asia secunda pars in forma Pegasi.
UNRECORDED PLATE or STATE. Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Below the depiction 3 lines of engraved Latin text. Double page copper engraved map from Heinrich BÃ...
Place, Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635
Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.
Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Thiscartographical curiosity, double page copper engraved map, was published in Heinrich Bünting's “Itinerarium Sacrae Scrip...
Place, Date: Brunswick, 1640
![[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .](/uploads/cache/45053-500x500.jpg)
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .
A very decorative frontispiece by Willem Blaeu from the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, ...
Place, Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Abrahamus Ortelius Antuerpianus cosmographus natus a. MDXXVII
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up a business there with his sister,...
Place, Date: Antwerp, c.1650
Insula Huaena sive Venusia a Guiljelmo Blaeu cum sub Tychone Astronomiae operam daret, delineata.
Decorative map of the island Hvan in the Danish Sound. In the center Tycho Brahe's famous observatory Uraniborg established in 1576, under the patronage of Frederick II, ...
Place, Date: Amsterdam, 1659
Original copperplate.
Showing the coast of southern Morocco, the Sahara with the Canary Islands. Copperplates that had been used in the production of early maps are of the greatest rarity and ...
Place, Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
![[Title page] Isolario.](/uploads/cache/17785-500x500.jpg)
[Title page] Isolario.
Fine title page from Isolario Dell''''Atlante Vento..More about Coronelli. [+]
Place, Date: Venice, 1691
Illustriss et excellentiss D.Paulus Quirini divi Marci procurator.
Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55...
Place, Date: Venice, 1691
Ducatus Prussiae tam Polono Regiae. . .
Rare issue of Frederick de Wit's attractive map of northern part of Poland, Prussia and the Baltic regions.Very decorative title cartouche including 3 coats of arms. Seco...
Place, Date: Amsterdam, 1698
Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schlan, Schlanium s. Slany.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged this print, origina...
Place, Date: The Hague, 1700
![[Title page] Table Des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson..](/uploads/cache/02455-500x500.jpg)
[Title page] Table Des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson..
Large, powerfully engraved title page. Geographic scholars at work in a library are depicted along the bottom.
Place, Date: Amsterdam, 1700
Launa vulgo Laun Bohemiae civitas.
Bird's-eye views of Louny in Bohemia by G. Hoefnagel. The copperplate was made for Braun and Hogenberg's town book. However there the print has been transformed by the en...
Place, Date: The Hague, 1700
Christophorus Columbus Liguriensis Indiarum Primus Inventor Anno MCCCCXCII.
Portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in north-western Italy. Under th...
Place, Date: Antwerp, c.1700
Colossus Monarchic. Statua Danielis
Fantastic double page allegorical map of a colossus figure representing the great world empires as Daniel interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The warrior stands stolid...
Place, Date: Augsbourg, 1730
Les Provinces confederées du Pais-Bas
The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as 'Stoel des Oorlogs' by Covens & Mortier. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be includ...
Place, Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/36599-500x500.jpg)
[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Place, Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
![[Title page ] Théâtre Général de la Guerre en Europe.](/uploads/cache/61302-500x500.jpg)
[Title page ] Théâtre Général de la Guerre en Europe.
Decorative title page by G.-L. Le Rouge, who was lieutenant in the regiment of Saxe before establishing himself as publisher, compiler and editor of maps at the rue des G...
Place, Date: Paris, 1743
Carta Topografica dell' Isola Del Maritaggio di Monsieur le Boble per la prima volta. Tradotta dal francese in italiano.
Second Italian printing of Eustache Le Noble’s "Carte de l’isle de marriage." The book’s text offers instructions on how to reach this matrimonial island ...
Place, Date: Cosmopoli, 1766
![[ Text / title page Charts of the coasts and harbours of New England . . .]](/uploads/cache/44832-500x500.jpg)
[ Text / title page Charts of the coasts and harbours of New England . . .]
Letter press text page, taken from the "Atlantic Neptune".The Atlantic Neptune is universally recognised as one of the most magnificent atlases ever made.Exampl...
