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Basilea. (Basel)
A decorative map with a striking bird's-eye plan of Basel by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations. Together a sheet with the description in Latin text. COMMENTARY B...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
![CONSTANTIA, vulgo Costnitz Memorabile Sueuie Opp. [on sheet with:] S. GALLI Opp. et Monasterium Helvetiorum. . . (Constance (Konstanz) / Sankt Gallen).](/uploads/cache/84023-250x250.jpg)
CONSTANTIA, vulgo Costnitz Memorabile Sueuie Opp. [on sheet with:] S. GALLI Opp. et Monasterium Helvetiorum. . . (Constance (Konstanz) / Sankt Gallen).
This sheet contains two lovely bird's-eye views of towns bordering Lake Constance, which lies between Germany and Switzerland. At top is Konstanz in southwest Germany and...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1581
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Saltzburgk, Recens et Accuratissima Urbis Salisburgensis Delineation. (Salzburg)
A decorative map showing a striking bird's-eye view of Salzburg by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations. CARTOUCHE RIGHT: A new and faithful view of the city of Sal...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2020
![[DEN BRIEL/BRILLE]Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum . .](/uploads/cache/84156-250x250.jpg)
[DEN BRIEL/BRILLE]Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum . .
An old, antique map, and a bird's-eye view of Den Briel by Braun and Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Brielle, a town in Holland, well k...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2020
![Die Stadt Enchuysen.[ENKHUIZEN]](/uploads/cache/84159-250x250.jpg)
Die Stadt Enchuysen.[ENKHUIZEN]
A bird's-eye view of Enkhuizen, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: The city of Enkhuizen, in the County of Hollan...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
DORDRECHT.
A bird's-eye view plan of Dordrecht by Braun and Hogenberg. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The cathedral, consecrated to Our Lady, is renowned for its beauty. All the Rhine w...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2020
![CAMPEN.[Kampen, Overijssel]](/uploads/cache/84161-250x250.jpg)
CAMPEN.[Kampen, Overijssel]
A bird's-eye view/plan of Campen by Braun and Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: View of the city of Kampen in the IJssel. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The churches of St Nicolai a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2022
![[Sluis], Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . .[Sluis]](/uploads/cache/84162-250x250.jpg)
[Sluis], Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . .[Sluis]
A bird's eye view of the town of Sluis. The lion crest on the left is emphasised by a golden filling. From the greatest publication in this genre! The 'Civitates' was com...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2022
![HARLEMUM, Sive ut Ha: Barlan Herlemum, Urbs Hollandiae famosa . . .[HAARLEM]](/uploads/cache/84172-250x250.jpg)
HARLEMUM, Sive ut Ha: Barlan Herlemum, Urbs Hollandiae famosa . . .[HAARLEM]
A bird's-eye view plan of Haarlem, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Harlemum, or, as Hadrianus Barlandus writes, Herlemum, a renowned Du...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Bergen op Zoom - Berga, ad Somam, Brabantiae Opp: a fluvi olo sic dicto,. . .
Abird's-eye view plan of Bergen-op-Zoom b y Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Bergen op Zoom, Brabantine town, named after the little River Soma (Zoom),...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
![Lewardum. Occidentalis Frisiae Opp: 1580. [on sheet with:] Franicher, Nobiliu hominum, in Frisia Occidentali, ut plurimum saedes.[Leeuwarden&Franeker]](/uploads/cache/84177-250x250.jpg)
Lewardum. Occidentalis Frisiae Opp: 1580. [on sheet with:] Franicher, Nobiliu hominum, in Frisia Occidentali, ut plurimum saedes.[Leeuwarden&Franeker]
Two bird's-eye views on one sheet: Leeuwarden and Franeker, by Braun & Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: Leeuwarden, a West Frisian town. 1580. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Leeuwar...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
![Icon civitatis Campensis, cuius situs Isulam fluvium, eleganti venustate, decorat.[Kampen, Overijssel]](/uploads/cache/84178-250x250.jpg)
Icon civitatis Campensis, cuius situs Isulam fluvium, eleganti venustate, decorat.[Kampen, Overijssel]
A panoramic view of Kampen by Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Picture of the city of Kampen, the beautiful and charming appearance of which embellishe...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2020
![Niitidissimae Civitatis mechlineensis, in Meditulli O Brabantiae Sitae, Exactis Delineatio.[Mechelen]](/uploads/cache/84180-250x250.jpg)
Niitidissimae Civitatis mechlineensis, in Meditulli O Brabantiae Sitae, Exactis Delineatio.[Mechelen]
A bird's-eye plan of Mechelen, costume figures at bottom right, engraved after a plan by Jacob van Deventer. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Faithful view of the illustrio...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2021
![Charlemont [on sheet with] Landrechies [and] Avesnes [and] Beaumont.](/uploads/cache/84183-250x250.jpg)
Charlemont [on sheet with] Landrechies [and] Avesnes [and] Beaumont.
