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Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ.A contemporary view of Jerusalem appears to the right with an attrac...
- $1100 / ≈ €969
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
Brabantia.
Map of Brabant from Guicciardini's "Description de touts les Pais-Bais" edited by Plantin in 1582. The map drawn after Ortelius' map of Brabant, and after the l...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1582
![[Title page] De Praecipuis, Totius Universi Urbibus, Liber Secundus.](/uploads/cache/47934-250x250.jpg)
[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...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
Hierosolymia, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas. . .
Two bird's eye perspectives on one sheet. The left plan shows ancient Jerusalem at the time of Christ. A contemporary view of Jerusalem appears to the right with an attra...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
Turcici imperii descriptio.
Fine map of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilisation region.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher ...
- $550 / ≈ €485
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1583
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. A first edition wi...
- $1500 / ≈ €1321
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
Universe Europae Maritime Eiusque Navigationis Descriptio. Generale Pascaerte van Europa . . .
This general chart of north-western Europe and the surrounding coastal waters is from the rare pilot-guide De Spiegel der Zeevaerdt , printed by Christopher Plantin in Le...
Place & Date: Leyden, 1584
Veronae Urbis Territorium.
Very fine map of part of Italy centered on Verona, Vizenza and Lake Garda. Prepared by Bernardino Brugnoli, which first was published in 1574 by Forlani. Ortelius' map is...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
![[Asia Minor]](/uploads/cache/35958-250x250.jpg)
[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 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Basle, 1584
Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio.
A very beautiful hand colored copper engraved map of North Rhein-Westphalia by A. Ortelius. This is a general map of Westphalia and the surrounding regions in northwest G...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1584
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The first state without "las Philiooinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584
![Anverpia, nobile in Barbantia oppidum, parrim maritimum . . . [Antwerp]](/uploads/cache/26518-250x250.jpg)
Anverpia, nobile in Barbantia oppidum, parrim maritimum . . . [Antwerp]
The bird's-eye plan provides an excellent view of the citadel, city, docks and fortifications. The city was defended by a line of fortification and a moat constructed und...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1585
Zee caerte vande Sondt tvermaerste van Danemarcke . . .
A detailed chart of the coast of Denmark and its islands, Copenhagen in the center of the chart. West to the top. It is decorated by a title, scale and descriptive cartou...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
De custen van een deel van Denemarken en Swede. . .
A detailed chart of the coast Skane and Kalmar, with the island Öland. Decorated by a title and scale cartouche, a compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters, and de...
- $2000 / ≈ €1762
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Caerte der Noordt cufte van Engelandt, beginnende van Robinhodes baij tot Coket Eijlandt. . . .
A very early Dutch text edition of this detailed chart of the northern coast of England. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. West to the top.Decorated by a color...
- $2000 / ≈ €1762
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Belchrijuinghe vande zee custen van Engelandt. . .
A rare Dutch text edition of this detailed early chart of the northern coast of England. West to the top. The mileage cartouche has no Latin captures. Decorated by a colo...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
De zee cuften tufschen Dovere en Orfords nesse, daer de Teemse de Vermaerde Rivire van Lonen gelegens is. . .
A detailed chart of the English Channel coastland. Decorated by a colorful title cartouche and scale cartouche, one compass rose, several vessels and sea monsters. A very...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Beschrijvinge vande de zee Cuften va Vlanderen en Picardien. . .
DUTCH TEXT EDITION. A detailed chart of the coast of Flanders and Normandy decorated by a large colorful baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a ...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
![Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]](/uploads/cache/48558-250x250.jpg)
Isarides suasu matris benedicitur, atque Efficitur foelix a genitore suo Gene[sis]
A superb example of this illustration from the series of the Story of Joseph. A blind Isaac is blessing Jacob.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum hist...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
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 ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Beschrijvinge vande de zee Cuften va Vlanderen en Picardien. . .
A detailed description of the coast of Picardie and Normandy decorated by a large colored baroque title cartouche, and the coat of arms of Flanders with a colorful scale ...
- $1750 / ≈ €1542
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1585
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus.
Map of Indonesia. From a French text edition of this illustrated treatise of geography, which is considered as the first modern pocket-atlas.Map engraved by Philip Galle....
