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The description of the holy Land, conteining the places..
Description of the Holy Land, showing all the places mentioned in the Gospels and the itineraries of Jesus Christ and his disciples in Judea, Samaria, and Galilee. Shows ...
Place & Date: London 1595
Selling price: $350
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Africae propriae Tabula..
The most beautiful early map of the northern coast of Africa that is available to the collector. Prepared by Ortelius himself based on modern information from Gastaldi's ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $165
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Daphne.
Made by Ortelius on the basis of information from ancient sources, specifically Ammianus, Strabo and Philostratus.This is the depiction of the Paradise Daphne, a pleasant...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $102
Sold in 2011
Tusciae Antiquae Typus.
Based on Bellarmati's map of Tuscany, supplemented by classical sources, viz. Livius, Plinius, Cato, Virgil, Halicarnassaeus and Plutarchus.This map belongs to a series o...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $400
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Typus chorographicus, celebrium locoum in regno Judae et..
Drawn by Tilemannus Stella Sigenensi, this map delineates the most important places in the kingdom of Judah and Israel. The shore lines runs from Berytus (Beirut) to Rhin...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $400
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Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus?
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. Based on Mercator'...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2008
Europam, Sive Celticam Veterem.
Possibly derived to some extent from Ortelius' own two sheet map of the Roman Empire, which appeared in 1571. Further, this map is based on classical sources, such as Sal...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $390
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Hispaniae Veteris descriptio.
Made on the basis of modern information from Clusius' six-sheet map of Spain which appeared in 1571 and ancient knowledge from Strabo, Appianus, Bongarius, Livius, Valeri...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $255
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Insular. Aliquot Aegaei Maris Antiqua Descrip.
Ten maps on one plate. Showing Rinia and Dilos, Nicaria, Euboea, Samos, Keos (near Euboea), Rhodus, Chios, Cyprus, Lesbos, Lemnos.This map belongs to a series of historic...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $600
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Creta Iouis magni../Corsica../ Sardinia..
Islands are shown with place names and important locales as they existed in the Classical Period. Ortelius mentions as his classical sources Strabo, Palenses, Athenaeus, ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $270
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Daciarum, Moesiarumque, 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 O...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $110
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Graeciae Sophiani.
This is a beautiful depiction of ancient Greece. The map has a beautiful title cartouche in the shape of a Grecian temple in the bottom left-hand corner and a large scale...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $360
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Siciliae Veteris Typus.
A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centred on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the towns...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $400
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Graecia Maior.
Based on classical authors sources. With inset map: I. di Tremite (actually located just outside the lower left corner of the map), belonged to the Kingdom of Naples, and...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $165
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Latium.
Based on classical authors sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mention...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $180
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ROMANI IMPERII IMAGO.
The medallion portraits are of Romulus and Remus -the genealogical 'tree' describes the lineage of the Roman emperors while the strapwork bordered panels explain the hist...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $435
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Aeneae Troiani navigatio..
After the destruction of Troy, Aenaeas is reported to have roamed the seas for seven years, as described in the writings of Xenophon, Ovidius, Lycrophonous, but most exte...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $320
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Alexandri Magni Maredonis Expeditio.
Handsomely engraved map of Alexander the Great's Empire at full flower, with a large inset depicting the Temple of the Oracle of Jupiter Amman, supposedly situated in pre...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $360
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Pannoniae, et Illyrici Veteris Tabula.
Made on the basis of Gastaldi's 1560 map of South East Europe and on information from ancient sources, specifically Plinius, Livius, Bonfinius, Dionus and Aurelius Victor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $130
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Aegyptus Antiqua.
A splendid map of ancient Egypt, which appeared in Ortelius' Parergon. The map is based on his separately published map of Egypt, published in 1565, but with differences ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $280
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Hispaniae Veteris descriptio.
Made on the basis of modern information from Clusius' six-sheet map of Spain which appeared in 1571 and ancient knowledge from Strabo, Appianus, Bongarius, Livius, Valeri...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $435
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Exacta & accurata.. regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboja..
...the Far East and the Malay Archipelago are represented in such detail as was known only to the Portuguese at that time and had never before shown on a printed map. (S...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1595
Selling price: $6025
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Maris Pacifici.
This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific, and the first to name North and South America separately. Lower right a large presentation of Ferdinan...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6100
Sold in 2016
Hispaniae Novae.
This was the standard map of the area for a generation, copied by De Bry, Quad and Hondius. Even though Herrera (Spain's Royal Cosmographer) and Wytfliet worked 20 years ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $500
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Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
In 1587, a new plate was engraved which appeared in editions from 1588 onwards. Of the three maps, this one is perhaps the most important. It is the most geographically a...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $4525
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Maris Pacifici.
This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific, and the first to name North and South America separately. It includes most of North and South America,...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $6050
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Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
In 1587, a new plate was engraved which appeared in editions from 1588 onwards. Of the three maps, this one is perhaps the most important. It is the most geographically a...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $4000
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Maris Pacifici.
