Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXVIII (Verona)
The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Verona, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous:...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![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 ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Quarta Etas Mndi. Carvilium / Aquileya. [Carovilli and Aquileia]](/uploads/cache/13525-250x250.jpg)
Quarta Etas Mndi. Carvilium / Aquileya. [Carovilli and Aquileia]
A lovely presentation of Carovilli, in the province of Cremona. Recto, a view of the town of Aquileya in Italy, centered on the castle and the high walls. Aquileia is an ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]](/uploads/cache/48488-250x250.jpg)
Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]
Double text page in German with a woodblock Rome (23x53cm.)On verso a view of Genua (193x222mm). Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chro...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
.Tabula nova Italiae. (Modern Italy)
Wood block printed modern map of Italy, prepared by Lorenz Fries and one of the earliest modern maps of Italy and environs. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 pub...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541
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 ...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546
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, ...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1550
Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior…
The print features the Pantheon in Rome, broken away to show the interior. Complete title : " Panthei Fidelissime Dimensi Exterior et Interior pars ex antiquo romano...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1553
![[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,...
- $5000 / ≈ €4402
Place & Date: Rome, ca 1557
![Amphitheatri Veronen[sis] diligens et accurata delineatio…](/uploads/cache/49136-250x250.jpg)
Amphitheatri Veronen[sis] diligens et accurata delineatio…
The print features the Amphitheater of Verona, it comes from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence). Example of the first state of...
- $900 / ≈ €792
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1560
Veterum Monumentorum Studiose Lector.../...Ant Lafreri aenea tabula nunc profert ex antiquo simulachro quod in vaticano adhuc conspicitur exacte effigiata.
The print feaures the Personification of the Nile, reclining, with an Egyptian sphinx and a cornucopia, after a Roman group in the 16th century installed as a fountain in...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
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...
Place & Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1573
Thusciae Descriptio Auctore Hieronimo Bellarmato.
Decorative and detailed map of Tuscany, from the 1574 or 1575 Latin text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. The map is bas...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Pedemontanae Vicinorumque Regionum.
Fine map including the Italian coast from Monaco till Genoa. Milan in the upper righthand corner and Turin in the center of the map.
- $600 / ≈ €528
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
![Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.](/uploads/cache/49142-250x250.jpg)
Naumaohiae [sic] id est navalis pugnae ex vetusteis lapidum et nummorum monumenteis graphica deformatio.
Naval engagement set inside an arena, spectators in the stands attending the event; reclining river god and nymphs in the lower part. From "Speculum Romanae Magnific...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1575
Messana, Urbs est Sicilie maxima, situ, opulentia, & tuta navium statione.
Very desirable and early town-plan of Messina on Sicily, with a numbered key (1-167) in lower part. "Messina is shown from the east, in a view looking down upon the ...
- $500 / ≈ €440
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Veronae Urbis Territorium.
Very fine map of part of Italy centered on Verona, Vizenza and Lake Garda. Prepared by Bernardino Brugnoli, which first was published in 1574 by Forlani. Ortelius' map is...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Siciliae Veteris Typus.
A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centered on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the town...
- $600 / ≈ €528
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Venetia. (Venice)
Precise, beautiful bird's-eye town-view of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surrounding lagoon is animated with a great variety of sailing...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Habiti delle Donne Venetiane . . .
Title page of the book Habiti delle Donne Venetiane" (Dress of Venetian Women) which consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women. This very decorati...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1591
Latium.
Based on classical authors' sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mentio...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
![[ 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 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...
Place & Date: Anvers, 1598
![Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio . . . [and] Terretorii Romani Descrip. [and] Fori Iulii Vulgo Frivli Typus. . .](/uploads/cache/41008-250x250.jpg)
Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio . . . [and] Terretorii Romani Descrip. [and] Fori Iulii Vulgo Frivli Typus. . .
Set of 3 maps of Lake Como, the region around Rome and the region around the Upper Adriatic, centered on Udinese from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Patavini territorii../ Tarvisini agri typus.. (2 maps on one sheet)
Two maps on one sheet. Map to the left is a detailed map including Venice and the area north of it, including Padua and Vincenza. Very fine map after Giacomo Gastaldi. Th...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Antwerp, 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 / ≈ €1761
Place & Date: Siena, Pietro Petrucci, 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 / ≈ €2641
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1600
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...
