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Exactissima Flandriae Descriptio

Rare Lafreri style map of the County of Flanders (BE) published by Domenico Zenoi, Venice 1559. One of the earliest maps of Flanders. Based on Gerard Mercator's 4-sheet m...

$2175 / ≈ €2035
Maker / Publisher: ZENOI, Domenico
Place & Date: Venice, 1559
Selling price: $2175
Sold in 2022

 


Beschreibung der Statt Antorff? [Antwerp ]

RECTO: a bird's-eye-view of a Antwerp. VERSO: a woodcut portrait of Alfa. Taken from Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the "Cosmographia Universalis". The ...

$30 / ≈ €28
Maker / Publisher: MUNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2010

 


Anvers.

Charming and highly detailed bird’s-eye plan of Antwerpen with attractive pictorially drawn buildings, walls, churches, ships, and towers. Very early woodblock print pr...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2018

 


Brusselles.

Charming bird’s-eye plan of Brussel with attractive pictorially drawn buildings, walls, churches, and towers. Very early woodblock print printed in 1567 by Silvius with...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2014

 


Particvliere description de Flandres.

Famous bears’ map of Flanders, showing the four bears reflecting the four baronies of Flanders and their flags: Syson, Heyne, Pamele en Boelare. Charming bird’s-eye m...

$285 / ≈ €267
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $285
Sold in 2020

 


Brugae - Brugge

Rare and charming woodcut of Brugae or Brugge. Extensive legend below the plan including thirty-four letter press names of churches, palaces, monasteries, and more. Coat ...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018

 


Louvain - Leuven.

Rare and charming woodcut of Louvain or Leuven. Extensive legend below the plan including thirty letter press names of churches, palaces, monasteries, and more. Coat of a...

$190 / ≈ €178
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2015

 


Malines - Mechelen

Rare and charming woodcut of Malines or Mechelen. The extensive legend below the plan including nineteen letterpress names of churches, palaces, monasteries, and more, an...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018

 


Yprae - Ieper

Rare and charming woodcut of Yprae, or Ieper. Extensive legend below the plan including twenty letter press names of churches, palaces, monasteries, and more. Coat of arm...

$140 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2015

 


Anversa (Antwerp)

Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Antwerp, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze ...

$590 / ≈ €552
Maker / Publisher: FORLANI, P. / BALLINO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $590
Sold in 2016

 


Leodiencsis Dioecesis Typus.

Map of eastern Belgium region from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Shows the Meuse River and the cities located on the river, such as Namur, Liege and Maastricht. Beau...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2010

 


Flandria.

Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the early state with the farmer's wife and three ships in the North Sea.

$650 / ≈ €608
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2015

 


Anverpia, nobile in Barbantia oppidum, parrim maritimum...

This work is the smaller version of the two plans of Antwerp that were included in Braun & Hogenberg's great city atlas. The bird's-eye plan provides an excellent vie...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: Braun & Hogenberg
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2008

 


ANVERPIA

Superb bird's-eye plan of Antwerp. Highly detailed plan showing the town with buildings, streets, places, churches and squares. The river and the harbour are filled with ...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2014

 


Anverpia.

Superb bird's-eye plan of Antwerp. Highly detailed plan showing the city with buildings, streets, places, churches and squares. The river and the harbour are filled with ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1572
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013

 


Flandria

A very decorative, unusual, egg-shaped map of Flanders. This is the early state with the farmer's wife and three ships in the North Sea. Nice colors, enhanced by gold.

$360 / ≈ €337
Maker / Publisher: Ortelius, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1572
Selling price: $360
Sold in 2018

 


Beaumont en Hainaut.

A bird's-eye plan of Beaumont south of Charleroi, near Walcourt, in Belgium. Walls and a moat protect the city.It provides an excellent view of the city's defences, bridg...

$11 / ≈ €10
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1572
Selling price: $11
Sold in 2018

 


Bruxella...

A highly detailed 16th-century plan of Brussels with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches, and squares. Further with the city walls and bridges across the river,...

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. & HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, c1572
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2017

 


Hypra Flandriarum Civitas Munitissima.

A very detailed, panoramic view of Leper, from Braun & Hogenberg’s “Civitates Orbis Terrarum." This town is located in Belgium, on the border with France. Po...

$130 / ≈ €122
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2020

 


Lovanium Brabanticarum Urbium Caput. . .

A lovely birds-eye view of Louvain with detail even of single buildings. Translated “Louvain, capital of Brabant, unrivalled site of the muses and the most distinguishe...

$135 / ≈ €126
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN & HOGENBERG.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $135
Sold in 2018

 


Atrebatum Episcopa Lis et Metropolica Artesiae Vivitas.

