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[Bantam]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Solemnitas Nuptialis Bantam Incolarum. (A wedding ceremony in the city of Bantam)
When a young couple become engaged they do not leave their homes until the wedding takes place. On their wedding day they are dressed up and happy, and visited by all the...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].](/uploads/cache/37937-250x250.jpg)
[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].
Engraved map of Bantam on Java with a lettered key (A-N) showing the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman’s fleet at Bantam, Java in 1596. Houtman’s four vessels, the Amste...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
![[Tropical fruits of Java].](/uploads/cache/37934-250x250.jpg)
[Tropical fruits of Java].
Two text engravings of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ....
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Milites in Bantam Gregarii Gum Suis armis. (Warriors of Bantam)
The warriors of Bantam carry both small and large shields made of leather, also swords or long lances with sturdy spear-heads. Their clothing is made with little square p...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Java Fruits].](/uploads/cache/37933-250x250.jpg)
[Java Fruits].
Text engraving of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . &qu...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Expressio Germinum Quoque Aliorum, in S. Lavrentii.
Plants found in the island of S. Laurenti [Madagascar]. A’ denotes a tree with only a few twigs on the top. From this tree, canoes and boats are made. ‘B’ is a bush...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis II. Quomodo Robertus, Caverta Capitaneus.
Fine engraving showing the arrest of the English captain Robert Caverta. Below an explanation in Latin that Caverta was arrested and killed by order of the king of the Co...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XI. Repraesentatio Pecorum et animalium in Guinea cicuratorum.
Various animals and birds from Africa. Engraved and published by Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIII. Repraesentatio Bestiarum ferarum Omnis Generis, quales in Guinea reperiuntur.
Fine engraving of Elephant and other wild animals. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIV. Repraesentatio Agriculturae et Fructuum Variorum exterra nafcentium.
Agriculture. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in 1598...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XV. Aedificiorum, et Rei Familiaris Administandae Ratio.
A village-scene in Guinea.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Delineatio Solennitatis, qua Nobiles Creari Solent.
Fine print of a Ceremony of electing or appointing a Nobleman in Guinea. Text below the engraving with an explanation in Latin : "During this ceremony there is a gre...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
VI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, et Quomodo se ad Illa praeparent. (How the natives fight each other)
This shows how the men go to war and which weapons they use. They hold large square shields, about six feet high and four feet wide, made of cane and fortified with ox-hi...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Natolia olim Asia Minor.
Genuine antique map "Natolia" by Abraham Ortelius from Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum, published in Antwerp in 1609. This charming 400-year-old miniature copper...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Antwerp, 1609
XXI. Repraesentatio Bellorum, Quae Aethiopes Invicem . . .
A fight between Ethiopian warriors.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the tim...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XX. Repraesentatio Eorum Quae Praeterea in Cabo Lopo Gonfalues. . . (More inhabitants of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues)
Here we see more figures of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon. A: a distinguished man decked out in his finery and carrying several types of knives in his belt. In his...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XIX. Repraesentatio Maiestatis, qua rex in Cabo Lopo Gonsalves . . . (How the chief of Cabo Lopo Gonsalues presents himself )
This describes the places they call Cabo Lopo Gonsalues and Rio de Gabon, where the chief receives his visitors. He sits on a chair placed upon a platform with two or thr...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Chinensium in Bantam Superstitio et idololatria. 18. ( How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam)
How the Chinese worship their idols in Bantam. As can be seen here, the Chinese worship their idol, which takes the form of a devil. They lay offerings of fruit on an alt...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Pars Undecima Orientalis X. Quomodo in Septentrionalibus insulis prope. (How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar.)
How the inhabitants catch whales off the east coast of Madagascar. When the natives of Santa Marta, off the east coast of Madagascar see a whale, they row out in their li...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Indianorum, Insulae Pugnatan Incolarum. (The natives of the island of Pugnatan)
There was an island called Pugnatan at the western entrance to the Strait of Sudan, where the natives went about completely naked. Like the natives of Brazil, their hair ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Foederis Hollandorum cum Rege Calecutanorum pacti.
