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Constantinopel des Griechischen Keijserthumbs Hauptstatt im Lande Thracia am Meere gelegen...

A detailed birds-eye town view of Constantinople/Istanbul and of the Golden Horn. The city plan depicts the markets, homes, palaces and churches, including the famous Hag...

$250 / ≈ €241
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2019

 


Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.

An exceptionally decorative woodcut of Asia in the form of a 'Pegasus'. In the oceans there are several sea monsters. Many major cities are indicated and named. Professio...

$1100 / ≈ €1059
Maker / Publisher: BUNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1580
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2018

 


Sumatra Ein Grosse Insel / So Von Den alten Geographen Taprobana...

A fine map of what is regarded as the island of Sri Lanka, by the early, important, and influential German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. The map title, in old German ...

$350 / ≈ €337
Maker / Publisher: MUNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle ca. 1550 - 1580
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018

 


Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis.

One of the finest and most sought-after views of Istanbul. Viewed from the village of Scutari, the City is shown with all its fortifications, the original Genoese distric...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2020

 


Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis.

One of the finest and most sought-after views of Istanbul. Viewed from the village of Scutari, the City is shown with all its fortifications, the original Genoese distric...

$1050 / ≈ €1011
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $1050
Sold in 2019

 


Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes.

Heinrich Bünting?s woodcut map of the Holy Land from Itinerarum Saccrae Scripturae, first published in 1581. Palestine is shown on both sides of the River Jordan and is ...

$200 / ≈ €193
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $200
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Reisen der Kinder Israel aus Egypten.

Travels of the Children of Israel from out of Egypt - is a beautiful late 16th century wood-engraved map.The path of the Israelites is traced starting out at the lower le...

$190 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $190
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Calechut Celeberri mum India Emporium.

A finely rendered presentation of three Indian Ocean port cities and one African, that formed part of the Portuguese maritime empire. The larger upper half plate (Calicut...

$525 / ≈ €506
Maker / Publisher: Braun & Hogenberg
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2008

 


Beschreibung des heiligen Landes Canaan

Decorative colored uncommon woodcut map of Palestine / Israel from "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae" by Heinrich Bunting. His work was much valued after the first...

$500 / ≈ €482
Maker / Publisher: Bunting, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2010

 


Cypri Insulae Nova descript. 1573.

This is a beautiful copy of a classic map of Cyprus. It is the earliest obtainable version of the best map of Cyprus made to date. Ortelius based his map upon that publis...

$800 / ≈ €771
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2014

 


Asiae Nova Descriptio.

Second plate. Ortelius' fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the far east. Nova Guinea, with part of the...

$1500 / ≈ €1445
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, after 1581
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2016

 


Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi. [Asia is presented as the mythical winged horse Pegasus.]

An exceptional, most sought after symbolic map of Asia in the form of a Pegasus. In the seas, several sea monsters; many major cities are indicated and named.Bünting's f...

$1600 / ≈ €1541
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1600
Sold in 2016

 


Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes.

From the famous "Itinerarium sacrae scripturae" this is a very decorative map of "terra sancta". Note the nice colors. Latin text on verso.

$150 / ≈ €144
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Wittenberg 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020

 


Deze tweede Caerte van Asia

Very rare early woodcut map of Asia; on of the earliest maps of the continent.Covers the area from Scandinavia/Egypt to Borneo/Japan. No separate title, only an indicatio...

Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdenburg, after 1581
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2023

 


Taffel des Heiligen Landes..

A particularly attractive example of this early wood map of the Holy Land. Shows Palestine on both sides of the Jordan at the time of Jesus, divided into Galilee, Samaria...

$250 / ≈ €241
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg 1582
Selling price: $250
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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...

$800 / ≈ €771
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2017

 


Taffel des Heiligen Landes. . .

An early wood map of the Holy Land. Shows Palestine on both sides of the Jordan at the time of Jesus, divided into Galilee, Samaria and Judea. German text on versoHeinric...

$50 / ≈ €48
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING,H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1582
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2018

 


Reisen der Kinder Israel aus Egypten.

Travels of the Children of Israel from out of Egypt - is a beautiful late 16th century wood-engraved map.The path of the Israelites is traced starting out at the lower le...

$200 / ≈ €193
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1582
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017

 


Hierosolyma, Clarissima Totius Orientis Civitas Iudaee Metropolis . . .

Early map of Jerusalem from Braun&Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Köln, 1572/1582. Showing two eras of Jerusalem on one map: Jerusalem from the first century o...

$325 / ≈ €313
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz
Place & Date: Köln, 1572/1582
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2020

 


Peregrinatio Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus.

"A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. A first edit...

$850 / ≈ €819
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1584
Selling price: $850
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Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovico Georgio.

The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.Japan is shown on a curiou...