An early city views of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, North of France, from an early edition of Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the most prolific com...

$55 / ≈ €51
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2018

 


Anverpia, nobile in Brahantia . . .

A Very Early Plan of Antwerp - an Excellent Example. First issue. A beautiful, well-detailed glimpse of Antwerp, portrayed prior to the Spanish Fury when it was a great c...

$325 / ≈ €304
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. and HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2019

 


Liege. Leodium... Civitatis Leodiensis Genuina Delineatio.

A Very Early Plan of Liege - an Excellent Example. Earliest issue of the earliest acquirable, detailed view of Liege, showing the walled city in rich detail. With 64 spec...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. and HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2019

 


Hypra Flandriarum Civitas Munitissima.

A very detailed, panoramic view of Leper (Ypres), from Braun & Hogenberg’s “Civitates Orbis Terrarum." This town is located in Belgium, on the border with Fr...

$55 / ≈ €51
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN & HOGENBERG.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2020

 


Gandavum, Amplissima Flandriae urbs. . . [Ghent (Gent)]

A bird's-eye view plan of Ghent, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Ghent, the most splendid city in Flanders, was founded by Julius Caesa...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020

 


Flandria

Beautiful old colored copy of the Ortelius/Mercator map of Flanders, published in the 1573 Latin edition of ´Orbis Terrarum..´. Only 75 copies of these were printed! Ac...

Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1573
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2022

 


Flandria.

Map of Flanders. Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the early state with the farmer's wife and three ships in the North Sea.

$1150 / ≈ €1076
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1574-1575
Selling price: $1150
Sold

 


Flandria.

Very decorative, egg-shaped map. This is the early state with the farmer's wife and three ships in the North Sea.

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2008

 


Huum Opp. Condrusorum Caput. . . [Huy]

A bird's-eye view of Huy by Braun and Hogenberg, with a key to locations. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town a...

$230 / ≈ €215
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2020

 


Leodium. (Luik or Liège)

Very desirable and early of Liège, which shows the city with the Meuse flowing in its favorable location amongst gentle hills, sturdy trees and fertile fields. With a n...

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2017

 


Nitidissimae Civitatis Mechlineensis in meditullio Brabantiae sitae, exactis: delineatio. (Mechelen)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Mechelen with the city scape is dominated by the massive tower belonging to the cathedral of Sint-Rombout, which measures almost 100...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016

 


Tiena, Brabantiae Opp: ad amnem Geta, ... (Tienen)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Tienen. "Shown from the southwest shows the formerly more populous Belgian town lying within extensive walls that also encompas...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017

 


Gandavum (Ghent)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Ghent. In lower left corner a numbered key (1-103). "The view of Ghent shows the city from the northwest in plan view from a gr...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2019

 


Bruxella, Urbs Aulicorum Frequentia, Fontium Copia, Magnificentia Principalis Aulae (Brussels)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Brussels. To the left a numbered key (1-56). "This plan view from a bird's-eye perspective shows an idealized, almost circular ...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2015

 


Brugae, Flandricarum Urbium Ornamenta. (Brugge)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Brugge. "from a northwesterly direction, ringed by numerous windmills. At the center can be seen the market square with the clo...

$475 / ≈ €444
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2013

 


Anverpia, nobile in Brabantia oppidum, . . (Antwerp)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Antwerp. "The eye is struck by the star-shaped citadel built by the Duke of Alba on Antwerp's southern side, the defensive moat...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016

 


Lovanium Perantiqua Brabantiae urbs . . . (Leuven)

Very desirable and early of Leuven. "On a grassy slope on the left stands the castle (Borcht), below it, further left again, the tall viewing tower (Verloren Cost) ...

$170 / ≈ €159
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2013

 


Anverpia, nobile in Brabantia oppidum, . . (Antwerp)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Antwerp. "The eye is struck by the star-shaped citadel built by the Duke of Alba on Antwerp's southern side, the defensive moat...

$255 / ≈ €239
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $255
Sold in 2018

 


Leodium. (Luik or Liège)

Very desirable and early of Liège, which shows the city with the Meuse flowing in its favorable location amongst gentle hills, sturdy trees and fertile fields. With a n...

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2019

 


Gandavum (Ghent)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Ghent. In lower left corner a numbered key (1-103). "The view of Ghent shows the city from the northwest in plan view from a gr...

$340 / ≈ €318
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $340
Sold in 2019

 


Mechelen - Nitidissimae Civitatis Mechlineensis in meditullio Brabantiae sitae, exactis: delineatio.

Very desirable and early town-plan of Mechelen with the city scape is dominated by the massive tower belonging to the cathedral of Sint-Rombout, which measures almost 100...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2020

 


Brugae, Flandricarum urbium ornamenta.

