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Bengala.
Small map centered on the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included ...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Malabar.
Small map illustrating the south western seacoast of India. Oriented with East on top, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver an...
- $175 / ≈ €151
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
China.
Small map illustrating China with the Great Wall and Korea as an island, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Hungaria.
Small map of Hungary, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : ...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar : Insularum descriptio.
A rare and ornate map with inset portraits of James First, Henry Prince of Wales Princess Anne of Denmark.Janssonius acquired the copperplate of van den Keere's 1604 Brit...
Date: Amsterdam, 1621
Lotaringia Ducatus.
Small map of Lorraine, oriented with West on top and surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as an engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Hispania.
Small map of the Iberian peninsula with the Balearic Islands, surrounded by text in Dutch.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as an engraver and publisher in Delft f...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Gallia.
Small map of France, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : W...
- $70 / ≈ €60
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Ionnes III. D. G. Portugaliae Algarbiae etc. Rex. Decimus- Quintus / Henricus I. D. G. Portugaliae Algarbiae etc. Rex. Decimus- Septimus.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Portuguese Royalties Ionnes III on recto and Henricus I on the verso.Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engr...
- $45 / ≈ €39
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Ionnes III. D. G. Portugaliae Algarbiae etc. Rex. Decimus- Quintus / Fredeicus. II. Exul, Rex Neapolitanus XXI.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Naples King Fredericus. II and Portuguese King Iohannes III..Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and...
- $45 / ≈ €39
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Eduardus Princeps Cambriae, Terror Gallorum.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Edward Prince of Wales. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.In...
- $25 / ≈ €22
Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Descripcion Del Destrieto Del Audiencia De Lima. (Peru, and parts of Colombia, and Brazil)
Rare early map of the Audiencia of Lima, locating rivers and settlements, the earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanis...
- $475 / ≈ €410
Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Cocos Eijlandt Isle de Cocos.
Scarce print (193x165mm.) on a French text sheet showing the landing of Le Maire and Schouten at Cocos Island in May 1616 (today’s Tafahi in the Tonga Islands). Named b...
- $245 / ≈ €212
Date: Amsterdam, 1622
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[The attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.]
Scarce print on French text sheet showing the attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in the first Fre...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1622
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[Locals.]
Scarce print on French text sheet showing a copper engraved view of locals in Oceania.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in first French t...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: Amsterdam, 1622
Descripcion del destricto del audiencia de la Nueva Galicia. 5.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing part of Central America, i...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Descripcion del audiencia de Guatimala 6
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing part of Central America, i...
- $400 / ≈ €345
Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Descripcion del audiencia del Nuevo Reino 9.
The earliest map to include information from the previously secret manuscript maps of the Spanish cosmographer, Juan López de Velasco, showing present-day Colombia and V...
- $450 / ≈ €389
Date: Amsterdam, Michel Colin, 1622
Moravia Marchionatus. Merhern.
First state of this rare map by Pieter van den Keere. The title runs across the top of the map. In the upper left a view of "Brin", in the lower right corner a ...
- $1800 / ≈ €1555
Date: Amsterdam, Pieter van den Keere, [before 1623
Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio et Vita.
The Holy Land map itself occupies the center and is surrounded by vignettes of the life of the Patriarch Abraham. Extremely decorative map made by Ortelius, based on Ptol...
Date: Antwerp, 1624
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[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci pars Secunda. . .
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1624
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[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci Quarta pars. . .
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1624
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[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci Quinta pars. . .
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1624
Carte Universelle, signed 'par S.de Caus Ingenieur et Architecte du Roy 1624
A magnificent manuscript map of the world, probably made for Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), the “father of the modern state system” (Kissinger), given the author a...
Date: Paris, 1624
Artesia descriptio.
Very rare. The map is dated 1624 which is unknown to Van der Krogt. Très rare, Van der Krogt ne signale pas cette édition de 1624, qui est postérieure à la dernières...
Date: Amsterdam, 1624
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[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci Quarta pars. . .
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1624
Prussiae nova tabula.
Rare map of Prussia with nowadays Poland. The map features a bold title cartouche, a ship, a compass rose, and a sea monster in the Baltic Sea. The map was prepared by th...
- $550 / ≈ €475
Date: London, 1624
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Lovenstein. [Loevestein]
View of the castle Loevestein, near Gorinchem.. On the sky, three hands holding a quill, a stone and a stick are depicted. With a verse in two languages underneath the pi...
