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Hyacum et lues venera
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. Plated numbered 6. Lettered in margin,...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
Distillatio.
This is a plate from a series of twenty prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries (Nova Reperta) after Jan van der Straet. Plated numbered 7. Lettered in margin,...
Place & Date: Antwerp, Philips Galle, c. 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2018
Episcopatus Leodiensis / Bisthumsg. Luttich Leuesche De Liege.
A very rare map of the area around Liege. Extends until Frankfurt, Namur and Antwerp. Engraved by Frans Hogenberg for an Atlas by Johannes Metellus!
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018
![[The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia with Roanoke Colony - Carolina Coastline] No title.](/uploads/cache/42117-250x250.jpg)
[The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia with Roanoke Colony - Carolina Coastline] No title.
Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, c. 1590
Selling price: $285
Sold in 2018
Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip.
An influential map of the Arctic. It includes Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and part of the North American continent, together with the legendary islands of the north: ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2018
Perusia gratu musis in Tuscia domicilium. (Perugia)
A large, early, very detailed, strong impression, bird's-eye view of the Italian city of Perugia. From the famous Civitates Orbis Terrarum, compiled and written by George...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Panormus / Palermo.
A large, early, very detailed, strong impression, bird's-eye view of the Italian city of Palermo in Sicily. From the famous Civitates Orbis Terrarum, compiled and written...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018
MOSCAVW.
From the famous Civitates Orbis Terrarum of Braun and Hogenberg, one of the most sought after early views of Moscow. It depicts the city from an elevated viewpoint across...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $790
Sold in 2020
Chilonium vulgo Kyell. . .
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Where the Belt meets the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein and Schleswig, it has numerous bends forming narrow necks of land notably surrounded by wa...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2018
Roma.
Though a contemporaneous view, the structures of Ancient Rome are still much in evidence. The example contains a 119 point legend and figures in typical costume.From the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2019
Kalcar.
An early town plan of Kalkar in Germany, showing an enclosed town with many fine houses and buildings, especially the town hall, the market place and the main church. The...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2020
![[Matiscona / Chalon-sur-Soane].](/uploads/cache/43146-250x250.jpg)
[Matiscona / Chalon-sur-Soane].
MACON: This is a bird's-eye view from the south of the town, which is fortified with moats, walls and bastions. With numerous churches, including the Gothic cathedral of ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2019
![[Hesdin]. Hesdinum. . .](/uploads/cache/43147-250x250.jpg)
[Hesdin]. Hesdinum. . .
A perspective birds-eye view of the northern French city of Hesdin. It lies in the 'Pay-de-Calais region. The city is dominated by a large town square and the church of N...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2019
RHOTOMAGUS Galliae... Rouen.
A lovely bird's-eye plan of Rouen by Braun and Hogenberg, with a French key to locations. Two costume figures at bottom. This bird's-eye view from the north conveys a cle...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2019
Schleswig. . .
The ducal coat of arms and the arms of the city of Schleswig at the corners of an equilateral triangle draw attention down to the little church of Hedeby in the foregroun...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2019
Flensburg and Itzehoe.
Flensburg: This view from the east of the harbour city at the end of the Flensburg Fjord shows the long merchants' yards that are typical of old Flensburg - front-gabled ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
![[St. Omer]. S. Audomari Fanum A. Aulmer. Omer Iccius portus Abrahamo Orttelio, artesij urbs munitissima.](/uploads/cache/43145-250x250.jpg)
[St. Omer]. S. Audomari Fanum A. Aulmer. Omer Iccius portus Abrahamo Orttelio, artesij urbs munitissima.
This is a bird's-eye view from the south of the town, which is fortified with moats, walls and bastions. Numerous churches stand out, including the Gothic cathedral of No...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020
Flensburg and Itzehoe.
Flensburg: This view from the east of the harbour city at the end of the Flensburg Fjord shows the long merchants' yards that are typical of old Flensburg - front-gabled ...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $340
Sold in 2020
Gottorp.
