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Flandria Barbantia e Holanda No.
Gastaldi's modern map of the Low Countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It includes parts of England, France and Germany.According to van der Heijden This ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Selling price: $450
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Tabula Africae IIII.
Gastaldi's map of the Northern Africa, based on Ptolemy. Showing all of the Mediterranean, Ethiopian Interior, the Red Sea, Egypt, the source of the Nile, Red Sea, Dead S...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Tabula Asiae I.
Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor and the Bosporus Straits, based upon Ptolemy.It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region .From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 w...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Tabula Asiae XII. (Sri Lanka)
Gastaldi's map showing Sri Lanka, based upon Ptolemy's twelfth map of Asia depicting Taprobana. With a decorative scene with elephant and descriptive text next to the map...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Tabula Europae II. (Spain and Portugal)
Gastaldi's map showing Spain and Portugal, based upon Ptolemy.It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 which has been...
- $375 / ≈ €351
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Tabula Asiae IIII. (Cyprus, Holy Land, Syria, Jordan, Iraq)
Gastaldi's map showing Cyprus, the Holy Land, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, based upon Ptolemy's map It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastal...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Thusciae Descriptio Auctore Hieronimo Bellarmato.
Decorative and detailed map of Tuscany, from the 1574 or 1575 Latin text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is bas...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Plan, et figure de la riche cité de Calecut en la premiere Inde.
A rare and early woodcut view of Calcutta in India. Decorated with several ships on the sea, shipbuilding, fishermen and elephants.This woodcut was published in La Cosmog...
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Goa fortissima Indiae urbs in Christianorum potestatem anno Salutis 1509. devenit.
A rare and early woodcut view of Goa in India. Decorated with one ship. This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde, printed 1575 in two vo...
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Cyprus Insula / Candia, Olim Creta.
Two maps on one sheet. Copper engraving illustrating Cyprus and Crete, with Latin text on verso. From 1584 onwards editions of the Ortelius atlas no longer included this ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1575
Primae Partis Asiae.
The Very Rare First State. Turkey/ Holy Land/ Iran/ Iraq/ Arabia/ Afghanistan. A superb example of the rare 1578 edition of this fine map of the Middle East, spanning fro...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578
Exacta novaqve descriptio dvcatvs Andegravensis qvem vvlgari nomine Le Duche d'Aniou Indigitant.
Centered on the town of Angiers. From the first edition of De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum, the second general atlas of the world, after Ortelius. Engraved by Ioannes V...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniale.. Bosniae. . .
First state. Fine and early map of former Yugoslavia after a map of Hirschvogel (1552-1565) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Who...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of i...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib..
This famous portrait, engraved by Galle, was included in Ortelius' atlases from 1579 onwards.The title translation is By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier.
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a superb variety of fantastic sea-monsters, such as might be encountered by a sailor in northern waters. Including monsters with abundan...
- $1950 / ≈ €1825
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Descrittione di M. Lodovico Guicciardini patritio Fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi,...
Second Italian edition (variant B) and first Plantin edition (1st Silvius 1567) and the most sought-after edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Plantin, 1581
Brabantia.
Map of Brabant from Guicciardini's "Description de touts les Pais-Bais" edited by Plantin in 1582. The map drawn after Ortelius' map of Brabant, and after the l...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1582
Turcici imperii descriptio.
Fine map of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilisation region.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher ...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1583
Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio.
A very beautiful hand colored copper engraved map of North Rhein-Westphalia by A. Ortelius. This is a general map of Westphalia and the surrounding regions in northwest G...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1584
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus.
Map of Indonesia. From a French text edition of this illustrated treatise of geography, which is considered as the first modern pocket-atlas.Map engraved by Philip Galle....
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28](/uploads/cache/47690-250x250.jpg)
Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28
A superb example of this illustration showing a blind Isaac blessing Jacob. Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegan...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
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Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph in Jail.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]](/uploads/cache/47694-250x250.jpg)
Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]
A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,](/uploads/cache/47695-250x250.jpg)
Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph Runs from Potiphar's Wife.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum his...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Oui ex vobis sine peccato est primus in allam Joan 8.