A treaty between the Dutch and the king of Calicut. The Dutch Admiral, Steffan van der Haagen already knew that the people of Calicut, on the Malabar Coast of India, were...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]](/uploads/cache/29834-250x250.jpg)
Repraesentatio Aedificiorum in Benyn, et Quid Praeterea notatu dignum ibi occurrat. [Execution of criminals in Benin.]
Execution of criminals in Benin. According to the text: The town of Benin is quite large and comprises homes with no windows, only open roofs. The more distinguished hous...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
II Pars Indiae Orientalis in qua Johan. Hugonis Linschotani. . .
De Bry's Part II of his "Les Petit Voyages", containing "Pars Indiae Orientalis, in qua Johan. Hugonis Linscotani navagatio in Orientem, 1609", being ...
Date: Frankfurt, Wolffgang Richter, 1609
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio.
Gerard Mercator's great world map of 1569 was condensed into double hemispherical form by his son Rumold. It first appeared in 1587 in Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geog...
Date: Amsterdam, 1595-1609
Delineatio Piscationum Ternatensis.
Fishing scene on Ternate island, Maluku, Indonesia.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1609
![[Title page] Germaniae Tabule Geographicae ...](/uploads/cache/43267-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Germaniae Tabule Geographicae ...
This is the title page to the volume of the atlas devoted to maps of Germany. According to Shirley the "early sectional parts of his "Atlas" each had Manne...
Date: Amsterdam, 1585-c.1610
Natoliae Sive Asia Minor.
Map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Amsterdam, 1610
(Title page) Principum Christianorum Stemmata.
Uncommon title page. From Antonio Albizzi, "Principum Christianorum Stemmata ab Antonio Albizio Nobili Florentino collecta: et Cum brevibus ejusdem notationibus ex A...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Strasbourg, 1610
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.The map is based on a manu...
- $5500 / ≈ €4750
Date: Antwerp, 1608 /1612
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima Descriptio.
From the very rare Galle edition of the Ortelius Atlas, published after 1612. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche ...
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
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. Only ...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was for security reason not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used a...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Flandria.
Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the last and very rare third state with the signature Theodorus Galle. The fortifications along the Scheldt River are added and t...
- $1000 / ≈ €864
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Limburgensis Ducatus Tabula Nova.
Map of Limburg, prepared by the Antwerp expert in law and mathematics Aegidius Martini. After 1600 Jan Baptist Vrients acquired the stock and the plates of Ortelius' Thea...
Date: Antwerp, 1606-1612
Domus Hansae Teutonicae / Sacri Romani Imperii. (Antwerp townhall)
From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s description of the Netherlands "Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt", published by Willem ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Cruydt-Boeck van Remberus Dodonaeus. . .
Scarce, the last edition of Dodoens' Cruydt-Boeck, one of the most influential and important botanical works of the 16th and 17th centuries. With richly engraved frontisp...
Date: Leyden, 1612
Prussia .
An early map of northern Poland from the "Atlas Minor" (Gerhard Mercator / Jodocus Hondius). Extends from Memel to Torun and the Narew River. With two sailing s...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Prussia .
Important early map showing coast of Baltic Sea in Prussia, today Poland, prepared by the German cartographer Gaspher Henneberg of Erlich. Embellished with a large strapw...
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Burgundiae Ducatus. Burgundiae Comitatus.
Separately issued map of Burgundy area. Two maps of Burgundy region on a plate. Separately published map, without text on the verso. Second state with the date 1597 remov...
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
DELFT. Delphium urbs Hollandiae cultissima. . .
A bird's-eye view of the town of Delft. From the first Dutch translation of Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands. In this town-plan, three buildings, still domin...
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of Northwest Coast of America and probably the first map to name California 'C. Califormio...
- $2500 / ≈ €2159
Date: Antwerp, c. 1608-1612
Hydrograhica descriptio
This very rare chart is important as the first printed sea chart of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, Gibraltar, also depicting the northern coast of Marocco.Willem Bar...
Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612
Sardinia / Sicilia.. / Corfu / Zerbi.. / Elba / Malta. . .
Six very fine and early maps on one sheet. Including the islands of Sicily, Corfu, Sardinia, Zerbi (Djerba), Elba and Malta.The map of Malta has a sinking ship at Cala di...
Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612
Ruremunda Gelriae opp.
A bird's eye town-plan of the town of Roermond. From the first Dutch translation of Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands.
