Browse Listings in Map Types

180 listings found. Showing results 1 to 80
Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]

Double text page in German with a woodblock Rome (23x53cm.)On verso a view of Genua (193x222mm). Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chro...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . . (Sluis)

Bird'eye view of the town of Sluis.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun...

$300 / ≈ â‚¬281
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580

 


[Title page] De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus.

Allegorical title page, from Volume 2 of Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum.At the top are figures representing Religion and Politics, placed on either side...

$400 / ≈ â‚¬374
Maker / Publisher: BRAUN,G. / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582

 


Mercurius.

Mercury holding a caduceus and riding in a chariot drawn by two birds on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape with a harbor with goods being loaded and unloaded ...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: DE VOS, M. after
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


Novus de Leone Belgico eiusq topographia atq. Historica descriptione liber (…). Rerumque in Belgio maxime gestarum, inde ab anno Christi M.D.LIX. Usque ad annum M.D.LXXXVII perpetua narratione continatus.

ENLARGED EDITION, with 207 (of 208) engravings of a famous eyewitness account of the Dutch Revolt, with the famous "Leo Belgicus" map, here in its second state...

$39000 / ≈ â‚¬36493
Maker / Publisher: AITSINGER (EYZINGER), Michael von.
Place & Date: Cologne, Gerardus Campensis for Frans Hogenberg, 1588

 


Habiti delle Donne Venetiane . . .

Title page of the book Habiti delle Donne Venetiane" (Dress of Venetian Women) which consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women. This very decorati...

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: FRANCO, G.
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1591

 


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 / ≈ â‚¬421
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1595

 


Christophorus Columus Ligur Indiarum Prim invet A°1492

Very decorative portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, &quo...

$500 / ≈ â‚¬468
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599

 


[Title page] Perspective die hooch-gheroemde conste..

Title page from Perspective, Dat is, de hooch-gheroemde conste eens schijnende in oft door-siende ooghen-ghesichtespunt ... (&c.) by Hans, or Johannes Vredeman de Vri...

$120 / ≈ â‚¬112
Maker / Publisher: VREDEMAN DE VRIES, J. / HONDIUS, H.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1604

 


[Title page] Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini . . .

Fine decorative titlepage from the 1605 edition of Ptolemy. The plate is adorned with allegorical figures, fruits and architectural motifs. This 1605 edition was based on...

$400 / ≈ â‚¬374
Maker / Publisher: MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1605

 


Germania.

Second state of this rare "carte à figures"- map of Germany, The Netherlands, Poland and central Europe. Bordered on three sides with portraits and views. In t...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1607

 


[Title page for] Atlas Minor de Guerard Mercator. . .

Title page from a 1608 French edition of the Atlas Minor (351:11). The title page is similar to that in the Latin edition of 1607, but a slip of paper with the engraved t...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬187
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1608

 


[Title page colored by Georg Mack Jr. to : Hortus Eystettensis, Sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum, Florum, Stirpium,. . .]

Title page to the first edition, one of about 300 copies printed, from one of the largest and most magnificent of the great flower books, depicting more than 1000 flowers...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: BESLER, Basilius (1561-1629)
Place & Date: Nuremberg, ca 1613

 


Leo Belgicus.

Among the greatest decorative works of early cartography is a series of arresting maps showing The Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion. The various versions of...

$18000 / ≈ â‚¬16843
Maker / Publisher: KAERIUS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617

 


Tabula electoratus Brandenburgici, Meckelenburgi, et maximae partis Pomeraniae, ex variis, famosissimisq[ue] auctoribus summo studio concinnata. . .

Uncommon "carte à figures"- map engraved by the master engraver Abraham Goos and published by Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652). The map shows the part of west...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: VISSCHER, N. J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1630

 


Nova Germaniae Descriptio..

A finely engraved carte à figures, with the side borders depicting emperors, while the upper and lower panels contain finely engraved miniature town prospects, among the...

$2700 / ≈ â‚¬2526
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1632

 


[Title page] Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France . . .

Title page of the first part of the atlas "Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France", by Nicolas Tassin.Nicolas Ta...

$150 / ≈ â‚¬140
Maker / Publisher: TASSIN, N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1634

 


Asia secunda pars in forma Pegasi.

