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Quarta Etas Mndi. Carvilium / Aquileya.

A very nice presentation of Carvilia, in the province of Cremona. Recto, a view of the town of Aquileya in Italy, centered on the castle and the high walls. A imaginary v...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta etas muidi Fo CCV.

The Latin text page is illustrating Baldwin (Baldvinus), the fourth of this name, seventh king of Jerusalem, and son of the aforesaid Amalric, reigned six years after his...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta etas mudi CCXXXIX.

The Latin text page is describing the crusade against the Bohemian heretics in the time of emperor Sigismund Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returne...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


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...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


CCLXXV.

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary view of a town in Macedonia (195 x 225mm.) The Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Euro...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


[Page with imaginary towns in Hungary. CCLXVIII ].

Page with imaginary towns in Hungary (230x225mm.) This leaf is from an edition of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum). The Chronicle was published ...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493

 


PATAVIA (Passau, Germ)

From the first Latin text edition, 1493.  The view of PATAVIA (nowadays the city of Passau, Southern Germany) was part of the Liber Chronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

 


Bamberga. Folium CLXXV

Double page panoramic view of Bamberg. One of the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicl...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


De Polonia Sarmatica - Lituania. CCLXXIX

An imaginary view of a Lithuanian or Polish City (190 x 223mm.) , however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the fa...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tercia Etas Mundi. Foliu. XXVIII (with a view of the city of Lacedaemon or Sparta)

The Latin text page is illustrated with depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists, including Atlas. RECTO : In the first panel, at the left, are some of the...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium.XLVI (A English town view)

Large woodcut depicting an imaginary English town (235x223mm.) and on verso the genealogy of King David.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Chronicle...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mundi. Bressla. [Breslau or Wrocław] CCXXXIIII.

A very fine presentation of the city of Bresslau / Wrocław (230 x 520mm.), in Poland, centered on the cathedral (Dim. : 232 mm W : 520 mm).Overleaf, the kings Wenceslaw ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mundi. Constancia. [Constance CCXLI ]

A very fine town view of Constance, in Germany, centered on the cathedral (198 x 520 mm).VERSO, seven insets of scientists, noblemen and Popes.Page from the richest illus...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Monacum. [Munich Folio CCXXVI ]

A very fine representation of the city of Munich.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned t...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXVIII (Verona)

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Verona, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous:...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


[Text page with imaginary towns in Westphalia and Hesse. CCLXXXIIII ].

On recto, an imaginary view of towns in Westphalia (230x225mm.). Verso of towns in the province Hesse.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the famous: Nuremberg ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Terta Etas Mundi. Foliu CX [With view of Metz]

The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists, among Eustace (Eustachius) a Roman soldier and martyr, appears as a bea...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1525

 


Tabula II Asiae.

A striking example of this wood-cut map depicts north of the Black Sea and west of the Caspian Sea (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Armenia). Ptolemy collected his data arou...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Lyons, 1535

 


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 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MUNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Tabula Asiae VII (Central Asia and Russia)

The first edition of Munster's map of the region north and east of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, extending to the Imaus Mountains, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appe...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


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 / ≈ €351
Maker / Publisher: GASTALDI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1548

 


Flandria Barbantia e Holanda No.

Gastaldi's modern map of the Low Countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It includes parts of England, France and Germany.According to van der Heijden This ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: GASTALDI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2021

 


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 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1549

 


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 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1549

 


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 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & 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 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, 1552

 


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 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: HALBERSTEIN, S.
Place & 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,...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: BELLARMATO, G. / SALAMANCA, A.
Place & Date: Rome, ca 1557

 


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 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & 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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & 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 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & 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 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: RUSCELLI, G.
Place & Date: Venice, 1561

 


Groeninga MDLXXIII. [Groningen]

RECTO: A panoramic view of the city of Groningen dated 1573.VERSO: a woodcut of a cow, a bull and their calf.Taken from Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the "C...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: MUNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564

 


De Lucerna Helvetiorum Civitate. (Luzern)

One Latin text page with a wood cut bird's-eye view of Luzern (147x157mm). From Münster's Cosmographia Universalis. The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster from 1544 is t...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564

 


VIII. Das Wiflispurgergow.

Very early wood cut printed regional map of Switzerland with Lake Geneva.Originally engraved in 1548. The map was prepared by Johannes Stumpf (1500-1576). Included in &qu...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: STUMPF, J.
Place & Date: Zurich, Christoffel Froschover, 1548,1552-1566

 


DESCRIPTION DE TOUT LE PAIS BAS Autrement dict La Germanie Inferieure, ou Basse-Allemaigne…

First French edition. Illustrated with a coat of arms and portrait of Philips II, with a folding map of The Netherlands and maps and views of Brabant, Louvain, Brussel, A...