Four bird's-eye views on one sheet: Charlemont - Beaumont - Avesnes - Landrecies. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volum...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2020
![Namurcum, Elegantissima ad Mosae Flume Civitas. [Namur]](/uploads/cache/84185-250x250.jpg)
Namurcum, Elegantissima ad Mosae Flume Civitas. [Namur]
A bird's-eye view plan of Namur by Braun and Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: Namur, a very fair city on the River Meuse. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The council for the whole county...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020
![Philippopolis vulgo Philippeville munitiss. comitat Hannoniae opp. [on sheet with]: Marieburgum [on sheet with]: Cimacum, comuniter Chimay, principatus titulo, in Han prestas opp [on sheet with]: Walcourt, haud ignobile comitatus Namurcensis oppidum.](/uploads/cache/84186-250x250.jpg)
Philippopolis vulgo Philippeville munitiss. comitat Hannoniae opp. [on sheet with]: Marieburgum [on sheet with]: Cimacum, comuniter Chimay, principatus titulo, in Han prestas opp [on sheet with]: Walcourt, haud ignobile comitatus Namurcensis oppidum.
Four bird's-eye views on one sheet: Philippeville, Mariembourg, Walcourt. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2021
Mons, Hannonia Urbs PotenS & Ampla. . .
A bird's-eye view plan of Mons, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Liber tertius. Köln, G. Kempen, 1581-88. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE T...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
![Roterodamum Hollandiae Opp. [on sheet with:] Goude [Rotterdam, Gouda]](/uploads/cache/84188-250x250.jpg)
Roterodamum Hollandiae Opp. [on sheet with:] Goude [Rotterdam, Gouda]
An old map with two bird's-eye views: Rotterdam and Gouda, by Braun and Hogenberg. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volu...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2020
![Halberstadium, Urbs Saxoniae [on sheet with] Quedelinburga, Antiquissimum Saxoniae Oppid. [HALBERSTADT/QUEDLINBURG]](/uploads/cache/84192-250x250.jpg)
Halberstadium, Urbs Saxoniae [on sheet with] Quedelinburga, Antiquissimum Saxoniae Oppid. [HALBERSTADT/QUEDLINBURG]
An old map with two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenbergt: Halberstadt and Quedlinburg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Halberstadt, town in Saxony, famous for its poli...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $314
Sold in 2020
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.
Place & Date: Wittenberg 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
Urbium Precipuarum Totius Mundi.
Fine illustrated titlepage from "Urbium Precipuarum Totius Mundi Urbium", Volume III of "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg....
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Tiena, Brabantiae Opp: ad amnem Geta, unde casei, qui inde nomen habent, magnus proventus, Estque hic templum S. Germani, Canonicorum Collegio, ornatum (Tienen)
Decorative early view of Tienen in Flemish Brabant in Flanders, Belgium.From Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum, the most important book of town plans and v...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2020
Bruxella, Urbs Aulicorum Frequentia, Fontium Copia, Magnificentia Principalis Aulae ... (Brussels)
Bird's-eye view plan of Brussels by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Brussels is a very well-known city due to its large number o...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2020
Anverpia, nobile in Brabantia oppidum, ... (Antwerp)
Bird's-eye view of Antwerp by Braun and Hogenberg.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Antwerp is a well-built and noted trade city in Brabant, which attracts many Germans, Fre...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $675
Sold in 2020
Leodium. (Luik or Liège)
Very desirable and early town-view of Liège, which shows the city with the Meuse flowing in its favorable location amongst gentle hills, sturdy trees and fertile fields....