Very desirable and early town-plan of Bruges.From volume one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of ...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2020

 


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

 


Namurcum Comitatus

Fine map of Walloon region of Belgium, prepared by Jacques Surhon and published by Ortelius. The Walloon capital city of Namur is shown in the center of the map. The citi...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2010

 


Mons. Arras.

Early views of Mons and Arras, a bird's eye view from the greatest publication in this genre ! The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Ca...

$320 / ≈ €299
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G./HOGENBERG,F.
Place & Date: Cologne, c.1580
Selling price: $320
Sold in 2008

 


Bruxella.

A bird's-eye-view of the town.From the greatest publication in this genre! The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathe...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2009

 


Lovanium, Brabanticarum..

A very decorative town-plan from the famous university-city Leuven in Belgium. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by Geo...

$390 / ≈ €365
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G./ HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $390
Sold in 2018

 


Tiena, Brabantiae. [Fr. Tirlemont]

Fine oblique aerial plan of the central Belgium city, famed for its cloth in the Renaissance.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The plates from Georg Braun and...

$55 / ≈ €51
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2018

 


Niitidissimae Civitatis mechlineensis, in Meditulli O Brabantiae Sitae, Exactis Delineatio.[Mechelen]

A bird's-eye plan of Mechelen, costume figures at bottom right, engraved after a plan by Jacob van Deventer. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Faithful view of the illustrio...

$240 / ≈ €225
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2021

 


Namurcum, Elegantissima ad Mosae Flume Civitas. [Namur]

A bird's-eye view plan of Namur by Braun and Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: Namur, a very fair city on the River Meuse. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The council for the whole county...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020

 


Philippopolis vulgo Philippeville munitiss. comitat Hannoniae opp. [on sheet with]: Marieburgum [on sheet with]: Cimacum, comuniter Chimay, principatus titulo, in Han prestas opp [on sheet with]: Walcourt, haud ignobile comitatus Namurcensis oppidum.

Four bird's-eye views on one sheet: Philippeville, Mariembourg, Walcourt. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town a...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2021

 


Mons, Hannonia Urbs PotenS & Ampla. . .

A bird's-eye view plan of Mons, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Liber tertius. Köln, G. Kempen, 1581-88. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE T...

$210 / ≈ €197
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020

 


Tiena, Brabantiae Opp: ad amnem Geta, unde casei, qui inde nomen habent, magnus proventus, Estque hic templum S. Germani, Canonicorum Collegio, ornatum (Tienen)

Decorative early view of Tienen in Flemish Brabant in Flanders, Belgium.From Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important book of town plans and v...

$130 / ≈ €122
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2020

 


Bruxella, Urbs Aulicorum Frequentia, Fontium Copia, Magnificentia Principalis Aulae ... (Brussels)

Bird's-eye view plan of Brussels by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Brussels is a very well-known city due to its large number o...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2020

 


Anverpia, nobile in Brabantia oppidum, ... (Antwerp)

Bird's-eye view of Antwerp by Braun and Hogenberg.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Antwerp is a well-built and noted trade city in Brabant, which attracts many Germans, Fre...

$675 / ≈ €632
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $675
Sold in 2020

 


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....

$330 / ≈ €309
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $330
Sold in 2020

 


Namurcum, Elegantissima ad Mosae Flume Civitas. (Namur)

Bird's-eye plan of Namur by Braun and Hogenberg.CARTOUCHE: Namur, a very fair city on the River Meuse.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The council for the whole county is held ...

$140 / ≈ €131
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2020

 


Lympurch. - Limburgum oppidum Galliae Belgicae, vulgo Lympurch, gallice, Lembor dr. .. (Limbourg)

Bird's-eye view of Limbourg by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations.The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atl...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020

 


Eigentliche Beschreibung der Schlacht zwischen den Staten und Spaniarden nitt weit von Namur gehaltten.

Representation of the battle of Gembloux, between the Spanish army under Don Juan de Austria and the Dutch troops. In the background the city of Namur. Verso with Latin t...

$56 / ≈ €52
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1583
Selling price: $56
Sold in 2013

 


Siege on Antwerp - Ship bridge blown up.

Large anonymous engraving of a famous event on the 5th of April, 1585. On this day the ship bridge on the Schelde, build by the Duke of Parma, was blown up. However, by t...

$120 / ≈ €112
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1586
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2021

 


Brugae Flandricarum Urbium Ornamentia.

The city of Bruges in western Flanders is shown in a plan-like bird's-eye view from a northwesterly direction, ringed by numerous windmills. At the center can be seen the...

$490 / ≈ €459
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1588
Selling price: $490
Sold in 2020

 


TORNACUM (Tournai, Belgium).