UNRECORDED PLATE or STATE. Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Below the depiction 3 lines of engraved Latin text. Double page copper engraved map from Heinrich BÃ...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: BÃœNTING, H.
Place & Date: Brunswick, ca. 1635

 


[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie.

Frontispiece of " Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Troisieme partie." Very clear print with nice cartouches a...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1640

 


Asia secunda pars terrae in forma Pegasi.

Asia depicted as the flying horse Pegasus. Thiscartographical curiosity, double page copper engraved map, was published in Heinrich Bünting's “Itinerarium Sacrae Scrip...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: BÃœNTING, H.
Place & Date: Brunswick, 1640

 


Europa recens descripta à Guilielmo Blaeuw.

On either side columns depicting the manner of dress in the major countries of Europe, surmounted by nine city views and plans.For European mapmakers their own continent ...

$3500 / ≈ â‚¬3275
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu.

Frontispiece of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carrying a pendant which ...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬421
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la seconde.

Frontispiece of the second part of the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryi...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬421
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou le nouvel atlas mis en lumière par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. La seconde partie de la premiere.

Frontispiece of the second part of the first part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, the bigger carryin...

$350 / ≈ â‚¬328
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


[Title page from ] Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas . . .

A very decorative frontispiece by Willem Blaeu from the second part of this fine atlas. At top, a coat of arms surmounted by a crown and surrounded by two golden chains, ...

$250 / ≈ â‚¬234
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU,J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1644

 


Americae Nova Tabula.

The delineation of the coast and the nomenclature on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are basically Spanish in origin and follow the maps of Ortelius and Wytfliet. To...

$6000 / ≈ â‚¬5614
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1645

 


Carta terza Generale del' Asia.

Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...

$3500 / ≈ â‚¬3275
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 1646

 


Profil de la renomée ville et port d'Emstredam cappitalle des estats de Hollande.

Extremely rare panoramic town-view of Amsterdam seen from the river IJ.Exceptional bright, sharp example.The print is skillful copy of the print of Matthieu Merian, now w...

$7000 / ≈ â‚¬6550
Maker / Publisher: BOISSEAU, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1647

 


De Bello Belgico, Decas PrimaDeces II.

Each volume contains an engraved title with a representation of the Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion, with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, a ...

$12000 / ≈ â‚¬11229
Maker / Publisher: STRADA, FAMIANI
Place & Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647

 


[Two vomlumes, with two Leo maps] De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima / Decas Secunda.

With 2 engraved titles of the 'Leo Belgicus', with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, large woodcut printer's device on the colophons, and 30 richly engraved ...

$7500 / ≈ â‚¬7018
Maker / Publisher: STRADA, Famiano.
Place & Date: Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647

 


Curia Hollandiae Interior. (Binnenhof)

The government center of the Netherlands is situated in and around the Binnenhof-Buitenhof in The Hague. In 1248 the Roman king Willem II built a castle here and named it...

$1300 / ≈ â‚¬1216
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1649

 


[ The repositioning of the Vatican obelisk ]

Joan Blaeu published The Repositioning of the Vatican Obelisk. This large engraving on multiple sheets and in beautiful original colors is based on Domenico Fontana’s d...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1649

 


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...

$2700 / ≈ â‚¬2526
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650

 


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

 


[Title page for ] Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier]

Title page of " Atlas de la Terre ou Monde Terrestre - Tome premier" by J. Jansonius. This is the updated version of 1:42B. The figures of the king, queen, daup...

$350 / ≈ â‚¬328
Maker / Publisher: JANSSONIUS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1650

 


Insula Huaena sive Venusia a Guiljelmo Blaeu cum sub Tychone Astronomiae operam daret, delineata.

Decorative map of the island Hvan in the Danish Sound. In the center Tycho Brahe's famous observatory Uraniborg established in 1576, under the patronage of Frederick II, ...

$1100 / ≈ â‚¬1029
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1659

 


Nova Africa descriptio.

A beautifully engraved and most attractive "carte à figures"- map of the African continent. Bordered, above, by panels showing panorama's of Cairo, Alexandria,...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1660

 


De Texel Stroom .. vant Marsdiep./ Caarte van De Mase...

Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting th...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬561
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660

 


Nova XVII Provinciarum Inferioris Germaniae descriptio .

Extremely rare map of the Benelux by Frederick de Widt. Originally engraved and published by P.Kaerius in 1607. In 1662 the plate came in the possession of Frederick de W...

$9000 / ≈ â‚¬8421
Maker / Publisher: JACOBSZ.,Th. / DE WIDT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1662

 


Het Canaal tusschen Engeland en Vranciick.

An eye-catching chart of the Channel.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartographers, engravers, publishers and print sellers of Amsterdam. His wi...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1666

 


Noordoost Cust van Asia van Japan tot Nova Zembla.

Important for its early depiction of Hokkaido and the Islands to the North of Japan. Ships navigate the seas around the Siberian, Chinese and Japanese coast extending as ...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


Hollandiae pars septentrionalis, Vulgo Westvriesland..

Based on the work of B.F.van Berckenrode, this fine map, orientated west to the top of the sheet, includes Kennemerland and Hollands Noorderkwartier and is a reasonably u...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, W. / J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1667

 


.Paskaarte om Achter Yrlandt om te Zeylen van Hitlant tot. . .

An eye-catching chart of Ireland, including the north of England and Scotland, with the West to the top.Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675) was one of the most important cartogra...

$1900 / ≈ â‚¬1778
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1673

 


Tractus Littorales Guineae a Promontorio Verde usque ad sinum Catenbelae.

Chart of the West coast of Africa from Mauritania up to Angola. In top centre a very decorative title cartouche.

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1675

 


EUROP, and the cheife Cities contayned therin described. . .

A good impression from an early edition of this famous and decorative "carte à figures"- map from the first world atlas produced by an Englishman - John Speed'...

$3000 / ≈ â‚¬2807
Maker / Publisher: SPEED, J. / BASSET, T. / CHISWELL, R.
Place & Date: London, 1627 - 1676

 


Pas-kaart vande Zee kusten van Venecuela met de Byleggende Eylanden. . .

Rare chart of the coast of Venezuela, including the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, etc.The chart has two insets, one (15x22cm) with a map of Curaçao, one smaller w...

$2200 / ≈ â‚¬2059
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680

 


[Title page] Atlas Tot Amsterdam Bij Iustus Danckers in de Calverstraet inde Damcbaerhrijt.

Decorative title page with the figure of Atlas, standing on a globe of the Old World. The left and bottom right corners have animals and people from different parts of th...

$550 / ≈ â‚¬515
Maker / Publisher: DANCKERTS, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1680
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2024

 


[Title page] Le Nouveau & Grand Illuminant Flambeau de la Mer. La troisième partie. …Par Nicolas Jans Vooght.

Allegoric frontispiece of the third edition of the "Zee-Fakkel" with French text. The "4" from the date 16"89" is in manuscript.

$1250 / ≈ â‚¬1170
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1689

 


Citta, porto, e rada di Brest, e . . . Nella Bretagna . . .

A beautiful and rare map of Bretagne. In top right an inset with the town of Brest.The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and...

$900 / ≈ â‚¬842
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


[Title page] Isolario.

Fine title page from Isolario Dell''''Atlante Vento..More about Coronelli. [+]

$300 / ≈ â‚¬281
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI,V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


Illustriss et excellentiss D.Paulus Quirini divi Marci procurator.

Fine text page from Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento. with two copper engraved portraits printed within letter press. In top portrait of "Hieronymus Quirinus" (60x55...

$140 / ≈ â‚¬131
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1691

 


Carte de la Manche. . .

Decorative chart showing the Chanel, with the coastline of France from La Baie de Douarnenez to Dunkerque, and the coastline of England from Stroble head to Manning Tree....

$900 / ≈ â‚¬842
Maker / Publisher: JAILLOT, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1692

 


Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.

Very decorative and rare panoramic town view of Schlan, Schlanium s. Slany.The engraver and publisher of prints, Mrs. Anna Beek of the Hague, enlarged this print, origina...

$1800 / ≈ â‚¬1684
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A./ BRAUN andHOGENBERG
Place & Date: The Hague, 1700

 


Amstelodami celeberrimi hollandiae emporii delineatio nova.

