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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases, religious scenes and a figure symbolizing the Danse Macabre consists of the dea...

$125 / ≈ €108
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and persons in Medieval dress.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher a...

$75 / ≈ €65
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with flowers, vases and religious scenes.From the press of the leading Parisian publisher and illumi...

$125 / ≈ €108
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540

 


Tabula Superioris Indiae & Tartariae maioris. (Modern Map of China, Japan, etc.)

Important map extending from Tartary in the north, to "Prov. Bocat" (Cambodia) in the south. "Tebet" is shown prominently, as is "Zinpangri"...

$5000 / ≈ €4339
Maker: FRIES, L.
Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsula)

This is a very desirable  early Ptolemaic woodblock map of the Arabian Peninsula, here called Arabia Felix. The map is presented on a trapezoidal projection with par...

$2200 / ≈ €1909
Maker: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


[India and China]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India and China prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published ...

$2000 / ≈ €1736
Maker: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


[East Asia]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of East Asia and centered on Amenia, prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map fr...

$2200 / ≈ €1909
Maker: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


.[Georgia (Republic), Sarmatia, Ukraine]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Georgia (Republic), Sarmatia, Ukraine prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger...

$2000 / ≈ €1736
Maker: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


[Arabian Peninsula]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of the Arabian Peninsula prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 p...

$2200 / ≈ €1909
Maker: FRIES, L. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map f...

$2000 / ≈ €1736
Maker: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Germany and Poland]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Germany, Poland, The Low Countries, Austria and Switzerland prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based ...

$1000 / ≈ €868
Maker: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[India]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in &quo...

$2000 / ≈ €1736
Maker: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Balkan region with Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland, etc]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Balkan with Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland, etc prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the...

$2500 / ≈ €2169
Maker: FRIES, L. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M./ TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


.[Near east with Cyprus]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Near east with Cyprus prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 p...

$2000 / ≈ €1736
Maker: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


.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...

$1500 / ≈ €1302
Maker: WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


[Europe, Eastern, Sarmatia, Ukraine]

Wood block printed map and one of the earliest printed representations of European Sarmatia, generally the region between the Baltic and Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Includ...

$800 / ≈ €694
Maker: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Pakistan, Afghanistan]

Wood block printed Ptolemaic map of the region of present-day Pakistan and part of Afghanistan. Convoluted mountain ranges and river systems dominate the trapezoidal map....

$900 / ≈ €781
Maker: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.Aphricae Tabula secunda continet.

An important early map of the northern coast of Africa and including parts of the islands of Sicily and Sardine.

$600 / ≈ €521
Maker: PTOLEMEE, C. / TRECHSEL, G.
Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Tabula XII - Asiae [Taprobana Ins - Ceylon/Sri Lanka]

Map of Taprobana (Sri Lanka) which depicts the typical misconceptions of Ptolemy showing the island greatly enlarged, surrounded by imaginary islands, and with a small pa...

$1200 / ≈ €1041
Maker: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.

This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...

$4000 / ≈ €3471
Maker: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienne, 1541

 


Tabula Asiae VII.

Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains. according to Ptolemy. In the center of the map is...

$600 / ≈ €521
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle, 1542

 


Tabula Asiae VII.

Attractive woodblock map, depicting the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf, extending to the Imaus Mountains. according to Ptolemy. In the center of the map is...

$500 / ≈ €434
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle, 1542

 


[Map of Turkey]

Page with an early representation of Turkey with Cyprus and Syria. This text page with a fine wood block printed map is from the rare work "C. Iulii Solini Polyhisto...

$275 / ≈ €239
Maker: MELA, P. / SOLINUS, G.J.
Date: Basle, Michael Isengrin, 1544

 


Tabula Asiae II (Black Sea and Caspian Sea).

The first edition of Münster's map of Ukraine and the region north of the Black Sea, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis"...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: MUNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Tabula Asiae I (Turkey)

The first edition of Munster's map of Turkey, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis", first published in 1540. The Geographi...

$500 / ≈ €434
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Tabula Asiae II (Black Sea and Caspian Sea)

The first edition of Munster's map of Ukraine and the region north of the Black Sea, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis",...

$500 / ≈ €434
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Tabula Asiae III [Black & Caspian Sea Region]

Attractive woodblock Ptolemaic map, depicting Armenia and in the Right part of the Caspian Sea with Noes Arch, believed to have come to rest in a mountain in Armenia acco...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Tabula Asiae V. (Persia)

The first edition of Munster's map between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea, extending from Armenia and Mesopotamia eastward, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appear...

$300 / ≈ €260
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


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 ...

$1200 / ≈ €1041
Maker: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1546

 


Scythia.

Woodblock engraved map covering the region between the Caspian and the Sea of China, much of which is Terra Incognita in the North and East. In 1546 Honter’s Cosmograph...

$190 / ≈ €165
Maker: HONTER, J.
Date: Zürich, 1546

 


Tabula Asiae IIII. (Cyprus, Holy Land, Syria, Jordan, Iraq)

Gastaldi's map showing Cyprus, the Holy Land, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, based upon Ptolemy's map It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastal...

$350 / ≈ €304
Maker: GASTALDI, G.
Date: Venice, 1548

 


Tabula Europae II. (Spain and Portugal)

Gastaldi's map showing Spain and Portugal, based upon Ptolemy.It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 which has been...

$375 / ≈ €325
Maker: GASTALDI, G.
Date: Venice, 1548

 


Tabula Asiae I.

Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor and the Bosporus Straits, based upon Ptolemy.It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region .From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 w...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: GASTALDI, G.
Date: Venice, 1548

 


Tabula Africae IIII.

Gastaldi's map of Northern Africa, based on Ptolemy. Showing all of the Mediterranean, the Ethiopian Interior, the Red Sea, Egypt, the source of the Nile, the Dead Sea, e...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: GASTALDI, G.
Date: Venice, 1548

 


Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstein, Neiperg et Gutehnag Anno M.D XLIX

The forst modern plan of Moscow. A rare and important cornerstone map for Russia collections.Sigismund von Herberstein made two visits to Russia. In 1517-18 he travelled ...

$3000 / ≈ €2603
Maker: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Date: Vienna, 1549

 


Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstein, Neiperg et Gutehnag Anno M.D XLIX

First Modern Map of Russia. A rare and important cornerstone map for Russia collections.Sigismund von Herberstein made two visits to Russia. In 1517-18 he travelled as a ...

$3000 / ≈ €2603
Maker: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Date: Vienna, 1549

 


Typus Universalis Terrae, Iuxta Modernorum Distinctionem Et Extensionem Per Regna Et Provincias.

Rare world map from Gregor Reisch's Magarita Philisophica published in Basle in 1583.In 1544, Peter Apian incorporated a world map into his Cosmographia, based upon Gemma...

$3000 / ≈ €2603
Maker: APIANUS, P.
Date: Antwerp c.1550

 


Della Graecia Ritratto di Costantinopoli hora stanza del Turco.

Early bird's eye view of Constantinople. From an Italian text edition of S. Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.

$600 / ≈ €521
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle, 1550

 


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, ...

$1200 / ≈ €1041
Maker: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, 1550

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same.VERSO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one 2-lines i...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: BOOK OF HOURS
Date: France, 1520-1550

 


[Lot of 5 leaves] Noerdlinga civitas imperialis…/ Nemetum civitatis…Spiram appellant / Situs & figura… Trevirensis / Situs civitatis Confluentinae… / Civitas Lunaeburgensis…

Five text leaves with woodblock-printed early bird's-eye views of Nördlingen, Speyer, Trier, Koblenz, and Lüneburg, from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmo...

$200 / ≈ €174
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


La ville de Paris, par tout tant renommée & principalle ville du royaulme de France.

Very early birds-eye view of Paris. From his Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting print.Engraved by Hans Rudolf Manuel-Deutsch(1525-1...

$450 / ≈ €390
Maker: MÜNSTER,S.
Date: Bâle, H. Petri, 1552

 


Dell Germania Egrana.

Early woodcut view of the city of Egra (Cheb) in the Czech Republic. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 6 leaves] Civitas Augustana olim Vindelica…/Sueviae et Bavariae Descriptio/ Franckfordiae ad Oderam imago…/Franckofordianae civitatis…/Erdfordia magnifica …Thuringoru urbs…Fuldensis civitatis… / Lubecum una ex praeclarioribus. . .

Six text leaves with wood block printed views and maps of Augsburg, Frankfurt /Oder, Frankfurt am Main, Erfurt and Fulda, Lübeck and a map of Swabia and Bavaria. From th...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 205 leaves of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Brabant].

205 text leaves illustrated with views and maps relating to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Alsace and Brabant from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia...

$200 / ≈ €174
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


Tabula Asiae XI.

Attractive early woodblock map of the Indian Ocean, extending from Southeast Asia to the Ganges River and north to the Himalayas.In upper left inset panel of tiger, cocke...

$600 / ≈ €521
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle, H. Petri, c. 1552

 


Lindoiae civitas insularis, undique aqua lacunari circunsusa.…

A wood block printed early bird's-eye view of Lindau on Lake Constance (Germany). A lettered key A-O in the plate. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmogra...

$70 / ≈ €61
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


Colonia Agrippina civitas…

A wood block printed early panoramic view of Cologne (Germany). A lettered key A-Z beneath the view. The 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia is a short and...

$70 / ≈ €61
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 7 leaves] Curiensis civitas, Rhetorum…/Valesia/Solothurensis/Clarissimae civitatis/Genevensis/Basiliensis/Ursina…Bernensis/Sedunensis/Designatio …Badensis.

Seven text leaves illustrated with wood block bird's-eye views of Chur, Solothurn, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Sitten, Baden and one single sheet map of the Valais. From the 155...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 10 leaves] Catalogus doctorum…in Cosmographia Sebastiani…/ Index Cosmographicus.

Ten leaves with several wood blocks with index taken from the "Cosmographia". From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and ...

$80 / ≈ €69
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 25 leaves of France, Brabant, Netherlands, Luxemburg]

Twenty-five text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to France, Brabant, the Netherlands, Luxemburg. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 2 leaves] Vienna Austriae metropolis, urbs…

A wood block printed early panoramic view of Vienna (Austria). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renai...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 2 leaves] Rubeaquum cum arce Isenburgo…/ Wyssenburg…

Two wood block printed early bird's-eye views of Rouffach (lies along the Alsatian wine route) and Wissembourg (Alsace). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Co...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


[Lot of 9 leaves with maps and views of Persia and Arabia).

Nineteen text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Persia and Arabia, from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and comple...

$100 / ≈ €87
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1552

 


Sumatra.

Gastaldi prepared this map and it was the first separate map of any Southeast Asian island based on actual observation. The general contour of Sumatra is remarkably good ...

$1250 / ≈ €1085
Maker: GASTALDI, G./ RAMUSIO, J. B.
Date: Venice, 1556

 


Moscovia Sigismundi Liberi Baronis In Herberstein, Neiperg et Gutehnag Anno M.D XLIX

First Modern Map of Russia. A rare and important cornerstone map for any Russian collection.One of two maps of Russia compiled by Herberstein, who was ambassador from the...

$2500 / ≈ €2169
Maker: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Date: Basle, 1556

 


[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 / ≈ €4339
Maker: BELLARMATO, G. / SALAMANCA, A.
Date: Rome, ca 1557

 


[Sea monsters] De regni Settentrionali Monstri marini & terrestri…

Münster's plate of monsters of both land and sea, taken from an Italian text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance kno...

$3600 / ≈ €3124
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basel, 1558

 


Ptolemaisch general Tafel begreiffend.. halbe kugel..

A famous wood block map of the Polemic world. There are 12 wind heads surrounding the then known world, with such romantic names, in banners, as Zephyrus, Corus and Subso...

$2700 / ≈ €2343
Maker: MÜNSTER,S.
Date: Basle c.1560

 


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 / ≈ €781
Maker: LAFRERI, Antonio.
Date: Rome, Antonio Lafreri, ca. 1560

 


Die neüwen Inseln/ so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land Indie ligen.

The earliest and one of the most important separate maps to show both Americas. Although it was not the first map to use “America” as a designation for the New World,...

$5500 / ≈ €4773
Maker: MÜNSTER, S.
Date: Basle 1561

 


Fiandra Brabantia et Holanda nvova

Fiandra Brabantia et Holanda nvovaDella Fiandra Brabantia, et Olanda quinta nvova tavola d’EuropaThis map is the first known map of the Netherlands as a whole. It comes...

$625 / ≈ €542
Maker: Girolamo Ruscelli (1504-1566)
Date: Venetië, 1561

 


Egitto nuova tavola.

Fine early map of Egypt and the Nile delta. Extends east to the Upper Red Sea and West to "Deserto De Marmarica". Nice detail in the lower Nile regions. Page ta...

$200 / ≈ €174
Maker: RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Tabula Europae IIII.

The scarce FIRST edition of this classical map depicting Northern Europe, Denmark and the Baltic. Includes engravings of a number of interesting animals in the right-hand...

$450 / ≈ €390
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Moschovia nuova tavola.

Scarce FIRST edition of this map centered on Moscow. In the lower left Crimea and the Sea of Azov. The map is filled with small tents to represent Tartar camps.Girolamo R...

$300 / ≈ €260
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.

Uncommon first edition of this modern map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, for the first time it "clearly shows the island of Bahrain and Qatar".T...

$800 / ≈ €694
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561

 


Tabula Asiae II.

Scarce FIRST edition of this map of the ancient region of Asiatic Sarmatia - now Southern Russia and part of Ukraine, around the Azov seaGirolamo Ruscelli's edition of Pt...

$300 / ≈ €260
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola. [Arabian Peninsular]

Fine early map of this modern depiction of the Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region. The map extends from the Arabian Desert south as fa...

$700 / ≈ €607
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, c.1561

 


Tavola nuova di Prussia et di Livonia.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia, includes a portion of Estonia, and coastal detail on the Baltic Sea with a small section...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561

 


Africa nuova tavola.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of South Africa. Madagascar is called Isola de S. Lorenzo and is oddly shaped.The origin of the Nile conforms to the Ptolemaic co...

$550 / ≈ €477
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561

 


Tabula Asiae VI.

Uncommon first edition of this classical map of the Arabian Peninsular, is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptole...

$500 / ≈ €434
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Tavola nuova di Prussia et di Livonia.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia, includes a portion of Estonia, and coastal detail on the Baltic Sea with a small section...

$400 / ≈ €347
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561

 


Tierra Nueva.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of the east coast is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi map published in 1548. Nomenclature and cartography are unchanged, w...

$1000 / ≈ €868
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Natolia nuova tavola.

Uncommon first edition of this early map of Turkey.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. Th...

$375 / ≈ €325
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Arabia Felice Nuova Tavola.

Fine early map of Arabian peninsula, being one of the earliest modern maps of the region.Girolamo Ruscelli first published the map in his "La Geographi di Claudio To...

$700 / ≈ €607
Maker: RUSCELLI, G.
Date: Venice, 1561

 


Il Cuscho citta principale della provincia del Peru.

A very desirable and scarce item of this decorative and early bird's-eye town-plan of the Inca city of Cuzco. Several figures shown inside the city walls and on the hills...

$575 / ≈ €499
Maker: DE BELLEFOREST, F.
Date: Lyons, 1564

 


Meche.

Panoramic view of Mecca from Antoine du Pinet's "Plantz, Pourtraitz, Et descriptions De Plusieurs Villes". Woodblock print in text leaf with an interesting desc...

$110 / ≈ €95
Maker: DU PINET, A.
Date: Lyon, 1564

 


[No title] 'Daniel's Dream Map' or 'Wittenberg World Map'.

Wood block print engraved by the famous engravers Jost Amman and Virgil Solis - with their initials in lower bottom of the map. This somewhat curious map of Europe, Afric...

$1200 / ≈ €1041
Maker: AMMAN, J. / SOLIS, V. / LUFFT, H.
Date: Cologne, ca. 1564