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Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium XXX. [The flight of Egypt, Moses receiving the Commandments, God's Angel, Balaam and his talking donkey. ]

On recto two nice woodblock prints (each 128x222mm.) of The flight of Egypt and Moses receiving the Commandments.VERSO : a woodblock print of God's Angel, Balaam and his ...

$1000 / ≈ €876
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .

A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...

$2750 / ≈ €2409
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1640

 


Carte de la Baie des Chiens-Marins (Shark's Bay de Dampier). . .

A strikingly detailed chart of a portion of the coastline of Western Australia, titled 'Carte de la Baie des Chiens-Marins, which was also explored by William Dampier. Th...

$2500 / ≈ €2190
Maker / Publisher: de FREYCINET, L.C.D. / BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE, C.-F.,
Place & Date: Paris, 1807

 


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 ...

$800 / ≈ €701
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598