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Elgantissimus à parte Orientali Oenipontis prospectus.
View of Ambras castle with Innsbruck in the distanceFrom the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
Regni Bohemiae descriptio.
Fine and early map of Czechoslovakia after Johann Criginger. and used by A.Ortelius in his atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World].Only included in the ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021
Misena Hermundurorum Urbs.
A fine antique copper engraved bird's-eye view of Meissen by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations and local costumes in the foreground. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2021
Gorlitz - Gorlitium, Urbs Superioris Lusatiae, ad vivum delineata, Anno Salutis MDLXXV.
A fine antique copper engraved panoramic view of Gorlitz by Braun and Hogenberg, with local costumes in the foreground. Today the Neisse river serves as border between Ge...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2021
Wissenburgum. Weissenburg [on sheet with] Rubeacum, Vulgo Russach. . .Colmaria, vulgo Kolmar. . .Badense Oppidum Vulgo Ober Badenn.
A fine antique copper engraved sheet with four bird's-eye views / plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Wissembourg, Rouffach, Colmar, Baden in Aargau. From: 'Civitates Orbis Ter...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
Fribergum Misinae.
A fine antique copper engraved antique map - bird's-eye view plan of Freiberg (Saxony) by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations and local costumes. From the: 'Civita...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2021
Hala, ad Cocharum Flumen in Suevia Op.
A fine antique copper engraved panoramic view of Schwäbisch Hall by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations and local costumes. From the: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021
Blâmont. - Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne.
Decorative early panoramic view of Blâmont by Braun and Hogenberg .From the second volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitas Orbis Terrarum. " Latin text to v...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2021
Besançon, - Vesontionis Antiquissimae Celeberrimaeq Sequanorum qui in Celtica Gallia Burgundiae Comitatus Nomine Censentur Metropolis Imperialisq Civitatis delineatio.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Besançon, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 2. Köln, 1575. CAPTION: The Sequani called thi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2022
Regni Neapolitani verissima.
Very fine map of Southern Italy, including the towns of Ascoli, Piceno, Naples, Foggia, Bari, Catanzaro and most northern tip of Sicily with Messina.The map is based on P...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574-1575
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2023
Paris
One of the earliest and most beautiful panoramic views of Paris, based on Sebastian Muenster’s map from 1569. Latin title in cartouche top-left and French title in a ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2022
Lugdunum
Fine bird's-eye view plan of Lyons, with excellent detail of the city and its surroundings. Decorated with a finely dressed man and woman in foreground and two strapwor...
Place & Date: Cologne, c1575
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023
Malta.
One of the earliest separate maps of Malta. Includes decorative cartouche, compass rose, sea monsters, sailing ship, etc. Nice wide margin example, with Italian text. Als...
Place & Date: Padova 1576
Selling price: $305
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Morea Penisola.
One of the earliest separate maps of Morea. Includes decorative cartouche and compass rose. Nice wide margin example, with Italian text.From: L'isole piu famose del mondo...
Place & Date: Padova 1576
Selling price: $100
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Londinium Feracissmi Angliae Regni Metropolis.
Very desirable and early plan of London - in a second state - shown from the Tower to Westminster, with the City already built-up and a ribbon development westwards along...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $5400
Sold in 2013
Lisbona. Olisipo, sive ut Pervetustae Lapidum Inscriptiones Habent, Ulysippo, Vulgo Lisbona Florentissimum Portugalliae Emporiv. [with] Cascale Lusitaniae Opp.
Very desirable and early of Lisbon, with the Roman and Moorish citadels on the hills in the background. "Lisbon's appearance in second place in the Civitates is cer...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2016
Toletum [on sheet with] Vallisoletum . . .
Very desirable and early of Toledo, rendered with great precision and almost every house seems to be individually drawn. The churches and the Alcà¡sar rise high above ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2015
Granada 1563.
Very desirable and early of Granada, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, in the Darra and Genil Valley with its fertile fields, is illustrated particularly clearly in this...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2015
Barcelona, Barcino, que vulgo Barcelona Dicitur [on sheet with] Ecija.
Very desirable and early of Barcelona, from the northeastern slopes of Montjuich. An unusual feature of this engraving is undoubtedly the rainbow on the right. The two s...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2015
Burgos celebris et antiqua Hispaniae civitas, . . . [on sheet with] Sanct. Sebastianum vulgo Donosien ad Occanum . . .