Frederik de Wit’s beautiful bird's-eye view of the city. The river Amstel is still an open water flowing through the hart of the city. Only near the Dam it has been cov...

$3750 / ≈ â‚¬3509
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1700

 


Christophorus Columbus Liguriensis Indiarum Primus Inventor Anno MCCCCXCII.

Portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in north-western Italy. Under th...

$200 / ≈ â‚¬187
Maker / Publisher: PASSE, C.
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1700
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2023

 


Launa vulgo Laun Bohemiae civitas.

Bird's-eye views of Louny in Bohemia by G. Hoefnagel. The copperplate was made for Braun and Hogenberg's town book. However there the print has been transformed by the en...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: BEEK, A. / BRAUN,G / HOGENBERG, F.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1700

 


Nieuwe en Nette Afteekening van het Eyland Corsica en het Eyland Elba vertoonende alle desselfs Havenen, Steeden en Rivieren . . .

Highly decorative large sea chart of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba, including multiple sailing ships, compass roses, cartouche, coat of arms, rhumb lines, topographical deta...

$4000 / ≈ â‚¬3743
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, G.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1710

 


Nansenbushu bankoku shoka no zu.

This wall-map is a great example of Japanese world maps representing Buddhist cosmology with real-world cartography. It is the earliest one and - therefore - the prototyp...

$16000 / ≈ â‚¬14971
Maker / Publisher: ZUDA ROKASHI (Priest Motan)
Place & Date: Kyoto, (Hoei 7 = Year of the Tiger) 1710

 


.Paskaart van de Mont van de Witte Zee,. Beginnende van Tiepena tot Pelitza, als mede van C. Cindenoes tot Catsnoes.

Fine sea chart of the southern part of the Barents Sea, oriented to the West. With five inset maps: - Swetenoes, de Kust van Laplandt, Lombascho, 'T Vaste Landt van Lapla...

$900 / ≈ â‚¬842
Maker / Publisher: VAN KEULEN, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c.1710

 


De golf van Bengalen.

Rare chart of the Indian Ocean, with nice detail on Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with compass roses and a system of rhumb lines, soundings and anchorage's. Many place names. The pl...

$2300 / ≈ â‚¬2152
Maker / Publisher: DONCKER, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, after 1669-1712

 


[Title page] Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde.

The fine engraved frontispiece by F. Bleiswyk entitled "Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde" for Pieter van der AA. Shows Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders acco...

$1000 / ≈ â‚¬936
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1713

 


[Title page] La Sphere Royale.

Title page from Nicolas de Fers "La Sphere Royale", published in 1717. Showing a sphere, surrounded by Neptune, Europe, the elements and scholars.

$125 / ≈ â‚¬117
Maker / Publisher: DE FER, N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1717

 


Riga.

Decorative view of Riga. This well executed engraving was published in 1729 and 1727 by Pieter van der AA, in Leiden in "Les Voyages tres-curieux et tres-renommez fa...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬561
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER AA, P.VAN DER AA, P. / OLEARIUS, A.
Place & Date: Leiden, 1719

 


Carte des pavillons accompagnée d'observations pour en faire comprendre le blazon et les différentes devises aussy bien que d'une table alphabétique pour les trouver facilement.?

Map of 88 marine flags, including Malta, Turkey, Middelburg, Amsterdam, Portugal, Monaco, Tuscany, China, Nanking, the French Royal flag, French admiralty flag and mercha...

$750 / ≈ â‚¬702
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Beschrijving Gezicht van den Ykant af bezyden den Schreiers hoex Toren langs de Keulsche en Geldersche Kaei naer de Nieuwe Markt

This large engraving (560x920mm.) comes from a are series of 25 beautiful large views of Amsterdam and gives a colorful picture of the life and business of the city at th...

$2200 / ≈ â‚¬2059
Maker / Publisher: DE LETH, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1720

 


Carte historique de la France, et l'Angleterre depuis la naissance de Jésus-Christ jusqu'à l'an 1700, qui contient en abrégé les événements ...

A rare wall map showing a chronological tree of French and English historical events from the year of the birth of Christ until 1700. The map is prepared by Jérôme Andr...

$1750 / ≈ â‚¬1638
Maker / Publisher: MARTIGNONI, J. A.
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1721

 


Florentia Pulcherrima et Ruriae Civitas.

