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![Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]](/uploads/cache/47601-250x250.jpg)
Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]
Double page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
![[Two plates on one sheet] Ordinanza Turchesa alla presa di Zigeth in Ongaria l’anno 1566 / Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550.](/uploads/cache/49073-250x250.jpg)
[Two plates on one sheet] Ordinanza Turchesa alla presa di Zigeth in Ongaria l’anno 1566 / Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550.
Ordinanza Turchesca sotto Viena, contra lo Invictißimo Imperatore Carlo quinto l'anno 1550". C. 1560. This extremely rare plate depicts the order of battle and for...
Date: Venice, 1550/ 1566
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 ...
Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . . (Sluis)
Bird'eye view of the town of Sluis.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun...
Date: Cologne, 1580
Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiara. / Tzaffin. / Septa. / Arzilla/ Sala.
Views of the five northern and western African coastal town-view on one sheet: Latin text.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and wri...
Date: Cologne, 1580
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ.A contemporary view of Jerusalem appears to the right with an attrac...
- $1100 / ≈ €937
Date: Cologne, 1582
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ. A contemporary view of Jerusalem appears to the right with an attra...
Date: Cologne, 1582
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
Polna vulgo Polm insign : Bohemia. . .
This is a view of Polna from the southwest, looking across the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands from a slightly elevated viewpoint. In addition to the parish church (D) in the...
Date: Cologne, 1617
Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii.
Plan of the city of Antwerp in Belgium, by Claes Janszoon Visscher and first published by his son. The map is surrounded by 3 city views and 10 building vignettes and inc...
Date: Amsterdam 1624
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
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
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
Treves (Trier)
Rare and decorative view of the city of Trier and the river Moselle in the foreground. In the upper left corner the coat of arms of France. The Jollain family was a famil...
Date: Paris, 1680
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Abbaye d'Hautecombe. [Hautecombe Abbey]
Showing in great detail a bird's-eye view of the Hautecombe Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, later a Benedictine monastery, in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille near Aix-les-...
Date: Amsterdam, 1682
Seville ville Archiepiscopale et capitale du Royaume d'Andalousie en Espagne. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Seville, including a numbered key ( 1- 37) in lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Avel...
Date: Paris, ca.1692
Mons ville capitale du Heynaut, prise sur les Espagnols par Louis le Grand Roy de France. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Mons. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Aveline avec privilege du Roy" in lower right margi...
Date: Paris, ca.1692
Namur Ville Capitale du Comté de même nom. Elle a este prise par le Roy LOUIS le Grand le 29e Juin 1692.
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view >of Namur, including a numbered key (1-12) in lower part. Engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. With "fait par Avel...
Date: Paris, ca.1692
Plan de la ville, cite universite et fauxbourgs de Paris comme il est jourddhuy. . .
Detailed town-plan of Paris.Top left and bottom right and left cartouches decorated with views of the top left, Notre Dame, Palace of Orleans, Sorbonne and Val de Grâce,...
Date: Paris, 1694
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Praghe. [ Prague ]
A rare panoramic of Prague with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Dutch, French, German and English.Frederick de Wit published after 1694 a t...
- $2100 / ≈ €1790
Date: Amsterdam, 1694
Archangel.
Decorative panoramic view of Archangel in Russia from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia". Showing three large Dutch vessel...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Amsterdam, 1698
Naples. 1699. Nouvelle et exacte description de la tres-celebre & ancienne Ville de NAPLES
Only recorded large-scale broad sheet panoramic view of Naples with underneath in letterpress a description of the town's history : "Nouvelle et exacte description d...
Date: Paris, 1699
Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.
Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schlan, Schlanium s. Slany.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged this print, origina...
Date: The Hague, 1700
Copenhague ville capitale du royaume de Dannemarq et séjour ordinaire du Roy . . .
Separately published town-plan of Copenhagen, also published in de Fer's "Curious Atlas". Engraved by C.Inselin. Plan is dated 1700 in lower right corner. With ...
- $150 / ≈ €128
Date: Paris, 1700
Plan de la ville de Roses avec les attaques.
