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Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CXXXV

Latin text page with woodcuts on recto a large woodcut of Jerome (Hieronymus), a very pious and celebrated teacher, cardinal of the Roman church, and a priest, whose fath...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quinta Etas Mudi. Folium. LXV (With view of Babylon)

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of the Ancient City of Babylon (Dim. H : 138 mm W : 223 mm).Babylon was the capital of Babylonia, the alluvial plain...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mudi. Symon Apostolus.. Folio CVII.

A very nice presentation of the martyr of Simon, sawn in half at Suanir, and Mathias stoned to death at Colchis in 80 AD. Overleaf, it shows the martyr of Matthew and Jud...

$450 / ≈ €396
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Terta Etas Mundi. Foliu CXXXV

The Latin text page is illustrated with depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists. RECTO : Including a portrait of Jerome. Represented by a large woodcut, i...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Terta Etas Mundi. Foliu CX [With view of Metz]

The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists, among Eustace (Eustachius) a Roman soldier and martyr, appears as a bea...

$450 / ≈ €396
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium. XXXVII

The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chro...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta etas mundi. CCVIII

On recto the portrait of Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order of Preaching Friars, is represented by a full-length woodcut. Francis, founder of the Franciscan Order, i...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


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...

$3500 / ≈ €3083
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Ulma Folio CXCI [With view of Ulm.]

Double-page panoramic view of Ulm.An imaginary view, however, is the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two pages from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famou...

$2000 / ≈ €1762
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Basilae [ Basle, CCXLIIII ]

A very fine view of Basle (253x520 cm). Verso showing the councils of Florence and Basle and two portraits.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famous: Nuremb...

$1700 / ≈ €1498
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Venecie. [Venice] Foliu XLIIII

A very fine of Venice (192x525mm.) Verso a view of Padua. Schedel's view of Venice is one of the earliest obtainable views of the city. The view is based on the view of ...

$3500 / ≈ €3083
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Parisius & Maguncia. [Paris & Munich] Folio XXXIX

Imaginary view of Paris and on verso Munich : however the earliest obtainable views of this period.In the forground a large vessel, who was the symbol of the powerful cor...

$900 / ≈ €793
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mudi. - Data est mihi potestas in celo et in terra: Salvator: CI. (Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles)

A very fine presentation of Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. Each of the evangelists is represented by his symbol in the corners.Page from the richest illu...

$1500 / ≈ €1321
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Prima Etas Mundi. IX (with Eve nursing Kain and Abel)

A very fine presentation of Eve nursing Kain and Abel. Adam is working (255x220 cm). VERSO a genealogy of Adam.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabel, the famous: Li...

$1750 / ≈ €1542
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


CCLXXV.

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary view of a town in Macedonia (195 x 225mm.) The Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returned to Euro...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta etas mudi CCXXXIX.

The Latin text page is describing the crusade against the Bohemian heretics in the time of emperor Sigismund Nuremberg Chronicle, published the year that Columbus returne...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta etas muidi Fo CCV.

The Latin text page is illustrating Baldwin (Baldvinus), the fourth of this name, seventh king of Jerusalem, and son of the aforesaid Amalric, reigned six years after his...

$75 / ≈ €66
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium XXX. [The flight of Egypt, Moses receiving the Commandments, God's Angel, Balaam and his talking donkey. ]

On recto two nice woodblock prints (each 128x222mm.) of The flight of Egypt and Moses receiving the Commandments.VERSO : a woodblock print of God's Angel, Balaam and his ...

$1000 / ≈ €881
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Etas Prima Mundi. Folium VII. [Adam and Eve, eating the apple and being expelled from paradise]

Latin text page with a large woodcut of Adam and Eve, eating the apple and being expelled from paradise.One of the most sought-after prints from the richest illustrated I...

$2200 / ≈ €1938
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


[Text page with Kings and Popes, folio CXLVIII ].

Text page with woodcuts of Kings and on verso woodcuts of Popes including Pope Gregorius. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, p...

$70 / ≈ €62
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


PATAVIA (Passau, Germ)

From the first Latin text edition, 1493.  The view of PATAVIA (nowadays the city of Passau, Southern Germany) was part of the Liber Chronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ...

$900 / ≈ €793
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN
Place & Date: Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

 


Bamberga. Folium CLXXV [Bamberg]

Double page panoramic view of Bamberg. One of the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicl...

$2000 / ≈ €1762
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]

Double page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...

$2000 / ≈ €1762
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


(EUROPE).

The map of Europe has been identified as the work of Hieronimus Münzer (1437-1508), a Nuremberg physician who supplied the geographical contents of the chronicle. The Eu...

