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Wie ist das gluck so gar ungleich . . . Plate 18.
Early print showing a hanging in Brabant on 11 February 1620.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spa...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
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 4 and...
- $1400 / ≈ €1227
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Bitvrigvm, provinciae que Berry.
A rare and beautifully engraved map from the second edition of De Jode's atlas "Speculum Orbis Terrarum". Includes the Loire Valley, centered on Bourges and Vie...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europae Nobilissimae Novaet vera descriptio . . .
Nice example of the first edition of De Jode's map of Prussia, from the 1593 edition of De Jode's atlas.The present map is an entirely new addition to the second De Jode ...
- $2200 / ≈ €1927
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Comitatus Venayscinensis Nova Discriptio.
Rare map depicting part of Provence with Avignon, Cavaillon, Orange, Carpentras, etc.Gerard De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, both made a living out of selling map...
- $325 / ≈ €285
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Nova et integra caenomaniae descriptio vulg. Le Mans.
Fine separately issued example of Gerard De Jode's map of Caenomaniae (Maine Province), from his Speculum Orbis Terrarum. Gérard de Jode (1508? -1590) published in Antwe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1593
![Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .](/uploads/cache/28865-250x250.jpg)
Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .
The map on the left is centered on the Loire with the town of Blois. The right hand map is centered on Limoges.
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1595
Descrittione Dell'Imperio della MOSCOVIA IMPERIUM.
Uncommon map including Latvia, Livonia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, and northern Part of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Siberia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan.Giovanni ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1596
Tabula Asiae II.
A striking example of Magini's map of the Black Sea region from the 1597 edition of Magini's 'Geographia', based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy. Latin text and tables ...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, 1597
Buchaviae / Waldeccensis Comitatus.
Two maps on one sheet. The map on the left is based on Wolfgang Regerwyl's 1574 single fulda map. The map of Waldeck is based on Joist Moers map of 1572. Abraham Ortelius...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Carinthiae et Goritiae .. / Histria / Zarae / Serebenici. . .
Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Helvetiae Descriptio . . .
A fine map based upon a map by the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi of 1538.Dare to go in Black. All early maps are printed in black and white and many were kept that...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Silesiae typus..
Fine and early map of Silesia after Martin Helwig (1516-1574) and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Moraviae.
This early map of Slovakia was prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569, centered on the city of Brno. Title cartouche on the upper left corner. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) wa...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) ..
Very fine map centered on the Danube area. The map is based on the double sheet map by Jacob Gastaldi. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
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. Onl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Hollandiae Antiquorum Catthorum..
This map shows Holland in great detail, including small towns, walled cities, rivers and lakes (many of which were reclaimed in the 17th century, and no longer exist). A ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is on the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, and...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .](/uploads/cache/40963-250x250.jpg)
Blaisois Blesiensis Territorii. . . [together with] - Lemovicum totius et confinium provinciarum. . .
The map on the left is centered on the Loire with the town of Blois. The right-hand map is centered on Limoges. Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in bla...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Anjou. Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Integra Descriptio. Licimo Guijeto Andegavense auctore.
Beautiful map of the Anjou region of western France along the Loire River. Include the city of Angers in the center. Accompanying French text on verso. Dare to go in B...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Lutzenburgen sis Ducatus Veriss. Descript.
An attractive map of Luxembourg: title cartouche on the lower left corner. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'.Iacobo Surhonio Montano auctore. D...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Gelriae, Cliviae, Finitimorumque Locorum Verissima..
East to the top. Fine map of Geldria and Limburg, prepared by Christian s'Grooten. Very fine title cartouche lower right with painter's utensils around the cartouche. ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Burgundiae inferioris quae Ducatus Nomine Censetur, Des.
Map centered on the province of Burgundy, from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many were kept that way for ...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Leodiensis Diocesis Typus.
East to the top. Centered on Liege, including the southern part of Dutch Limburg. Prepared by Jan van Schille.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black an...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Brabantiae Descriptio.
In an inset Mechelen and surroundings. Decorative scale and title cartouche with dedicational initials, which may refer to Laurentius Michaelis, who may be connected with...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Namurcum Comitatus.
Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was, for security reasons not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Angliae, scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar:insularum.
Fine general map of the British Isles and Ireland on horizontal projection with north to right of page. Derived from Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles.Dare to go i...
Place & Date: Anwerp, 1598
Angliae Regni florentissimi nova descriptio..
Fine general map of England derived from Mercator's 1564 map of the British Isles in 8 sheets.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white; many we...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
![[View of Caorle].](/uploads/cache/45190-250x250.jpg)
[View of Caorle].