$3850 / ≈ €3708
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1584
Selling price: $3850
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Cyprus Insula / Candia, Olim Creta.

Two maps on one sheet. Copper engraving illustrating Cyprus and Crete, with Latin text on verso. From 1584 onwards editions of the Ortelius atlas no longer included this ...

$1800 / ≈ €1734
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1584
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2008

 


Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.

Engraved map of China with an elaborate baroque title and scale cartouches, galleons and masted land-vehicles. Latin text on verso.This map, drawn by Ludovicus Georgius (...

$2700 / ≈ €2600
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Selling price: $2700
Sold in 2011

 


Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus.

Finely originally hand colored example of Ortelius' important and highly decorative map of Southeast Asia. The title is set in a decorative strapwork cartouche, coat of a...

$2950 / ≈ €2841
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Selling price: $2950
Sold in 2012

 


Chinae Olim Sinarum Regionis Nova Descriptio auctore Ludovico Georgio.

The first map of China which appeared in a western atlas. From a Latin edition of 1592 (latin text on verso, page 101, last line"moribus exilat...").This map, i...

$3900 / ≈ €3756
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Selling price: $3900
Sold in 2017

 


Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.

A first state, the first issue of the first map of China to appear in a Western atlas [without "Las Philippinas"; Latin text to verso, the last line starts &quo...

$3900 / ≈ €3756
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Selling price: $3900
Sold in 2018

 


CYPRI INSULAE NOVA DE SCRIPT 1573 - LEMNOS INSULAE.

A striking, old colored example of this important early map of Cyprus from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. Large inset of Lemnos. ...

$700 / ≈ €674
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, Abraham.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2019

 


Reisen der Kinder Israel aus Egypten..

The map illustrates the travels of the Children of Israel out of Egypt. The path of the Israelites is delineated.It starts at the lower left in Egypt, crosses the Red Sea...

$270 / ≈ €260
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, Heinrich.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1585
Selling price: $270
Sold in 2016

 


Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus

Map of Indonesia. From a French text edition of this illustrated treatise of geography, which is considered as the first modern pocket-atlas.Map engraved by Philip Galle....

$600 / ≈ €578
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. / GALLE, Ph.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2017

 


Jerusalem die heilige viereckete Stadt, in grund gelegt und eigentlich adgemalet.

The woodcut shows an imaginary plan of the Holy City of Jerusalem seen from the east. From the famous Bunting "Itinerarum Sacrae Scripturae".

$190 / ≈ €183
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1585
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2021

 


Reisen der Kinder von Israel aus Egypten

Very decorative example of Bünting's map of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. This very detailed map shows the route of the Israelites in their Exodus from Egypt ...

$375 / ≈ €361
Maker / Publisher: BÜNTING, H.
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1585
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2021

 


Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.

The decorative composite map of six Mediterranean islands. The larger Sicily map is surrounded by maps of Sardinia, Corfu, Zerbi, Elba, and Malta. Each map is well detail...

$800 / ≈ €771
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $800
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Turcici Imperii Descriptio.

Map of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilisation region. This is a new plate copied from another Ortelius map of 1570 with ...

$675 / ≈ €650
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS,A.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1587
Selling price: $675
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Palestinae sive totius terrae promissionis nova..

Ortelius famous map of Palestine based on Tilemann Stoltz\'s map, published in 1566. The shoreline runs from Berytus (Beirut) to the Nile Delta, reaching inland east of t...

$900 / ≈ €867
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2008

 


Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova de Scriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus / Aegypti re Centior de Scriptio

Three detailed regional maps by Ortelius, from his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.The first map covers Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Eastern Me...

$210 / ≈ €202
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2012

 


Palestinae sive totius terrae promissionis nova..

Ortelius famous map of Palestine based on Tilemann Stoltz's map, published in 1566. The shoreline runs from Berytus (Beirut) to the Nile Delta, reaching inland east of th...

$750 / ≈ €722
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2014

 


Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.

The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. When this map appeared, it was by far the most accurate one of China.Japan is shown on a curiou...

$5700 / ≈ €5490
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $5700
Sold in 2014

 


Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus. . .

Striking handcolored example of Ortelius' map of SE Asia, Japan, and the Philippines, from the rare French text edition of 1587. The map includes Beach and other informat...

$2390 / ≈ €2302
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $2390
Sold in 2016

 


Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova de Scriptio.

Detailed map of Turkey, including Cyprus by Abraham Ortelius, from his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern atlas of the world.East to the top. Latin tex...

$300 / ≈ €289
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2015

 


Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus. . .

Finely hand colored example of Ortelius' map of SE Asia, Japan, and the Philippines, etc from the rare French text edition of 1587. The map includes Beach and other infor...

$2000 / ≈ €1926
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2018