- $500 / ≈ €440
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Imposita saxo Jacob cervice quiescens Aligeros scalas vidit imre choros. Gene[sis] 28](/uploads/cache/47690-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Vincula dura Joseph pro falso crimine perfert. Sed deus a falsa hunc suspicione leuat. Gene[sis] 40](/uploads/cache/47693-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![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.]](/uploads/cache/47694-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
![Nititur ad vetitos iuuenem compellere amores Putephar, Gene[sis] 39,](/uploads/cache/47695-250x250.jpg)
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Oui ex vobis sine peccato est primus in allam Joan 8.
A superb example of this illustration from the New Testament showing Jesus and the woman taken in adultery (often called Pericope Adulterae[a] for short) is a passage (pe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Multa bona opera ostendi vobis ex Patre meo : propter quod eorum lapidatis me. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ in ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur. Joan 10.
A superb example of this illustration from Memorabilium Novi Testamenti in templo gestorum (Events in and around the Temple) (Events in and around the Temple). Christ exp...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
De Zee-Kuste vant Landt te Noort-oosten sorterende onder Norweghen ende eendeels onder Sweden alsoe tlandt aldaer in zijn gedaente is, van Distelberch tot Waersberghe.
A rare Latin text edition of this early and detailed chart of the coast of Norway of this landmark contribution to the science of navigation. Decorated by a large title c...
Place & Date: Leiden, Plantijn, 1585
Descittione del Mappamondo.
A fine miniature oval map of the world engraved by Girolamo Porro. It is a reduction of Giovanni Francesco Camocio's superb large map of 1567, one of the last in the long...
- $450 / ≈ €396
Place & Date: Venice, ca.1586
Barbariae et Biledulgerid, nova descriptio.
North-West Africa. Koeman speculated: In view of the important trading relationship between Antwerp and Africa, it is not impossible that the original was a manuscript ma...
- $300 / ≈ €264
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch...
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae. Das ist: Ein Reisebuch, Uber die gantze heilige Schrifft, in zwey Bücher geteilet... Zuvor gemehret mit einem Büchlein De monetis et mens...
Place & Date: Magdenburg, 1587
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 / ≈ €661
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
Siciliae Veteris Typus.
A very beautiful early map of ancient Sicily. Title cartouche centered on the upper part: includes also an inset map of Syracuse in the upper left, and a list of the town...
- $600 / ≈ €529
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
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, 1587
POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descrip:tio. Auctore WENCESLAO GRODECCIO. Polono.
Ortelius' map of Poland, being a close copy of Grodecki / Pograbka's map of 1558/62 map, itself based on Wapovsky 1526 (Karrow 56) With Latin text on verso, a state 1 and...
- $1200 / ≈ €1057
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587
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...
Place & Date: Cologne, Gerardus Campensis for Frans Hogenberg, 1588
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio
Woodcut map by based on Abraham Ortelius' classic map of 1570, with the huge bulge in the southwest coastline of South America, the Ortelian western coastline of North Am...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1588
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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 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Basle, 1588
Arabs habitu Gentili.
Costume plate published by Pietro Bertelli in his "Diversarum nationum habitus", a sixteenth-century Italian costume book. The work was published with fold-out ...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
Monachi habitus guem Geruisium nominant.
Costume plate published by Pietro Bertelli in his "Diversarum nationum habitus", a sixteenth-century Italian costume book. The work was published with fold-out ...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
Arabs Nobilis.
Costume plate published by Pietro Bertelli in his "Diversarum nationum habitus", a sixteenth-century Italian costume book. The work was published with fold-out ...
- $70 / ≈ €62
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 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
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 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
Tartarus gentili more Armatus.
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 / ≈ €53
Place & Date: Padua, 1589
![[De terra sancta.]](/uploads/cache/32540-250x250.jpg)
[De terra sancta.]
On verso a map of the Middle East with Syria, Israel and Cyprus (123x158mm.). From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge...
- $50 / ≈ €44
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Africa ex magnae Orbis Terrae Descriptione.
Very rare separately published "Lafreri" map of Africa. The title in typical Italian scrollwork surmounted by two Cupids in the lower Atlantic. A dedication to ...
- $6000 / ≈ €5286
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1590
Valencena . . .
