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![IL GOLFO DI VENETIA [Gulf of Venice].](/uploads/cache/49393-250x250.jpg)
IL GOLFO DI VENETIA [Gulf of Venice].
IL GOLFO DI VENETI A si come è il più famose et jllustre di quanti sono dal Mare inondati, cosi dovendo uscire al mondo nelle mie stampe piu copioso di quanti fin hora ...
Date: Venice,1568
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem.
Pons Rivoalti, utriumqque Ripae, et Aedes ad Orientem." From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Published by Lodovico F...
Date: Venice, 1763
A publica Bibliotheca ad majoris Canalis initium prospectus.
A publica Bibliotheca ad majoris Canalis initium prospectus". View of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, the column of San Teodoro at right, at left the Grand Canal,...
Date: Venice, 1763
![Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus. [Venice, piazza San Marco]](/uploads/cache/49400-250x250.jpg)
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus. [Venice, piazza San Marco]
View of piazza San Marco, the church of San Geminiano at the far end, figures and market stalls in the foreground.From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" ...
Date: Venice, 1763
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur.
Bucentaurus et Nundinae Venetae in die Ascensionis". The Doge leaving for the Lido on the Bucintoro on Ascension Day.From the series of 12 views entitled Feste Ducal...
Date: Venice, c. 1766
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis.
Pons Rivoalti ad Occidentem, cum Aedibus Publicis utrique Lateri adjectis."From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). 1st state. Publ...
Date: Venice, 1763
Estat De La Seigneurie De Venize en Italie.
Map of The Venetian Dominion inspired by the map of Jodocus Hondius. Published "A Paris Chez Pierre Marietti (sic), Rue Sainct Jacques A l'esperance". Decorated...
Date: Paris, ca. 1670
![Venditori di pesci (Anguele). Marchands de petite poissons. [Fish Sellers of Venice]](/uploads/cache/49430-250x250.jpg)
Venditori di pesci (Anguele). Marchands de petite poissons. [Fish Sellers of Venice]
Small Fish Sellers. From a series of lithographs depicting various Venetian trades, published in Venice by Galvani. Subjects include genre figures such as fishmongers, ch...
Date: Venice, c. 1835
Veue du Pont de Rialto de Venise.
Spectaculair view of Rialto bridge in Venice. Joan Blaeu published during his life three town-books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Roma and Napoli. By the year 1672 a fire...
Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Veduta della Magnifica REGATA seguita in Venezia li 2. Aprile 1791 alla quale intervennero li Augusti Viaggiator.
Decorative engraving of a Venice regatta on the Grand Canal, by Teodoro Viero (1740-1819) after a paining by Canaletto.The tradition of Venetian origin of the race is lin...
Date: Venice, c. 1791
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur.
Canalis majoris caput qua Venetias ingreditur". A view of the Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute to the left after Canaletto.From the series of 12 views entit...
Date: Venice, c. 1766
Prospectus Plateae ad Divum Iacobum de Rivoalto ubi Mercatores conveniunt.
Prospectus Plateae ad Divum Iacobum de Rivoalto ubi Mercatores conveniunt. From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of Venice). Published by Lodovic...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus.
Qua late patet S. Marci area major novum Regim Palatium versus". View of piazza San Marco, the church of San Geminiano at the far end, figures and market stalls in t...
Date: Venice, 1763
Pars Canalis Magni De Extendens A Laeva…
The Cannaregio on the Grand Canal, with the Ghetto in the background, seen from the Riva di Biasio. From the series "Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum...
Date: Venice, after 1757
Malita
The map includes, at the top left, a text and imprint, and, in the lower left, a scale decorated with a compass.The second state of Antonio Lafreri's map of the island of...
Date: Rome, 1565
![Carte de L'Amerique… / Carte Nouvelle de L'Europe Asie & Afrique… [Two sheets]](/uploads/cache/49267-250x250.jpg)
Carte de L'Amerique… / Carte Nouvelle de L'Europe Asie & Afrique… [Two sheets]
Rare. Two hemispheres printed on two sheets. A single decorative cartouche on each carries the title concluding with the imprint recorded above, and around each hemispher...
Date: Paris, 1661
Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.
The cartographer of this map was Gerard Mercator. This attractive map of the Eastern Balkans is centered on Bulgaria and includes the Bosphorus and Constantinople. The Da...
Date: Oxford, 1680
![Ornithon sive Aviarum M. Varronis Pyrro.Ligorio.Neap.inv. [The reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro].](/uploads/cache/49261-250x250.jpg)
Ornithon sive Aviarum M. Varronis Pyrro.Ligorio.Neap.inv. [The reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro].
The print, depicting the reconstruction by Pirro Ligorio of the aviary of Marcus Varro in Rome, was printed by Giovanni Orlandi in 1602 from a copperplate originally eng...
Date: Rome, 1581-1602
De Reede en stadt Batavia is geleegen aan de Noord Kust…
A chart of the bay of Batavia with in lower left corner a plan of Batavia (120x147mm). This very rare and influential chart gives a fine representation of Batavia, now kn...
Date: Amsterdam, 1728
Index Geographicus Tum veteristum novae cognitae Terrae. . .
This rare and decorative advertising poster uses the world map by Presbyter Chrysanthos, who was the Patriarch of Jerusalem. In the top we see John Constantine Bessaraba ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1930
New York - Miami Ocean Highway. Pines to Palms. - Ocean Highway Official Highway Route Approved and Sponsored by the Ocean Highway Association.
Vintage road map showing "The Route of the Experience Motorist" features mileage information in the right margin. Verso features information on cities along the...
Date: Washington, ca. 1947
Universalis Cosmographia.
