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Warwicum Northamtonia Huntingdonia Cantabrigia..
Showing the south-eastern part of England.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Oldenburg Comitatus
A map of the northern part of Germany centered on Oldenburg. Also showing Bremen. North to the right. The decoration consists with a windrose and a title cartouche surmou...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Ducatus Luneburgensis
Very detailed map centered on Albis river and the cities of Hamburg and Lunburg to the north. Also showing Bremen.
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Meklenburg Ducatus.
Very detailed map of the northern part of Germany decorated with a coat of arms, a windrose and two saling ships.From the rare atlas Appendix, published in a very small n...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Taurica Chersonesus . . .
An attractive, detailed and early map of the Ukraine, Russia and surrounding regions between the northern coast of the Black Sea and Moscow.Shows ports, fortified cities ...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Prussia.
An attractive, detailed and early map of present-day Poland and Lithuania. From the Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hon...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Marca Brandeburgensis & Pomerania.
Centered on the towns of Brandenburg and Berlin. Based on the map by Elias Cameriarus (abt.1530-1581).RARE second state, with both the signatures of Gerard Mercator and H...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Westphalia Ducatus.
Elegantly engraved map of Westphalia including Hamm and Lippstadt. The mountainous topography is graphically depicted and several small coats of arms dot the map. Strapwo...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Episcopatus Paderbornensis
Detailed map centered on Paderborn. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer who made also maps of Osnabrug, Westphalia, Mun...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Osnabrugensis episcopatus. . .
A beautiful map of Munster centered on the city of Osnabruck. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer. Showing an inset wit...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Typus Frisiae Orientalis.
Decorative map of east Frisia in Germany with the Watten islands. With inset map of the area south of Emden. Prepared by Ubbo Emmius (1547-1625). Two very decorative coat...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629-1630
Westfaliae.
A nice map showing the province of Westphalia.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronomer and mathema...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Anglesey. / Iarsay. / Carnesay. / Wight Vectis Olim.
Four maps on one sheet depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Tabula Islandiae. . .
With a very decorative cartouche, and a very fine imprint. No text on verso; included in the rare "Appendix" of 1630. VERY RARE. This handsome map of Iceland wa...
- $1200 / ≈ €1036
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Corsse et Sardaigne.
Maps of Corsica and Sardinia from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
A More Particular Description of some Provinces of Moscovia.
From the English edition of the popular Mercator - Hondius atlas. English text to verso. This map elegantly depicts the Muscovy region of western Russia, with Moscow in t...
- $225 / ≈ €194
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Polonia et Silesia.
Map of Poland and Silesia from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Russia.
Russia map from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Engraved by Pieter Van Den Ke...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Prussia.
An attractive, detailed and early map of present-day Poland and Lithuania from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Pomeraniae Ducatus.
Pomerania map from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". Small and detailed map of ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Helvetia cum finitimis regionibus confoederatis.
Detailed and finely engraved map of Switzerland.
- $350 / ≈ €302
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Udrone Irlandiae in Catherlagh Baronia.
A detailed map of the Barony of Udrone (modern Idrone) in County Carlow, Ireland The title is surrounded by a strapwork design cartouche topped with calipers & a mile...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Description du Gouvernement de la CAPPELLE. Par P. Petit Bourbon.
RARE without text on verso. Decorative map of Cappellein the region of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France with three decorative cartouches.The map of Cappelle is by Pierre ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1631
Description du Gouvernement de la CAPPELLE. Par P. Petit Bourbon.
Decorative map of Cappellein the region of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France with three decorative cartouches.The map of Cappelle is by Pierre Petit Bourbon (1598-1667), m...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1631
(Zeeland)
Rare map of Zeeland, first issued by Petrus Kaerius, than by Claes Jansz. Visscher. The copper plate was previously made by an anonymous engraver, and than came into the ...
- $1050 / ≈ €907
Date: Amsterdam, 1631
Bresse.
Early map of Eastern France with Lyon to the lower left corner and part of Switzerland. Geneva in upper right corner. Engraved by Hondius. From a French composite atlas.R...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1631
Description du pais de Valois.
Rare map published by Jean Le Clerc (1560-1621) and prepared by Damien de Templeux map of the region to the northeast of Paris, between the Oise River in the west and the...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Paris, 1632
Belovacium comitatus.
Early map centered north of Paris. With Latin text on verso. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius. Shortly after the publication of big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt f...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Bresse.
Early map of Eastern France and part of Switzerland. Geneva in upper right corner. With Latin text on verso. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius. Shortly after the publication of ...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Ducatus Iuliacensis, Cliviensis, Montensis. et Comitatus Marciae et Rapens-Bergae finitimaeque eis Regiones de novo accurate in lucem editae. per Nicolaum I. Piscatorem. t'Amsterdam Gedruckt bij Claes Ianß. Visscher. Anno 1633.': .