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $330
Sold in 2020
Namurcum, Elegantissima ad Mosae Flume Civitas. (Namur)
Bird's-eye plan of Namur by Braun and Hogenberg.CARTOUCHE: Namur, a very fair city on the River Meuse.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The council for the whole county is held ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2020
Lympurch. - Limburgum oppidum Galliae Belgicae, vulgo Lympurch, gallice, Lembor dr. .. (Limbourg)
Bird's-eye view of Limbourg by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations.The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atl...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
![PASSAW [PASSAU].](/uploads/cache/85245-250x250.jpg)
PASSAW [PASSAU].
A fine double folio page, copper engraved panoramic view of the Bavarian city of Passau. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Liber Tertius. Köln, G. Kempen, 1581, by Georg...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $360
Sold in 2021
![Saltzburgk Recens, et accuratissima urbis Salisburgensis delineatio.[Salzburg]](/uploads/cache/85253-250x250.jpg)
Saltzburgk Recens, et accuratissima urbis Salisburgensis delineatio.[Salzburg]
A fine copper engraved birds-eye/panoramic view of Salzburg by Braun and Hogenberg, with key to locations, with a total of five fittings cartouches, in the foreground a g...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2021
![Halberstadium, Urbs Saxoniae [on sheet with] Quedelinburga, Antiquissimum Saxoniae Oppid. [Halberstadt and Quedlinburg].](/uploads/cache/85261-250x250.jpg)
Halberstadium, Urbs Saxoniae [on sheet with] Quedelinburga, Antiquissimum Saxoniae Oppid. [Halberstadt and Quedlinburg].
A fine copper engraving with two panoramic views by Braun and Hogenberg: Halberstadt and Quedlinburg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Liber tertius'. Köln, 1581. HALBE...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021
Landshut, Alberto D.G. Com. Pal. Rheni Utriusque Bavariae Duci. . . MDLXXVIII.
A fine copper engraved panoramic birds-eye view of the city Landshut, straddling the River Isar in Bavaria Germany, with the Trausnitz Castle. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2021
![Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp. [Frankenberg]](/uploads/cache/85256-250x250.jpg)
Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp. [Frankenberg]
A fine copper-engraved panoramic bird's-eye view of Frankenberg by Braun and Hogenberg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Liber tertius'. Köln, 1581.CAPTION: Frankenberg ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
![URBIBUM PRAECIPUARUM TOTIUS MUNDI, LIBER TERTIUS [TITLE PAGE,VOL.3].](/uploads/cache/85257-250x250.jpg)
URBIBUM PRAECIPUARUM TOTIUS MUNDI, LIBER TERTIUS [TITLE PAGE,VOL.3].
A copper engraved Title page to Vol.3 of 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Including the dedications sheet [view suppl. picture]. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "B...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2021
![Soest [on sheet with] Warborch - Warburgum, elegans Westphaliae Opp.](/uploads/cache/85413-250x250.jpg)
Soest [on sheet with] Warborch - Warburgum, elegans Westphaliae Opp.
A fine antique copper engraved sheet with two panoramic views , by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg: Soest and Warburg. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Liber tertius. KÃ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2021
![Civitatis Werdenae Exactiss: Descrip: [on sheet with:] Civitatis Essensis Exactiss. Descrip.](/uploads/cache/85419-250x250.jpg)
Civitatis Werdenae Exactiss: Descrip: [on sheet with:] Civitatis Essensis Exactiss. Descrip.
A fine antique copper engraved sheet with two panoramic views by Braun and Hogenberg: Werden and Essen. From: 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Liber tertius. Cologne,1581.WERD...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2021
![Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère. - Gratianopolis Acusianoru Colonia, ... [on sheet with] Romans Delfinatus vulgo Daufine in Gallia Oppidu.](/uploads/cache/85902-250x250.jpg)
Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère. - Gratianopolis Acusianoru Colonia, ... [on sheet with] Romans Delfinatus vulgo Daufine in Gallia Oppidu.