Place, Date: London, 1777
![[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, Tomo I . . .](/uploads/cache/43898-500x500.jpg)
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, Tomo I . . .
Decorative Venitian frontispiece from Antonio Zatta's "Atlante Novissimo tomo I".
Place, Date: Venice, 1779
![[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto . . .](/uploads/cache/43897-500x500.jpg)
[Title page] Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto . . .
Decorative Venitian frontispiece from Antonio Zatta's Atlas Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto . . . . The outer decoration of this title page has a wealth of c...
Place, Date: Venice, 1785
![[Set of five maps] Carte Générale de la Terre ou Mappe Monde](/uploads/cache/41145X-500x500.jpg)
[Set of five maps] Carte Générale de la Terre ou Mappe Monde
Rare and decorative set of five wall maps of the world and the four continents, prepared by Clouet, in very fine bright contemporary coloring. Each map ca. 965 x 1230 mm ...
Place, Date: Paris and Cadiz, Mondhare, 1785-1793
Lion and Bull made of terracotta.
Very fine terracotta figure of a lion symbolizing the continent of Africa. The Bull symbolizing Europe.The items will be dispatched in 4 wooden crates from Belgium. Pleas...
Place, Date: Netherlandisch , 1780~1800
Napoleon.
Satirical broadside hand colored allegorical profile of Napoleon published by Ackermann, London. The letter press text underneath ends with the following explanation : &q...
Place, Date: London, ca. 1814
Carte des Principales Montagnes du Globe.
A nice detailed depiction of the principal mountains of the world from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isle...
Place, Date: Paris, 1825
Carte des Principales Riviers du Globe.
A nice detailed depiction of the principal rivers of the world from Buchon's Atlas Gégraphique Statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Ameriques et des isles a...
Place, Date: Paris, 1825
A.D. 1100. Period of the first crusade.
Plate from An historical atlas: in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods constructed upon an uniform scale and colored according to the political ch...
Place, Date: London, 1830
L'Homme A La Boule.
Satirical print in which Count Otto von Bismarck balances on the world with one spurred foot entering France, and wearing only his underpants which are marked with the Ge...
Place, Date: Paris, 1870-1871
La Pieuvre Germanique.
Scarce lithographed plate not dated, by Eugène Danzanvilliers, printed by Grandremy in Paris. The plate listed by Adhemar is dated 1874. Eugène Danzanvilliers was a dra...
Place, Date: Paris, 28 Quai de la Rapée, c.1874
La pericolante ostinata. Papagallo No. 20 Anno II.
Design by Augusto Grossi. Taken from the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine founded in January 1873 by Augusto Grossi (1835-1919), which speci...
Place, Date: Bologne, 1874
Trop d'Appetit par A. Le Petit.
Dated in lower right dated "Le 9 juin 1875". The drawing is representing an alligator's jaw wearing a Prussian helmet, and about to chew a globe. Alfred Le Peti...
Place, Date: Paris, 1875
Un Reclutatore in India. Papagallo No. 42. Anno VI.
British in India. Design by Augusto Grossi. Taken from the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine founded in January 1873 by Augusto Grossi (1835-...
Place, Date: Bologne, 1878
![Jules Verne Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours. [Goose game board inspired by Jules Verne's novel Tour du Monde en 80 jours.]](/uploads/cache/44919-500x500.jpg)
Jules Verne Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours. [Goose game board inspired by Jules Verne's novel Tour du Monde en 80 jours.]
Goose game board inspired by Jules Verne's novel, whose boxes are illustrated with color lithographs and the center occupied by a world map. Vignette illustrations number...
Place, Date: Paris, ca. 1880
Driving chart of Hartford and vicinity : 15 miles around.
Road map by Albert A. Hyde & Co. of Hartford and vicinity, with the Connecticut River in the center. Published by Albert A. Hyde & Co., in New York and lithograph...
Place, Date: New York / Philadelphia, 1884
Politica Maramea Inglese - Rugantino - n°419 - Roma 17 Gennaio 1892.
Satirical print relating to the British Conquest of Egypt (1882), also known as Anglo–Egyptian War, between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the Un...
