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Turcici Imperii descriptio.
This is the best known of all the sixteenth-century maps of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilisation region. Large and dec...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1579
Selling price: $1000
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Presbiteri Iohannis.
Stunning map of the kingdom of the mythical Christian king who according to legend provided a stronghold against Barbarians and was an ally to the crusaders. Ortelius des...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1579
Selling price: $1000
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Titlepage: Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.
Page to the section of the Ortelius atlas part, Parergon with hand-colored decoration.In 1579 he brought out his first Parergon (a series of maps illustrating ancient his...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1579
Selling price: $375
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Moraviae, qvae olim Marcomannorvm sedes, corographia,..
Early map of Slovakia prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569. From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [Atlas of the Whole World] with Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1579
Selling price: $160
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VENETIA. [Venice]
Uncommon plan of Venice from Francesco Valegio's townbook: Raccolta di le piv illustri et farmose citta di tutto il mondo.
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1579
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2009
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. . .
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the largest ships in the Pacific sailing eastward and the prominent bulge in the S...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1579
Selling price: $2800
Sold in 2017
Typus Orbis Terrarum
Ortelius' beautiful oval world map is a simplified version of Mercator's influential map of 1569. From surviving correspondence it is known that Mercator encouraged Ortel...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $5600
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Hiervsalem. [Jerusalem]
Uncommon plan of Jerusalem from Francesco Valegio's townbook: Raccolta di le piv illustri et farmose citta di tutto il mondo.
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1579
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2008
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Damascvs urbs nobilissima ad libanum monteri loti. . . [Damascus]
Uncommon plan of Jerusalem from Francesco Valegio's townbook: Raccolta di le piv illustri et farmose citta di tutto il mondo. On verso another engraving is pasted.
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1579
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2008
Hispaniae Novae sivae magnae, ...
This was the standard map of the area for a generation, copied by Quad, Hondius and De Bry. Even though Herrera (Spain's Royal Cosmographer) and Wytfliet worked 20 years ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2011
Moraviae, quae olim Marcomannorum Sedes, Corographia, A.D. Pavlo Fabritio Medico et Mathematico Descripta, et a Generosis Moraviae Baronibus Quibusdam corecta.
A beautiful full-color map of Moravia, Slovakia, prepared by Paul Fabritius in 1569. Showing fortified cities, towns, rivers, etc. With a fine Renaissance strapwork carto...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2019
Moraviae, quae olim Marcomannoarum Sedes, Corographia
Showing Moravia in Czech Republic. From the 1579 Latin edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $320
Sold in 2008
Picardiae, Belgicae regionis descriptio. Joanne Surhonio auctore
Beautiful original old colored map of the Picardie region in Northwest France by Abraham Ortelius. Showing the Picardy from the sea to Abbeville, Amiens and Laon in the e...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2009
Hispaniae novae sivae magnae, recens et vera descriptio. 1579
Nice map of Mexico with the Pacific coastal line by A. Ortelius. With three beautiful cartouches and two sailing ship. From the 1579 Latin edition of 'Theatrum Orbis Terr...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2010
Anjou. Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Integra Descriptio
Beautiful map of the Anjou region of western France along the Loire River. Include the city of Angers in the center. Accompanying text on verso
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2010
Frisia Occidentalis.
Map of northern province of the Netherlands, Friesland, based from a manuscript map by Sibrandus Leo. Included is and inset of map of the seat of ancient Frisia under emp...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2010
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2010
Affrica mit seinem befondern Landern Theiren und Wunderbarlichen Dingen.
Strong dark impression of Münster's small map of Africa, from a German edition of the "Cosmographia".One of the earliest obtainable maps of the African contine...
Place & Date: Basle, 1579
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2010
Hispalensis Conventus Delineatio. . .
Map of region of Andalucia, Spain, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Shows the city of Seville, the mountains, forests and rivers of the region. A large compass is ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $205
Sold in 2010
La nouvelle Grece selon toutes les régions & provinces . . .
Münster's modern map of Greece, and western Turkey with Constantinople Troy etc.A wood block print in original colors is very rare. Munster's Geographia (first published...
Place & Date: Basle, H.Petri, 1579
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2013
EUROPAE.
Europe map from the 1595 Latin edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", with not many copies in circulation. Latin text on verso of one half of the sheet.1579L(A)2...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
Frisia Occidentalis.
Includes the provinces of Friesland and Groningen. The map was prepared by Sibrandus Leonis (Leo Sybrands) from Leeuwarden in 1579. In a large inset a map of the Netherla...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1580
Selling price: $600
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No title (Holy Land)
Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1580
Selling price: $220
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Matiscona vulgo Mascon../ Perpignan/ Chaumont
Bird's-eye view of Macon from his town book.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Col...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $72
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Roterodamum.. (Rotterdam) / Gouda
One of the oldest panoramic views of the cities of Gouda and Rotterdam.From the greatest publication in this genre !. The "Civitates" was compiled and written b...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Marchena.
