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America sive India Nova.

This map was created by Michael Mercator, grandson of the great Gerard Mercator. It is the only map attributed to him. The map first appeared in 1595, one year after the ...

$3000 / ≈ €2600
Maker: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


Die neüwen Inseln/ so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land Indie ligen.

The earliest and one of the most important separate maps to show both Americas. Although it was not the first map to use “America” as a designation for the New World,...

$5500 / ≈ €4767
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle 1561

 


Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica..

The first of four states of the map. French text on verso. One of the most beautiful world maps ever engraved and one of the most influential in promulgating the Californ...

$9500 / ≈ €8235
Maker: HONDIUS, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630-1633

 


Typus Orbis Terrarum.

Ortelius' third and last world map is dated 1587 under the author's signature. The earlier border of clouds has been replaced by a more intricate and elegant lattice of s...

$8000 / ≈ €6935
Maker: ORTELIUS, A.
Date: Antwerp, 1592/1601

 


[Ritter Sundial Map of the World]

This highly unusual map projects the world from the north pole as though it were the table of a sundial, with the land masses drawn to scale in proportion to their distan...

$3500 / ≈ €3034
Maker: RITTER, F.
Date: Nuremberg, 1640

 


Flandria.

Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the last and very rare third state with the signature Theodorus Galle. The fortifications along the Scheldt River are added and t...

$1000 / ≈ €867
Maker: ORTELIUS, A. / GALLE, Th.
Date: Antwerp, after 1612

 


Nouveau Plan Géométral de la Ville de Lyon, Avec ses projets d'agrandissement & d'embellissement, Divisé par Arrondissements;

Large map of Lyon with, at the bottom left, a large inset depicting "The surroundings of Lyon, according to Cassini" and at the bottom right, a double table of ...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: DIGNOSEYO, Laurent.
Date: Lyon, Chez Vegezzy, M.d d'Estampes,1826

 


Town of New Castle. Westchester Co. NY.

Fine lithographed map of the town of New Castle. The map provides the names of specific homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: DE BEERS, F.W.
Date: New York, 1867

 


Illuminated leaf from a Psalter.

Very fine 20 lines illuminated leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular gothic hand, black ink, plum...

$15000 / ≈ €13002
Maker: [ANONYMOUS].
Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280

 


Genealogie des empereurs Mogols . . .

Text sheet with two inset maps of "Carte de l'empire du grand Mogol (122x158mm.) and inset map of Kahsmire "carte nouvelle du royaume de Kachemire" (120x15...

$150 / ≈ €130
Maker: CHATELAIN, H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1728