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[Title page] Thesauri Philo Politici pars Tertia ...
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: "Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bes...
Date: Frankfurt, 1630
[Title Page] Atlas Sive cosmographicae Meditationes . . .
Title page from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pieter Van Den Ke...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Henricus Kornmannus I.U. Doc. ex Kyrchayna cat.
Very skillfully engraved half-length portrait of Heinrich Kornmann, in frontal view, underneath an arch and with a view of Kirchhain in background and coats-of-arms in up...
Date: Frankfurt, 1630
Nova Helvetiae Tabula.
A most decorative "carte à figures" map with panoramic views of Lucern, S.Gal, Bern, Solothurn, Schafhausen in upper border and Basel and Zurich in lower left ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Nova Europae descriptio.
Rare early issue of the map of Europe with the lower border removed and without text on the reverse. Variant: The map no longer has a lower border, no text on the reverse...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1630
[Title page for] : Atlas Minor ou Briefve, & vive description de tout le Monde. . .".
Title page from a French 1630 edition of Atlas Minor (352:11). Engraved title page, pasted-on title and imprint (over the original Latin title and imprint 1628). Read mor...
- $250 / ≈ €215
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
[Titlepage] Germaniae tabule geographicae.
Decorative title page to the volume of the "Atlas, Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi" devoted to maps of Germany. The design in a typical Manner...
- $280 / ≈ €241
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Nova Germaniae Descriptio..
A finely engraved carte à figures, with the side borders depicting emperors, while the upper and lower panels contain finely engraved miniature town prospects, among the...
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
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...
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
[Title page] Cartes particulières des costes de France de la mer mediterrannée . . .
Title page by Tassin for the atlas " Cartes particulières des costes de France de la mer mediterrannée. . .".
Date: Paris, 1633
Composite atlas of the Low Countries.
A unique, made-to-order atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Je...
Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633
Nova et accurata Tabula Hispaniae. . .
Second state. This "carte à figures"- map of Spain and Portugal shows the geographical image introduced by Hessel Gerritsz's 1612 wall map of Spain. The map is...
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
[Title page] Premiere partie Les plans et profilz de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .
Title page from "Premiere partie Les plans et profilz de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . ." In lower left corner a little cir...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Paris, 1634
[Title page] Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .
Title page of the first part of the atlas "Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France", by Nicolas Tassin.Nicolas Ta...
Date: Paris, 1634
[Title page] Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .
Title page of the first tome of the atlas "Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France", by Nicolas Tassin.Read more ...
Date: Paris, 1634
[Title page] Cartes generale et particulières de toutes les costes de France. . .
Title page by Tassin for the atlas "Cartes generale et particulières de toutes les costes de France. . .".
Date: Paris, 1634
[Set of 14 title pages] Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .
Set of 14 title pages of the first part of the atlas "Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France", by Nicolas Tassin...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: Paris, 1634
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 BÃ...
Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635
Corte ende waerachtige beschrijvinghe van het Fort de Schencken-Schans. . .
Map of the Schencken-Schans fortress printed with text. Text in Dutch and French.
Date: Antwerp, 1635
Brabantia Ducatus.
Second state of this scarce Carte-a-Figures map of Brabant, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp, decorated with three-sided panels. This is the variant without a botto...
Date: Antwerp, 1637
[Title page] Atlantis Novi Pars Secunda, exhibens Germaniam inferiorem, Galliam, Helvetiam, atque Hispaniam.
Highly decorative, and finely engraved architectural façade with figures topped with an armillary sphere.. The title is printed on a paste-on slip. Some elements highlig...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
[Title page] Nouveau Theatre Du Mond ou Nouvel Atlas . . .
The title page from Joahannes Janssonius / Hondius's Atlas Novus. Marvelous 18 coat of arms, armillary sphere, celestial and terrestrial globes and beautifully engraved f...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
[Title page] Theatri Europaei, oder historischer chronicken Beschreibung . . .
Title page, lavishly decorated with in the middle Fama who blows trumpets on a fortress tower, with another trumpet held in the other hand. Fama can proclaim war glory, b...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, ca. 1639
[Title page] Theatrum orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus pars Secunda.
Glorious mid-seventeenth century engraved frontispiece by Joan and Cornelis Blaeu from the second part of his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.Read more about decorative atlas ...
- $350 / ≈ €301
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
[Title page] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.
Architectural frontage with the title and imprint printed on paste-on slips.Parts of the item are heightened in gold. Read more about maps heightened in gold
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.
Asia is depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. This cartographical curiosity, double-page copper engraved map, was published in Heinrich Bünting's “Itinerarium Sacrae S...
Date: Brunswick, 1640
[Title page from] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.