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Burgundiae Ducatus.
Map of Burgundy region without text on the verso. Second state with the date 1597 removed from the title cartouche. This is the rarest Burgundy map of the four that Ortel...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Antwerp, after 1612
Polonia et Silesia. (With text page)
Early map of Poland. With English title above the map and an description of the region in English on verso.
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Polonia. (With text page)
Early map of Poland (168x250mm.) printed on a text page, together with another giving a description of the region in English.
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Auriaco infaelix Roermonda. . .
Showing the siege in May 1572 of Roermond.
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1612
![[Title page for] Galliae tabule geographicae . . .](/uploads/cache/47941-250x250.jpg)
[Title page for] Galliae tabule geographicae . . .
Very fine title page by Gerard Mercator, composed of an elaborate strapwork design with the portrait of a King at the top.
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![[Title page colored by Georg Mack Jr. to : Hortus Eystettensis, Sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium,. . .]](/uploads/cache/39343-250x250.jpg)
[Title page colored by Georg Mack Jr. to : Hortus Eystettensis, Sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium,. . .]
Title page to the first edition, one of about 300 copies printed, from one of the largest and most magnificent of the great flower books, depicting more than 1000 flowers...
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1613
Asiae Nova Descriptio. . .
Several sources appear to have been used in the compilation of this map, including the Portuguese Jesuits Luis Teixeira (1595) for Japan, and Luis Jorgede Barbuda (1584) ...
- $3000 / ≈ €2591
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![[Titlepage] Italiae, Sclavoniae, et Graeciae tabula geographice..](/uploads/cache/21220-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Italiae, Sclavoniae, et Graeciae tabula geographice..
The text in this decorative title page from the atlas by Mercator is enclosed in an architectural framework engraved with cherubs, garlands and an eagle.Read more about t...
- $220 / ≈ €190
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![[Titlepage] Galliae tabulae geographicae..](/uploads/cache/21219-250x250.jpg)
[Titlepage] Galliae tabulae geographicae..
Decorative title page from the atlas by Mercator, surrounded with strapwork designs, garlands, fruit, birds and a portrait of a king.Read more about title pages. [+]
- $220 / ≈ €190
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Provinciae, Regionis Galliae, vera exactissimaq. descriptio. Provence Petro Ioanne Bomparioo auctore.
A finely engraved map of the Province prepared by Pierre-Jean de Bompar who published a single sheet map of the Province in 1591. Title cartouche in the upper left-hand c...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam, 1613
![Description de tovts les Pays-Bas, autrement appellez, la Germanie Inferieure, ov Basse Allemagne / par Messire Loys Gvicciardin [...]](/uploads/cache/48781-250x250.jpg)
Description de tovts les Pays-Bas, autrement appellez, la Germanie Inferieure, ov Basse Allemagne / par Messire Loys Gvicciardin [...]
Fine early edition of the French oblong edition of this famous description of the Low Countries. For the French edition most plates are newly engraved by Petrus Kaerius.....
- $3500 / ≈ €3023
Date: Arnhem, Janssonius, J.,1613
De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu, ex P. Matthaei Ricci.
Very rare first edition of the most influential Western description of China since the 13th-century account by Marco Polo. Printed in Latin with an engraved title page in...
Date: Augustæ Vind. (Augsburg), C. Mangium, 1615
India Orientalis.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the East Indies.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Nieuw Nederlandtsch Caertboeck. Waer in volkomentlijcker als oyt te voren vertoont werden de XVII. Nederlanden.
Rare first edition of this atlas of the provinces of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Engraved title page, with : "Gedruckt t' Amsterdam by Abraham Goos Plaet...
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Descriptio Borussiae.
Fine miniature map of Prussia, now-a-day Poland. Bertius was a Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer. This little copperplate gem was engraved by van...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Arabia.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 i...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Russia.
Centered on Moscow, with the southern reaches of the map showing Persia, Armenia and Tashkent, the Black and Caspian Seas, and northward to Lapland and the frozen arctic ...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Gallia. Nova Galliae descriptio . . .
Very rare and early map of France with figures on three sides with views of cities, portraits (Henri IV and Marie de Medicis) and costumes. The map was directly influence...