Very rare view of Caorle, at the time an island, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Polla Querrner [Pula in southern Istria)
Very rare view of Pula in southern Istria, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Te...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]](/uploads/cache/45204-250x250.jpg)
[San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy. ]
Very rare view of San Nicola, Tremiti islands, in Italy, published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infiem...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Cruzola]](/uploads/cache/45205-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Cruzola]
Very rare view of Tremite Islands Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ View of Ragusi]](/uploads/cache/45206-250x250.jpg)
[ View of Ragusi]
Very rare view of Ragusa published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Scutari [View of Shkodër - Albania]](/uploads/cache/45213-250x250.jpg)
Scutari [View of Shkodër - Albania]
Very rare view of Shkodër or Shkodra, historically known as Scutari or Scodra, is a city in the Republic of Albania. It is the capital of the surrounding county of Shkod...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45214-250x250.jpg)
Antivari [View of Bar in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Bar in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Valona [ View of Valona]](/uploads/cache/45215-250x250.jpg)
Valona [ View of Valona]
Very rare view of Vlora in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Sant...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]](/uploads/cache/45216-250x250.jpg)
Fortezza Di Sopoto [Fortress of Sopot in Abania]
Very rare view of the Fortress of Sopot in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quel...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45218-250x250.jpg)
Sopoto - Margaritino. [Sopot and Margarita in Albania]
Very rare view of Sopot and Margarita in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello...
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]](/uploads/cache/45223-250x250.jpg)
Zafalonia [Map of Kefalonia]
Very rare map of the island of Kefalonia published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]](/uploads/cache/45226-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Zakynthos or Zante]
Very rare map of Zakynthos or Zante, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Published in the first edition of "Viaggio da V...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[Map of Morea]](/uploads/cache/45228-250x250.jpg)
[Map of Morea]
Very rare map of the island Morea published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Oswiec. et Zatorien. Ducatus.
Miniature map of Poland from "Il Theatro del Mondo," which was a plagiarized version of Ortelius' pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by ...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Brescia, 1598
Castel Novo
Very rare view of Herceg-Novi, an important fortress belonging to Venetian Dalmatia captured during the 16th century by the Turks. Published in the first edition of "...
- $350 / ≈ €307
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Citta Di Trav [Trogir]](/uploads/cache/45200-250x250.jpg)
Citta Di Trav [Trogir]
Very rare map centered on the historic town of Trogir published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme q...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Spalato [ View of Split]](/uploads/cache/45201-250x250.jpg)
Spalato [ View of Split]
Very rare view of Split published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giose...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Liesena Isola [Hvar]](/uploads/cache/45202-250x250.jpg)
Liesena Isola [Hvar]
Very rare view map of the Island of Hvar published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terr...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]](/uploads/cache/45203-250x250.jpg)
Glissa. [Klissza or Klis]
Very rare view of Klissza (Klis) published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa....
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Budova [Budua in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45209-250x250.jpg)
Budova [Budua in Montenegro]
Scarce map centered on Budua in Montenegro was published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[ Map with part of Albania]](/uploads/cache/45210-250x250.jpg)
[ Map with part of Albania]
Very rare view of part of the coast of Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello d...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]](/uploads/cache/45211-250x250.jpg)
Dulcigno [Ulcinj in Montenegro]
Very rare view of Ulcinj in Montenegro published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra ...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]](/uploads/cache/45212-250x250.jpg)
Durazo [ view of Durres in Albania]
Very rare view of Durres in Albania published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra San...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Murgo.
Very rare map of Amorgos published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Gios...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Millo.
Very rare view of Milos Island published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. D...
- $450 / ≈ €394
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
![[View of Osero].](/uploads/cache/45194-250x250.jpg)
[View of Osero].
Very rare view of Osor published in the first edition of "Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli. Per Mare, e per Terra, & infieme quello di Terra Santa. Da Giosep...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
Regionis Biturigum... Per Ioannem Calamaeum. / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
Two maps on one sheet. Biturigum. The Loire river is at the right in central France. Neuers (Nevers) is at the middle of the right margin. Bourges is near the center, an...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1598
Mansfeldiae Comitatus.
A very fine map centered on the city of Mansfelt . A very nice title cartouche in the upper right corner. Signed by the engraver Franz Hogenberg lower left. Abraham Ortel...
- $75 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Basiliensis territorii descriptio nova./Circulus sue Liga. . .
Left-hand map centered on Basel, east to top. With credit to Sebastian Münster in the title cartouche. Right-hand map with Boden See, Strasbourg and Augsburg. The map wa...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Touraine. Turonensis Ducatus.
Map of Touraine Duché in very fine original colours.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Palatinatvs Bavariae . . . / Argentoratensis agri . . .