Very desirable and early of Burgos which was developed as a stronghold against the Moors from AD 884. In 932 it became the capital of the county and in 1037 of the Kingd...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $270
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Monsiessulanus, Montpellier [on sheet with] Turo, Tours [and] Pictavis, sive Pictavia, Vernaculo Idiomate Poitiers.
Three very desirable and early town-views of Montpellier, Tours and Poitiers.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses prima...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2015
Rotomagus, vulgo Roan, Normandiae Metropolis [on sheet with] Nemavsus, Nismes, Civitas Narbonensie Galliae Vetustissima [and] Civitas Burdegalensis in Aquitanea, Genuina Descrip.
Three very desirable and early town-views of Rouen, Nîmes and Bordeaux.Montpellier: With key to locations. In his brief description of the city, Braun focuses primarily ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Tshertogenbosch - Buscumducis oppidum ludo Literario. (s-Hertogenbosch)
Very desirable and early of s-Hertogenbosch. "s-Hertogenbosch was granted a municipal charter in 1185 and in the late Middle Ages it was a market center for farmers...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
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) ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2013
Traiectum clara et vetus est Episcopalis Civitas, . . . (Utrecht)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Utrecht. "he episcopal city of Utrecht, located on the confluence of several small rivers in the middle of the Netherlands, is ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2013
Amstelredamum, Nobile Inferioris Germaniae Oppidum . . . (Amsterdam)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Amsterdam from a north-easterly direction. With a numbered key (1-28) in lower left corner. "On the left-hand side we can see h...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2014
Brunopolis vulgo Brunsvicum, ... [on sheet with] Luneburgum, Nobilis Saxoniae Urbs, ... [and] Brema [and] Aldenburgum Holsatiae
Four very desirable and early town-plans Braunschweig, Luneburg, Bremen and Stade. "BRAUNSCHWEIG : he very low viewpoint allows the tops of the towers, churches and ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Lubeca Urbs Imperialis ... Inclytae Hanseaticae Societatis Caput [on sheet with] Hamburga, Florentissimum Inferioris Saxoniae Emporium.
Two very desirable and early town-views of Lübeck and Hamburg. "LUBECK : The view shows the "City of Seven Spires" on the Baltic Sea seen from the west ac...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2013
Marpurg. - Martpurgum Urbs Hassiae Metropolis, Universitate Clara [on sheet with] Cassel. - Cassula, Communiter Cassel, Florentissimu Lanigerae Oppidum.
Two very desirable and early town-views of Marburg and Kassel in a first state (no privilege between both views). "MARBURG : Seen from the east, the city's two most ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Dresden - Dresa Florentissimum Misniae Opp. Illust: Saxoniae Ducum Sedes [on sheet with] Leibzigk - Lipsia Litterarum Studiis et Mercatura Celebre Misniae Oppidum.
Two very desirable and early town-views of Dresden and Leipzig. "DRESDEN : In the first half of the 16th century Dresden - here seen at a distance from the direction...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis Accuratissime Expressa [on sheet with] Egra, Urbs a Fluvio.
Two very desirable and early town-views of Prague (Praha) and Cheb in Bohemia. "PRAGUE : The splendid first illustration of Prague shows the royal city from the sout...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013
Magdeburgum ... Metropolitica Saxoniae Urbs.
Very desirable and early town-plan of Magdeburg. "PRAGUE : In this plan view seen from a lofty bird's-eye perspective, Magdeburg - the name is probably derived from ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2013
Nurnberga Florentissimum Germaniae Emporium, . . . [on sheet with] Ulma Imperialis in Suevia [and] Saltzburg Urbis Salisburgensis Genvina Descriptio [and] Lindaw - Lindoia, Oppidum Imperij insulare, . . .
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Nürnberg, Ulm, Salzburg and Lindau in a first state. "NUREMBERG (NÜRNBERG) : The way the city of Nuremberg is perceived...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2020
Argentoratum, cuius ob antiquitatem Ptolemeus. . .