Very rare and beautiful plan engraved by Pierre Lepautre, of the city of Roses in Catalonia, and celebrating the victory and capture of the city by Louis XIV in June 1693...
- $1500 / ≈ €1278
Date: Paris, 1700
Delineatione della Piazza Forza di Belgrado.
Bird's-eye view of the Siege of Belgrade by the Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy to capture the strategically important city from the Ottoman E...
Date: Rome, ca. 1700
Lugdunum vulgo Lyon.
SCARCE bird's-eye view of Lyon. Adorned with a title cartouche at bottom left, a cartouche at bottom right containing the legend with key tables 1-98 and three coats of a...
- $1000 / ≈ €852
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Avignon.
SCARCE bird's-eye view of Avignon (Provence) figuring the Popes' Palace and the fortifications. Adorned with a cartouche at bottom right containing the legend with key ta...
- $1000 / ≈ €852
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
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 / ≈ €341
Date: Amsterdam, 1704
Riga.
Decorative view of Riga. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-renommez fa...
Date: Leiden, 1719
Fribourg Ville d'Allemagne Capitale du païs de Brisgaw.
A very RARE panoramic of the city of Fribourg. The plate is numbered in red pencil in the upper right corner.Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He ...
- $250 / ≈ €213
Date: Paris, 1690-1720
Astjien.
Nice bird's eye-view of the Town of Atjien on the northernmost point of Sumatra by François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, who worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 ...
- $225 / ≈ €192
Date: Amsterdam, 1726
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
Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java.
Detailed East-oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With a bird's eye view from seaside, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed des...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Leiden, 1730
Bude Ville capitale de la Hongrie.
A rare panoramic town-view of the city of Budapest. Engraved by Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 - 23 May 1722). He was also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably...
- $400 / ≈ €341
Date: Paris, 1690-1730
Nouveau plan de Dieppe, ville et port de mer de la Normandie.
Beautiful plan showing the fortified town of Dieppe and the suburbs of Barre and Pollet, engraved by Inselin. Beautiful example.
- $230 / ≈ €196
Date: Paris, ca. 1730
Das bombadirte Dantzig. Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz,
Large original copper engraving with decorative set edge, top left Diarium of the Russian attack and Russian battleships in Gdansk Bay, above list of the most important b...
- $850 / ≈ €724
Date: Nuremberg, 1734
Accurata recens delineata ichnographia celeberrimæ liberæ Imperii civitatis ac Sueviæ metropolis Agustæ Vindelicorum -Neu verfertigt accurater ... Haupt Stadt Augspurg.
Superb plan of the fortified town of Augsburg, brilliantly colored at the time, with title in Latin and German. The plan was designed by Johann Thomas Kraus, engraver, ar...
- $1200 / ≈ €1023
Date: Nuremberg, ca. 1740
Fiorenza.
A spectacular largescale panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by F...
Date: Augsburg, ca 1740
Bern in der Schweitz.
Very fine large-scale panoramic view of Bern. With a numbered key (1-25) of principal buildings in town. ¤
Date: Augsburg, 1740
Paris.
A spectacular large-scale panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (16...
Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740
Plan de Luxembourg.
Beautiful engraved plan of the city of Luxembourg, accompanied by a table of references.
- $500 / ≈ €426
Date: Paris, 1741
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Schlösser - Vuë et Perspective de la Ville de Bale du coté des Chateaux de Gundeldingue.
Very decorative view looking towards Basel from the castle at Gundeldingen, on a hill to the south. Accompanied at the bottom by a cartouche containing the arms of the ci...
Date: Basle, ca. 1745
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Kleinen Statt - Vüe et Perspective de la Ville de Bâle du côté de la petite Ville.
Very decorative view of Basle, after a design by Emanuel Büchel and engraved by Johann Martin Weiss. The legend inscribed under the engraving, numbered from 1 to 10, des...
Date: Basle, 1745
Prospect der Statt Basel von der St Alban Vorstraat - Vu¨e et perspective de la ville de Bâle du côté du Faubourg de St Albon.