Place & Date: Rome, 1557 / 1602
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...
Place & Date: Rome, Orlandi, 1602
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.Collector's item. A unique opportunity to acquire a fine...
Place & Date: Rome, 1604
Maria De Medices D. G Galliae et Navarrae Reg. Uxor Henr. IIII.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Marie de' Medici, queen consort of France .Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delf...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Leo X. Pontifex Maximus Florentinus Sedit Annos 8 Menses 8. / Paulus Quartus Neapolitanus Pontifex Maximus..
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of the Pope "Leo X", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck".On verso a half length oval portrait of "...
- $15 / ≈ €13
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Fredeicus II. EXVL, Rex eapoltanus XXI.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Fredericus II" and on the verso a portrait of "Ferdinandus V".Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was ...
- $20 / ≈ €18
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Ionnes III. D. G. Portugaliae Algarbiae etc. Rex. Decimus- Quintus / Fredeicus. II. Exul, Rex Neapolitanus XXI.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Naples King Fredericus. II and Portuguese King Iohannes III..Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and...
- $45 / ≈ €40
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Mantua ducatus.
Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plates, purchased by Willem Blaeu who deleted Hondius' name an...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Mantua ducatus.
Important map of northern Italy centered on the dramatic fortress of Mantua.
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Nova Italiae delineatio.
Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among other copper plates,purchased by Willem Blaeu who trimmed the figured borders,...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Mediolanum Ducatus.
Very fine map centered on Milan Including Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lake Majore, Parma, etc.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son J...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Mantua ducatus.
Centered at the town of Mantua.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. This map carries his (engraved) signature and was act...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Dominio Veneto nell' Italia.
With the Gulf of Venice. Including the towns of Cremona, Brescia, Venice, etc.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. This m...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Venise (Venetia).
Scarce and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Venice by Giacomo Lauro (active about 1584-1637), taken from "Heroico Splendore delle Città del Mondo", a ra...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1642
Desciption de lopulente et manifique ville de Venise.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Venice and neighboring islands (Murano, Burano, Torcello and Mazorbo), clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surroundi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1646
Royaume de Naples..
Fine map of the southern part of Italy.This edition carries the date 1648, engraved by AB. De la plaets. With the manuscript number in the upper right corner.Nicolas Sans...
Place & Date: Paris, 1648
![[ 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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1649
Carte Générale de Lombardie.
Fine map of Northern and middle part of Italy, engraved by A Peyrouin. According to the credit in the cartouche the map has been prepared by Pierre Duval.
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1650
Le Royaume de Sicile.
Uncommon map Sicily and part of Palermo. Very good impression.Like Sanson, Briet was born in Abbeville and became a Jesuit at age 18. His "Parallela Geographiae Vete...
Place & Date: Paris, 1653
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).
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
![Nova & exacta Chorographia Latii sive Territorii Romani iuxta veterem et novum situm parallela nomimu[m] comparatione elaborata.](/uploads/cache/44863-250x250.jpg)
Nova & exacta Chorographia Latii sive Territorii Romani iuxta veterem et novum situm parallela nomimu[m] comparatione elaborata.
Map of central Italy, centered on Rome from "Latium" by A. Kircher and designed by Innocenzo Mattei. The title cartouche in the lower right, small legend with 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1671
Histoire de la République de Venise.
The History of the Republic of Venice Historia della Republica Veneta (dal 1613 al 1671), in Italian, which goes from 1613 to 1671, was translated by François Tallemant,...
- $1800 / ≈ €1585
Place & Date: Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1682
Les vallées du Piemont. Habitees par les Vaudois ou Berbets. . .
Detailed map of Piedmont region covering French and Italian territories. Surrounded by a French text description "Description des vallées du Piemont qu'habitent par...
Place & Date: Paris, 1690
Le royaume de Naples divise en 12 provinces.
Fine map of Royaume of Naples with a decorative title and scale cartouche.Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and red...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692
L'Italie distinguee suivant l'estendue de tous les estats. . .