The ducal coat of arms and the arms of the city of Schleswig at the corners of an equilateral triangle draw our attention down to the little church of Hedeby in the foreg...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1590
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2020
De quator Nobilis Potentissimisq Belgicae Civitativus Antverpia, Mechlinia, Bruxella, Grandauo . . .
Early print showing a army position near the town of Dreux in France on 14 March 1590 during the French Wars of Bird's-eye view map of Brabant, showing Antwerp, Gent, Vil...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021
Holad.
A very early woodcut map from a Latin edition of Münsters famous 'Cosmographie'. It shows the area from Ameland until Bergen including many famous cities. With a ship sh...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1590
Selling price: $36
Sold in 2019
Burgundiae Comitatus Recentiss. Descriptio.
A decorative and attractive regional map of Burgundy in France, that is centered on Besancon, Poligny, Quingey and St Anne. It includes a number of famous wine regions, f...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1590
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2020
Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis. . .
John White's map, elegantly designed and superbly engraved, revolutionized geographic knowledge of the region. Although White left the Chesapeake poorly explored, much of...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1590
Selling price: $8100
Sold in 2019
Die Englischen so sich.. (Nijmegen, Anno 1586)
Early print showing Nijmegen, river Waal and fort Knodsenburg.The plates by Hogenberg are dealing with the independence war of Holland against Spain.Recently a very inter...
Place & Date: Cologne 1590
Selling price: $280
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Daciarum, Moesiarumaue Vetus Descriptio.
Decorative ancient map of Hungary. From his historical atlas including a series of maps prepared by Ortelius himself. Signed lower left hand corner Ex conatibus Abrahami ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2009
![[Two maps of Germany]](/uploads/cache/14379-250x250.jpg)
[Two maps of Germany]
Two sheets. One map centered on the river Rhine with the towns of Basle, Zürich, Augsburg, Esling, Strasbourg, Fribourg, etc. The second map showing eastern part of Germ...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
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Aeternum Florida Virtus
Board representing plants and insects.Joris Hoefnagel (Anvers 1542-Vienne 1600) was a painter, illuminator and draughtsman of flowers, fruits, insects, etc. He became the...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $200
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Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova Descriptio.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]', The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements with text in Latin, Dutch, German, French, Spanish...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $575
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Abrahamus Ortelius Antwerpianus cosmographus natus..
Rare head and shoulder portrait of Abraham Ortelius.
Place & Date: Antwerp c.1590
Selling price: $250
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Apotheosis d. Isabellae Clarae Eugeniae.
Architectural frontage after design by P.P.Rubens. Engraved and published by Ta Thul.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1590
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2009
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.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $600
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Tempe.
An attractive view of Mount Olympus and the valley in northern Thessaly (Greece), called the Vale of Tempe in ancient times, through which the river Peneus (present-day S...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $360
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Thraciae Veteris Typus.
Made by Ortelius based on Gastaldi's 1560 map, which covers an area that includes North-Eastern Greece, Southern Bulgaria, and North-West Turkey. The information is based...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $160
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Germaniae Veteris typus.
Made by Ortelius based on the writings by the ancient authors Tacitus, Caesar, Dionysus, Ptolemy, Suetonius, Eutropius, Seneca, Plinius, and Strabo.This map belongs to a ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $138
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Pontus Euxinus Aequor Iafonio pulfatum remige premum.
Prepared by Ortelius after Mercator, and additional ancient sources as Plinius, Ovidius, Strabo, Apollonius, Procopius and Apppianus.This map belongs to a serie of histor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $107
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Italia Gallica, Sive Gallia Cisalpina.
This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri which appeared from 1579 onwards, sometimes as a separate publication and sometimes incorpor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $200
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Italia Gallica, Sive Gallia Cisalpina.
This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri which appeared from 1579 onwards, sometimes as a separate publication and sometimes incorpor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $205
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Braunsvicensis et Luneburgensis Ducatuum.
Early map of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Nice cartouche on the upper right corner.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who is born and died in Antw...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $30
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Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova Descriptio.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]', Latin ed, pl. 39, CN no. 18.The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements with text in Latin, Du...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $310
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Terra Sancta.