Very decorative panoramic view of Marcena in province of Andaluzia in Spain.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates". Compiled and written ...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $41
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Traiectum. [Utrecht].
A bird's-eye view of Utrecht, from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", the earliest systematic atlas of towns.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Ci...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $310
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Trajectum. (Utrecht).
"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...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $800
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Lutzenburgum..
Very decorative and detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Luxembourg.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Civitates" was compiled and written by...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2011
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No title [Africa]
"Attractive and very early wood block printed map of Africa, excluding the HornFrom a French text edition of his ""Geographia"", that great compe...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1580
Selling price: $105
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[Native Americans meeting Vespucci]
"On recto an early representation of Vespucci meeting native Americans (92x142mm).From a French text edition of his ""Geographia"", that great co...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1580
Selling price: $20
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[Egypt]
On verso an early representation of Egypt (174x160mm).From a French text edition of his "Geographia", that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1580
Selling price: $29
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Açores Insulae.
The importance of the Azores at that time was connected with the observation of Columbus that compass variation (i.e. the difference between the real and the magnetic nor...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2015
Tingis, Lusitanis, Tangiara. / Tzaffin. / Septa. / Arzilla.
Five views engraved on the same copper plate. Latin text.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Co...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $200
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Venetia. (Venice)
Precise, beautiful bird's-eye view of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surrounding lagoon is animated with a great variety of sailing vess...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $2050
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Sardinia insula
Very early and decorative map of Sardinia with in top the southern most tip of Corsica.From his Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.Very decorati...
Place & Date: Basel 1580
Selling price: $275
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Basilea (Basle)
One of the earliest detailed birds-eye view of Basle.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologn...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2015
Barcelona / Ecija
Pair of views on one sheet, the first showing the Catalan capital of Barcelona with fields, sheep and figures in the foreground.Lower view shows the Andalusian town of Ec...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $650
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[Bavaria]
Very early map of Bavaria, centered on Regensburg, including the towns of Augsburg, Salzburg, Pasaw, etc. On verso wood cut prints of two pigs and a worker. Size of the s...
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $20
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[Bavaria]
Very early map of Bavaria, Including the towns of Nurnberg, Pilsen, Landaw, Ingolstadt, etc. On verso wood cut prints of coats of arms. Size of the sheet is 31x20cm.From ...
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2011
Meerwunder und Seltzame Thier.
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a superb variety of fantastic sea-monsters, such as might be encountered by a sailor in northern waters. This famous piece may well have...
Place & Date: Basel 1580
Selling price: $440
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Crocodile and the town of Alexandrie.
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a crocodile on verso a view of Alexandria.
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $55
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Terrae Sanctae Tabula
Attractive woodblock map of the Holy Land drawn with west to the top of the sheet, the map shows the division of the country between the tribes of Israel according to Jos...
Place & Date: Basle c.1580
Selling price: $95
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Rhino. On verso elephant.
An early representation of a Rhino.VERSO: an early depiction of an elephant carrying people in a basket.From a French text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compen...
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $125
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Constantinople.
A fine detailed woodcut bird's-eye view of Istanbul as seen from the usual perspective showing it out on a spur, with Pera across the water to the right. Seemingly, all t...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1580
Selling price: $460
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Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis../ Egra.
A fine set of two views on one sheet, the upper view showing the Czech Capital of Prague. The Imperial Palace appears to the left with the old and new cities below either...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $450
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Genua.../ Florentia.
A fine set of two views on one sheet, the upper view showing Genua. The lower view shows a perspective of the city of Florentia.From the greatest publication in this genr...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $720
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Rimini.
A bird's eye view showing Rimini.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun g...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $480
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Catana urbs Siciliae clarissima patria sc.te Agathae virgin..
A beautiful print of Catania with in the background Mount Etna. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Cano...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $535
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Parma.../ Sena.../ Palermo.../ Drepanum?
A fine set of four views on one sheet, the uppers views showing Parma and Siena. The lowers views showing a perspective of the city of Palermo and Trapani.From the greate...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Barcelona / Ecija.
Pair of views on one sheet, the first showing the Catalan capital of Barcelona with fields, sheep and figures in the foreground.Lower view shows the Andalusian town of Ec...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Perusia gratu musis in Tuscia domicilium. (Perugia)
A view showing Perugia.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered to...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $480
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Antiquae urbis Romae imago accuratiss..
A view showing ancient Rome. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathe...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $1560
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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...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $1365
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Sumatra ein grosse Insel..
