Constantinopolis.
A spectacular woodcut panorama of the ancient city of Constantinople, proporting to show the pre-Turk city (for example naming St Sophia). (235x522mm).One of the earliest...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Sexta Etas Mudi. (With view of Sabatz.) Folio CCLIII
A imaginary view of Sabatz, Turkey: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Further including presentations of the popes Sixtus IV and Innocentius VIII. Pag...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Tabula I Asiae.
Ptolemaic map of Turkey.From Lorenz Fries' edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, largely based on the 1513 map by Waldseemuller. "The elaborate Renaissance woodcut panels...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Vienna, 1490, 1535
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[Map of Turkey]
Page with an early representation of Turkey with Cyprus and Syria. This text page with a fine wood block printed map is from the rare work "C. Iulii Solini Polyhisto...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: Basle, Michael Isengrin, 1544
Tabula Asiae I (Turkey)
The first edition of Munster's map of Turkey, based upon Claudius Ptolemy which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis", first published in 1540. The Geographi...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545
Tabula Asiae I.
Gastaldi's map of Asia Minor and the Bosporus Straits, based upon Ptolemy.It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region .From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 w...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Natolia nuova tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of Turkey.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuto. Th...
- $375 / ≈ €351
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
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[Asia Minor]
Early, attractive woodcut map of Turkey, with Cyprus shown in the lower right corner. On the full sheet with German text beneath and verso. From the German edition of Seb...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Basle, 1584
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis ( 3 maps on 1 sheet)
Three 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. From "...
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
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[Asia Minor]
Sebastien Münster's small map of Asia Minor, complete with a sea monster, bold rivers, mountains, forests and prominent cities of the region. German text below and to ve...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Basle, 1588
Ianizer excubias agens constantinapo lipro Aulu Imperatoris.
Costume plate published by Pietro Bertelli in his "Diversarum nationum habitus", a sixteenth-century Italian costume book. The work was published with fold-out ...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
Bolucha Bassa Centurio Ianizerorum.
Costume plate published by Pietro Bertelli in his "Diversarum nationum habitus", a sixteenth-century Italian costume book. The work was published with fold-out ...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova de Scriptio / Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus / Aegypti re Centior de Scriptio
Three detailed regional maps by Ortelius from his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the world's first modern atlas.The first map covers Asia Minor, Cyprus and the East...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
Lotatoref apud Turcaf (Turks wrestling)
Beautiful engraving of Turk's wrestling, copied after an illustration by Abraham de Bruijn, originally published in 1577 in Cologne.
Place & Date: c. 1600
Natoliae Sive Asia Minor.
From the first edition. Map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
Natolia.
A miniature map of Turkish Natolia, published by Petrus Bertius in Amsterdam, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. This attractive small map features hatching in ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
1) Natoliae,.. 2) Aegypti recentior.. 3) Carthaginis..
To the left a map of Turkey. Oriented with west at bottom. Right side of sheet contains a map of northern Egypt showing the Nile River delta, and a map the vicinity of Tu...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1609
Natolia.
A miniature map of the Arabian peninsula, including Cyprus. The title cartouche on the lower right corner.First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were e...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609
Natolia olim Asia Minor.
Genuine antique map "Natolia" by Abraham Ortelius from Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum, published in Antwerp in 1609. This charming 400-year-old miniature copper...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609
Natoliae Sive Asia Minor.
Map of Turkey, also depicting Cyprus.
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1610
Selimus Primus Imperator Turcarum decimus Tertius.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of Selim I, who was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. His reign is notable for the enormous expansion ...
- $30 / ≈ €28
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X. Ex Stirpe Ottomannicae.
The engraving depicts a half length oval portrait of "Solimannus Turcarum Imperator X", signed lower right corner N. de Cleck". Nicolaes de Clerck (de kler...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cloppenburch, 1621
Natolia, quae olim Asia minor.
A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. The decoration consist of a colored title cartouche, sea monsters, a naval engagement...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV.
Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters wit...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1635
Turcicum Imperium.
Early map of Turkey, the Arabian peninsula and eastern part of the Mediterranean.From the English edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor. This edition 1635. English text on ve...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1635
Natoliae.. Aegypti recentior.. Carthaginis (3 maps on 1 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. From "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum&...
- $500 / ≈ €468
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1609-1641
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Istanbul published by Rombout van den Hoeye. With a numbered key (1-29) to principal places in town and a Latin, Dutch, and French poem. ...
