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Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.

This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of i...

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579

 


Descrittione di M. Lodovico Guicciardini patritio Fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi,...

Second Italian edition (variant B) and first Plantin edition (1st Silvius 1567) and the most sought-after edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated ...

$10000 / ≈ €9357
Maker / Publisher: GUICCIARDINI, L.
Place & Date: Antwerp, Plantin, 1581

 


Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]

A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,

A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph Runs from Potiphar's Wife.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum his...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40

A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. Joseph in Jail.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris t...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28

A superb example of this illustration showing a blind Isaac blessing Jacob. Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegan...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


La Florida/ Peruviae Auriferae regionis Typus/ Guastecan.

The Chaves map of Florida is a prime example of an explorer's map since it records the recent discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, De Soto, and Moscoso. The map revealed little...

$1400 / ≈ €1310
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592

 


Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, . . . MDXCII

First state. Although a map of South America it does include much of what is now the southern United States. There are two elaborate, strap-work cartouches with the one a...

$6500 / ≈ €6082
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1592

 


[Spain and Portugal]

A rare map of Spain and Portugal engraved by Jan and Lucas van Deutecom and published by Gerard de Jode, Antwerp 1593. Latin text on verso.The map appeared in the second ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: DOETECUM, J. and L. van. / DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593

 


ABRAHAMUS ORTELIUS ANTVERPIANUS Orteli dum proponis spectantibus Orbem, Quam tua delectant structa Theatra homines! . . .

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up business there with his sister, a...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1595

 


Latium.

Based on classical authors' sources, specifically Virgilius, Plinius, Varro, Halicarnasseus, Festus and Ausonius.Philip Wingius in his letter to Ortelius from 1592 mentio...

$650 / ≈ €608
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1595

 


Florentini Dominii Fidelissima et nova descriptio.

The map is centered on the city of Florence and extends to Liguria, the Apennine Mountains, the Adriatic Coast, Siena and Lago di Perugia. The map is based upon Stefano B...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Anvers, 1598

 


Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio . . . [and] Terretorii Romani Descrip. [and] Fori Iulii Vulgo Frivli Typus. . .

Set of 3 maps of Lake Como, the region around Rome and the region around the Upper Adriatic, centered on Udinese from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]'...

$375 / ≈ €351
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598

 


Maris Pacifici.

From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to ...

$7500 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598

 


Carinthiae et Goritiae... / Histria tabula.../ Zarae, et Serebenici ..

Three maps on one sheet. The left hand is centered on the eastern part of Austria. The right upper hand map is centered on northern Yugoslavia, and the last map is center...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598

 


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...

$2400 / ≈ €2246
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1603

 


Lutzenburgensis Ducatus veriss descript.

Prepared by Jacob Surhon who made a manuscript map of Luxembourg for which he received 500 Livres from Charles V in 1551. For security reasons the map was not published. ...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609

 


Limburgensis Ducatus Tabula Nova.

Map of Limburg, prepared by the Antwerp expert in law and mathematics Aegidius Martini. After 1600 Jan Baptist Vrients acquired the stock and the plates of Ortelius' Thea...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A. / VRIENTS, J.B.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1606-1612

 


Sardinia / Sicilia.. / Corfu / Zerbi.. / Elba / Malta. . .

Six very fine and early maps on one sheet. Including the islands of Sicily, Corfu, Sardinia, Zerbi (Djerba), Elba and Malta.The map of Malta has a sinking ship at Cala di...

$1800 / ≈ €1684
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612

 


Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar : Insularum descriptio.

A rare and ornate map with inset portraits of James First, Henry Prince of Wales Princess Anne of Denmark.Janssonius acquired the copperplate of van den Keere's 1604 Brit...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1621

 


The Kingdome of China.

A most sought-after map of China. Decorative border vignettes including views of the cities of Quinzay and Macao along the top border with the wheeled wind machines and p...

$7000 / ≈ €6550
Maker / Publisher: SPEED, J.
Place & Date: London, G. Humble, 1627

 


Romani Imperii Imago.

Very rare map in a first edition by Jacques Honervogt. Copied after a map by Ortelius but much rarer. The medallion portraits are of Romulus and Remus - the genealogical ...

$2500 / ≈ €2339
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1630

 


Composite atlas of the Low Countries.

A composite atlas comprising 18 double-page engraved maps by or after Hessel Gerritsz, Theodoor Galle, Jacob van Deventer, Gerard Mercator, Peter Verbiest, Jean Surhon, C...

$100000 / ≈ €93572
Maker / Publisher: GALLE, Theodoor.
Place & Date: [Antwerp, c. 1633

 


China Veteribus Sinarum Regio.

Based on Jesuit surveys, the map represents the next major revision in the cartography of China after Ortelius' 1584 map. Korea, however, is still an island, and Japan co...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640

 


Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .

A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1640

 


Typus Galliae Veteris, Ex conatib' Geograph. Abrah.Ortelii.

A very decorative map with countries of ancient France prepared by Abraham Ortelius and published by one of the most famous map publishers, Willem Blaeu.

$375 / ≈ €351
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645

 


Abrahamus Ortelius Antuerpianus cosmographus natus a. MDXXVII

Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up a business there with his sister,...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: DE PASSE, C.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1650
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2023

 


Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica.

Impressive compass rose with a fleur de lis at the center and 32 wind directions flowing from it identified in six languages, Greek, Latin, French, Dutch, Italian, and Sp...

$3000 / ≈ €2807
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650