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Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1587
Selling price: $190
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Barbariae et biledulgerid nova descriptio
Miniature map of the Barbary coast and parts of Italy and Spain. The map is beautifully engraved with stippled seas.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1588
Selling price: $65
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Aegiipti recentior descriptio
Miniature map showing the Nile valley in great detail with numerous place names. The map is beautifully engraved with stippled seas.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1588
Selling price: $70
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![Cairus, quae olim Babylon, . . . [Cairo]](/uploads/cache/60659-250x250.jpg)
Cairus, quae olim Babylon, . . . [Cairo]
Contemporaneous bird's-eye and surroundings showing the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Egypt had fallen to the Turks during the reign of Selim I at the beginning of the 16th c...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $800
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![Nova Africa hoc est,recens eius inuestigatio. [North Africa]](/uploads/cache/32529-250x250.jpg)
Nova Africa hoc est,recens eius inuestigatio. [North Africa]
On verso an early map of North West Africa (123x155mm.), with on recto a small map of the island of Madeira (120x78mm.) From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2013
![De Cyrene seu Cyrenaica. [Egypt and Ethiopia]](/uploads/cache/32582-250x250.jpg)
De Cyrene seu Cyrenaica. [Egypt and Ethiopia]
On recto an early wood block printed map of Egypt and Ethiopia and the Arabian Peninsular tio the right. (160xFrom a Latin text edition of his Geographia, that great comp...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2014
![[Egypte]](/uploads/cache/32584-250x250.jpg)
[Egypte]
On recto an early wood block printed map of Northern Egypt (176x160mm.) .From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2013
![Pyramides Aegypti. [Pyramides in Egypt]](/uploads/cache/32590-250x250.jpg)
Pyramides Aegypti. [Pyramides in Egypt]
On verso a wood block printed depiction of three pyramids in Egypt.From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2013
![[De Africae regionibus / Carthage]](/uploads/cache/32593-250x250.jpg)
[De Africae regionibus / Carthage]
On the verso an early birds-eye view of Tunis, which was the original city of Carthage (240x168mm.). The plan includes zoological and botanical gardens, castle Goleta, a ...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2013
![[De Africae regionibus ] Algier.](/uploads/cache/32594-250x250.jpg)
[De Africae regionibus ] Algier.
On verso an early birds-eye town-plan of Alger.From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2013
TUNES URBS ac Novae Eius Arcis et Guletae. Quae Philippo Hispan . . .
A striking old color example of Braun & Hogenberg's important early town view of Tunis. Text on verso. The image shows a siege of the port by Spanish ships under the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2019
Africae propriae tabula. In qua, Punica regna uides; Tyrios, et Agenoris urbem.
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. A very fine example. Ortelius based this map on tha...
Place & Date: Antwerp,1590
Selling price: $360
Sold in 2020
Barbariae Et Biledvlgerid, Nova Descriptio.
Attractive map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. The map covers the area on the north-west coast of Africa from about present day Senegal and "Fume del Oro"...
Place & Date: Antwerp, (1570) 1592
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2011
Barbariae Et Biledvlgerid...
Remarkable map of Northern Africa in an early shape. Extends from Morocco and the Sahara to Libya and large parts of the Mediterranean, including the Balearic Islands, Si...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2016
Africae propriae Tabula..
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa that is available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself based on modern information from Gastaldi's ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $165
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Aegyptus Antiqua.
A splendid map of ancient Egypt, which appeared in Ortelius' Parergon. The map is based on his separately published map of Egypt, published in 1565, but with differences ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $280
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AEGYPTUS ANTIQUA. Terra suis contante bonis, non indiga mercis. . .
A splendid map of ancient Egypt, which appeared in Ortelius' Parergon. The map is based on his separately published map of Egypt, published in 1565, but with differences ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
![[Lot of 9 maps/ prints of Egypt ] Aegypti Recentior Descriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus.](/uploads/cache/18309-(8)-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 9 maps/ prints of Egypt ] Aegypti Recentior Descriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus.