A very desirable cordiform (heart-shaped) world map from Johann Honter's 'Rudimentum'. The map is a reduced version of Waldseemüller's and Apianus' earlier world maps. T...
Date: Zurich, Froschauer, ca. 1546/1548
Norwegia.
An attractive and important miniature map Norway. The map is orientated to the west. The earliest map showing Norway.Prepared by Petrus Bertius, published in Amsterdam at...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Algercum munita Metropolis Regni Algeriani…
Scarce bird's-eye plan of Algiers and its harbour, with two large galleons, and a panoramic view below, from "Atlas Novus", engraving with very fine strong hand...
Date: Augsbourg, 1730
![Baltick or East Sea]](/uploads/cache/49464-250x250.jpg)
Baltick or East Sea]
A Chart of the Baltic or East Sea. Gulf of Finland & c. (date ca.1730). Image size: 357mm x 283mm.Herman Moll (1678-1732) was a German emigre from the Hanseatic port...
Date: London, ca. 1720-1730
Nova Maris Caspii et Regions Usbeck. . .
This is the first printed map specifically of the Uzbek region. It shows the area around the Caspian Sea and northern Iran. The area eastward from the Caspian is marked '...
Date: Nuremberg, 1735
La Guaiane ou Coste Sauvage, autrement El Dorado, et Pais des Amazones…
An extremely rare edition of Du Val's map, separately published by Jollain in 1668, that references the name "El Dorado" in its title. The title translates as f...
Date: Paros, Chez Jollain, 1668
Mountain system of Hokkaido.
Bilingual English/Japanese map of Hokkaido showing elevations, volcanoes and roads for geological observations, with an inset of Chishima (Kuril Islands).
Date: Hokkaidōchō (Gouvernement de Hokkaidō), Sapporo, 1892
Topographical map of Hokkaido with localities of useful minerals.
Bilingual (English/Japanese) topographic map (1:1,500,000) of Hokkaido Island detailing the distribution of mineral deposits and mining sites (“useful minerals”), pub...
Date: Hokkaidōchō (Gouvernement de Hokkaidō), Sapporo, 1891
Geological Survey of Victoria.
The portfolio with the gold stamped title "Geological Survey of Victoria", contains 51 sheets maps. There is a pocket attached to the inside front cover contain...
Date: Mining and Geological Department, Melbourne, ca. 1864
![[Lot of 2 maps] Map of part of New South Wales Australia shewing position of Commonwealth Territory / Map of New South Wales Australia…](/uploads/cache/49457-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 2 maps] Map of part of New South Wales Australia shewing position of Commonwealth Territory / Map of New South Wales Australia…
Two maps depicting the region of New South Wales and the area designated as the future Commonwealth Territory (which later became the Australian Capital Territory).The fi...
Date: Department of Lands, Sydney NSW, 1911
Map of contour survey of the site for the federal capital of Australia.
Map of contour survey of the site for the federal capital of Australia / drawn on stone by Messrs. O. Fischer and A.G. von Stach under direction of E.S. Vautin ; drawn on...
Date: Department of Lands, Sydney, 1910
Topographical map of the Federal Territory, Australia.
This map, published by the New South Wales Department of Lands in Sydney in 1910, depicts the Federal Territory—the area designated to house Australia’s future federa...
Date: Sydney, Dept. of Lands, 1910
Cycloramic view of Canberra capital site, view looking from Camp Hill / … view looking from Vernon.
Showing an extensive panoramic view of the site of Canberra with various features named. Very large colour photo-mechanical print. Printed by John Sands Ltd [Syd].This 5 ...
Date: Sydney, John Sands, [1911]
Canberra Contour Survey.
An important large-scale folding map by Charles Scrivener of the present-day city of Canberra, featuring contour lines and elevation data, created as part of the prelimin...
Date: Department of Lands, Sydney N.S.W. July, 1909
Algemeene kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname : met de rivieren, districten, ontdekkingen door militaire togten. . .
Uncommon large scale map of Suriname, indicating the different plantations and their owners. Consists of two glued-together sheets. Completed with funding by the Directeu...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Naaukeurige Platte Grond van den Staat en den Loop van Rio de Berbice Met derzelver Plantagien in de Geoctrojeerde Colonie de Berbice Gelegen. . .
Uncommon large-scale map of Berbice with Rio de Berbice and Rio de Canje with at the bottom left a list of plantation owners. In top 3 x 3 coats of arms in cartouches. Th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1740
Miniature of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Page from a Book of Hours, use of Rome, with a large miniature set in full borders, by the Maitre François sub-group of Parisian artists of the middle of the second half...
Date: Paris ca. 1470
Diocesi Padovana Con Tutta La Sua Estensione Ne Vicini Territori.
This large map depicts the entire extent of the Diocese of Padua and the surrounding territories, with a detailed topographical rendering. It features rich Baroque ornam...
Date: Padova, 1720
Fretum Magellanicum / Detroit de Magellan.
Early nice map of the South American extremity with the Strait of Magallanes, discovered by Ferdinand Magellan ( c. 1480 – 27 April 1521). Two natives holding a shield ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Nova Guinea et In. Salomonis
Early miniature map of New Guinea from the Caert-Thresoor and engraved by the Dutch master-engraver Petrus Kaerius. The first edition was printed in Middelburg by Barent...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Nieuwe Hemels Spiegel waer door den hemel, aerde en zee dadelik kan afgemeten werden. Noyt gesien en dat op alles Polus hooghten seer noodig voor Stierlieden.
Copper engraving made by Andreas van Luchtenburg in Rotterdam, published separately by Cornelis Danckerts. We see the starry sky as observed from the northern hemispher...
Date: Danckerts, ca. 1700