This is the most modern of Ortelius' maps of the Holy Land. It focuses specifically on the Holy Land and is oriented with east of the top. Ortelius used as a model the wa...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $700
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Isole Selandie.
In the stippled sea a compass-rose in the shape of a circular disc with indication of eight wind directions by means of the first letter of the Italian names: T, G, a Cro...
Place & Date: Venise 1590
Selling price: $160
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![De Ducatu Brabantino .. [Brabant]](/uploads/cache/13794-250x250.jpg)
De Ducatu Brabantino .. [Brabant]
On recto an early map of Brabant (Map : 94x135 mm). From a Latin text edition of his "Geographia", that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Bâle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $97
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Caarte vanden .. Graefschappe van Hollandt..
Early map of Holland, engraved by Saenredam. Based on a map by Jacob van Deventer (1550). East is at the top. In the lower part, a typical 16th-century cartouche in Renai...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $380
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Natoliae..Aegypti recentior..Carthaginis (3 maps on 1 sheet)
3 Maps on one sheet. Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $310
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Algoiensis Regionis et Partium.
On recto an early map of the western part of Austria (127x155 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2014
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 1590
Selling price: $2400
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Salisbvrgensis Ivrisdictionis, locorumgue vicinorum vera..
From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World], published in Antwerp.The map is drawn in trompe l'oeil fashion, as though on a parchment of irregular shape, curl...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $220
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Waerachtige beschryvinge vande wydvermaerde Conincklicke Hooft Stadt Jerusalem..
Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for a bible printed by Jan Everts Cloppenburg. The bible maps of 1590 are the earliest of Plancius compilations to survive.Very rare pl...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1590
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2008
Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberümpten Statt Leon.
Map shows the city of Lyon wit a beautiful border.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $90
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Hispanie beschreibung mit seinen Künigreichen/landschafften und stätten/item von sitten/gebzeüchen der alten vn neüven Spaniern.
Map shows Spain with Portugal and the Island of Mallorca.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $40
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Anglia.
Map of Great Britain.From a German text edition of his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $40
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Presbiteri Iohannis, Sive, Abissin Orum Imperii Descriptio
Despite the title this map extends far beyond Prester John's supposed kingdom. It covers Africa from the fabled mountains of the moon in the center of the continent north...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $800
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![[Title page ] Galliae tabule geographicae. Per Gerardum Mercatorem..](/uploads/cache/61301-250x250.jpg)
[Title page ] Galliae tabule geographicae. Per Gerardum Mercatorem..
Very fine title page by Gerard Mercator, composed of an elaborate strapwork design with the portrait of a king at top.
Place & Date: Duisburg, 1590
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2015
![[Map showing region of Basle and Strassbourg].](/uploads/cache/14377-250x250.jpg)
[Map showing region of Basle and Strassbourg].
An early map of Colmar, Strasbourg, Basle, etc. (85x135 cm). VERSO: showing the cultivation of vinesFrom a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium o...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
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Cantuarbury.
A spectacular and early view of Canterbury.From the greatest publication in this genre! The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral...
Place & Date: Cologne 1590
Selling price: $550
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Arcus ad d. Michaelis pars pior Hercules Prodicius.
Architectural frontage after design by P.P.Rubens. Engraved and published by Ta Thul.
Place & Date: Antwerp c.1590
Selling price: $255
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Tabula Geographica, in qua omnes regiones, urbes, oppida..
Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for a bible by van Liesvelt. The bible maps of 1590 are the earliest of Plancius compilations to survive. Very rare map of Palestine di...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1590
Selling price: $1000
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Descrittione dell'Isola Cuba.
Early map of Cuba, published in Venetia, Appresso gli Heredi di Simon Galignani, 1590.
Place & Date: Venise 1590
Selling price: $225
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Canons.
On recto an early representation of a siege of a town with canons: To the right a presentation of the devil with a monk. (Print : 70x96 mm). With the initial DK David Kan...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2011
Descriptio Lineae Occiduae Rheni .. / Alsatia.
On recto an early map of the province of Alsace, with Strasbourg, Heidelberg and Metz. (Map : 88x135 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendi...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2014
Lipsia..