Architectural frontage without the usual title and imprint printed on paste-on slips.More about title pages [+]
- $250 / ≈ €215
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
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
[Ritter Sundial Map of the World]
This highly unusual map projects the world from the north pole as though it were the table of a sundial, with the land masses drawn to scale in proportion to their distan...
Date: Nuremberg, 1640
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie.
Frontispiece of " Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie." Very clear print with nice cartouches a...
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
[Title page] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .
Architectural frontage with the title and imprint printed on paste-on slips decorated by a heraldic shield, with crown and garters.
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Amsterdam, 1640
[Title page] Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde Nouvel Atlas Tome Troisieme.
A very attractive title page from Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde Nouvel Atlas Tome Troisieme. .
Date: Amsterdam, 1641
Wittstocs.
Very decorative and rare panoramic of Wittstock, Bez. Potsdam.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and mounted it on larg...
Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Schweet.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schwedt a.d Oder, Bez. Frankfurt a.d. Oder.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the...
Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Werben.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Werben a.d. Elbe, Bez. Magdeburg.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged the print and...
Date: The Hague, ca. 1642
Title page : Topographia Sueviae dasist . . .
Title page from Casper Merian's Topographia Suevia..
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Frankfurt, 1643
(Title page) Topographia Sueviae dasist . . .
Title page from Casper Merian's Topographia Sueviae. . ..
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Frankfurt, 1643
[Title page] Figura di tutta la francia.
Title page by Tassin.
Date: Paris, 1643
[Title page] Provincia di Bertagna.
Title page by Tassin.
Date: Paris, 1643
[Title page] Figura Universale
Title page by N.Tassin.
Date: Paris, 1643
[Title page] Provincia di Bertagna.
Title page by N.Tassin.
Date: Paris, 1643
[Title page] Provincia di Bertagna.
Title page by N. Tassin.
Date: Paris, 1643
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la seconde.
Frontispiece of the second part of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .
A very decorative frontispiece by Willem Blaeu from the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
[Title page ] Duo Pro-regit Vnus.
Blank frontispiece of Blaeu.More about Willem & Joan Blaeu and decorative atlas title pages [+]
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Europa recens descripta à Guilielmo Blaeuw.
On either side columns depicting the manner of dress in the major countries of Europe, surmounted by nine city views and plans.For European mapmakers their own continent ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la premiere.
Frontispiece of the second part of the first part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryin...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Europa recens descripta à Guilielmo Blaeuw.
On either side, columns depicting the manner of dress in the major countries of Europe, surmounted by nine city views and plans.For European mapmakers their own continent...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu.
Frontispiece of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carrying a pendant which ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1644
Title page from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus Partis Prime Pars Altera.
Attractive title page of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The title is printed on a paste-on slip.Decorative and finely engraved architectural façade with figures. Some ...
- $400 / ≈ €344
Date: Amsterdam, 1645
Theodorus Galle, Calcographus Anterpiæ.
Portrait of Theodorus Galle engraved by Lucas Vorsterman. Lucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as w...
Date: Antwerp, ca. 1645
De Bello Belgico, Decas PrimaDeces II. [with 2 Leo Belgicus maps]
Each volume contains an engraved title with a representation of the Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion, with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, a ...
Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
Profil de la renomée ville et port d'Emstredam cappitalle des estats de Hollande.
Extremely rare panoramic town-view of Amsterdam seen from the river IJ.Exceptional bright, sharp example.The print is skillful copy of the print of Matthieu Merian, now w...
Date: Paris, 1647
[Two volumes, with two Leo maps] De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima / Decas Secunda.
With 2 engraved titles of the 'Leo Belgicus', with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, large woodcut printer's device on the colophons, and 30 richly engraved ...
Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
Curia Hollandiae Interior. (Binnenhof)
The government center of the Netherlands is situated in and around the Binnenhof-Buitenhof in The Hague. In 1248 the Roman king Willem II built a castle here and named it...
Date: Amsterdam, 1649
[ 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
[Title page for ] Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier]
Title page of " Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier" by J. Jansonius. This is the updated version of 1:42B. The figures of the king, queen, daup...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1650
[Title page from Theatrum orbis Terrarum, with past-on]
The frontispiece of the third part of the 'Theatrum', by Johan Blaeu. Heightened with goldDecorated with terrestrial and celestial globes and to the left Ptolemy (with sp...
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1650
[Title page] Theatrum orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus pars Tertia.
Glorious mid-seventeenth century engraved frontispiece by Joan and Cornelis Blaeu from the third part of his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Finely decorated with a pair of te...
