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Basilea (Basel)
Probably the first-ever, woodcut view of the city of Basel in Switzerland from a 15th-century incunable.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg...
Date: Nüremberg, 1493
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Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]
Double text page in German with a woodblock Rome (23x53cm.)On verso a view of Genua (193x222mm). Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chro...
- $2000 / ≈ €1839
Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Venetiarum amplissima & maritima urbs cum multis circumiacentibus insulis.
Early bird's-eye view of Venice from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.Sebastian Mü...
Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $400
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Amsterdam
This important early map of Amsterdam is from Braun and Hogenberg’s important work Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas of cities of the world.This particular map ...
Date: Cologne, 1574
Roma
This marvelous map of sixteenth century Rome comes from Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the atlas of cities of the world recognized as one o...
Date: Cologne, 1574
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ. A contemporary view of Jerusalem appears to the right with an attra...
- $950 / ≈ €874
Date: Cologne, 1582
Scenographia Totius Fabricae S. Lau Renti Escoriali.
A wonderful west-looking bird's-eye view of the elaborate 16th century royal palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a vast and elaborate complex commissioned by Philip II ...
Date: Cologne, 1617
Polna vulgo Polm insign : Bohemia. . .
This is a view of Polna from the southwest looking across the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands from a slightly elevated viewpoint. In addition to the parish church (D) in the ...
- $500 / ≈ €460
Date: Cologne, 1617
Dantiscum - Dantzig
Spectacular, large view of Dantzic, from Meriam's Theatrum Europei...
Date: Frankfurt, 1650
Novissima Amstelodami Tabula per I. Bormeester
Kip's rare and decorative city map of Amsterdam, with excellent detail on the houses, streets, canals and the harbour. Orientation: south-southwest top. With a panoramic ...
Date: Amsterdam, 1688
Selling price: $690
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Smyrna
A grand view at the city of Izmir in Turkey (the former Smyrna) as seen from the Mediterranean Sea at the end of the 17th century. After a drawing from nature by Cornelis...
Date: Amsterdam, 1698
Archangel.
Decorative panoramic view of Archangel in Russia from "Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia". Showing three large Dutch vessel...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Amsterdam, 1698
A New Ground Plot of the most famous city of Venice
Very rare and decorative plan of Venice, Italy.
Date: London, ca. 1720
Turin
A fine example of George Balthasar Probst's panoramic bird's-eye-view of Turin, the capital city of Piedmont in northwest Italy. The river Poo, fortified walls, building...
Date: Augsburg, 1720
Urbis Romae Veteris ac Modernae Accurata Delineatio. . .
A wonderful 'bird's eye' view of the 'Eternal City' of Rome by Homann, although published in the first quarter of the eighteen century, the map portrays the city at the e...
Date: Nuremberg, ca 1720
Selling price: $325
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Coppenhagen die Königl. Dänische Haupt und Residentz Stadt...
Fantastic plan of the city, its fortifications, the harbour and surrounding fields. Below with the detailed panorama. A Key "A-N" identifies important buildings...
Date: Augsburg, c1720
Ora Baiana et Puteolana
Map of the Bay of Naples. It was published in Nuremberg for the atlas Descriptio Orbis Antique in XLIV in the year 1720.This incredibly detailed map includes the cities o...
Date: Nuremberg, 1720
Milano, la Citta Principale et Fortezza Reale del Ducato medsino in Italia . . .
Fine example of Seutter's decorative and highly detailed plan of Milan, with a striking panoramic view of the City below. Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his &...
Date: Augsburg, 1730
Selling price: $1200
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Genua
A panoramic bird's-eye-view of Genoa, Italy, printed on two sheets joined at the center. The work shows the harbor, city walls, buildings, churches, and hilly landscape i...
Date: Augsburg, 1730
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Kleinen Statt - Vüe et Perspective de la Ville de Bâle du côté de la petite Ville.
Very decorative view of Basle, after a design by Emanuel Büchel and engraved by Johann Martin Weiss. The legend inscribed under the engraving, numbered from 1 to 10, des...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Basle, 1745
Prospect der Statt Basel von Seiten der Schlösser - Vuë et Perspective de la Ville de Bale du coté des Chateaux de Gundeldingue.
Very decorative view looking towards Basel from the castle at Gundeldingen, on a hill to the south. Accompanied at the bottom by a cartouche containing the arms of the ci...
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Basle, ca. 1745
Prospect der Statt Basel von der St Alban Vorstraat - Vu¨e et perspective de la ville de Bâle du côté du Faubourg de St Albon.
Very decorative view of Basel, after a design by Emanuel Büchel and engraved by Johann Martin Weiss. Numbered 'No.1' in the bottom right, from a rare series of 4 sheets.
- $300 / ≈ €276
Date: Basle, ca. 1745
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Ville de Manille / De Stad Manilha
This beautifully hand-colored large, view of the Philippine city of Manila by Jakob van der Schley was published in the 1756 French & Dutch edition of Antoine-Franço...
Date: Amsterdam, 1756
Plan of the City of Dublin Surveyed for Use of the Division of Justices, to Which have been Added Plans of the Canal Harbor and its Junction with the Grand Canal...
This is a rare separately issued map of Dublin, Ireland as it was at the end of what can be considered a rather prosperous century for the nation's capital and largest ci...
Date: London, 1797
Selling price: $1600
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View of Paris Under Siege | Franco-Prussian War
Published in Harper’s Weekly on February 11, 1871, this bird’s eye view of Paris in wartime is a captivating look at a European city in crisis. Oriented east, the map...
Date: New York, NY, 1871
Bird's-eye view of the great suspension bridge, connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, from New York looking south-east.
Full title at bottom center: 'Bird's-eye view of the great suspension bridge, connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, from New York looking south-east', and three...
Date: 1883
The great East River Suspension Bridge. Connecting the Cities of New York and Brooklyn. View from Brooklyn, looking West
View of Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn looking towards Manhattan, the East River at front with many ships, Statue of Liberty at the far centre. Published and printed in li...
Date: New York, 1886
Grand Birds-Eye View of the Grounds and Buildings of the Great Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Illinois, 1892-3.
Lithography after a watercolor by C. Graham created as part of a portfolio for the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fai...
Date: New York, 1892
Selling price: $1200
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Delineatione della Piazza Forza di Belgrado.
Bird's-eye-bird view of The siege of Belgrade by the Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy to capture the strategically important city from the Otto...
- $600 / ≈ €552
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