$4500 / ≈ €4211
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Anvers. Guillaume Silvius, 1567

 


Descritione dell Austria, et Ongheria, Transsilvania. . .

Rare war map showing Austria, Hungaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Venice, etc., being the battlefield of Christian Imperial vs. Islamic Ottoman forces from Vienna / Venice to Bu...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568

 


Orleans assiegé au mois de Janvier. 1563.

Rare copper engraved view of the siege of Orleans in January 1563, engraved by Jean Jacques Perrissin, (1536 - before 1611).Print from the suite "The Wars, Massacres...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: PERRISSIN, J.J.
Place & Date: Geneva, ca. 1570

 


[Euboe].

Woodcut Ptolemaic-style map by Sebastian Münster figuring Euboea Island, published in the edition of Strabo by Henri Petri in 1571."Strabonis rerum geographicarum&q...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: STRABO / MUNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, Henri Petri, 1571

 


Lutetia, vulgari nomine Paris, urbs Gallia. . .

Beautiful and early town-plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Bastille is shown at the upper center of the engraving and the Notre-Dame c...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572

 


Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova.

Left hand map centered on Basle, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in title cartouche.

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1573

 


Illyricum.

Early map of Istria and Slovenia. Prepared by Johann Sambucus 1572.The map is in a strictly contemporary coloring.Read more about coloring.

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574

 


Illyricum.

Early map of Istria and Slovenia. Prepared by Johann Sambucus 1572.

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 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
Maker / Publisher: CAMOCIO, G.F.
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574

 


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
Maker / Publisher: CAMOCIO, G.F.
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574

 


[Citta Di Ragusi]-[Citta Di Cataro]

Uncommon map of the coast of Montenegro with the bay and town of Kotor (citta di Cataro) and Dubrovnik (cita di Ragusi) with Venetian war ships in the foreground. From Gi...

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: CAMOCIO, G.F.
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574

 


Die statt Montpellier . . .

Panoramic view of Montpellier by Sebastian Münster. Below the engraving a letterpress key. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography, "Cosmographey...

$75 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 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
Maker / Publisher: CAMOCIO, G.F.
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
Maker / Publisher: CAMOCIO, G.F.
Place & Date: Venice, D.Bertelli, ca.1574

 


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
Maker / Publisher: DE BELLE-FOREST, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 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...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: BELLEFOREST, F. de.
Place & Date: Paris, 1575

 


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
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575

 


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
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575

 


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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577

 


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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577

 


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
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578

 


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
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Bâle, H. Petri, 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
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579

 


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...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580

 


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
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G./ HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne 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
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 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...

Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $2600
Sold in 2009

 


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
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580

 


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
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1582

 


Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio.

A very beautiful hand colored copper engraved map of North Rhein-Westphalia by A. Ortelius. This is a general map of Westphalia and the surrounding regions in northwest G...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1584

 


Beschrijvinge vande de zee Cuften va Vlanderen en Picardien. . .

A detailed description of the coast of Picardie and Normandy decorated by a large colored baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a colorful scale ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: WAGHENAER, L. J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1585

 


Caerte der Noordt cufte van Engelandt, beginnende van Robinhodes baij tot Coket Eijlandt. . . .

A very early Dutch text edition of this detailed chart of the northern coast of England. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. West to the top.Decorated by a color...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: WAGHENAER, L. J.
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585

 


De custen van een deel van Denemarken en Swede. . .

A detailed chart of the coast Skane and Kalmar, with the island Öland. Decorated by a title and scale cartouche, a compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters, and de...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: WAGHENAER, L. J.
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585

 


POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descrip:tio. Auctore WENCESLAO GRODECCIO. Polono.

Ortelius' map of Poland, being a close copy of Grodecki / Pograbka's map of 1558/62 map, itself based on Wapovsky 1526 (Karrow 56) With Latin text on verso, a state 1 and...

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587

 


Siciliae Veteris Typus.

A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centered on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the town...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587

 


Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.

The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged cherubs.According to P. Meurer based on de Jode's 12 shee...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587