This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific, and the first to name North and South America separately. It includes most of North and South America,...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $6150
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Titlepage: Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.
Title page to the section of the Ortelius atlas part, Parergon with original hand-colored decoration. The printer Plantin originally used the wood block for the first pag...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $450
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Islandia.
Miniature map Island. From the second series of miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. A new series of pocket-size atlases was begun by Philip Galle in 1588. It seems that...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $210
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Tuscia.
Miniature map of Tuscany. From the second series of miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. A new series of pocket-size atlases was begun by Philip Galle in 1588. It seems ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $120
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Malta olim Melita Insula.
Miniature map of Malta. From the second series of miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. A new series of pocket-size atlases was begun by Philip Galle in 1588. It seems th...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $210
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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, 1595
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2022
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio.
The rare early edition with text underneath the map. Gerard Mercator's great world map of 1569 was condensed into double hemispherical form by his son Rumold. It first ap...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1595
Selling price: $3800
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Cusco
Miniature town view of the City of Cuzco, Peru, with figures in the foreground Valegio signature at the lower edge of the plate. It was published as part of a series of b...
Place & Date: Venice, 1595
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2016
Mexico
Miniature map of Mexico city.
Place & Date: Venice, 1595
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2014
Hispaniae Veteris descriptio.
Based on Clusius' six-sheet map of Spain appeared in 1571 and knowledge from Strabo, Appianus, Bongarius, Livius, Valerius Maximus, and Suetonius.This map belongs to the ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013
ISLANDIA.
Superb miniature map of Iceland. From the second series of the miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. Shows the island with the main towns, mountains, rivers, and islands....
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2009
Daciarum, Moesiarumaue Vetus Descriptio.
Decorative map of ancient 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, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2009
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[Von der Landtschafft Iudaea]
16th century woodcut view of Jerusalem on the full folio sheet. From "Theatrum Urbium" by Abraham Saur printed in Frankfurt 1595 by N. Basseus.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1595
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
Morea olim Peloponnesus.
Peloponnisos by Mercator. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2009
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus . . .
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. Based on Mercator'...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $1300
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Natoliae, quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio - Aegypti Recentior Descriptio - Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus
colored copper engraved map of Turkey by A. Ortelius. On right side a map of Egypt and one of Tunis. Three map on one sheet printed from one plate. From the 1595 Latin ed...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2010
Thraciae veteris typus
Decorative map of the western part of Turkey by A. Ortelius. Showing the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara with the Bosporus and Istanbul. From the 1595 Latin edition of 'T...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Flandriae Comitatus Descripto.
Colorful map of Belgium focuses on Flanders, the Dutch speaking region in northern Belgium, after Gerard Mercator. Many major cities and religious centers, including Ghen...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2010
Daciarum, Moesiarumaue Vetus Descriptio.
Decorative map of ancient 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, 1595
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
Artois. Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descriptio.
Map of Artois, a former province at the northwest tip of France, by Abraham Ortelius. Accompanying Latin text with hand-colored rubric letters on verso. Vibrant, original...
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1595
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2010
Hispaniae Veteris descriptio.
Made on the basis of modern information from Clusius' six-sheet map of Spain which appeared in 1571 and ancient knowledge from Strabo, Appianus, Bongarius, Livius, Valeri...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $485
Sold in 2011
Daniae Regnu.
An uncolored example of Mercator's first map of Denmark, from the first edition of his Atlas.A decorative map of Denmark by Gerard Mercator himself., with an ornate strap...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Hispaniae nova describtio. . .
Map of Spain and Portugal. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2011
Daciarum, Moesiarumaue Vetus Descriptio.
Decorative map of ancient 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, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2011
Turingiae Noviss. Descript. / Misniae et Lusatiae Tabula.
A delightful pair of central German maps of Thuringia & Meissen, by Ortelius, published in Antwerp towards the end of the sixteenth century. The left hand map is that...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1595
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020
AEGYPTUS ANTIQUA. Terra suis contante bonis, non indiga mercis. . .
A splendid map of ancient Egypt, which appeared in Ortelius' Parergon. The map is based on his separately published map of Egypt, published in 1565, but with differences ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Anglia regnum.
A finely engraved map of England published during the last years of the reign of Elizabeth I, filled with names taken from the earlier Christopher Saxton map of 1579. Wit...
Place & Date: Duisburg, ca 1595
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2023
Brabantiae Belgarum Provinciae Exactaque Descriptio.
A very rare Brabant map, Netherlands, Belgium, Brabant; by Gerard de Jode - Brabantiae Belgarum Provinciae recens exactaque descriptio - 1595.Orientation: is West upwards...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2021
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[Map of Switzerland canton of Argow.]