- $350 / ≈ €301
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Istanbul published by Rombout van den Hoeye. With a numbered key (1-29) to principal places in town and a Latin, Dutch, and French poem. ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1650
[Four cartouche cuttings one sheet]
Four cut-outs of scale cartouches from Johannes Janssonius plates. Cartouches featuring natives and merchants.
Date: Amsterdam, c.1650
Americae Nova Descriptio.
Final state. According to Philip Burden, "this scarce map is America's first single-sheet map with decorative borders." A re-issue of the 1614 plate by Pieter v...
Date: Amsterdam, 1652
Nova Haec tabula Galliae. . .
Dated 1653. This handsome map of France is dedicated to Louis XIV, interesting in light of the nearly constant warfare between Louis and the Netherlands in the ensuing ye...
Date: Amsterdam, 1653
Oost Zee door Arnold Colom.
Large double-page engraved chart of the Baltic Sea, including the coastlines of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, with a decorative inset ...
Date: Amsterdam, c. 1654
Carte generale des treze cantons de Suisses. Valley Ligues Grise, Maison Dieu et Valteline. 1654
Rare figured border map of Switzerland. In lower corners views of Basel and Zurich. In the top views of Luzern, St. Gallen, Bern, Solothurn and Schaffhausen. In the left ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1654
[Title page ] Topographia Galliae. . .
Title page from Casper Merian's Topographia Galliae...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Frankfurt, 1655
[Title page] Cartes de geographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, Avecque leurs divisions regulieres, par P. Du Val Géographe Ordinaire du Roy.
Title page from the atlas "Cartes de geographie les plus nouvelles et les plus fideles, Avecque leurs divisions regulieres" of Duval.In the top a crowned globe ...
- $400 / ≈ €344
Date: Paris, after 1656
[Title page] De insectis libri III, de serpentibus et draconibus libr II.
Title page from : Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus libri.The re-edition of the edition of Frankfurt of 1650-53 illustrated with mirror imaged copper engravings after ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1657
(Title page ) Topographia Galliae. . .
Title page from Casper Merian's Topographia Galliae...See other Title Pages [+]
- $30 / ≈ €26
Date: Frankfurt, 1658
Wassende graade paskaart vertonende alle de Zeekusten van Europa, de geheele middelandsche Zee…
Wassende graade paskaart vertonende alle de Zeekusten van Europa, de geheele middelandsche Zee, als cock ten Noordwesten, en Noordoosten soo veer als ons tot noch toe bek...
Date: Amsterdam, 1658
(Title page) Topographia Galliae. . .
Title page from Casper Merian's Topographia Galliae... Read more about title pages [+]
- $35 / ≈ €30
Date: Frankfurt, 1658
Description au naturel de la ville de Lyon et païsages alentour d'icelle.
PREMIERE EDITION. Plan de Lyon à « vol d’oiseau » commandé par le consulat, destiné à la diffusion et à la notoriété de la cité, mariant ainsi image de la vil...
Date: Lyon, 1659
Insula Huaena sive Venusia a Guiljelmo Blaeu cum sub Tychone Astronomiae operam ...
Decorative map of the island Hvan in the Danish Sound. In the center Tycho Brahe's famous observatory Uraniborg established in 1576, under the patronage of Frederick II, ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1659
De Texel Stroom .. vant Marsdiep./ Caarte van De Mase...
Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Nova Hispaniae, Chili, Peruviae, et Guatimalae Littorae..
A superbly decorative chart, oriented with north to the left of the sheet, covering the coasts of Central America, Peru, Chile, Jamaica and part of Cuba and Porto Rico. S...
- $1000 / ≈ €861
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Lisbona.
A rare panoramic view of Lisbon with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French.Published by Dancker Danckerts (1634-1666)Colle...
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
[Title page] L'Europe . . .
Title page from N. Sanson atlas, with a dedication to François Michel Le Tellier, (18 janvier 1641, Paris - 16 juillet 1691, Versailles).His atlas was called "L'Eur...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Fluviorum Rheni Mosae Mosellae Moeni Neccaris aliorumque minorum in eosdem se exonerantium et regionum circumjacentium descriptio
Fluviorum Rheni Mosae Mosellae Moeni Neccaris aliorumque minorum in eosdem se exonerantium et regionum circumjacentium descriptio Decorative map with 18 vignettes on thr...
- $750 / ≈ €646
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1660
Nova Africa descriptio.
A beautifully engraved and most attractive "carte à figures"- map of the African continent. Bordered, above, by panels showing panorama's of Cairo, Alexandria,...
Date: Amsterdam, after 1660
De Tesselstroom met de Gaten van Marsdiep./ De Mase met. . .
Three charts on one sheet depicting the entrances to the Zuiderzee between Holland, Texel and Vlieland. The entrances of the Maas with Rotterdam and in a small inset the ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1662