Fine antique copper engraved sheet with two bird's-eye views/plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Grenoble & Romans-sur-Isère from the third volume of Braun & Hogenberg...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Douai, - Duacum, Catuacorum Urbs, tam situ, quam incolis, et litterarum studijs elegantissime ornata.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Douai, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2022
Rouen, - Rhotomagus, Galliae Lugdunensis as Sequanam flu. Opp. vulgo Rouen.
A fine antique map - bird's-eye view of Rouen, by Braun and Hogenberg, from the: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 3. Köln, 1581.With a French key to locations. Two ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $290
Sold in 2022
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...
Place & Date: Magdenburg, after 1581
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2023
Cosmographia Universalis..
Map of the world showing a landmass remarkably like the west coast of Australia and roughly where Australia should be.Lower left an early representation of America, the C...
Place & Date: Magdeburg 1581
Selling price: $1038
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Africa Tertia pars Terrae.
This map of Africa has an unusual shape, tapering to a narrow angle in the south. Numerous rivers appear in West Africa and as tributaries to the Nile, and mountain chain...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1075
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Europa Prima Pars Terrae Forma Virginis.
Desirable, famous and relatively scarce-to-rare item usually deemed a curiosity or oddity map. All of Europe is depicted in the form of a Queen wearing her crown and in f...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1775
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Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasir.
Map of Asia in the form of a Pegasus. The seas are adorned with sea monsters and many major cities are indicated and named. There are several states, of this map.Bünting...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1825
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Insignia Inclytae Reipublicae Hannoverensis Patriae.
This cartographic oddity was designed more for religious edification rather than geographical information. It shows the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa in the form ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $3875
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Title page to: <I>Thesaurus Dictionum et Sententiarum Iuris Civilis.......</I>
By Petro Cornelio, Brederodio Hagocomitano. on civil law. Printed and edited by Philip Tinghi in Lyon 1585. Woodcut borders on all sides, headed by a crown, because of th...
Place & Date: Lyon 1581
Selling price: $55
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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 ...
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...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $190
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Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden..
Map of the world showing a landmass remarkably like the west coast of Australia and roughly where Australia should be. Lower left an early representation of America, the ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1401
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Cosmographia Universalis. . .
Map of the world showing a landmass remarkably like the west coast of Australia and roughly where Australia should be. Lower left an early representation of America, the ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, later than 1581
Selling price: $1950
Sold in 2008
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...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2008
![Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi. [Asia is presented as the mythical winged horse Pegasus.]](/uploads/cache/26984-250x250.jpg)
Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi. [Asia is presented as the mythical winged horse Pegasus.]
Wood block map of Asia in the form of a Pegasus. The seas are adorned with sea monsters and many major cities are indicated and named. There are several states, of this m...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, c. 1581
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2009
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...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2010
(Title page) Trofées de chasse dessinez par C. Hüet et gravez par Guélard. . .
Decorative title page from the early and influential costume book "Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium" or "Costume of the Various Peoples of the World" by...
Place & Date: Maline, Belgium, Casper Ruts,1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Die eigentliche und wahrafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers.
Rare map of the world from Heinrich Bunting's "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", his famous theological commentary. Some towns named including Jerusalem, Damascus...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2012
Evropa prima pars terrae in forma virginis.
This map, from Heinrich Bünting's Itinerarum Sacrae Scripturae, is based upon the map of Europa by Sebastian Munster Cosmographia. But even before, in 1537 the Tirolese ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $1750
Sold in 2012
Africa tertia pars terrae.
This map, from Heinrich Bunting's "Itinerarum Sacrae Scripturae", is based upon the map of Africa by Sebastian Munster that appeared in 1540. Substantially, it...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2012
Europa prima pars terrae in forma virginis.
Europe is depicted in the form of a Queen. One of the earliest allegorical maps, appeared in the theologian Heinrich Bünting Itinerartum Sacrae Scripturae, a book mainly...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, after 1581
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2013
![[UNTITLED] Indians of America and Africa.](/uploads/cache/92622-250x250.jpg)
[UNTITLED] Indians of America and Africa.
Rare representation of Indians. A set of 6 couples with titles below. Each couple with traditional clothing, some of the males with bow and arrow. After Abraham de Bruyn....
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
Angliae Regni flo: rentissimi nova descriptio, auctore Humfredo Lhuyd.