Fine map of Italy with a decorative title and scale cartouche.Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712), was a French cartographer. He joined the Sanson heirs and redrew Nicolas ...
- $500 / ≈ €440
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692
Turin ville capitale du Piémont, et Résidence du Duc de Savoye. . .
A very decorative and rareof Turin, including a numbered key (A-M) in lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Aveline avec privilege du Roy ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca.1692
Principaute de Piemont Seigneurie de Verceil... Principauté d'Oneglia... Le Comté de Nice le Marquisat de Salusse et Principauté de Monaco.
This very spectacular engraved map of the Comté de Nice et Principauté de Monaco has very spectacular coloring and lettering heightened in gold.The style is similar to ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1693
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 ...
Place & 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...
Place & Date: Rome, 1693
Naples. 1699. Nouvelle et exacte description de la tres-celebre & ancienne Ville de NAPLES
Only recorded broad sheet panoramic view of Naples with underneath in letter press a description of the town's history : "Nouvelle et exacte description de la tres-c...
Place & Date: Paris, 1699
Venise. 1700
Extremely rare panoramic broad sheet panoramic town-view of Venice with underneath in letter press a description of the town's history. The view measures more than 1 mete...
Place & Date: Paris, 1699
Plaisance ou Piacensa, ville de la Lombardie, capitale du duché de Plaisance.
Rare and beautiful bird's-eye plan of the town of Plaisance in Lombardy, accompanied by 120 key to the most important points in town. Second state with " XIX" i...
- $400 / ≈ €352
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1704
Hortus et Palatium Atestinorum Tyburi.
Showing in great detail the hortus and gardens of Villa Tivoli.Joan Blaeu published during his life three town-books of Italy: Citta del Vaticano, Roma and Napoli. By the...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
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...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1705
Nostre Dame de Lorette.
A very RARE panoramic of Lorette and the church, including a numbered legend in both lower corners.The plate is numbered in black pencil in upper right corner.Published ...
Place & Date: Paris c.1720
Carte du gouvernement militaire de la République de Venise . . .
Very decorative folio sheet with five engraved views in Venice: "Vue de la Palace de St. Marc" (Piazza San Marco), a birds-eye map of "L'Arcenal", &qu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720
L'Italie dans son Premier Etablissement sous la Republique Romaine. . .
Map of Italy when first established under the Roman Republic after the division by Ayuguste Caesar, its various Papal governments: ancient Rome and its surround dings, a ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1728
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 ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Leiden, 1697 / 1729
Iconografica Rappresentatione della Inclita Città di Venezia Consacrata al Reggio Serenissimo Domino Veneto.
The extremely rare first state of Ughi's Wall Map of Venice published by Giuseppe Baroni in 1729. - Ughi's map of Venice is one of the largest maps of Venice ever publish...
- $75000 / ≈ €66037
Place & Date: Venice, Giuseppe Baroni á S. Giuliano, 1729
Plan du Port de Trapano et des isles Favouillane.
An attractive chart centered on Trapani on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. The right the island of Favignana and Levanzo ...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
Plan de Porto Ferraro en l'isle de l'Elbe.
An attractive chart centered on the Mediterranean. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des Plusieurs plans des p...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
Plan de la Ville et Port de Civita-Vechia.
An attractive chart centered on Civitavecchia, a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio.With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
Plan de la Ville et Port de Messine.
An attractive chart centered Messina on Sicily. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Recueil des Plusieurs plans des port...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
Plan du Golfe de Naples.
An attractive chart centered on the Gulf of Naples. Mount Vesuvius to the right. With scale and large compass-rose. Dated 1727, with the privilege of the King. From : Rec...
- $350 / ≈ €308
Place & Date: Marseille, 1730
Neapolis Regnum . . .
Map of the region from Naples to Calabria. Cartouche representing Vesuvius erupting.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographicus" in 1720 ...
Place & Date: Ausburg, 1730
Venetia potentissima e la più magnifica fiorentissimae la più ricca città capitale della Serenissima repubblica . . .
Birds-eye plan view of Venice, depicting the city's architectural landmarks. Below Saint Marco square.Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his "Atlas Geographi...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1730