- $60 / ≈ €52
Date: Frankfurt, 1624
Hispania Nova.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. This was the standard map of the area for a generation. The map shows an area correspondin...
- $100 / ≈ €86
Date: London, 1625
![[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci Pars Sexta. . .](/uploads/cache/35638-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Thesauri Philo-Politci Pars Sexta. . .
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1625
Daniel Meisnerus Comment. Boh. Poeta Laur. Caes.
Very skillfully engraved portrait of Daniel Meisner from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herr...
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Frankfurt, 1625
Venezuela, atque Occidentalis Pars Novæ Andalusiae.
The coastline of Venezuela with little interior development. Including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, etc. This scarce map was prepared by Hessel Gerritsz (1581-1632), a forme...
- $600 / ≈ €518
Date: Leiden, 1625
Americae sive Indiae Occidentalis.
Hessel Gerritsz. the author and probable engraver of the map had seen maps of California as an island, but he relies on the more trustworthy accounts, such as Herrera, in...
- $1000 / ≈ €864
Date: Leiden, 1625
Aegyptus.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. Early map of Egypt published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With desc...
Date: London, 1625
Turcicum Imperium.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator / Hondius "Atlas Minor" atlas map. Early map of Turkey, the Arabian pen insular and eastern part of the Mediter...
Date: London, 1625
Europa.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. Early map of Europe published in his famous collection of voyages His Pilgrimes . With des...
- $150 / ≈ €130
Date: London, 1625
![[No title] Tabla de la Europa. . . / Italie.](/uploads/cache/29264-250x250.jpg)
[No title] Tabla de la Europa. . . / Italie.
Page from a Mercator Atlas with letter press in Spanish illustrated with two maps. Recto a map of Europe (109x16mm.) and on verso a map of northern Italy (90x150mm).
- $230 / ≈ €199
Date: Amsterdam, c.1625
India Orientalis.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. Thisearly map of the East Indies was published in his famous collection of voyages His Pil...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: London, 1625
Moravia Marchionatus. Merhern.
Second state of this rare map by Pieter van den Keere, published by Abraham Janssonius with the following imprint added : “Abrahamus Janssonius Excud : 1625".The t...
- $1600 / ≈ €1382
Date: Amsterdam, Abrahamus Janssonius, 1625
Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Prezecopsca, et Gazara dicitur.
Early and detailed map of the Ukraine, Russia with in the north Smolensk and Moscow and in the south the Black Sea. Shows ports, fortified cities and the mouths of the Da...
- $300 / ≈ €259
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1625
Moscovia.
Early map of Russia centered on Moscow published in his pocket atlas "Atlas Minor".
- $180 / ≈ €155
Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1625
Persicum Regnum.
The rare Samuel Purchas' edition of the Mercator/Hondius Atlas Minor atlas map. Early map of Turkey, including Cyprus published in his famous collection of voyages His Pi...
- $115 / ≈ €99
Date: London, 1625
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[Atrii Sancti ac Tabernaculi Foederisorthographia].
Campment in Israel.From an uncommon edition of Kerckelycke Historie van Neder-Landt which was a Dutch text edition of Agostino Torniello's Annales Sacri et Profani by Her...
- $50 / ≈ €43
Date: Holland, ca. 1625
![[Title page] Thesauri Philo Politci pars septima. . .](/uploads/cache/35637-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Thesauri Philo Politci pars septima. . .
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Sexta.](/uploads/cache/38473-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Sexta.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Tertia.](/uploads/cache/38476-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Tertia.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
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[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Tertia.
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
Nova totius Westphalia descriptio / ex celeberrimis et variis autoribus in unam tabulam redacta per Nicolaum Janssonium Visscher aut . . .
Shows the area between Maastricht, Dockum, Herschfelt and Hamburg. A fine copy in attractive original colors and dated in the plate, 1626.
- $200 / ≈ €173
Date: Amsterdam, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quarta.](/uploads/cache/38482-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quarta.
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quarta.](/uploads/cache/38474-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quarta.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Octava.](/uploads/cache/38471-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Octava.
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Altra.](/uploads/cache/38480-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Altra.
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
- $80 / ≈ €69
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Octava.](/uploads/cache/38483-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Octava.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quinta.](/uploads/cache/38479-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Quinta.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Spetima.](/uploads/cache/38508-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Spetima.
Very skillfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendig...
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
Nova Franconiae Descriptio.
In 1626 Abraham Goos engraved a single-sheet "carte à figures"- map of Franconia with decorative borders for Joannes Janssonius. In the center part of the top ...