Abraham Ortelius' maps of Egypt and Carthago on one sheet.Abraham Ortelius(1527-98), Dutch cartographer and publisher of the first modern atlas, ' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2023
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1596
Selling price: $800
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Carthaginensis sinus.
Very fine early miniature map showing Tunis and its surroundings. The sea is embellished with a ship and a sea monster. The map depicts the ancient site of Carthage with ...
Place & Date: Middelburg, 1598
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2014
Aegyptus.
Very fine early miniature map of Egypt, showing the Nile delta . Title cartouche on the lower left corner. Scarce miniature map from the second series of miniature atlas ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Provincia Cartaginese. Tunigi.
An attractive small map of the environs of Tunis in Northern Africa. It is from the "Relationi Universale" by Botero, published in Venice in 1598. Woodcut in pa...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $21
Sold in 2017
Fessae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberr.
Uncommon map, covering north-western Africa, with the Canaries and Madeira. With an inset of the Congo, after Filippo Pigafetta's famous map of the kingdom. Dare to go...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2020
Africa minor nuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of North Africa, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the region of present day Algiers, Tunisia and Libya. Girolamo Ruscelli first publ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018
Marmarica nuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of northern Africa based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the Nubia Desert and showing Egypt, the Nile, etc. Girolamo Ruscelli first publi...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018
Egito vuova tavola.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of Egypt with the river Nile, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Egypt and the Nile. Extends east to the Upper Red Sea and West to Des...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018
Tabula Africae III.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of North Africa and the Mediterranean, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing the north coast of Africa including Egypt and the Nile River...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018
Tabula Africae IIII.
The third state of Ruscelli's map of The Northern part of Africa, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Showing Mediterranean, Aethiopia Interior, the Canary Islands, Asia Minor, ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2018
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2021
Fessae, et Marocchi Regna Africae Celeberr. describebat Abrah. Ortelius. 1595.
Uncommon map, covering north-western Africa, with the Canaries and Madeira. With an inset of the Congo, after Filippo Pigafetta's famous map of the kingdom.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1602
Selling price: $320
Sold in 2017
Africae propriae Tabula..
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. Ortelius based the map on Gastaldi.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1603
Selling price: $350
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Barbaria Africana, et Biledulgerid. . .
Uncommon map showing the south of Spain, and the northwest of Africa, with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. With the Canary Islands in the outer left.
Place & Date: Cologne, Bussemacher, 1603
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2011
Africae propriae Tabula..
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. Ortelius based the map on Gastaldi.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2018
Barbaria/ Egypt/ Tunesia.
Upper map showing the Northern African coast, including Cyprus, Greece and Sicily. Lower part maps of Tunis and Nile Delta.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $300
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Descriptio Insularum Canariarum.
A beautiful miniature map by Bertius shows the Canary islands with Palma, Gomera, Ferro, Tenerifa, Gran Canaria, Forte Ventura and Lanzerote. Decorative, ornamental title...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019
Aegyptus.
Map showing Egypt, centered on the Nile delta. Including cities of Alexandria, Cairo, Suez, etc.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2011
Marocchi regnum.
Miniature map showing Morocco. Decorated with two strap work cartouches. Mountains, cities and forests fill the land. The capital city of Marruecos (Marrakech) in the cen...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1607
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2011
Barbaria.
Upper map showing the Northern African coast, including Cyprus, Greece and Sicily. Lower part maps of Tunis and Nile Delta.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus H...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2011
Fessae Regnum.
Charming small map of the northeast tip of Africa with Fez showing as the principal city. Decorative title cartouche.From the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2011
AFRICAE PROPRIAE TABULA. In qua, Punica regna uides; Tyrios, et Agenoris urbem.
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself. This fine example is from the rare Italian edition ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1608
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021