A superb example of this illustration from the New Testament showing Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (often called Pericope Adulterae[a] for short) is a passage (pe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Multa bona opera ostendi vobis ex Patre meo : propter quod eorum lapidatis me. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ in ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ exp...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]](/uploads/cache/48558-250x250.jpg)
Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. A blind Isaac is blessing Jacob.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum hist...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Siciliae Veteris Typus.
A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centered on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the town...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descrip:tio. Auctore WENCESLAO GRODECCIO. Polono.
Ortelius' map of Poland, being a close copy of Grodecki / Pograbka's map of 1558/62 map, itself based on Wapovsky 1526 (Karrow 56) With Latin text on verso, a state 1 and...
- $1200 / ≈ €1123
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio
Woodcut map by based on Abraham Ortelius' classic map of 1570, with the huge bulge in the southwest coastline of South America, the Ortelian western coastline of North Am...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1588
Africa ex magnae Orbis Terrae Descriptione.
Very rare separately published "Lafreri" map of Africa. The title in typical Italian scrollwork surmounted by two Cupids in the lower Atlantic. A dedication to ...
- $6000 / ≈ €5614
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1590
La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
- $1400 / ≈ €1310
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descrip:tio. Auctore WENCESLAO GRODECCIO. Polono.
Ortelius' map of Poland, being a close copy of Grodecki / Pograbka's map of 1558/62 map, itself based on Wapovsky 1526 (Karrow 56) With Latin text on verso, a state 4 and...
- $1400 / ≈ €1310
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDXCII
First state. Although a map of South America it does include much of what is now the southern United States. There are two elaborate, strap-work cartouches with the one a...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1592
(Portrait of Abraham Ortelius)
The famous head and shoulder portrait of Ortelius aged 50, engraved by Philippe Galle, included in his atlas. famous cartographer born in Antwerp and, after studying Gree...
- $700 / ≈ €655
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Fori Ivlii accvrata descriptio
Map from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp. Provenance: This map is from the personal collection of dr. Marcel van den Bro...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Comitatus Venayscinensis Nova Discriptio.
Rare map depicting part of Provence with Avignon, Cavaillon, Orange, Carpentras, etc.Gerard De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, both made a living out of selling map...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europae Nobilissimae Novaet vera descriptio . . .
Nice example of the first edition of De Jode's map of Prussia, from the 1593 edition of De Jode's atlas.The present map is an entirely new addition to the second De Jode ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
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[Spain and Portugal]
A rare map of Spain and Portugal engraved by Jan and Lucas van Deutecom and published by Gerard de Jode, Antwerp 1593. Latin text on verso.The map appeared in the second ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Nova et integra caenomaniae descriptio vulg. Le Mans.
Fine separately issued example of Gerard De Jode's map of Caenomaniae (Maine Province), from his Speculum Orbis Terrarum. Gérard de Jode (1508? -1590) published in Antwe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1593
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
Latium.
Based on classical authors' sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mentio...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Cyprus - Insular Aliquot Aegaei maris antiqua descrip.
Ten maps on one sheet. With large map of Cyprus. Provenance: This map is from the personal collection of dr. Marcel van den Broecke, author of Ortelius Atlas Maps An...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Calecuty Regnum
A rare and unusual depiction of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar, Ethiopia, southern Arabia, and south India and Ceylon.The calligraphy is florid and decorative. The e...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
![Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus [with] La Florida Auctore Hieron Chiaves [with] Guastecan Reg.](/uploads/cache/60004-250x250.jpg)
Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus [with] La Florida Auctore Hieron Chiaves [with] Guastecan Reg.
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Carinthiae et Goritiae... / Histria tabula.../ Zarae, et Serebenici ..
Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Oswiec. et Zatorien. Ducatus.
Miniature map of Poland from "Il Theatro del Mondo," which was a plagiarized version of Ortelius' pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Brescia, 1598
Maris Pacifici.
From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.
The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was, for security reasons not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descripto.
Prepared by Jacob Surhon, who made a manuscript map of Artois for which he received 36 Livres from Charles V in 1554. For security reasons, the map was not published. Onl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) ..
Very fine map centered on the Danube area. The map is based on the double sheet map by Jacob Gastaldi. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
IAPONIAE INSULAE DESCRIPTIO.Ludoico Teisera auctore.