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. The left-hand map of Bavaria is after Erhart Reych's 4-sheet map of 1540. Including the towns of Regensburg, Nü...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Patavini territorii../ Tarvisini agri typus.. (2 maps on one sheet)
Two maps on one sheet. Map to the left is a detailed map including Venice and the area north of it, including Padua and Vincenza. Very fine map after Giacomo Gastaldi. Th...
- $300 / ≈ €263
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Braunsvicensis et Luneburgensis . . . (together with) Norimberg Agri,..
Two maps on one sheet, showing the regions of Braunschweig and Nuremberg from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp.Dare to go in Bla...
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Inferior Germania.
Very rare map of the Benelux, centered on the Netherlands. According to van der Heijden only known in 6 examples. Two compass-roses with rumb lines but without the names ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam,ca. 1600
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...
- $3000 / ≈ €2628
Place & Date: Seina, ca. 1600
Sclavonia Croatia, Bosnia & Dalmatiae Pars Maior.
Mattheus Quadt's map of the western Balkan with a portrait of the Roma.Matthias Quadt (1557-1613) was a Dutch geographer who worked in Cologne. From "Geographisch ha...
- $500 / ≈ €438
Place & Date: Cologne, 1600
![FIORENZA [FLORENCE].](/uploads/cache/49141-250x250.jpg)
FIORENZA [FLORENCE].
State 2 of this bird's-eye view of Florence. In the center, under the upper border, the engraved title "Fiorenza". At the top left, a compass rose is represente...
- $2000 / ≈ €1752
Place & Date: Siena, Pietro Petrucci, ca. 1600
Antiquae urbis perfecta et Nova delineatio. [ Ancient Rome)
First state before imprint of Jacobus de Rubeis. A rare view of Ancient Rome from the Lafreri-School in the style of Ambrogio Brambilla's view of about 1575. A unique opp...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1600
Nova exactissimaque descriptio Danubii.
Rare loose impression of de Jode's map of the Danube with the surrounding countries with de Jode's imprint replaced by Theodor Galle's one. Without letterpress text on ve...
- $4000 / ≈ €3504
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1600
Tab. IX Europae, Continens Daciam, Misiam, Thraciam, ac Macedoniae partem.
Map of Dacia, Thrace and Macedonia -- or Byzantium from the Black Sea west to Greece. Including the site of Constantinople / Istanbul, the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, etc. By...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1600
Oswiecz et Zantor.
An attractive miniature map of Oswieczin and Zator in the Southern part of Poland, with major cities named. Strapwork title cartouche at the bottom. French text on verso....
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1601
![[Nova Zembla]](/uploads/cache/44870-250x250.jpg)
[Nova Zembla]
Charming and decorative miniature map of the Russian island of Nowaya Zemlya. With the depiction of Barentsz.' route. With inset with 2 birds ("Loms Vögel oder Nort...
Place & Date: Frankfurt am Main, 1604
Theodorus Iohannis Basilidis Filius Moscoviae Magnus Dux / Atrium Heroicum.
Lettered with title around oval and two lines of Latin in lower margin: 'Mitior hic rexit ... / ... fato, de stirpe suprémus'. Lettered in letterpress above the platemar...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1601-1604
Descriptio Poloniae / Polonia.
A rare miniature map of Poland. Title cartouche on the lower left corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engrav...
- $400 / ≈ €350
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
Descriptio Comitatus Burgundiae.
A decorative small map of region around Dijon, Halons and Dole in Burgundy. Features a nice strap-work title, shows rivers and settlements. From the Bertius atlas Tabular...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Stiria.
Detailed map of Stiria, the most eastern part of Austria, centered on Graz.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch w...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Malta.
A miniature map of the lovely Mediterranean island of Malta, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. An attractive small ma...
- $200 / ≈ €175
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Descriptio Freti Vaigats.
Finely engraved map of the Vaigach Straits, from Bertius's rare miniature atlas. The map focuses on the straits between Novaya Zemlya and the Russian mainland, which had ...
- $150 / ≈ €131
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Gasconia.
A lovely miniature map of Gascony, in the S.W. region of France, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. There is a small s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Brabantia.
A lovely miniature map of the Duchy of Brabant, published by Petrus Bertius, in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. There is a nice, small strap-work t...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Flandria.
A lovely set of miniature map of Flanders. With an attractive strap-work title, and with detailed topography and information. Bertius (1565-1629) was a Flemish cartograph...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Sara et Zebenic.
A miniature map of Sara & Zebenic - in Croatia / Dalmatia in Eastern Europe, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. An...
- $100 / ≈ €88
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606