- $3500 / ≈ €3275
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
Femme Turque de moyen estat En chambre. (42)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Calidesquer. (5)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Iannissaire ou Ianissarler Soudart a Pied de la Garde Ordinaire du Grand Seigneur. (8)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Iannissaire Allant à la Guerre. (9)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Azzappi. (10)
Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Azaoglan ou Iamoglan Enfant du tribut. (11)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Azamoglan Rustique .(12)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Habit et Manière ancienne des Peiches ou Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (14)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Pleuianders Luyteurs. (16)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Delli de nation Parthique qui signifie Sol Harfy ou Enfant Perdu. (17)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Les Yurongnes. (18)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Cuisinier Turc. (19)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Deruis Religieux Turc. (24)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Torlaqui Religieux Turc. ( 25 )
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Religieux Turc. (26)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
(Grand dame Turque. 45)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Gentille Femme Perotte Franque. (48)
Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Pera, taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de cel...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Femme de la Caramanie. (57)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Première figure / Epigramme de la première figure. (79)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Seconde figure / Epigramme de la Seconde figure. (81)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quatriesme figure / Epigramme de la Quatriesme figure. (85)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Cinquiesme figure / Epigramme de la Cinquiesme figure. (87)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Sixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Sixiesme figure. (89)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Huictiesme figure / Epigramme de la Huictiesme figure. (93)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Neufiesme figure / Epigramme de la Neufiesmie figure. (95)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Dixiesme figure / Epigramme de la Dixiesmie figure. (97)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Douziesme figure / Epigramme de la Douziesme figure. (101)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quatorziesme figure / Epigramme de la Quatorziesme figure. (105)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Quinziesme figure / Epigramme de la Quinziesme figure. (107)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
De la Ruine de l'Empire des Turcs Onziesme figure / Epigramme de la Onziesme figure. (99)
Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs", th...
- $25 / ≈ €23
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650
Natolia, quae olim Asia minor.
A finely designed map of Turkey and Cyprus from the great Blaeu family of Amsterdam. The decoration consist of a colored title cartouche, sea monsters, a naval engagement...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1658
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
A rare panoramic town-view of Istanbul with over the whole length of the lower part 3 columns of poems in Latin, Dutch and French and a numbered key 1-29 to the principal...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1660
Natolie ou Asie mineur, Lieües d'Alemag.
Rare map of Turkey and Cyprus published by Jollain in 1667. Published in "Trésor Des Cartes Geographiques Des Principaux Estats de Lunivers".This atlas is base...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Paris, 1667
Ibraim Pascia Visiragha di Giannizzari. (Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha)
Fine, decorative and very scarce copper engraved portrait of Ibrahim Pasha, Pargali Ibrahim Pasha (1493 or 1494–1536), also known as Frenk Ibrahim Pasha (the "West...
Place & Date: Vienna, Gio. Battista Hacque, 1670
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2010
Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . .
Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance ...
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Armenia, Iran and Iraq. From Pierre Duval's La Geographie Universeille dated 1676. Following his Cartes de geographie...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Paris, 1676
La Turquie en Asie.
Uncommon miniature map of Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Iran, Iraq. From Pierre Duval's "La Geographie Universeille" dated 1676. Following his "Cartes de geog...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris,1676
Constantinopolis.
Extremely rare panoramic town-view of Istanbul published by Frederick de Wit. With a numbered key (1-17) to principal places in town and a poem in Latin, Dutch, English a...
- $4000 / ≈ €3743
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1680
Adrianopel. (Edirne)
Panoramic view of Adrianopel or its modern name Edirne in European Turkey, near the border with Greece and Bulgaria. Published in "Der Donau-Strand Mit allen seinen ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Jacob Sandrart, 1684
L'Empire des Turcs en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique.
A nice map showing the Turkish Empire, including an inset map of kingdom of Alger. Extending from Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean in the west to the Caspian Sea and P...
- $550 / ≈ €515
Place & Date: Paris, 1686
Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa.
Extremely rare panoramic view of Istanbul published by Jacob Koppmayr. With a numbered key (1-29) to principal places in town. Jacob Koppmayr was a printer and publisher ...
- $900 / ≈ €842
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1689
Garde du corps de sa Hautesse. . .
Beautiful engraving by Henri Bonnart (1642?-1711) vis-à-vis les Mathurins au Coq. Printed with the privilege of the King.
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Paris, c. 1690
Fanar nel Arcipelago. (Phanar)
Magnificent bird's-eye town-view of Fanar or Phanar, a neighborhood midway up the Golden Horn, within the district of Fatih in Istanbul. Engraved by Lucas Vostermans II, ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Ladimistri nel arcipelago. (Edremit)
Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Edremit on the west coast of Turkey, not far from the Greek island Lesbos. It is situated at the tip of the gulf with the same name (G...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Satalia nel arcipelago. (Antalya)
Magnificent bird's eye-town-view of Antalya. Engraved by Lucas Vostermans II, who was born in 1624, in the same year when the family moved to England for six years. He wa...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Gli Dardanelli.
Magnificent bird's eye- of Dardanelle street at the Aegean Sea. Etched by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695).The Antwerp based publisher Jacques Peeters published ca. 1690 a ser...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Antwerp, c.1690
Damoiselle Turcque en chambre. . .
Beautiful engraving by Henri Bonnart (1642?-1711) vis-à-vis les Mathurins au Coq. Printed with the privilege of the King.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1690
Femme Turque vestue a la moresque.
Beautiful engraving by Henri Bonnart (1642?-1711) vis-à-vis les Mathurins au Coq. Printed with the privilege of the King.
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Paris, 1690
Bataille de Zenta, Donnée le 11 de Septembre 1697.
Decorative etching of the siege by Prince Eugène de Savoie of Zenta in Serbia by the French on 11 September 1697. The town, river Tisza and the Ottoman troupes are shown...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
Mahomet V. Türkischer Kayser.
Portrait of Mahomet V. son of Mustapha II. succeeded in 1730, on the deposition of his uncle, Achmet III.Mahomet was more respectable for his pacific disposition, than hi...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Germany, c. 1720