Claes Visscher map of the German Duchies Jülich, Cleves, Berg with the County of Mark. - Bottom right is an inset map the country around Ravensberg. Top left is a pretty...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Totius Rheni, ab eius Capitibus ad Oceanu usque Germanicum in quem se Exonerat Novissima Descriptio.
The course of the Rhine river by Henricus Hondius. Originally engraved as two parts on one sheet. Here separated and joined to one large map. The map is showing the compl...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1632
Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte.
Nice map of the Eastern Balkans with the geographical & political divisions of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, etc.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Fla...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1632
Nova et accurata Tabula Hispaniae. . .
Second state. This "carte à figures"- map of Spain and Portugal shows the geographical image introduced by Hessel Gerritsz's 1612 wall map of Spain. The map is...
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
Polonia et Silesia.
Fine and important map of Poland, including Warsaw, Krakow, Oppeln, Breslau, Gnezna, Graudenz, Lublin etc.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Leuve...
Date: Amsterdam, 1633
Nassovia comitatus.
Elegantly engraved map of the region including Koblenz Sigen and Dillenburg. The mountainous topography is graphically depicted and there is a coats of arms in the corner...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, after 1633
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[John Smith caught by the French].
In 1615, during one of John Smith’s voyages across the Atlantic, he was caught by some French pirates. While at sea in captivity he was forced to suffer great hardships...
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
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[John Smith caught by the French.]
In 1615, during one of John Smith’s voyages across the Atlantic, he was caught by some French pirates. While at sea in captivity he was forced to suffer great hardships...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[L'Hermite's fleet moors in the Solent for repairs.]](/uploads/cache/40472-250x250.jpg)
[L'Hermite's fleet moors in the Solent for repairs.]
In March 1623, a heavily armed fleet of 11 ships, under the command of Jacob l’Hermite, sailed from Holland with the ambitious hope of ‘destroying the Spanish in Amer...
Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Helvetia cum finitimis regionibus confoederatis.
Detailed and finely engraved map of Switzerland with a pair of fine cartouches.From early on Willem Jansz. Blaeu aimed of publishing an atlas to compete with the Hondius-...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Das Wiflispurgergow.
Detailed map of South-western Switzerland after Gerhard Mercator's map of the same. With ornamental title cartouche and German text on the verso.It shows Geneva, Lake Gen...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Argow cum parte merid. Zurichgow.
Nice map of Canton Aargau and parts of the Cantons Schwyz, Zürich and Glarus. Includes the cities of Bern and Luzern.Based on the cartography of Gerard Mercator and very...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Comitatus Zutphania.
With an inset a plan of the town of Zutphen. Originally published by Petrus Kaerius in 1617. Published by Visscher in his "Belgium sive Germania Inferior continens p...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Sardinia Insula.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. Map of the Italian island of Sardinia in a copper engraving on a sheet with letterpress with German text description of the island...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Corsica.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. Blaeu's map of the French island of Corsica. East on top. A detailed and well executed map.From an incomplete example of the 1634 ...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Mantua ducatus.
Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plates, purchased by Willem Blaeu who deleted Hondius' name an...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Nassovia comitatus.
Elegantly engraved map of the region including Koblenz, Sigen and Dillenburg. The mountainous topography is graphically depicted and there is a coats of arms in the corne...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Mansfeldia Comitatus. . .
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. From the 1634 edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus, the first edition of this work.Centered on Mansfeld and its surrounding region, this...
Date: Amsterdam,1634
Hassia Landgraviatus.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. From the 1634 edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus, the first edition of this work.Important map of Hesse in Germany, centered on the to...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Carte Generale des Dixet Sept Provinces des Pays Bas.
Rare map of the Low Countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg after Tassin and offered for sale by the publisher N. Berey.
Date: Paris, 1634
Franconia vulgo Franckenlandt.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. From the 1634 edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus, the first edition of this work.Map highlights all the major cities of this region li...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Waldeck Comitatus.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. From the 1634 edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus, the first edition of this work.Important early map of Waldeck. Attractive coat of ar...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus.
Originally engraved for Jodocus Hondius II, at his death in August 1629 this map was, among 39 other copper plates, purchased by Willem Blaeu who deleted Hondius' name an...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Russia cum Confinijs.
Charming small map of European Russia. Nicely detailed including engraved forests and mountains and embellished with two strapwork cartouches. Latin text on verso.
- $220 / ≈ €190
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Tractus Danubii, Fluminis in Europa Maximi, A Fontibus, Per Germaniam. . .
This is Blaeu’s first map of the Danube and surrounding regions. The Danube River runs through the map from the top left with its headwaters in the German Black Forest ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Wirtenberg Ducatus.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THIS MAP. From the 1634 edition of Blaeu's Atlas Novus, the first edition of this work. PROOF STATE with blank upper right corner, only incl...
Date: Amsterdam, 1634
Mantua ducatus.
Important map of northern Italy centered on the dramatic fortress of Mantua.