Very decorative view of Basel, after a design by Emanuel Büchel and engraved by Johann Martin Weiss. Numbered 'No.1' in the bottom right, from a rare series of 4 sheets.
Date: Basle, ca. 1745
Seville. Ville Archiepiscopale et Capitale du Raume d'Andalousie en Espagne. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare view of Seville, including a numbered (1-37) key in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline...
- $2200 / ≈ €1875
Date: Paris, ca.1750
![[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.](/uploads/cache/39849-250x250.jpg)
[OSTENDE] A new and exact Plan of the city and port of Ostend.
Nice plan of the city of Ostend and Fort Philippe, engraved by R. Benning. In upper left corner "A map of part of Flanders shewing the country and sands about Ostend...
- $300 / ≈ €256
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Barcelone, Ville Capitale de la principauté Catalogne. . .
A very decorative and scarce view of Barcelona, including a numbered key ( 1-29 ) in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776). Engraved by Aveline and...
- $4000 / ≈ €3409
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Amsterdam Ville du Comté de Hollande et la plus considerable des Provinces Unies. . .
A very decorative and extremely rare town-view of Amsterdam, including a numbered (1-18) key in lower part. Extensive shipping on the IJ. To the left the headquarters of ...
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Rome. Profil de la Ville de Rome.
A very decorative and extremely rare town view of Rome, including a numbered key ( 1-47 ), in lower part. The Vatican with St.Pierre in the left, with great detail. Publ...
- $3300 / ≈ €2812
Date: Paris, ca.1750
Madrid Villa Capital Del Reyno D'Espana.. / Madrid ville capitale du Royaume d'Espagne . . .
A very decorative and scarce town view of Madrid, including a numbered key ( 1-17 ) in Spanish and French in the lower part. Published by Jacques Chéreau, (1688 - 1776)....
- $3300 / ≈ €2812
Date: Paris, ca.1750
![La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]](/uploads/cache/39843-250x250.jpg)
La ville et citadelle d'Anvers. [Antwerp]
A town-plan of the fortified enclosure of Antwerp with its citadel, showing the extensions made between 1201 and 1701, when the fortifications were enlarged by Philippe V...
- $225 / ≈ €192
Date: Paris, ca. 1750
Vue et perspective de la ville de Marseille et ses environs, prise du côté de la belle vue de la plaine St. Michel. Dediée à S. A. S. Mgr. le duc de Penthievre Grand Amiral de France. Par son très humble et très obéissant Serviteur Aulagnier.
Scarce large and spectacular panorama of the city and harbour of Marseille published in Paris in the middle of the 18th century. Engraved by Pierre Jacques Duret under th...
Date: Paris, 1751
Pianta Della Citta di Firenze nelle seu vere misure colla descrizione dei luoghi piu notabili di ciascun Quartiere.
A highly decorative plan of Florence by Ferdinando Ruggieri. In addition to the detailed plan of the City, it includes fine decorative embellishments and demonstrates the...
Date: Florence, 1755
Il Palazzo pubblico della Citta di Amsterdam.
Fine panoramic views of the Dam square in Amsterdam, taken from Storia moderna di tutti I popoli del mondo , edited by Thomas Salmon. A Italian edition of this famous wor...
Date: Venice, 1740-1756
Plan de Hanover.
Town-plan of Hanover, with the new town of St Aegidien built in 1747. Decorated with a title cartouche and accompanied by a numbered key (1-79) of the main streets and bu...
- $200 / ≈ €170
Date: Paris, 1757
Plan der Stadt Quebec Haupstadt in Neu Franckreich oder Canada.
Town-plan of Quebec, with an inset view of the town in the lower right corner. In the upper right a recapitulation of the main military actions prior to the surrender of ...
Date: Nurnberg, 1770
Le Kaire (Cairo). Vue de la place Ezbekyeh, côté du sud
A very fine view of Cairo.
- $500 / ≈ €426
Date: Paris, ca 1780
Plan de St. Jean de Luz avec les différents projets d'agrandissem.t du port.
