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Constantinopolis.

A spectacular woodcut panorama of the ancient city of Constantinople, proporting to show the pre-Turk city (for example naming St Sophia). (235x522mm).One of the earliest...

$3500 / ≈ €3019

Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place / Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

.Tabula Prima Asie (Turkey)

Wood block printed large-format Ptolemaic map showing Turkey from the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.Showing region east of the Ganges, the area of Banglades...

$5000 / ≈ €4312

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place / Date: Strasburg, 1513

.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$1800 / ≈ €1552

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place / Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €1897

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place / Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

[Map of Palestine ]

Map of Palestine from "La Mer des Hystoires" published by Dupré, Paris, 1536 "La Mer des Hystoires" is a translation into French of the famous "...

$3000 / ≈ €2587

Publisher: MER DES HYSTOIRES
Place / Date: Dupre, Paris, 1536

[India and China]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India and China prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published ...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Place / Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

[Taprobana - Sri Lanka]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Ceylon prepared Martin Waldseemüller.Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...

$2200 / ≈ €1897

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

.[Pakistan, Afghanistan]

Wood block printed Ptolemaic map of the region of present-day Pakistan and part of Afghanistan. Convoluted mountain ranges and river systems dominate the trapezoidal map....

$1200 / ≈ €1035

Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

.[Near east with Cyprus]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Near east with Cyprus prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 publ...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

.[India]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

.[Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map f...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

[East Asia]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of East Asia and centered on Amenia, prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map fr...

$2200 / ≈ €1897

Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Place / Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsula)

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of the Arabian Peninsular prepared Martin Waldseemüller. River Rhine to the left. Based on the slightly...

$6000 / ≈ €5175

Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Place / Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.

This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...

$4000 / ≈ €3450

Publisher: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienne, 1541

Tabula Superioris Indiae & Tartariae maioris. (Modern Map of China, Japan, etc.)

Important map extending from Tartary in the north, to "Prov. Bocat" (Cambodia) in the south. "Tebet" is shown prominently, as is "Zinpangri"...

$6000 / ≈ €5175

Publisher: FRIES, L.
Place / Date: Vienne, 1541

[Map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus]

Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...

$200 / ≈ €172

Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place / Date: Basle, 1550-1580

Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.

The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The first state without "las Philiooinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When ...

$7000 / ≈ €6037

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1584

Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus corographicus. . .

A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edition wi...

$2700 / ≈ €2329

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1595

Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.

Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...

$850 / ≈ €733

Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place / Date: Venice, 1598

India Tercera Nuova Tavola.

The 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the up...

$750 / ≈ €647

Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place / Date: Venice, 1598

Quella Tavola E l'Antica Siria ch'Era destinta in dodici . . .

Very rare view of Holy Land published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da G...

$500 / ≈ €431

Publisher: ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.
Place / Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598

Punishment of China.

The Chinese way of a punishment from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fr...

$150 / ≈ €129

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

Punishment of a criminal in China.

Punishment of a criminal in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...

$150 / ≈ €129

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

Feast of China.

A scene of a Chinese dinner feast from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...

$150 / ≈ €129

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

Funeral in China.

A scene of a funeral in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From...

$100 / ≈ €86

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]

How elephants are caught in Pegu. The king of Pegu had a particular method of transporting elephants. He had a great enclosure built of strong wooden posts, with a trap-d...

$130 / ≈ €112

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

Lusitani in India deseruntur in Lecticis.

The way how the Portuguese carried a noble man in India from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeare...

$150 / ≈ €129

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1599

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...

$2400 / ≈ €2070

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1603

Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio et Vita.

The Holy Land map itself occupies the center and is surrounded by vignettes of the life of the Patriarch Abraham. Extremely decorative map made by Ortelius, based on Ptol...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1601-1603

Descriptio Arabie / Arabia.

A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the m...

$450 / ≈ €388

Publisher: LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606

Iava Maior.

Very fine miniature map of Java, engraved by Benjamin Wright (1575-1613). This early map contains detailed geography and nomenclature around the northern coastline of the...

$450 / ≈ €388

Publisher: LANGENES
Place / Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606

Delineatio Regiae Civitatis Candy. (Plan of the city Kandy in Ceylon.)