- $2000 / ≈ €1727
Date: Amsterdam, 1626
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[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus. . . Pars Spetima.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Sexta.](/uploads/cache/38478-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Sexta.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $90 / ≈ €78
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
![[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Spetima.](/uploads/cache/38472-250x250.jpg)
[Title page] Libellus Novus Politicus.. Pars Spetima.
Very skilfully engraved title page from a rare work printed by Eberhard Kieser: Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendige...
- $75 / ≈ €65
Date: Frankfurt, 1626
The Kingdome of China.
A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...
Date: London, G. Humble, 1626
The Kingdom of Persia with the cheef Citties and Habites described by John Speede.
One of the most decorative "carte à figures"- maps of the old Kingdom of Persia, including modern day Iran and Iraq, as well as portions of the Turkish Empire,...
- $2000 / ≈ €1727
Date: London, G.Humble, 1626
A newe mape of Tartary.
Early edition of one of the most decorative maps of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of the cities of Astrakhan, Sam...
- $2500 / ≈ €2159
Date: London, 1627
Victoria Harbour.
Chart of Victoria Harbour, showing where stores unloaded, depth readings. Plate from John Ross's Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage, from the book entitled 'N...
Date: London, 1627
Carte de L'Europe, corrigée et augmentée desus toutes les autres . . .
Rare map of Europe, dated 1627. First state, issued by Melchior Tavernier. Most probably engraved by Cornelis Danckerts (the elder), a highly skilled engraver. Most proba...
Date: Paris, 1627
A new mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie.
Showing all 17 Provinces of the Netherlands before the split between Spain and the Protestant Provinces under the House of Orange. The map was published while the war of ...
- $2300 / ≈ €1987
Date: London, George Humble, 1626 [1627
Europa, ad magnae Europae Gerardi Mercatoris. . .
General map of Europe with in the left hand corner, south east of Iceland the mythical island of Frisland, which was purportedly discovered by the Zeno brothers in a 14th...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Taurica Chersonesus.
One of the earliest detailed maps of the Crimea and Ukraine between the northern coast of the Black Sea and Moscow.With the signature of Gerard Mercator in lower left cor...
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Arragonia et Catalonia
Aragon and Catalonia. Decorative map with mountain relief and river. 2 finely engraved sailing boats.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain un...
- $600 / ≈ €518
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Regni Valentiae Typus.
Fine early map of Valencia.
- $500 / ≈ €432
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Hispaniae nova describtio. . .
Map of Spain and Portugal. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Arragonia et Catalonia.
Aragon and Catalonia. Decorative map with mountain relief and river. 2 finely engraved sailing boats.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain un...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Guineae Nova Descriptio.
The map shows the West African coast from Senegal (the 'Rio Senega' is the Senegal River) to Cape Lopez on the Gulf of Guinea just below the equator.The island of St. Tho...
- $700 / ≈ €605
Date: Amsterdam, 1628
Anglesey. / Iarsay. / Carnesay. / Wight Vectis Olim.
Four maps on one sheet depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
Novissima et Accuratissima Brabantiae Ducatus Tabula.
North is to the right. Like all other maps of Brabantiae Ducatus, it encloses the area between the rivers Rhine, Maas and Schelde, with Namur as the most southern town. O...
- $350 / ≈ €302
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
Turcici Imperii Imago.
The map shows the Ottoman Empire with Turkey, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabia and North Eastern Africa. The map is decorated with a title cartouche and a portrait of...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae . . .
Extremely rare first edition of this beautiful map of Graubünden Canton in Switzerland. Including Chur, Davos, St.Moritz, etc.Jodocus Hondius Jr. planned to produce a ne...
- $750 / ≈ €648
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
Sueviae Nova Tabula.
Extremely rare first edition of this beautiful map of Swaben, including Ulm, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Zurich, Lucerne and Lake Constance.Jodocus Hondius Jr. planned to produc...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
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Figure 40 deuxieme partie. [Hors riding]
This fabulous illustration depict formal movements of equitation for horse riding school movements. The print shows both A.de Pluvinel and the future King at an age of 16...
- $250 / ≈ €216
Date: Paris 1629
Monasteriensis Episcopatus.
The extremely rare first edition of this beautiful map of Munster.Jodocus Hondius Jr. planned to produce a new modern atlas less dependent on the Mercator plates that his...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629
Westphalia Ducatus.
Extremely rare first edition of this beautiful map of Westphalia.Jodocus Hondius Jr. planned to produce a new modern atlas less dependent on the Mercator plates that his ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1629