From the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - French Text - this is Humphrey Lloyd's depiction of England and Wales published in the first Additamentum to the Ortelius atlas. The m...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Africa Tertia pars Terrae.
This map of Africa has an unusual shape, tapering to a narrow angle in the south. Numerous rivers appear in West Africa and as tributaries to the Nile, and mountain chain...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca1581
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2014
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...
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...
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.]](/uploads/cache/97237-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1600
Sold in 2016
Die eigentliche und wahrafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers
A rare map of the world from Heinrich Bünting's "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", famous theological commentary.Some towns named, including Jerusalem, Damascus ...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $980
Sold in 2016
Regionis Biturigum Exactiss: Descriptio per D. Ioannem Calamaeum / Limaniae Topographia Gabriele Symeoneo Auct.
A pair of fine maps on a full folio sheet. The map of Biturigum is centered on Chateau Neuf and Bourges, with the Loire River flowing at the top right of the map to Never...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1581
Selling price: $45
Sold in 2016
Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis.
In this fascinating map, Europe is depicted in form of a Queen, following the example of Munster's 'Cosmographia'. It is one of the earliest allegorical maps, it appeared...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, after 1581
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2017
![TIGVRVM [Zürich]](/uploads/cache/37632-250x250.jpg)
TIGVRVM [Zürich]
One of the finest and most sought-after views of Zürich. From volume one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Bra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $590
Sold in 2018
Africa Tertia pars Terrae.
This map of Africa has an unusual shape, tapering to a narrow angle in the south. Numerous rivers appear in West Africa and as tributaries to the Nile, and mountain chain...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2018
![Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi. [Asia is presented as the mythical winged horse Pegasus.]](/uploads/cache/39170-250x250.jpg)
Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi. [Asia is presented as the mythical winged horse Pegasus.]
Wood block map of Asia in the form of a Pegasus. The seas are adorned with sea monsters and many major cities are indicated and named. There are several states, of this m...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, c. 1581
Selling price: $1600
Sold in 2017
Europa Prima Pars Terrae Forma Virginis.
Desirable, famous and relatively scarce-to-rare item usually deemed a curiosity or oddity map. All of Europe is depicted in the form of a Queen wearing her crown and in f...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1250
Sold in 2017
Cosmographia Universalis. . .
Map of the old world showing a landmass remarkably like the west coast of Australia and roughly where Australia should be.Lower left an early representation of America, t...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2017
Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblatt..
This extraordinary curiosity is referred to as the Clover-leaf, for obvious reasons. Heinrich Bünting's design was inspired by the trefoil form of the arms of Hanover, h...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $2300
Sold in 2017
Moscauw - Moscovia, Urbs regionis eiusde nominis metropolitica, duplo maior...
A decorative full color example of Braun & Hogenberg's first view of Moscow, from a slightly elevated viewpoint from across the frozen Moskva River, first published i...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $1800
Sold in 2017
Deventer.
A highly detailed 16th century plan of Deventer, with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches and squares. Further with the city walls and bridges across the river,...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2017
Die eigentliche und wahrafftige Gestalt der Erden und des Meers.
A rare, important map of the world from Heinrich Bünting's "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", famous theological commentary. Towns named include; Jerusalem, Dama...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $690
Sold in 2019
America, sive Bresilia. . .
print of America. By Jan Sadeler after Theodor Bernard.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1581
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2018
Die eigentliche warhafftige der Erden und des Meers. - Cosmographia Universalis. . .
Map of the old world showing a landmass remarkably like the west coast of Australia and roughly where Australia should be.Lower left an early representation of America, t...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2019
America, sive Bresilia. . .
Allegorical print of the continent of America. Engraved by Jan Sadeler (1550-1601) after Theodor Bernard, dated 1581. Rare print and one of the earliest representations o...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1581
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2020
Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblatt. . .
This extraordinary curiosity is referred to as the Clover-leaf, for obvious reasons. Heinrich Bünting's design was inspired by the trefoil form of the arms of Hanover, h...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1581
Selling price: $3100
Sold in 2019
Europa Prima Pars Terrae Forma Virginis.
Desirable, famous and relatively scarce-to-rare item usually deemed a curiosity or oddity map. All of Europe is depicted in the form of a Queen wearing her crown and in f...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, ca. 1581
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2019