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
De Hertochdommen Gulick Cleve Berghe en de Graefschappen...
It is one of Blaeu's early maps: It was only published between 1630 and 1635 in three editions of the "Appendix" and one of the "Theatrum". In the lef...
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
![Zurichgow et Basiliensis Provincia [ Zurich].](/uploads/cache/60807-250x250.jpg)
Zurichgow et Basiliensis Provincia [ Zurich].
Finely engraved map including the towns of Basel, Lucerne, Zurich, etc.
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Typus Frisiae Orientalis.
Finely engraved map of east Frisia in Germany with the Watten islands. With inset map of the area south of Emden. Prepared by Ubbo Emmius (1547-1625). A very decorative t...
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Ducatus Holsatiae nova tabula.
Finely engraved map centered on the area north of Hamburg and Lubeck with two insets. This is a second state of a map initially made by Jodocus Hondius.
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Franconia vulgo Franckenlandt.
Fine copy centered on Bamberg, Nuremberg, Würzburg, and Nuremberg. French text on verso. Würzburg is the main city in Franconian wine country. Grapevines cover the stee...
Date: Amsterdam, 1635
![[Lot of 14 maps of Germany] Nova Totius Germaniae Descriptio.](/uploads/cache/19045-(3)-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 14 maps of Germany] Nova Totius Germaniae Descriptio.
Willem Blaeu, founder of the famous publishing firm. Originally publishing pilot-guides, he issued his first atlas, 'Atlantis Appendix', in 1630, followed by his "...
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: 1635
Loudunois. Laudunum / Mirebalais.
Two maps on one sheet. Centered on Loudun and Mirebeau. Showing lower left cartouche putti playing with grapes.German text on verso.
Date: Amsterdam, after 1636
St Tropez.
Published by Nicolas Tassin in "Les Plans et Profilz de toutes principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France." The first edition of this work was publish...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1636
Germaniae nova et accurata delineatio.. 1631.
Striking example of Hondius' map of the German Empire, extending from the Low Countries in the Northwest to the Baltic, Poland and Russia in the Northeast and Italy and t...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, 1636
Russia cum confinijs.
A rare map of Russia in a first edition. In the second state the coastline of Scandinavia is completed, the title changed and the name of the engraver Dirck Cornelissen S...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburgh, 1630-1636
Brabantia Ducatus.
Second state of this scarce Carte-a-Figures map of Brabant, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp, decorated with three-sided panels. This is the variant without a botto...
Date: Antwerp, 1637
Roma dentium Domina.
Rare map of Europe during the Roman Empire. In upper right corner inset map of the area around Rome "Imperium Romanum Nasces (305x250mm.) Prepared by P.Briet and pub...
- $1500 / ≈ €1296
Date: Paris, 1637
Carte generale d'Hespagne.
Rare map of Spain and Portugal from "Theatre des Gaules". In lower right corner a little inset of Cadiz.Very rare in original color.
- $600 / ≈ €518
Date: Paris, 1637
Karstia, Camiola, Histria et Windorum Marchia.
Including the Gulf of Trieste, Venice and the northern part of former Yugoslavia. Prepared by Gerard Mercator.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually p...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Striking map of the region centered on the Lower Danube, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Macedonia. Includes decorative cartouche, coat of arms, etc. Latin text on verso.Th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Stiria Steyermarck.
Covering the eastern part of Austria, Styria and Carinthia, centered on the town of Graz.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son J...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur.
Part of Russia with in the north Smolensk and Moscow and in the south the Black Sea.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Saltzburg Archiepiscopatus, et Carinthia Ducatus
Handsome map of the archbishopric of Salzburg and the Duchy of Carinthia.Title in banner form with two coats of arms and three cherubs decorating the map.As Willem Blaeu ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Mantua ducatus.
Centered at the town of Mantua.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. This map carries his (engraved) signature and was act...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Mediolanum Ducatus.
Very fine map centered on Milan Including Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lake Majore, Parma, etc.As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son J...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Malta maris medit.inf.
The representation of the town of Valletta on MaltaMeisner added in its center point a metaphorical representation of a medical doctor speaking out a baroque sentence of ...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Frankfurt, 1638
Bravnswyck et Meydburg. . .
As Willem Blaeu died in 1638 most of his maps are actually published by his son Joan. This maps carries his (engraved) signature and was actually published in volume II o...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638
Carte du siège présidial Dax et seneschaucee des Lannes et des sieges de Bayonne sainct sever et Tartas qui en dependent Nouvellement dessignee Par le Sr de Classun.
Very rare map including Bayonne and Dax in the south west of France. With inset plan of "Plan de la ville Dax.". Engraved by Henri le Roy. With the address &quo...
Date: Paris, 1638
Osnabrugensis episcopatus.
A beautiful map of Munster centered on the city of Osnabruck. Prepared by Joannes Michael Gigas (1580-1650+), a doctor, mathematician and geographer. Showing an inset wit...
Date: Amsterdam, 1638