A nice impression of this great map of island of Tabrobana, which was variously thought to be Ceylon or Sumatra.This map depicts Ceylon with the typical misconceptions of...
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $200
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Parma.../ Sena.../ Palermo.../ Drepanum?
A fine set of four views on one sheet, the uppers views showing Parma and Siena. The lowers views showing a perspective of the city of Palermo and Trapani.From the greate...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Genua.../ Florentia.
A fine set of two views on one sheet, the upper view showing Genoa. The lower view shows a perspective of the city of Florence.From the greatest publication in this genre...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $600
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Messana..
A fine view of Messana.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered to...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Abundance.
Engraving, showing allegorically Abundance. signed in right bottom-corner J.BO.
Place & Date: Bologna. 1550-1580
Selling price: $75
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Woodcut showing the Holy Family.
Woodcut showing the holy family, 2nd.state. Signed in topright corner HsP. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
Place & Date: 1550-1580
Selling price: $65
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Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herzschaften
Map of the continent of Asia, copied after the copper engraved map by Ortelius. It was added to Münster's Cosmographia from 1588 onwards, probably in order to make it mo...
Place & Date: Basle 1580
Selling price: $550
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Antiquae urbis Romae imago accuratiss..
A view showing ancient Rome. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathe...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $2400
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Aden../ Mambaza / Quilao / Cefala.
Three views on one page. In top panoramic view of Aden. In lower part views of Mombasa, Quiloa, and Cefala (or Sofala) near the mouth of the Cuama River in southeast Afri...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2011
Tab.II AFRICAE, Complectens AFRICAM Proprie dictam..
Ptolemeac map, shows the western part of the mediterranean with North-african coast, and parts of Sardinia and Sicily.The Island of Malta and Gozo right in the centre.
Place & Date: Antwerp after 1580
Selling price: $250
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Calechut Celeberri mum Indiae Emporium/ Ormus/ ..
Four panoramic views on one sheet: the upper approximately two-thirds of this double page sheet contains a fine panoramic view of Calicut which is on the west coast of In...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $610
Sold in 2018
Monstra marina..
A fine detailed woodcut depicting a superb variety of fantastic sea-monsters, such as might be encountered by a sailor in northern waters. This famous piece may well have...
Place & Date: Basel 1580
Selling price: $850
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Vienna.. / Buda..
Pair of views on one sheet, the first showing the Austria capital of Vienna with fields, and figures in the foreground.Lower view shows the Hungarian capital of Budapest....
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2009
3 leaves from Münster's Cosmographia Universalis
3 leaves from Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, illustrated with heterogeneous figures in woodblock engravings. One page features the mouse-tower of Bingen with rats e...
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2010
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...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $2400
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Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus..
Finely handcolored example of Ortelius' map of SE Asia, Japan, and the Philippines, etc. The map includes Beach and other information drawn from Marco Polo.The map also i...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1580
Selling price: $2000
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Calechut Celeberri mum Indiae Emporium/ Ormus/ ..
Four panoramic views on one sheet: The upper approximately two-thirds of this double page sheet contains a fine panoramic view of Calicut which is on the west coast of In...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $350
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Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib..
This famous portrait, engraved by Galle, was included in Ortelius' atlases from 1579 onwards.The title translation is By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $400
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Helvetiae descriptio.
A fine map based upon a map by the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi of 1538.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $241
Sold in 2009
Carpetaniae Partis Descr. / Guipuscoae Regionis Typus. / (Cadiz) Hanc Insulam Perlustrabat?.
RARE no text on verso. An ornate and highly decorative series of three maps, Carpetanin, (upper left), Guipuzcoa, (upper right) and Cadiz (lower center). Each with a nice...
Place & Date: Antwerp c.1580
Selling price: $250
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Schletstatt.
Very early birds-eye view of Schletstatt in Elsas. From his Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting print. With monogram of RMD.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $40
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[Europe depicted as a Queen]
Among the most striking of early cartographic curiosities is this woodcut of Europe regina or Queen of the world. This is a simplified version of Johannes Bucius' represe...
Place & Date: Basel, 1580
Selling price: $1300
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[Old world]
A charming map of the old world, surrounded with 12 windheads, among three are sculs. From an early small octavo edition of Apianus' hugely popular work Cosmographicus li...
Place & Date: Venice, c.1580
Selling price: $2200
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Sumatra ein grosse Insel..
One of the most interesting fruits of the revamping of the Münster Cosmographia in 1588 was this map of the southern Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, one of the earliest to ...
Place & Date: Basle, 1580
Selling price: $400
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Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged cherubs.Ortelius based this and several other maps of the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2018
Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. Orbem, Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Papins.
This famous portrait, engraved by Galle, was included in Ortelius' atlases from 1579 onwards.The title translation is By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2008