Map of Argow. With his engraved signature lower left.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1595
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2021
Gerardus Mercator Imprimis nostro
Portrait of Gerard Mercator taken from " Imagines L. doctorum virorum Galle, P. Imagines L. doctorum virorum, qui bene de studiis literarum merure, cum singulorum el...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2023
Presbiteri Johannis sive Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio
Very decorative example of Ortelius' famous map of the Kingdom of Prester John, from a Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the w...
Place & Date: Amverpen, 1595
Selling price: $456
Sold in 2023
Turcici Imperii Descriptio
This is the second map by Ortelius depicting the Turkish Empire, based on Ortelius' own map of Asia, derived from the work of Giacomo Gastaldi of 1561. It features the Ar...
Place & Date: Antverpen, ca 1595
Selling price: $472
Sold in 2023
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[Lot of 9 maps/ prints of Egypt ] Aegypti Recentior Descriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus.
Abraham Ortelius' maps of Egypt and Carthago on one sheet.Abraham Ortelius(1527-98), Dutch cartographer and publisher of the first modern atlas, ' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2023
Maris Pacifici.
This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to the Pacific, and the first to name North and South America separately. It includes most of North and South America,...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6350
Sold in 2012
Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus...
A splendid map depicting the travels of Paulus. With two fine scenes in top. Showing the countries along the Mediterranean, including Cyprus and Italy. Based on Mercator'...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2014
Ultoniae Orientalis Par.
Decorative map of the Ulster Region.From the first edition of Mercator's Atlas, published in 1595. The map features an ornate title cartouche with a scale below. The map...
Place & Date: Duisberg, 1595
Selling price: $600
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Africae Tabula Nova Edita Antverpiae 1570.
Collectible example of one of the cornerstone maps of Africa. A beautiful map in original color. Ortelius' map was modern in appearance, compared to Munster and o...
Place & Date: Antwerp, (1570) 1595
Selling price: $2250
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Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
In 1587, a new plate was engraved which appeared in editions from 1588 onwards. Of the three maps, this one is perhaps the most important. It is the most geographically a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $2600
Sold in 2013
Poloniae descriptio.
Early miniature map of Poland from Ortelius' Epitome Theatri Ortelianai. Engraved and published by Philip Galle in Antwerp. Based on Ortelius folio map of Poland. The Epi...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1577-1595
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
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.According to P. Meurer based on de Jode's 12 shee...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $305
Sold in 2015
Irlandia Regnum.
Striking map of Ireland, with north oriented to the right and featuring a splendid ribbon style title banner cartouche. Fully engraved with topographical features and a s...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1595
Selling price: $265
Sold in 2017
ROMANI IMPERII IMAGO.
Very decorative map of the ancient Roman empire. The medallion portraits Romulus and Remus.This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the "Parergon The...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1595
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2013
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
In 1587, a new plate was engraved which appeared in editions from 1588 onwards. Of the three maps, this one is perhaps the most important. It is the most geographically a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $5200
Sold in 2014
Holsatia Ducatus.
A detailed map of the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany extending south to include Hamburg and Lubeck. From the first edition of Mercator's Atlas. Latin text verso
Place & Date: Duisberg, 1595
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2014
Reisen der Kinder Israel aus Egypten.
A woodblock map which illustrates the route followed by the Israelites in the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. The map is very decorative and shows the Pharaoh dro...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1595
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2014
Tafel der Lender / darin der Apostel Paulus geprediget hat.
Woodcut showing the Eastern Mediterranean from the "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae", showing Italy, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Holy Land and North A...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1595
Selling price: $340
Sold in 2017
Beschreibung des Heiligen Landes.
Heinrich Bünting map of the Holy Land from the Itinerarum Saccrae Scripturae, which was first published in 1581. It shows Palestineon both sides of the Jordan and the tw...
Place & Date: Magdeburg, 1595
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2014
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6100
Sold in 2014
Islandia.
Perhaps the most famous map of Iceland. On the south side of the island a collection of all possible sea monsters is depicted. Polar bears on ice flows and volcanoes in t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $6300
Sold in 2015
Hispaniae Veteris descriptio.
Made on the basis of modern information from Clusius' six-sheet map of Spain which appeared in 1571 and ancient knowledge from Strabo, Appianus, Bongarius, Livius, Valeri...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $373
Sold in 2015
Venetia.
Superb bird's-eye view of Venice, which precisely illustrates most of the architectural features of the city. The lagoon is also depicted, animated with many vessels. The...
Place & Date: Cologne, circa 1595
Selling price: $2000
Sold in 2015
Gallia.
Rather crude but quite charming little woodcut map of Gallia with Celtica, Aquitania, Angliar Pars, Narbonensis, Hispaniae Pars etc., based on Ortelius. Published in 1595...
Place & Date: Venice, 1595
Selling price: $169
Sold in 2016
Angliae Regni flo: rentissimi nova descriptio, auctore Humfredo Lhuyd Cum Privilego.
Map by Humphrey Lloyd, Denbigh with coast shaded sea borders, rivers, hillocks, forests and towns. Published by Abraham Ortelius. The map presents an interesting picture ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2016