$7500 / ≈ €6607
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493

 


Terta Etas Mundi. Folio CCXVI

Two pages from the richest illustrated Incurable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle , published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America.The wood...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Tertia Etas Mundi. Folium. CI [Woodcut of Jesus and his apostles]

The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and women and scientists. VERSO : A full page woodcut showing Jesus and his apostles.(360x221mm.)...

$1750 / ≈ €1542
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXVIII (Verona)

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Verona, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous:...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXXI (Toulouse)

The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Toulouse, France. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famo...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2011

 


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...

$1800 / ≈ €1586
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quinta Etas Mundi. Folium. LXVI. (Visionary Temple of Ezekiel.)

The Latin text page is illustrated with recto and verso depictions of the visionary Temple of Ezekiel. Kings.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Chro...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Quinta Etas Mundi. Folium.XCIII.

The Latin text page is illustrated with depictions of Caius Julius Caesar, Octavian (Octavianus) Augustus and Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius). VERSO : A wonderful woodcut (...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Adam and Eve, eating the apple and being expelled from paradise. Folio VII

One of the most sought-after prints from the Nuremberg Chronicle , Adam and Eve, eating the apple and being expelled from paradise.Page from the richest illustrated Incun...

$700 / ≈ €617
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Septima etas mudi. CCLXII [Armageddon.]

One of the most sought-after prints from the Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle, Armageddon, shows horrors in the sky engaged in enraged combat. Armageddon is the a...

$1000 / ≈ €881
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mudi. - Data est mihi potestas in celo et in terra: Salvator:

A very fine presentation of Jesus Christ surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. Each of the evangelists being represented by his symbol in the corners.Page from the richest i...

$700 / ≈ €617
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CXXXII

Latin text page with woodcuts on recto and verso of Saints, Kings, and Queens. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the...

$80 / ≈ €70
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Sexta Etas Mundi. Ratisbonna. [Ratisbonne]

A very fine presentation of the city of Ratisbon, in Germany, centered on the cathedral (Dim. : 191 mm W : 525 mm).Overleaf a very nice view of Vienna, with two swans on ...

$1700 / ≈ €1498
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


[Text page with imaginary towns in Westphalia and Hesse. CCLXXXIIII ].

On recto, an imaginary view of towns in Westphalia (230x225mm.). Verso of towns in the province Hesse.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the famous: Nuremberg ...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Madeburga [ Maagdenburg Folio CLXXX ]

Double-page panoramic view of Magdeburg. A imaginary view, however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Two page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...

$1000 / ≈ €881
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493

 


Miniature of The Crucifixion of Christ.

Page fragment from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Cruxifiction with Saint Mary and Mary Magdalene in prayer in front of Jesus hung on the cross. This miniature c...

$2000 / ≈ €1762
Maker / Publisher: Master de Liénart Barronnat
Place & Date: Paris, 1492 - 1494

 


Constatinopolis.

Panoramic town-view of Constantinople (Istanbul). Woodcut published in the so-called pirate edition of the "small Schedel" in Augsburg, 1497, Latin edition. Ori...

$600 / ≈ €529
Maker / Publisher: SCHEDEL, H.
Place & Date: Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger. 1497

 


(Fragment of a text leaf from Universal Chronicle)

Fragment of a text leaf, showing a miniature depicting two Kings who are greeting each other surrounded by their knights. The metal cut has contemporary hand coloring and...

$750 / ≈ €661
Maker / Publisher: VERARD, A. ?
Place & Date: Paris, c.1490-1500

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 Lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with putti, flowers and Middle French script around the illustrations.Interesting are the 6 panels w...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502

 


Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

24 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borders decorated with scenes and figures.The firm of Thielman Kerver is best known for its lovely printed Books of Ho...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1502

 


Strabo de situ orbis.

Rare post-incunable 1502 sixth edition of Strabo’s Geographica, translated from Ancient Greek to Latin as De Situ Orbis by Guarino da Verona and Gregorio Tifernate.The ...

$4750 / ≈ €4185
Maker / Publisher: STRABON.
Place & Date: Venice, Bartolomeo de Zanis,14th day of January 1502

 


A printed leaf from a Book of Hours.

RECTO: Two 2-line and two 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. Miniature with Saint Anne. Decorative panel border in he right and lower margins.VERSO: One 2...

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, G. Hardouin, 1512

 


Strabonis illustrissimi scriptoris Geographia decem et septem libros continens.

First edition was published in Paris in the sixteenth century and the first with the preface by Thibaud Pigenat. Translation from Greek into Latin by Gregorio Tifernate a...