Detailed bird's-eye view of the town of Florence in Tuscany region, first published in Frederick de Wit's rare town book. With two keys 1-17 and 1-228 to important spots ...

$2800 / ≈ â‚¬2620
Maker / Publisher: DE WIT, F / VAN DER AA, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Leiden, 1697 / 1729

 


Colossus Monarchic. Statua Danielis

Fantastic double page allegorical map of a colossus figure representing the great world empires as Daniel interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The warrior stands stolid...

$2000 / ≈ â‚¬1871
Maker / Publisher: BAECK, E.
Place & Date: Augsbourg, 1730

 


[Title page for ] Atlas Novus Terrarum orbis Imperia.

Title page from Atlas Novus printed by Johann Ernst Udelbulner. Large elaborately engraved sheet with numerous allegorical figures. A large globe, showing the Eastern Hem...

$450 / ≈ â‚¬421
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1732

 


[World and 4 continents] Carte Geographique Astronomique Chronologique et Historique du Monde.

French wall map of the world in 4 sheets published by Crépy "à l'entrée du Cloistre de St. Benoist du côté des maturins". A decorative wall map of the worl...

$25000 / ≈ â‚¬23393
Maker / Publisher: (INSELIN, Charles / CREPY [Family]
Place & Date: Paris, 1720-1735

 


Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generaliteit onder Marquisaet van Bergen op den Zoom

With a large title cartouche with signature of the maker Adriaan van der Ende, : Kaerte en Afbeeldinge vande Geheele Jurisdictie van Stantdarbuyten Gelegen in de Generali...

$2500 / ≈ â‚¬2339
Maker / Publisher: VAN DER ENDE, A.
Place & Date: Willemstad, 1737

 


Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734, Dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot, prévost des marchands.

FIRST EDITION of Turgot's Monumental Joined View of Paris, stretching to over 10 Feet.This expansive engraved view of Paris covers the first eleven arrondissements of mod...

$21000 / ≈ â‚¬19650
Maker / Publisher: BRETEZ, Louis / TURGOT.
Place & Date: Paris, 1739

 


L'Europe Dressée Sur les Nouvelles observations. . .

A rare and monumental wall map of Europe, with original outline color, of four joined sheets, surrounded by text and vignettes printed on separate sheets.Created in 1740 ...

$10000 / ≈ â‚¬9357
Maker / Publisher: [NOLIN, Jean-Baptiste / Jean-Baptiste NOLIN II
Place & Date: Paris, 1700-1740

 


[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .

Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...

$600 / ≈ â‚¬561
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN, J.B.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, c.1740

 


Fiorenza.

A spectacular panoramic view of Florence taken from Montoliveto, with legends numbered from 1- 63 in Italian. With the title in a banderol. After a design by Friedrich Be...

$3750 / ≈ â‚¬3509
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca 1740

 


Paris.

A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...

$6000 / ≈ â‚¬5614
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, ca. 1740

 


Les Provinces confederées du Pais-Bas

The first wall map of the Seven Provinces of 1651, re-issued as 'Stoel des Oorlogs' by Covens & Mortier. The first issue of the present wall-map is known to be includ...

$15000 / ≈ â‚¬14036
Maker / Publisher: COVENS / MORTIER
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1740

 


Paris.

A spectacular panoramic view of Paris, with legends numbered from 1-70 in French. With the title in a banderol.After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who...

$4500 / ≈ â‚¬4211
Maker / Publisher: WOLFF, J.
Place & Date: Augsbourg, ca. 1740

 


Chaerte vande Wieringer waert, de welcke inden jaere XVI… (Wieringerwaard)

Rare wall map of the Wieringerwaard polder, as raffled on 12 July 1611. The polder was laid dry in 1610. It border, and also the border of the municipality, were the Zuid...

$700 / ≈ â‚¬655
Maker / Publisher: ANTHONIUS, A.
Place & Date: 1741-1744

 


Nouvelle carte des mers comprises entre le détroit de Banca et P°. Timon avec la partie orientale du détroit de Malacca.

Important French chart of the tip of Malaysia with Singapore. Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of rhumb lines, soundings near coast and in bay areas...

$5000 / ≈ â‚¬4679
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1745