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Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . .
Left-hand map centered on Basel, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in the title cartouche. Right-hand map with Boden See, Strasbourg and Augsburg. The map wa...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Mansfeldiae Comitatus.
A very fine map centered on the city of Mansfelt . A very nice title cartouche in the upper right corner. Signed by the engraver Franz Hogenberg lower left. Abraham Ortel...
- $75 / ≈ €64
Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Stampalia. [Map of Astypalaia]](/uploads/cache/45244-250x250.jpg)
Stampalia. [Map of Astypalaia]
Very rare map of the Greek island Astypalaia. The island is known in Italian as Stampalia. Published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. P...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Santorini.
Very rare map of Santorini published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gi...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Rodi [View of Rhodes]](/uploads/cache/45236-250x250.jpg)
Rodi [View of Rhodes]
Very rare view of the City of Rhodes on the island of Rhodes. Historically, Rhodes island was very famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders o...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Rhodi [Map of Rhodes]](/uploads/cache/45235-250x250.jpg)
Rhodi [Map of Rhodes]
Very rare map of Rhodes Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Carinthiae et Goritiae .. / Histria / Zarae / Serebenici. . .
Three maps on one sheet. The left-hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The upper right-hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Florentini Dominii Fidelissima et nova descriptio.
The map is centered on the city of Florence and extends to Liguria, the Apennine Mountains, the Adriatic Coast, Siena and Lago di Perugia. The map is based upon Stefano B...
Date: Anvers, 1598
Helvetiae Descriptio . . .
A fine map based upon a map by the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi of 1538.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were kept that...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Candia [Map of the island Crete]](/uploads/cache/45233-250x250.jpg)
Candia [Map of the island Crete]
Very rare map of the island Crete published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Silesiae typus..
Fine and early map of Silesia after Martin Helwig (1516-1574) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Moraviae.
This early map of Slovakia was prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569, centered on the city of Brno. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) wa...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) ..
Very fine map centered on the Danube area. The map is based on the double sheet map by Jacob Gastaldi. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descripto.
Prepared by Jacob Surhon, who made a manuscript map of Artois for which he received 36 Livres from Charles V in 1554. For security reasons, the map was not published. Onl...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Castel Novo
Very rare view of Herceg-Novi, an important fortress belonging to Venetian Dalmatia captured during the 16th century by the Turks. Published in the first edition of "...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Scio. (Chios)
Very rare view of Chios Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is on the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, and...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .](/uploads/cache/40963-250x250.jpg)
Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .
The map on the left is centered on the Loire with the town of Blois. The right-hand map is centered on Limoges. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in bla...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Anjou. Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Integra Descriptio. Licimo Guijeto Andegavense auctore.
Beautiful map of the Anjou region of western France along the Loire River. Include the city of Angers in the center. Accompanying French text on verso. Dare to go in B...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Metileme. (Lesbos)
Very rare map of Lesbos published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giose...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[Map of Morea]](/uploads/cache/45228-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Morea]
Very rare map of the island Morea published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Lutzenburgen sis Ducatus Veriss. Descript.
An attractive map of Luxembourg: title cartouche on the lower left corner. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'.Iacobo Surhonio Montano auctore. D...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima..
East to the top. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche lower right with painter's utensils around the cartouche. ...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Leodiensis Diocesis Typus.
East to the top. Centered on Liege, including the southern part of Dutch Limburg. Prepared by Jan van Schille.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black an...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was, for security reasons not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Angliae, scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar:insularum.
Fine general map of the British Isles and Ireland on horizontal projection with north to right of page. Derived from Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles.Dare to go i...
Date: Anwerp, 1598
Angliae Regni florentissimi nova descriptio..
Fine general map of England derived from Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles in 8 sheets.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many we...
Date: Antwerp, 1598
Burgundiae inferioris quae Ducatus Nomine Censetur, Des.
Map centered on the province of Burgundy, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many were kept that way for ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Antwerp, 1598
![[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]](/uploads/cache/45226-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]
Very rare map of Zakynthos or Zante, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Published in the first edition of "Viaggio da V...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Venetia. [Venice ]](/uploads/cache/45176-250x250.jpg)
Venetia. [Venice ]
Scarce view of Venice published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giosepp...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]](/uploads/cache/45223-250x250.jpg)
Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]
Very rare map of the island of Kefalonia published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[Map of Corfu. View of the city of Corfu on the foreground. ]](/uploads/cache/45221-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Corfu. View of the city of Corfu on the foreground. ]
Very rare map of Corfu with a view of the city of Corfu on the foreground. Published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per T...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ Map of the island Nexos]](/uploads/cache/45289-250x250.jpg)
[ Map of the island Nexos]
Very rare map of the island Naxos published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[View of Caorle].](/uploads/cache/45190-250x250.jpg)
[View of Caorle].
Very rare view of Caorle, at the time an island, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[View of Gulf of Trieste].](/uploads/cache/45191-250x250.jpg)
[View of Gulf of Trieste].
Very rare view of Gulf of Trieste published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45218-250x250.jpg)
Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]
Very rare view of Sopot and Margarita in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Polla Querrner [Pula in southern Istria)
Very rare view of Pula in southern Istria, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Te...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Citta Di Trav [Trogir]](/uploads/cache/45200-250x250.jpg)
Citta Di Trav [Trogir]
Very rare map centered on the historic town of Trogir published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme q...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]](/uploads/cache/45204-250x250.jpg)
[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]
Very rare view of San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infiem...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Spalato [ View of Split]](/uploads/cache/45201-250x250.jpg)
Spalato [ View of Split]
Very rare view of Split published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giose...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[View of Osero].](/uploads/cache/45194-250x250.jpg)
[View of Osero].