On recto an early map of Germany, centered on Leipzig (117x155 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $19
Sold in 2014
De Suevia et eius Praecipuis Civitatibus..
On recto an early map of south eastern part of Germany, including the towns of Fribourg, Zürich, Basel, Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Spire, etc. (Map : 117x155 mm).From a Lat...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2014
[Costumes of Schwaben)
On recto an early scene showing the costumes of the people of Schwaben. (Print : 95x135 mm).The second scene shows a couple ragging wool. From a Latin text edition of his...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
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Nigra Sylva olim pars Herciniae Sylvae.
On recto an early scene showing the Foret Noire with different animals (a wolf, dear, bear, etc. (Print : 77x150 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that gr...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $25
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De Istria Peninsula.
On recto an early map of the province of Istria, including the Gulf of Triest (143x156 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissa...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $40
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Natoliae..Aegypti Recentior..Carthaginis.. (3 maps on 1 sheet)
3 Maps on one sheet. Map to the left east to the top. Detailed map Turkey, including Cyprus and Crete. Also map of the Nile delta and another map of Tunis.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $325
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Lutzenburgen sis Ducatus Veriss. Descript
A attractive map of Luxembourg : title cartouche on the lower left corner. From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'.Iacobo Surhonio Montano auctore.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $550
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EYNDHOVEN - Nach dem Eindhoven mitt kriegs macht. . . .
Earliest printed bird's-eye view of Eindhoven. Showing the siege of April 13-23 1583. On April 22nd the young Count Carel van Mansfeld was taking the town after a 9 days ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2015
Als nun Truxes Reutter und knecht.. (Delft)
Early of Delft with a Spanish army entering the town.The plates by Hogenberg are dealing with the independence war of Holland against Spain.Recently a very interesting r...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2017
New Griechenlandt / mit andern anstoffenden Landern / wie es zu unsern zeiten bescreiben ist.
Double page woodcut map of mainland Greece and the islands from a German text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge!. Headpie...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1590
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2008
EYNDHOVEN - Nach dem Eindhoven mitt kriegs macht. . . .
Earliest printed bird's-eye view of Eindhoven. Showing the siege of April 13-23 1583. On April 22nd the young Count Carel van Mansfeld was taking the town after a 9 days ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
Selling price: $1900
Sold in 2009
![Holandt. [Holland].](/uploads/cache/26999-250x250.jpg)
Holandt. [Holland].
On verso an early map of Holland (215x140 mm). From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2010
Von der Bischofflichen Statt Utrecht..
An early representation of the city of Utrecht (125x155 cm). From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2021
Descrittione Dell' Isola Di Corsica
Rare early map of the French island Corsica and a small part of Sardinia. Published around 1590 in "L'isole piu famose del mondo." Very detailed naming many s...
Place & Date: Padova, ca. 1590
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2009
Descrittione Dell' Isola Di Corsica.
Rare early map of the French island Corsica and a small part of Sardinia. Published around 1590 in "L'isole piu famose del mondo." Very detailed map, naming man...
Place & Date: Padova, ca. 1590
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2011
Venations Ferarum, Auium, Piscium. . .
Title page from "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium" or "Hunting Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish". The plate was engraved by Jan Collaert 1566-1628 published...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $380
Sold in 2013
Pontus Euxinus Aequor Iafonio pulfatum remige premum.
Prepared by Ortelius after Mercator, and additional ancient sources as Plinius, Ovidius, Strabo, Apollonius, Procopius, and Apppianus.This map belongs to a series of hist...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $435
Sold in 2011
Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Intregra Descriptio.
Decorative map centered on the Loire River and Angiers. Includes several bridges across the Loire and its tributaries.Prepared by Licimo Guyeto Andegauense.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2013
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque Regionum Nova Descriptio, Auctore Augustino Hirsvogellio
Fine map of the Balkan region by Ortelius. Map is centered on the Sava River, and shows the current countries of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1590
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2010
Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Intregra Descriptio.
Early map of the Loire Valley, with Angiers in the center. Prepared by Lézin Guyet in 1579.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2010