Very desirable and early town-plans of Strasbourg in a first state. "Strasbourg is seen from a bird's-eye perspective in a plan view in which the blocks of houses ar...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
Heidelberga - Florentissimae civitatis Heidelbergensis . . . [on sheet with] Spira Celebris admodum Imperij & episcopalis in Germania civitas ... [and] Wormacia vetustissima Vangionum civitas . . .
Three very desirable and early town-plans of Heidelberg, Speyer and Worms in a first state. "HEIDELBERG: The view of the city and castle overlooking the Neckar is pr...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Heidelberga - Florentissimae civitatis Heidelbergensis . . . [on sheet with] Spira Celebris admodum Imperij & episcopalis in Germania civitas ... [and] Wormacia vetustissima Vangionum civitas . . .
Very desirable and early town-plan of Frankfurt am Main in a second state."An impressive bird's-eye view from the southwest of the powerful trade city of Frankfurt, ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Treveris - Typus ac Situs antiquissimae ... [on sheet with] Cobolentz - Situs civitatis confluentinae, ... [and] Rotenburgum ad Tubarum. . .
Three very desirable and early town-views of Trier, Koblenz and Rothenburg. "TRIER : "This illustration looks down upon the city from the left bank of the Mosel...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
Moguntia, Germaniae Metropolis, ... [on sheet with] Herbipolis, comuniter Wirtzburg, ... [and] Sedunum, primaria & Metropolitica . . .
Three very desirable and early town-views of Mainz, Würzburg and Sion (Sitten). "MAINZ : "The view of Mainz is seen from the Mainspitze, one of the loviest spo...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2014
Vienna Austriae Metropolis, Urbs Toto Orbe Notissima Celebratissimaq, Unicum Hodie in Oriente contra Saevissimum Turcam Invictum Propugnacvium [in set with:] Buda, ...
Vienna Austriae Metropolis, Urbs Toto Orbe Notissima Celebratissimaq, Unicum Hodie in Oriente contra Saevissimum Turcam Invictum Propugnacvium [in set with:] Buda, vulgo ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2014
Mediolanum Metropolis Insubrum, vulgo Milano . . .
Very desirable and early town plan of Milan. (Milano) "The plan view conveys an impressive picture of the city's distinctively regular layout. The old fortification...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2014
Genua Ligurum Domina [on sheet with] Florentia Urbs est Insignis Hetruariae, olim Fluentia Dicta.
Two very desirable and early town-views of Genoa and Florence in a second state. "GENOA (GENOVA): : "The trading port and city of Genoa is presented from an i...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2017
Roma.
Very desirable and early town-plan of Rome in a first state. With a numbered key (1-101) in lower part.From the Civitates Orbis. "This engraving of Rome shows the ci...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2013
Ancona Civitas Piceni Celeberrima, ad Mare Adriaticum Posita . . .
Very desirable and early town-plan of Ancona with a numbered key (1-45) in bottom.. "Ancona is seen here from Adriatic in bird's-eye view.The curved natural harbour ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2019
Haec est Nobilis, & Florens Illa Neapolis . . .
Very desirable and early town-plan of Naples with a numbered key (1-71) in bottom and in a first edition. "Naples is presented from a plan-like bird's-eye view. The ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2019
Parma [on sheet with] Sena [and] Panhormus, Palermo vulgariter, ... [and] Drepanum (Trapani)
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Parma, Siena, Palermo and Trapani. "PARMA : "Parma is shown from an elevated viewpoint. The city is divided in half ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2019
Calaris [on sheet with] Malta [and] Rhodus [and] Famagusta.
One sheet with very desirable and early town-plans of four Mediterranean island capitals—Cagliari (Sardinia), Valletta (Malta), Rhodes, and Famagusta (Cyprus). "C...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2015
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would hav...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2017
Tingis Lusitanis Tangiara [on sheet with] Tzaffin [and] Septa [and] Arzilla [and] Sala.
Five very desirable and early town-plans of Tangier, Safi, Ceuta, Asilah and Sala. "TANGIER (TANJA) : "The engraving shows a fortified town, whereby only half ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Anfa, quibusdam Anaffa [on sheet with] Azaamurum [and] Diu [and] Goa.
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Casablanca (Anfa) - Azemmour (Azamor) - Diu - Old Goa (Velha Goa) "CASABLANCA (ANFA) : "The engraving shows the rav...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2020
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...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $255
Sold in 2018
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.