Very rare and beautiful plan of the city and bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, detailing the projects of expansion of the port undertaken in 1780.The plan indicates the Artha Roc...
- $2200 / ≈ €1875
Date: Paris, 1784
Planta della citta di Napoli come esifte nel prefeute Anno MDCCXC.
This stunning large-scale plan of Naples was prepared by Rizzi-Zannoni and engraved by Giuseppe Guerra from Naples. To the right and left a key to the important places of...
Date: Naples, 1790
Grundriss von der Stadt und dem Schlosse Batavia.
Uncommon plan of the town and fortress of Batavia. The plan is based on the earlier, much larger map of Batavia published by Clement de Jonghe in 1650. From 'Algemeine We...
- $175 / ≈ €149
Date: Halle, 1763-1792
Moskou.
Charming little town-plan of Moscow engraved by Tardieu. Separately issued and also included in "l’Histoire de la Russie" by Leclerc. This plan is decorated w...
- $750 / ≈ €639
Date: Paris, 1794
Plan de la ville de Rome, d'après celui publié par J.B. Nolli . . .
Beautiful town-plan of Rome, drawn up after the famous plan of Rome, executed by Giambattista Nolli in 1748. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche topped by the coat...
- $1000 / ≈ €852
Date: Paris, Jean, 1801
Nouveau Plan Routier de la Ville et Faubourgs de Paris // Avec ses principaux Edifices et Nouvelles Barrieres.
Decorative large-scale wall map of Paris, published by M. P|chon in Paris and engraved by Michel Glot. The plan is framed by a floral border and there are 27 Parisian vie...
Date: Paris, 1834
Vue de Cadix.
Very rare view of Cadiz and its seafront drawn and engraved by Renouard, published in Paris by Fatout et Avice, Quai Malaquais, 9. Beautifully hand colored at the time of...
- $2750 / ≈ €2343
Date: Paris, Fatout et Avice, Quai Malaquais 9 , c.1838
Pianta della citta di Napoli.
Published in Atlante Geografico dell' Italia. Uncommon and decorative town-plan of Naples. With a numbered key.Engraved by P.Manzoni.
Date: Florence, 1845
New York von der Seeseite aus gesehen.
Very decorate view of New-York. J.Hesse was known as a portrait painter and publisher of lithographs. A long panorama of the shoreline from the sea, with sailing vessels ...
- $700 / ≈ €597
Date: Berlin, c. 1850
Plan de Constantinople, non compris ses faubourgs. Grave d'apres les documents du ministere de la Guerre par E. Olivier.
A very rare lithographic large-scale town-plan of Istanbul, Scale 98 yards to one inch., printed in Pera, Istanbul by E. Olivier. The ornate design on the top of the...
Date: Péra, Istanbul, 1851
(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)
Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.
Date: Paris, 1860
Pianta della citta di Livorno.
Very finely engraved and detailed plan of Livorno. Engraved by V.Angeli and included in: Atlante Geografico dell Italia . To the left, a key to the principal buildings a...
Date: Rome, 1860
![Veduta di Istambul. [Gouache]](/uploads/cache/45368-250x250.jpg)
Veduta di Istambul. [Gouache]
Very decorative view depicting Istanbul, in the style of Neapolitan gouaches. Features different Mosques and the shores of the Bosporus. Many ships, small and large, are ...
Date: Italy ?, ca. 1870
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[West Central London from Booth's Poverty Map of London]
A map of West Central London, one section (of twenty) of an extended version of the incredibly influential Poverty Map, originally published in Charles Booth's 'Life and ...
Date: London, 1900
Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y parte del partido de avellaneda . . .
A rare detailed city plan of Buenos Aires prepared in 1912 by Ernesto Escalante. The plan depicts the city from the Partido de Avellaneda and the Villa Riachuelo to the R...
Date: Buenos Aires, 1912
Moscow.
Fantastic pictorial map of Moscow designed to draw tourists to the new Soviet Union.The cultural vitality of Moscow in the early years of the Soviet Union is the focal po...
Date: Moscow, c. 1938