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Turicum imperium.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Ottoman empire with Turkey and the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower le...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Turcicum Imperium.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of the Arabian Peninsular. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 i...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein.. .
Finely executed engraving by Matthäus Merian, taken from "Aufzug des durchleuchtigsten hochgebornen Fürsten und Herren, Herren Friderichen Pfaltzgrafen bey Rhein. ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Hulsen, Stuttgart, 1616
Comitatus Hannonia.
Detailed map of the Belgium province Hainault or Henegouwen. Including the towns of Mons, Geraadsbergen, etc.Uncommon and decorative oval map in a rectangular frame, the ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1616
Malacca.
FIRST IMPRINT FROM THE NEWLY ENGRAVED PLATES IN 1616. - A rare miniature map of Malacca, Borneo, part of Sumatra . Latin text on verso.First published in 1598 in his Caer...
Date: Amsterdam, J. Hondius, 1616
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
Deliciae Batavicae.
It is a charming book illustrated with portraits of Willem of Orange and Prince Maurits and eight engraved armorial plates. Followed by 30 engraved views or scenes of ...
Date: Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1618
Tartaria.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of Tartary, China and part of America by Petrus Bertius.The title is displayed in a strap work cartou...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, J.Hondius, 1618
Brunn Vulgo Brinn Marchionatus Moraviae Civitas insignis.
Fine view of Brno seen from the southeast. TRANSLATION OF CAPTION: Brunn, in the vernacular Brno, eminent city in the Margravate of Moravia.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Brn...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Cologne, 1618
Znaymum vulgo Znaym, Moraviae Civitas Primaria.
Rare bird's-eye view of Znojmo (Znaim) Key to 12 locations.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "This is a beautiful and wealthy city in Moravia, situated on the border to Austria o...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Cologne, 1618
!['T Derde deel van 't Licht der zee-vaert, inhoudende de beschryvinghe der zeecusten van de Middelandtsche Zee /, By een vergaedert ende in't licht ghebracht door Willem Janssen. [Blaeu sea atlas].](/uploads/cache/49048-250x250.jpg)
'T Derde deel van 't Licht der zee-vaert, inhoudende de beschryvinghe der zeecusten van de Middelandtsche Zee /, By een vergaedert ende in't licht ghebracht door Willem Janssen. [Blaeu sea atlas].
Extremely rare W. Blaeu's Sea Atlas describing the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean Sea, published in Amsterdam by W. Blaeu" Tot Amsterdam, by Willem Jansz. ...
- $150000 / ≈ €129556
Date: Amsterdam, 1618
Casablanca (Anfa) - Azemmour (Azamor) - Diu - Old Goa (Velha Goa)
Four fine coastal views of these harbors cities which were important to Portuguese trade. Goa and Diu on the western coast of India, together with Anfa (Casablanc) and Az...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Cologne, 1618
Frisia occidentalis.
A rare separately published carte-a-figures of Friesland by Geelkercken in its first state. The title and the coats of arms of the eleven Frisian towns appear in the cent...
Date: [Leeuwarden], Dierick Albertsen, 1618
![Prospectus amoeniss. vallis Oeniponticae una cum antro in altissima et praeruptissima rupe Imp. Maximiliani primi. [on sheet with:] Schlosberg. die Clause in Alpibus Tirolensibus. ..](/uploads/cache/47903-250x250.jpg)
Prospectus amoeniss. vallis Oeniponticae una cum antro in altissima et praeruptissima rupe Imp. Maximiliani primi. [on sheet with:] Schlosberg. die Clause in Alpibus Tirolensibus. ..
Three views by Braun and Hogenberg: View of the Innvalley; view of the "Schlosberg" and a view of a monument for the emperor Carolus V.CAPTION: Prospect of the ...
- $350 / ≈ €302
Date: Cologne, 1618
Livoniae Descrip.
A rare miniature map of the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. The present map is one of the earliest obtainable maps to focus this region. Title cartouche o...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1618
![[Title page] Theatre Geographique du Royaume de France. . . .](/uploads/cache/48050-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Theatre Geographique du Royaume de France. . . .
Title page by Nicolas de Clerc of ' Theatre Geographique du Royaume de France ". Joined page of " Table de toutes les cartes des provinces contenues", with...
Date: Paris, 1619