Four very desirable and early town-plan of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would have ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $900
Sold
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...
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...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $340
Sold in 2019
Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis.
Very desirable and early plan of London - in a second state - shown from the Tower to Westminster, with the City already built-up and a ribbon development westwards along...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $4900
Sold in 2018
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.
Four very desirable and early town-plans of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would hav...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2018
Heidelberga - Florentissimae civitatis Heidelbergensis . . . [on sheet with] Spira Celebris admodum Imperij & episcopalis in Germania civitas ... [and] Wormacia vetustissima Vangionum civitas . . .
Three very desirable and early town-plans of Heidelberg, Speyer and Worms in a first state. "HEIDELBERG :The view of the city and castle overlooking the Neckar is pr...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $380
Sold in 2020
Messana, Urbs est Sicilie maxima, situ, opulentia, & tuta navium statione.
A very desirable and early town-plan of Messina on Sicily, with a numbered key (1-167) in lower part. "Messina is shown from the east, in a view looking down upon th...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2020
Orvieto / Lauretum.
Orivetum, in Italian Orvieto, a town in the well-known Italian region of Tuscia. Braun says, "Orvieto is a city in the heart of Etruria, lying on the flat top of a v...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1577
Selling price: $245
Sold in 2020
Messana, Urbs est Sicilie maxima, situ, opulentia, & tuta navium statione.
A very desirable and early town-plan of Messina on Sicily, with a numbered key (1-167) in lower part. "Messina is shown from the east, in a view looking down upon th...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $231
Sold in 2019
Ancona Civitas Piceni Celeberrima, ad Mare Adriaticum Posita . . .
Very desirable and early town-plan of Ancona with a numbered key (1-45) in bottom.. "Ancona is seen here from Adriatic in bird's-eye view.The curved natural harbour ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
Aethiopis Vxor. (CLXXX)
A African woman standing with floor-length dress. Woodcut by Jost Amman after Weigel. From H. Weigel, "Trachtenbuch". - "The woodcuts have ... above Latin ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1577
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2019
Salisburgum.
A miniature map Salzburg, Austria. Ortellius map taken from the first French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 1577 and printed by Plantin...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1577
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2019
Oswiec, et Zator.
A miniature map depicting the Duchies of Oswieczin and Zator in the southern part of Poland. (Prussia). Ortellius map taken from the first French edition of Le Miroir du...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1577
Selling price: $12
Sold in 2021
Percici Siuc Sophorum Regni Tipus.
This is a miniature map of Iran and Arabia in central Asia. Ortellius map taken from the first French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 157...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1577
Selling price: $41
Sold in 2021
Pomerania Wandalicae Regionis Tipus.
This map of Poland (Pomerania) has fine detail and attractive engraving; the region shown includes the cities of Dantz, Stettin, Colberg, Lansperg, Gartz; major rivers an...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1577
Selling price: $31
Sold in 2020
Toletum/Toledo [on sheet with] Vallisoletum / Valladolid.
TOLEDO : A very desirable and early town-view of Toledo, rendered with great precision as almost every house seems to be individually drawn. The churches and the Alcà¡s...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2019
HAIDELBERGA- Florentissimae civitatis Heidelbergensis . . . [on sheet with] SPIRA Celebris admodum Imperij & episcopalis in Germania civitas ... [and] WORMACIA vetustissima Vangionum civitas...
Three very desirable and early town-plans of Heidelberg, Speyer and Worms in a first state."HEIDELBERG: The view of the city and castle overlooking the Neckar is pre...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2020
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...
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 ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2020
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina.
Four very desirable and early town-plan of Kozhikode, Hormuz, Kannur and Almina. "KOZHIKODE (CALICUT) : "The city is viewed from the sea, just as it would have...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2022
Sic hastile vagis errantes montibus apres - culpide, vel flamma rumpit precordia plumbum.
This is a plate from a series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum". Published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 - 1612...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, ca 1577
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
Roma.
Very desirable and early of Rome in a first state. With a numbered key (1-101) in lower part. "This engraving of Rome shows the city around 1550 in its imposing sett...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2022
Holy Land. Die Tafel gibt ein klein anzeigung...
Early, attractive woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. On the full page. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschr...
Place & Date: Basel, 1578
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020