Uncommon early view of the city of Kandy, in the center of Ceylon –now Sri Lanka-, shown from above, intricately engraved; it shows a fortification at the center of the...

$700 / ≈ €604

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1607

1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis..

To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tu...

$700 / ≈ €604

Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place / Date: Antwerp, 1570-1609

Maldivae Insulae.

Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted.First published in ...

$150 / ≈ €129

Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place / Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

Rex Balius Preciosissimo Curru.

How the people of Bali transport their King. According to deBry: there are many horses on the island of Bali but they are small and only the simple folk ride them. Those ...

$100 / ≈ €86

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1609

Sumatra Insula.

A miniature map of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore and the various islands directly south of it. Containing detailed geography and nomenclature aroun...

$450 / ≈ €388

Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1609

[Bantam].

Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the cla...

$80 / ≈ €69

Publisher: LODEWYCKSZ, Willem
Place / Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609

Ailhae Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da Indiae Partes Orientals que Esta en 15 Graos da Banda donorte.

One of the earliest printed detailed plans of a European trading post in the Indies, this finely engraved and designed bird's-eye plan was published in De Bry's important...

$1000 / ≈ €862

Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1613

Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X. Ex Stirpe Ottomannicae.

The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck". Nicolaes de Clerck (de kler...

$30 / ≈ €26

Publisher: DE CLERCK, N.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621

A newe mape of Tartary.

Early edition of one of the most decorative "carte à figures"- map of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: SPEED, J. / HUMBLE, J.
Place / Date: London, 1627

The Kingdome of China.

A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...

$7000 / ≈ €6037

Publisher: SPEED, J.
Place / Date: London, G. Humble, 1627

Turcici Imperii Imago.

The map shows the Ottoman Empire with Turkey, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabia and North Eastern Africa. The map is decorated with a title cartouche and a portrait of...

$1800 / ≈ €1552

Publisher: MERCATOR, G. / HONDIUS, J.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1629

Asia recens summa cura delineata.

This is the rare early issue with decorative paneled borders. In upper border views and plans of Famagusta, Rhodos, Damascus, Jerusalem, Aden and Ormus. Originally engrav...

$3500 / ≈ €3019

Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1632

Tartaria.

Published in Hondius' editions of the Mercator Atlas from 1606 onwards, showing China, Korea as an island, and the northern Pacific coast of America showing the two conti...

$1000 / ≈ €862

Publisher: MERCATOR, G / HONDIUS, J.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1633

Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV.

Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters wit...

$2200 / ≈ €1897

Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place / Date: Frankfurt, 1635

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 B�...

$5000 / ≈ €4312

Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place / Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635

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 / ≈ €2372

Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place / Date: Paris, ca. 1640

China Veteribus Sinarum Regio.

Based on Jesuit surveys, the map represents the next major revision in the cartography of China after Ortelius' 1584 map. Korea, however, is still an island, and Japan co...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1640

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...

$4000 / ≈ €3450

Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place / Date: Brunswick, 1640

Asiae Minoris nova descriptio. Geographische Beschryvinge aller Landen... ende sendbrieuen der Apostele...

Extremely rare map from a Dutch bible, published by Dancker Danckerts. This map was included in a Dutch bible including several maps signed by C.Danckerts and one dated 1...

$2000 / ≈ €1725

Publisher: DANCKERTS, D.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1643

India quae Orientalis.

The map covers the area from India to Japan, with the East Indies, with good detail in Philippines. In the upper right corner the southern tip of Korea is shown, and mark...

$3500 / ≈ €3019

Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1645

Carta terza Generale del' Asia.

Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...

$3500 / ≈ €3019

Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place / Date: Florence, 1646

Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)

Rare FIRST STATE of this important map for Korea and Japan map of the Blancus/Moreira type, but adds a huge 'Jesso' filling the top of this old map. The map is of interes...

$15000 / ≈ €12937

Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place / Date: Florence, 1646-1647

Magni Mogolis Imperium.

An attractive map of the region from Iran through Tibet, and northern India to Burma. The travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. Richl...

$250 / ≈ €216

Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place / Date: Amsterdam, 1650

Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €86