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Trau citta nella Dalmacia vicino al Spaleto. . .
Uncommon map of the Dalmatian coast with the town of Trau (Trogir) in Croatia, from Giovanni Francesco Camocio's rare " Isole Famose porti, fortezze, e terre maritim...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574
Provincia Di Albania.
Uncommon map of Albania, from Giovanni Francesco Camocio's rare " Isole Famose porti, fortezze, e terre maritime . . ." The second state, includes the plate n...
- $1200 / ≈ €1123
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574
Sebenico antiquam.e Sico detto Citta nobile nella prouincia della Dalmacia. . .
Uncommon map of the coast of Croatia with the bay and town of Šibenik (Sebenico) with Venetian war ships in the foreground. From Giovanni Francesco Camocio's rare "...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574
Golfo de Lodrin con parte di Albania.
Rare map of the northern coast of Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, extending from Malonta and Castel Novo and Bocca del Colfo di Cattaro to Durrës. Venetian war ships in ...
- $1500 / ≈ €1404
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574
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...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Dordrecht.
Very desirable and early town-plan of Dordrecht.From volume one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Lympurch. (Limburg)
Very desirable and early town-plan of the city of Limburg in Belgium with its fortifications at the end of the 16th century.From volume one of the greatest publication in...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Goa fortissima Indiae urbs in Christianorum potestatem anno Salutis 1509. devenit.
A rare and early woodcut view of Goa in India. Decorated with one ship. This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde, printed 1575 in two vo...
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Plan, et figure de la riche cité de Calecut en la premiere Inde.
A rare and early woodcut view of Calcutta in India. Decorated with several ships on the sea, shipbuilding, fishermen and elephants.This woodcut was published in La Cosmog...
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
Cyprus Insula / Candia, Olim Creta.
Two maps on one sheet. Copper engraving illustrating Cyprus and Crete, with Latin text on verso. From 1584 onwards editions of the Ortelius atlas no longer included this ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1575
Le vray portraict de la Ville de Marseille.
Fine wood cut bird's-eye view of Marseille. Decorated with several ship in the harbour and on the sea. To the left two keys describing the main buildings and places. Publ...
Place & Date: Paris, 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 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ. The view on the left also portrays the procession of Jesus to Golgo...
- $1200 / ≈ €1123
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Calechut / Ormus / Canonor.
Four panoramic town-view on one sheet: the upper approximately two-thirds of this double page sheet contains a fine panoramic view of Calicut which is on the west coast o...
- $875 / ≈ €819
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Page from La Cosmographie Universelle with map of France. (Page 160)
Text page with woodblock map of ancient France (122 x 163 mm.) In 1575 Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was translated into French and published in Paris by François d...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1575
![Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.](/uploads/cache/41525-250x250.jpg)
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would hav...
- $800 / ≈ €749
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
![Sevilla, Hispalis ... [on sheet with] Cadiz [and] Malaga.](/uploads/cache/33642-250x250.jpg)
Sevilla, Hispalis ... [on sheet with] Cadiz [and] Malaga.
Very desirable and early view of Sevilla, Cadiz and Malaga, with the Roman and Moorish citadels on the hills in the background. "In the upper part Sevilla, showing ...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Femina indica Orientalis - Indus Africanus - Singava vulgo dicta sive erratica femina Ori.
Beautiful engraving by Abraham de Bruyn showing inhabitants of Asian and African people with captions in Latin, French and German.Abraham de Bruyn, a Flemish engraver and...
Place & Date: Cologne, c.1577
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 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Leodium. (Luik or Liège)
Very desirable and early town-view of Liège, which shows the city with the Meuse flowing in its favorable location amongst gentle hills, sturdy trees and fertile fields....
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Die Statt Paris etlicher mass figuriert und contrafehtet nach jetziger Gelegenheit.
Published in the "Universal Cosmography" of S. Münster. Text in German. Under the legendary plan in German A to G. It is framed by a border composed of foliage...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Bâle, H. Petri, 1578
Primae Partis Asiae.
The Very Rare First State. Turkey/ Holy Land/ Iran/ Iraq/ Arabia/ Afghanistan. A superb example of the rare 1578 edition of this fine map of the Middle East, spanning fro...
- $4500 / ≈ €4211
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578
Exacta novaqve descriptio dvcatvs Andegravensis qvem vvlgari nomine Le Duche d'Aniou Indigitant.
Centered on the town of Angiers. From the first edition of De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum, the second general atlas of the world, after Ortelius. Engraved by Ioannes V...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniale.. Bosniae. . .
First state. Fine and early map of former Yugoslavia after a map of Hirschvogel (1552-1565) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Who...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
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...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Sarmatia Asie.
The map is showing the area of Armenia and Kazakhstan. From his Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. Sebastian Münster was born in Nierder-Ingel...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier.
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a superb variety of fantastic sea-monsters, such as might be encountered by a sailor in northern waters. Including monsters with abundan...
- $1950 / ≈ €1825
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
1) Caletensivm et Bononiensivm..2) Veromandvorvm eorvmque..
Prepared by Jean Surhon, cartographer, goldsmith and engraver. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Jerusalem.
On verso an early representation of Jerusalem (102x79mm) and underneath a temple and a church.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Re...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Calechut Celeberri mum Indiae Emporium/ Ormus/ Canonor, St.Georgii.
Four panoramic town-views on one sheet: The upper approximately two-thirds of this double page sheet contains a fine panoramic view of Calicut which is on the west coast ...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib..
This famous portrait, engraved by Galle, was included in Ortelius' atlases from 1579 onwards.The title translation is By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Roterodamum.. (Rotterdam) / Gouda.
One of the oldest panoramic views of the cities of Gouda and Rotterdam.From the greatest publication in this genre !. The ,Civitates, was compiled and written by George B...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & 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...
- $600 / ≈ €561
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Lutetia Parisiorum urbs, toto orbe celeberrima notissimaque, caput regni Franciae.
Early bird's eye view of Paris, called at the time Lutetia. From a French text edition of S. Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Constantinopel . . .
Early bird's eye view of Constantinople. From a German text edition of S. Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.Sebasti...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Moscavw. Moscovia, Urbs regionis eiusde nominis metropolitica, duplo maior. . .
Showing Moscow within the walled city and figures in the foreground. Title cartouche in the lower right corner Moscovia, Urbs. Regionis ciusde nominis metropolitica, dup...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $2600
Sold in 2009
Constantinopel des Griechischen Keijserthumbs Hauptstatt im Lande Thracia am Meere gelegen.
Detailed town view of the Golden Horn of Constantinople. The city plan depicts the markets, homes, palaces and churches, including the famous Hagia Sophia, shown prior to...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2015
Brabantia.
Map of Brabant from Guicciardini's "Description de touts les Pais-Bais" edited by Plantin in 1582. The map drawn after Ortelius' map of Brabant, and after the l...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: Antwerp, 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 attrac...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
![[Title page] De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus.](/uploads/cache/47934-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus.
Allegorical title page, from Volume 2 of Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum.At the top are figures representing Religion and Politics, placed on either side...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582