Place, Date: Rome, January 17, 1892
Excelsiori (Rana N. 28 - Cent. 20).
"After so many wars and so many troubles, young Russia, in a more serene glaze all the beautiful sun of freedom you will enjoy ... ". Fascinating allegorical sa...
Place, Date: Bologna, 1905
Atlas Geographique. (Puzzle).
Three map puzzles, each measuring 25 x 33 cm., housed in the original color printed card case. Geographical jigsaw puzzle set comprising three maps (world, Europe and Fra...
Place, Date: Paris, ca. 1910
Standford's map of the empires of China and Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, Burma &c.
Charming, folding map of China and Japan with the adjacent parts of the Russian Empire, India, and Burma. A key identifies railway lines in red, projected railway lines i...
Place, Date: London, ca. 1911
Karte von Europa im Jahre 1870 nach einem französischen Holzschnitte.
Satirical illustration by Paul Hadol showing disposition of power in Europe at the beginning of 1870. Satirical print depicting a map of Europe in which the countries are...
Place, Date: Hamburg, Fuchs, 1914
Hark ! Hark ! The dogs do bark.
This very rare political caricature map of Europe depicts the continent at the outbreak of World War I, or as it was called at the time the Great War. Designed by Johnson...
Place, Date: London, Johnson Riddle & Co., 1914
McCormick's Map of the World.
Colorful promotional map of the 20th century spice trade.What better way to showcase the global composition of a multi-national company than with a world map? This lovely...
Place, Date: United-States, 1931
Philippines Islands.
Pictorial map of Philippines Islands, from the famous illustrator, Ruth Taylor White and published in "Our USA: A Gay Geography".Ruth Taylor White was among the...
Place, Date: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1935
![[Magazine including pictorial world map, Carriers of the New Black Plague by William Cotton.]](/uploads/cache/43680-500x500.jpg)
[Magazine including pictorial world map, Carriers of the New Black Plague by William Cotton.]
Front cover with color illustration of Moroccan male sheik and yellow lettering.Oversized magazine, features analysis of English justice, map of Herr Hitler's heaven (ful...
Place, Date: Chicago, April 7th, Vol.1 No.1 1938
Carriers of the New Black Plague.
A powerful satirical commentary on totalitarian control of speech from the first issue of Ken Magazine. "Caught here in all their peculiar beauty by the soul searchi...
Place, Date: Chicago, 1938
L'Europe en Sept 1939. Ille terrarum mihi angulus ridet.
A rare oversized serio-comic map of Europe at the start of the Second World War depicting stereotypes of 31 countries, as listed in the key lower right, including Brit...
Place, Date: Bruges, Leon Burghgraeve, 1939
Carte de la Charte de L'Antique . . .
The rare French version of this decorative pictorial world map by MacDonald Gill. "This magnificent map drawn up while the Second World War still raged is already en...
Place, Date: London, Alf Cooke Ltd, 1943
![[Planisphère] - Crédit Lyonnais - Fondé en 1863. Afrique du Nord à Union Française.](/uploads/cache/44865-500x500.jpg)
[Planisphère] - Crédit Lyonnais - Fondé en 1863. Afrique du Nord à Union Française.
Original pictorial lithographed advertising poster showing western part of Africa. Published by the French bank Crédit Lyonnais.Design by Lucien Boucher who is a famous ...
Place, Date: Paris, 1950
A map of the British Army with battle honours and militray achievements and Regimental Badges . . .
Shows English County Regiments, Battle Honours and Military Achievements. Bordered by Regimental Badges.A fascinating piece of British history.Read more about Pictorial M...
Place, Date: London, 1952
Pacific Stars and Strips Map of the War.
A detailed map of the Korean War. Several silhouetted flying military aircraft are shown in formation. The map shows the Korean Peninsula from its northern border with Ru...
Place, Date: America, 1953
(World map). Americus Vespucio novo te Duce Ducta Freto Ambivi Meritoqs Vocor.
Manuscript world map showing the American and African continent and the southern parts of Asia. In the Indian Ocean a large depiction of Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512) o...
Place, Date: Italy, ca. 1954