The map was based upon the manuscript draft supplied to Ortelius in about 1592 by the famous official Portuguese chart maker, Luis Teixeira , who was the cartographer t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova de Scriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus / Aegypti re Centior de Scriptio
Three detailed regional maps by Ortelius from his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the world's first modern atlas.The first map covers Asia Minor, Cyprus and the East...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: "In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscr...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Moraviae.
This early map of Slovakia was prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569, centered on the city of Brno. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) wa...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Silesiae typus..
Fine and early map of Silesia after Martin Helwig (1516-1574) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Florentini Dominii Fidelissima et nova descriptio.
The map is centered on the city of Florence and extends to Liguria, the Apennine Mountains, the Adriatic Coast, Siena and Lago di Perugia. The map is based upon Stefano B...
Place & Date: Anvers, 1598
Carinthiae et Goritiae .. / Histria / Zarae / Serebenici. . .
Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Mansfeldiae Comitatus.
A very fine map centered on the city of Mansfelt . A very nice title cartouche in the upper right corner. Signed by the engraver Franz Hogenberg lower left. Abraham Ortel...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . .
Left-hand map centered on Basel, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in the title cartouche. Right-hand map with Boden See, Strasbourg and Augsburg. The map wa...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Palatinatvs Bavariae . . . / Argentoratensis agri . . .
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. The left-hand map of Bavaria is after Erhart Reych's 4-sheet map of 1540. Including the towns of Regensburg, Nü...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio . . . [and] Terretorii Romani Descrip. [and] Fori Iulii Vulgo Frivli Typus. . .](/uploads/cache/41008-250x250.jpg)
Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio . . . [and] Terretorii Romani Descrip. [and] Fori Iulii Vulgo Frivli Typus. . .
Set of 3 maps of Lake Como, the region around Rome and the region around the Upper Adriatic, centered on Udinese from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Patavini territorii../ Tarvisini agri typus.. (2 maps on one sheet)
Two maps on one sheet. Map to the left is a detailed map including Venice and the area north of it, including Padua and Vincenza. Very fine map after Giacomo Gastaldi. Th...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Hispaniae novae sive magnae recens et vera descriptio. 1579
This was the standard map of the area for a generation, copied by De Bry, Quad and Hondius. Even though Herrera (Spain's Royal Cosmographer) and Wytfliet worked 20 years ...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Buchaviae / Waldeccensis Comitatus.
Two maps on one sheet. The map on the left is based on Wolfgang Regerwyl's 1574 single fulda map. The map of Waldeck is based on Joist Moers map of 1572. Abraham Ortelius...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima..
East to the top. Fine map of Gelderland and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche lower right with painters utensils around cartouche.Dare t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Gallia.
Extremely rare map of France, Netherlands, Southern England, Switzerland, and Northern Spain. This map was never regularly included in the Theatrum; Denuce mentions the i...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1598
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was for security reason not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Terra Sancta.
This is the most modern of Ortelius' maps of the Holy Land. It focuses specifically on the Holy Land and is oriented with east of the top. Ortelius used as a model the wa...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Asiae nova descriptio.
Ortelius' fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the Far East. The Indian subcontinent and Malaysian penins...
- $2000 / ≈ €1871
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol: Palestina.
Map of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, the shore line running from Berithus (Beirut) to Gaza.Oriented to the east.Largely based on Ortelius 1584 map. In lower left...
- $675 / ≈ €632
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Designatio Orbis Christiani
Planispherical world map broadly based on Ortelius and similar to Hondius's Atlas Minor map of the same title. It shows most of the world, excluding the west coast of Nor...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: France, ca 1607
Lutzenburgensis Ducatus veriss descript.
Prepared by Jacob Surhon who made a manuscript map of Luxembourg for which he received 500 Livres from Charles V in 1551. For security reasons the map was not published. ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
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[Titlepage] Nomenclator Ptolemaicus..
Title page from a Ortelius Atlas part called: Nomenclator , containing a register of place names in antiquity. Letterpress with copper engraved print (60x60mm) of the eas...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
Natolia olim Asia Minor.
Genuine antique map "Natolia" by Abraham Ortelius from Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum, published in Antwerp in 1609. This charming 400-year-old miniature copper...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609