A detailed antique copper engraved view of the second oldest city in Belgium with its fortifications in decorative color. The view is supplemented by three city coats of ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN & HOGENBERG.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2021

 


Lier - Lira, elegans et amoenum Brabantiae Opp: adeo, Ut multorum huius tractus nobilium in ocio degentium, a curise turba, iundissimus sit recessus.

Antique copper engraved map - a bird's-eye view plan of Lier by Braun and Hogenberg. An attractive map of the Brabantine town, belonging to the diocese of Antwerp. The to...

$160 / ≈ €150
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN / HOGENBERG.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2021

 


Von dem Hertogthumb Braband. . . [Brabant]

On recto an early birds-eye view of Luik in Belgium.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.

$20 / ≈ €19
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2012

 


Contrastung der Statt Löven. . . [Leuven]

On verso an early birds-eye view of Leuven and on recto a plan of Tongeren in Belgium, with a lettered key underneath.From a German text edition of his Geographia , that ...

$25 / ≈ €23
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2012

 


[Flandria - Belgium]

On recto an early wood block printed map (115x153mm.) of Flanders in present-day Belgium. On verso a tiny view of Gent.From a Latin text edition of his Geographia, that g...

$50 / ≈ €47
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2013

 


Brugae, Flandricarum Urbium Ornamenta. (Brugge)

Very desirable and early town-plan of Brugge. "from a northwesterly direction, ringed by numerous windmills. At the center can be seen the market square with the clo...

$500 / ≈ €468
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G./ HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2014

 


Antverpia.

Prepared for Volume V of Braun & Hogenberg "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", which was first published in 1598. Two sheets joined, for a total dimension of 450mm ...

$495 / ≈ €463
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, G. / HOGENBERG, Fr.
Place & Date: Antwerp, circa 1590
Selling price: $495
Sold in 2017

 


Naues a Gandauo submissae obuias Antwerpiensium naues fugant.

Striking and highly detailed rare copper engraved panoramic view of the siege of Antwerp, Belgium. In the middle we see the pontoon bridge by the Duke of Parma, Alessandr...

$130 / ≈ €122
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2016

 


Episcopatus Leodiensis / Bisthumsg. Luttich Leuesche De Liege.

A very rare map of the area around Liege. Extends until Frankfurt, Namur and Antwerp. Engraved by Frans Hogenberg for an Atlas by Johannes Metellus!

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018

 


De quator Nobilis Potentissimisq Belgicae Civitativus Antverpia, Mechlinia, Bruxella, Grandauo . . .

Early print showing a army position near the town of Dreux in France on 14 March 1590 during the French Wars of Bird's-eye view map of Brabant, showing Antwerp, Gent, Vil...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021

 


Leodiensis Dioecesis Typus

Map of eastern Belgium region from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Shows the Meuse River and the cities located on the river, such as Namur, Liege and Maastricht. A be...

$165 / ≈ €154
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2010

 


Flandriae Comitatus Descripto.

Colorful map of Belgium focuses on Flanders, the Dutch speaking region in northern Belgium, after Gerard Mercator. Many major cities and religious centers, including Ghen...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2010

 


Antwerpia

Siege of Antwerp and blockade of the river "Schelde" by the Duke of Parma, 1584-1585.Originally engraved by Frans Hogenberg. For this second edition the text un...

$40 / ≈ €37
Maker / Publisher: AITSINGER, M.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1596
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2020

 


FLANDRIAE DESCRIPTIO.

A highly decorative and rare map of Flanders by Matthias Quad, published in the Cosmographia by Johann Rauw in 1597. On verso a woodcut plan of Brussels.

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: QUAD, MATTHIAS.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1597
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2020

 


Brugge (Brughes).

A fine bird's-eye view of the city of Venice. From his "Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting print.

$60 / ≈ €56
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER,S.
Place & Date: Basle 1598
Selling price: $60
Sold

 


Leodiensis Diocesis Typus.

East to the top. Centered on Liege, including southern part of Dutch Limburg. Prepared by Jan van Schille.

$540 / ≈ €505
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1598
Selling price: $540
Sold in 2009

 


Namurcum Comitatus.

Prepared by Jacques Surhon in 1555. His manuscript map was for security reason not published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, Ortelius used a...

$525 / ≈ €491
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1598
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2009

 


Nobilis Hanoniae Comitatus descrip.

Including part of Belgium and northern part of France.

$350 / ≈ €328
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Anvers, 1598
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2009

 


Nobilis Hanoniae Comitatus descrip.

Including part of Belgium and the northern part of France.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept that way for a long time...

$85 / ≈ €80
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2018