![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
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
![[ The repositioning of the Vatican obelisk ]](/uploads/cache/49045-250x250.jpg)
[ The repositioning of the Vatican obelisk ]
Joan Blaeu published The Repositioning of the Vatican Obelisk. This large engraving on multiple sheets and in beautiful original colors is based on Domenico Fontana’s d...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
![[Toscana / Tuscany] En, candidi lectores, elegantioris Italiae partis, Tusciae scilicet, topographiam. aenis nris formis excussam in hac Tabella vobis denuo damus. . .](/uploads/cache/47717-250x250.jpg)
[Toscana / Tuscany] En, candidi lectores, elegantioris Italiae partis, Tusciae scilicet, topographiam. aenis nris formis excussam in hac Tabella vobis denuo damus. . .
A rare map of Tuscany, including the islands of Elba, Giglio, Giannutri and part of Corsica, and covering the whole of Tuscany, part of Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia, Umbria,...
Date: Rome, ca 1557
Serenissimae Reipublicae Genuensis Ducatus et Dominii.
Includes the coast of the Riviera from Nice to La Spezia. A most decorative and rare map because it was only included in the Vrients' editions of the Ortelius Theatrum . ...
Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
![[ Manuscript map of the Ligurian coast from Pietra to Genova ].](/uploads/cache/26627-250x250.jpg)
[ Manuscript map of the Ligurian coast from Pietra to Genova ].
Very detailed French manuscript map of the Ligurian coast from Pietra and Finale, Savone to Genoa with the Maritime Alps in the background. The Liguria coast borders to n...
Date: France, ca. 1790-1800
La marca d'Ancona. Marchia Anconitana Picaenum olim dicta. . . Romae apud Joannem Orlandini formis Rome 1604.
A re-issue of the plate by Vicentium Luchinù of 1564 now with the address of Orlandini and the dates 1602 / 1604.A unique opportunity to acquire a fine example of a map ...
Date: Rome, 1604
Tabulae Italiae, Corsicae, Sardiniae, et adjacentium..
A decorative map by this famous Dutch mapmaker. The border contains views of the main cities, largely inspired by the Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun & Hogenberg: R...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628,1640
![Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII](/uploads/cache/29716-250x250.jpg)
Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII
A very fine of Venice (192x525mm.) Verso a view of Padua. Schedel's view of Venice is one of the earliest obtainable views of the city. The view is based on the view of ...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Neapolis.
A rare panoramic of Naples with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French.Published by Dancker Danckerts (1634-1666).
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Palermo.
Rare bird's-eye view of Palermo, the plan showing the city and harbor within the city walls, with the surrounding countryside, title and dedicatory verse set in elaborate...
Date: Seina, ca. 1600
Antiquae urbis perfecta et Nova delineatio. [ Ancient Rome)
First state before imprint of Jacobus de Rubeis. A rare view of Ancient Rome from the Lafreri-School in the style of Ambrogio Brambilla's view of about 1575. A unique opp...
Date: Rome, ca. 1600
Florentia Pulcherrima et Ruriae Civitas.
Detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Florence in Tuscany region, first published in Frederick de Wit's rare town book. With two keys 1-17 and 1-228 to important spots ...
Date: Amsterdam, Leiden, 1697 / 1729
Piazza e tempio di Santa Maria della Rotonda gia l'Antico Pantheon.
Monumental engraving showing the Pantheon in Rome, in its setting, with below a ground-plan and elevation. Fountain in front, adjacent buildings and carriages and people ...
Date: Rome, 1693
La Basilica Vaticana consacrata al Principe de gli Apostoli . . .
Monumental engraving showing the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, in its setting, with below a coat of arms with dedication to Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi. Obili...
Date: Rome, 1693
Aedis Divi Rocchi facies rudis…
The Campo San Rocco. Title centred in the lower margin; “Mich. Marieschi del.t et inci.t” at the right corner of the cartouche. From the series "Magnificentiores...
Date: Venice, c. 1742
Anfiteatro detto l'Arena di Verona.
Large two sheet copper engraving of the Amphitheater of Verona after a design of Adriano Cristofali. On three sides it is surrounded by architectural details interspersed...
Date: Verona, 1744
Capitolii sciographia ex ipso exemplari Michaelis Angeli Bonaroti a Stephano Duperac Parisiensi accurate delineata…
View of the Roman Capitol as re-designed by Michelangelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae", first published in 1569, this example edited by Giovanni Orlan...
Date: Rome, Orlandi, 1602
![FIORENZA [FLORENCE].](/uploads/cache/49141-250x250.jpg)
FIORENZA [FLORENCE].
State 2 of this bird's-eye view of Florence. In the center, under the upper border, the engraved title "Fiorenza". At the top left, a compass rose is represente...
Date: Siena, Pietro Petrucci, ca. 1600
![Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII.](/uploads/cache/49420-250x250.jpg)
Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII.
A very fine panoramic view of Venice (192x525mm.) Verso a view of Padua. Schedel's view of Venice is one of the earliest obtainable views of the city. The view is based o...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Castello Sancto Angelo di Roma.
The print features the Castello Sant' Angelo in Rome, bound in an album, perhaps from the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae." Copper engraving and published by A...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
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
Pianta Della Citta di Roma con la Indicazione di tutte le Antichita e Nuovi Abbelliment.
Beautifully engraved town plan of Rome, featuring side borders that depict the 16 most important monuments, along with a legend that locates the significant places and bu...
Date: Venanzio Monaldini, Rome, 1829
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
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
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
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
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus.
S. Georgii Majoris Ecclesiae prospectus". S. Giorgio with the church and quay in sharp perspective.From the series "Prospectum Urbis Venetiarum" (Views of ...
Date: Venice, ca. 1791
La Place de Saint Marc a Venise.
A very attractive Town plan of the place St Marc in Venice.Joan Blaeu published during his life three town books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Rome, and Napoli. By the ye...
Date: Amsterdam, 1705
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
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti.
Prospectus Plateae et Ecclesiae Sancti Jacobi prope Pontem Rivi alti". The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto, at right Palazzo dei Dieci and the bridge of Rialto.From ...
Date: Venice, c. 1763
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam.
A minore D: Marci Area Dalmatarum ripam". View of the Riva degli Schiavoni from the east including the Palazzo Ducale in the foreground. Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto su...
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
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione…
Habita a Serenissimo Duce in Basilica D.Marci ad populum allocutione, ab eoque Dux salutatus, Armamentariorum humeris in sella gestatoria cum duobus proxime consanguineis...
Date: Venice, c. 1766-1770
Il vero ritratto di Nettvno al presente oaupato da gl'imperiali.
Rare and early town-plan of Nettuno, in the province of Rome, which is nowadays a touristic harbor.Issued by Joannes Orlandi who acquired many Lafreri plates, which he re...
Date: Rome, 1557 / 1602
Equitum in Quirinali, aversa parte, marmorei colossi Romae; absolutissima Praxitelis et Fidiae manu.
Back view of the Dioscuri (or horse tamers, or Alexander and Bucephalus), formerly attributed to Pheidias and Praxiteles, with two figures nearby, one seated on a stone, ...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1550
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae.
Opus Praxitelis, Opus Fidiae [Work of Praxiteles, Work of Fidias]. With the Lafreri's imprint and date. Published in the "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The ...
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546
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
![[St Peter's Square].](/uploads/cache/44864-250x250.jpg)
[St Peter's Square].
View of St Peter's Square and Vatican probably featuring a solemn blessing. The square is crowdy, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is present. A beautifully colored lithography...
Date: Italy ?, 1732