$5000 / ≈ €4405
Maker / Publisher: STRABO.
Place & Date: Paris, Hémon Le Fèvre, 1512

 


Tabula Prima Africa.

The map apart from depicting Morocco also shows southern Spain and the Balearic Islands. In north Africa the map extends eastwards toward modern day Algeria and to the we...

$4500 / ≈ €3964
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, 1513

 


Tabula Secunda Europe (Spain & Portugal)

Wood block printed large-format Ptolemaic map of the Iberian Peninsula from the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.This Ptolemaic map comes from the first so cal...

$4000 / ≈ €3524
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513

 


Secunda Asiae Tabula (Ukraine and Russia)

Woodblock printed a large-format Ptolemaic map showing Russia, Ukraine, and the Black Sea region. From the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.One of the earliest...

$4750 / ≈ €4185
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513

 


Septima Asie Tabula (Central Asia.)

A woodblock-printed large-format Ptolemaic map showing the region east of the Caspian Sea is labeled SOGDIANA. Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization betw...

$5000 / ≈ €4405
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513

 


Quinta Asie Tabvla.

Woodblock map of Persia from Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 edition of Ptolemy,  a landmark work that contributed to major advances in both Renaissance geography and map p...

$5000 / ≈ €4405
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, J. Schott, 1513

 


Septima Asie Tabvla. |Walsseemüller's map of Central Asia and the Silk Road]

Trapezoidal woodcut map showing the area east of the Sarygamysh Lake, about midway between the Caspian Sea and the (former) Aral Sea. It is one of the earliest obtainabl...

$7000 / ≈ €6167
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, J. Schott, 1513

 


Octava Asie Tabula (The Silk Road Area.)

Woodblock printed large-format map showing Northern India with Central Asia including the Himalayas and China. From the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.In the...

$4750 / ≈ €4185
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513

 


Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem.

Waldseemüller's monumental modern map of the world from the celebrated Strassbourg edition of Ptolemy's Geography, the most important cartographer of the early sixteenth...

$75000 / ≈ €66071
Maker / Publisher: PTOLOMY, C. / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M.
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513 / 1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds.VERSO: 17 lines of text in Latin.

$150 / ≈ €132
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, 1500-1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$230 / ≈ €203
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from an Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin, on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (Rotunda)...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from an Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin, on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (Rotunda)...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded Gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 370x250 mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (...

$200 / ≈ €176
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...

$225 / ≈ €198
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial showing a bird in fine detail in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: Seven 1-line i...

$350 / ≈ €308
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (R...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, c. 1520

 


Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on an extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand...

$250 / ≈ €220
Maker / Publisher: ANTIPHONARIUM.
Place & Date: Sevilla, ca.1520

 


Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini mathematicor[um] ...Octo libri Geographie. . .

Third edition of "Géographie" by Ptolemy and published in Strasbourg. Illustrated with 50 maps engraved in wood. One of the more important maps is showing the ...

$85000 / ≈ €74881
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMEE, C. / FRIES. L.
Place & Date: Strasbourg, J. Grüninger, 1522

 


Claudii Ptolemaei geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo Pirckeym hero interprete Annotationes Ioannis de Regio Monte in errores commissos a Iacobo Angelo in translatione sua.

This is a rare and interesting edition of Ptolemy's geography translated by Bilibaldo Pirckheym, accompanied by Regiomantus's annotations, and said to have been edited by...

$59000 / ≈ €51976
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Strassburg, Johann Grüninger, Johann Koberger, 1525

 


Tabula X. Asiae hae sunt e cognitis totius orbis.

This is the earliest printed representation of India west of the Ganges River in Ptolemy's time. It is an important map of southwestern Asia, including Persia, Afghanista...

$1100 / ≈ €969
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1525

 


Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$750 / ≈ €661
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1525

 


Tabula Sexta Asia (Arabian Peninsula)

This is a very desirable  early Ptolemaic woodblock map of the Arabian Peninsula, here called Arabia Felix. The map is presented on a trapezoidal projection with paralle...

$2200 / ≈ €1938
Maker / Publisher: WALDSEEMULLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Strassburg, 1525

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and six line-fillers in sam...

$450 / ≈ €396
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS.
Place & Date: France, ca.1530

 


Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...

$400 / ≈ €352
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca. 1530

 


.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €1938
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

 


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 / ≈ €661
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1490, 1535

 


.Tabula III Asiae. [Caucass and Armenia.]

Ptolemaic map of the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and between the Caspian Sea as far south as the headwaters of the Tigris River in the south and the Black Sea,...

$1800 / ≈ €1586
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Place & Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535