Very rare view of Osor published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giosep...
- $400 / ≈ €343
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Liesena Isola [Hvar]](/uploads/cache/45202-250x250.jpg)
Liesena Isola [Hvar]
Very rare view map of the Island of Hvar published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $400 / ≈ €343
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]](/uploads/cache/45216-250x250.jpg)
Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]
Very rare view of the Fortress of Sopot in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quel...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]](/uploads/cache/45203-250x250.jpg)
Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]
Very rare view of Klissza (Klis) published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa....
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Budova [Budua in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45209-250x250.jpg)
Budova [Budua in Montenegro]
Scarce map centered on Budua in Montenegro was published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ Map with part of Albania]](/uploads/cache/45210-250x250.jpg)
[ Map with part of Albania]
Very rare view of part of the coast of Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45211-250x250.jpg)
Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Ulcinj in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra ...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Cruzola]](/uploads/cache/45205-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Cruzola]
Very rare view of Tremite Islands Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Valona [ View of Valona]](/uploads/cache/45215-250x250.jpg)
Valona [ View of Valona]
Very rare view of Vlora in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Sant...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45212-250x250.jpg)
Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]
Very rare view of Durres in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45214-250x250.jpg)
Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Bar in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Ragusi]](/uploads/cache/45206-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Ragusi]
Very rare view of Ragusa published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Millo.
Very rare view of Milos Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
- $450 / ≈ €386
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Murgo.
Very rare map of Amorgos published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![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...
- $2000 / ≈ €1717
Date: Siena, Pietro Petrucci, ca. 1600
![Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.](/uploads/cache/38548-250x250.jpg)
Le Roy de Navarra venant à Paris recheut le coup de cousteau au visaige par ung Pierre Chastel, lequel par quatre chevaulx fut tiré en pièces, faict le 27 de Decemb[re] l'an 1594.
Engraved news-sheet with text in German and French. Pictorial reportage on the failed assassination attempt on King Henri IV of France by Jean Châtel (here identified as...
Date: Cologne, ca. 1600
Sclavonia Croatia, Bosnia & Dalmatiae Pars Maior.
Mattheus Quadt's map of the western Balkan with a portrait of the Roma.Matthias Quadt (1557-1613) was a Dutch geographer who worked in Cologne. From "Geographisch ha...
- $500 / ≈ €429
Date: Cologne, 1600
Tab. IX Europae, Continens Daciam, Misiam, Thraciam, ac Macedoniae partem.
Map of Dacia, Thrace and Macedonia -- or Byzantium from the Black Sea west to Greece. Including the site of Constantinople / Istanbul, the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, etc. By...
- $400 / ≈ €343
Date: Amsterdam, c.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
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...
- $3000 / ≈ €2575
Date: Seina, ca. 1600
Nova exactissimaque descriptio Danubii.
Rare loose impression of de Jode's map of the Danube with the surrounding countries with de Jode's imprint replaced by Theodor Galle's one. Without letterpress text on ve...
- $4000 / ≈ €3434
Date: Antwerp, 1600
Inferior Germania.
Very rare map of the Benelux, centered on the Netherlands. According to van der Heijden only known in 6 examples. Two compass-roses with rumb lines but without the names ...
Date: Amsterdam,ca. 1600
Oswiecz et Zantor.
An attractive miniature map of Oswieczin and Zator in the Southern part of Poland, with major cities named. Strapwork title cartouche at the bottom. French text on verso....
- $125 / ≈ €107
Date: Antwerp, 1601
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
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
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Date: Antwerp, 1603
![[Nova Zembla]](/uploads/cache/44870-250x250.jpg)
[Nova Zembla]
Charming and decorative miniature map of the Russian island of Nowaya Zemlya. With the depiction of Barentsz.' route. With inset with 2 birds ("Loms Vögel oder Nort...
Date: Frankfurt am Main, 1604
Theodorus Iohannis Basilidis Filius Moscoviae Magnus Dux / Atrium Heroicum.
Lettered with title around oval and two lines of Latin in lower margin: 'Mitior hic rexit ... / ... fato, de stirpe suprémus'. Lettered in letterpress above the platemar...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Augsburg, 1601-1604
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
Descriptio Galliae Belgicae.
A decorative miniature map of a section of ancient France, and that of Belgium. Features a nice strap-work title, shows rivers and settlements. From the Bertius atlas Tab...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Lutzenburg.
A lovely miniature map of the small, landlocked European country of Luxembourg, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Geldria.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Dutch province of Gelderland by Petrus Bertius, that was published in Amsterdam at the beginni...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Inferior Germania.
A rare miniature map of present-day The Netherlands and Belgium. Strap-work title cartouche in the lower right corner with scale. Expertly engraved by Petrus Kaerius, the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Artesia.
A decorative miniature map of Artois, a historical northern French province that borders Belgium. A map full of detail and is expertly engraved. With the cities of Boulo...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Savoie.
A decorative miniature map of Savoy - a cultural region in Central Europe that comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps between Lake Geneva in the north and Da...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Provinciae.
A decorative miniature map of Provence - a geographical region and historical province of south-eastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Veromanduorum.
A decorative miniature map of Aisne (Vermandois), a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. The map is cent...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Caletensium et Bononiesium def.
An decorative miniature map of the N.W. France, including Calais and Boulogne. A map full of detail and attractive embelishments. North is orientated to the left. From th...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Picardia.
A decorative miniature map of Picardy, a historical northern French region. A map that appears to be sparsely populated is still full of detail with great attention to de...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Holsatia ducatus.
Map of Holsatia. Including the town of Hamburg.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronomer and mathem...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Amsterdam, 1606