Eye-bird view of Valenciennes.
Place & Date: Anvers, 1590
AFRICAE PROPRIAE TABULA In qua, Punica regna vides; Tyrios, et Agenoris / urbem.
AFRICAE PROPRIAE TABULA In qua, Punica regna vides; Tyrios, et Agenoris / urbem. Antique map of North Africa with Carthage. A very decorative map of North Africa wi...
- $350 / ≈ €308
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Tartariae sive Magni Chami Imperium.
This is a very early depiction of the northern Pacific, with the first mapping of the Northwest Coast of America and probably the first map to name California 'C. Califor...
- $1750 / ≈ €1542
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1590
Wie ist das gluck so gar ungleich . . . Plate 18.
Early print showing a hanging in Brabant on 11 February 1620.Plate from the series about the " Eighty Years' War" or the independence war of Holland against Spa...
- $80 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Picardiae Belgicae regionis descriptio
From Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]. Prepared by Jean Surhon.Dare to go in Black. All early maps were printed in black and white, and many were kept t...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Venetia. (Venice)
Precise, beautiful bird's-eye town-view of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surrounding lagoon is animated with a great variety of sailing...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1590
The hanging of the head of police Jean Grauwels in Brussels, 11 february 1569.
Print relating to Brussels during the first decades of the eighty year war between Spain and the Low Countries: (plate 18). This plate shows the hanging of the head of po...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1590
Von dem Moscowycern
Map centered on Moscow, with on verso a wood cut engraving of a Bison. From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
- $125 / ≈ €110
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
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...
Place & Date: Venice, ca. 1591
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 / ≈ €1233
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descrip:tio. Auctore WENCESLAO GRODECCIO. Polono.
Ortelius' map of Poland, being a close copy of Grodecki / Pograbka's map of 1558/62 map, itself based on Wapovsky 1526 (Karrow 56) With Latin text on verso, a state 4 and...
- $1400 / ≈ €1233
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...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1592
Fori Ivlii accvrata descriptio
Map from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]': published in Antwerp. Provenance: This map is from the personal collection of dr. Marcel van den Bro...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Chinae, olim Sinarum Regionis, nova descriptio. Auctore Ludovico Georgio.
The first map of China ever to appear in a Western atlas, west to the top. The second state with "Las Philipinas" somewhere in 1587 added to the plate. When thi...
- $6000 / ≈ €5286
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
(Portrait of Abraham Ortelius)
The famous head and shoulder portrait of Ortelius aged 50, engraved by Philippe Galle, included in his atlas. famous cartographer born in Antwerp and, after studying Gree...
- $700 / ≈ €617
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
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...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1592
Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europae Nobilissimae Novaet vera descriptio . . .
Nice example of the first edition of De Jode's map of Prussia, from the 1593 edition of De Jode's atlas.The present map is an entirely new addition to the second De Jode ...
- $2200 / ≈ €1938
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Sacri in tabernaculo apparatus partes ex descriptione Mosis. . .
Fine engraving of the brazen altar, bronze altar, or altar of sacrifice among other ritual objects such as the candelabrum. From Benedictus Arias Montanus' Antiquitatum I...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1572 / Leiden, 1593
Nova et integra caenomaniae descriptio vulg. Le Mans.
Fine separately issued example of Gerard De Jode's map of Caenomaniae (Maine Province), from his Speculum Orbis Terrarum. Gérard de Jode (1508? -1590) published in Antwe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1593
Comitatus Venayscinensis Nova Discriptio.
Rare map depicting part of Provence with Avignon, Cavaillon, Orange, Carpentras, etc.Gerard De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, both made a living out of selling map...
- $325 / ≈ €286
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
Bitvrigvm, provinciae que Berry.
A rare and beautifully engraved map from the second edition of De Jode's atlas "Speculum Orbis Terrarum". Includes the Loire Valley, centered on Bourges and Vie...
- $200 / ≈ €176
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1593
![[Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship]](/uploads/cache/48524-250x250.jpg)
[Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship]
Columbus is standing in the bow of his ship, which is near the shore. He is clad in a long mantle and undercoat, while his armor lies at his feet, and his standard is flo...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Prima Columbiin Indiam navigation Anno 1492.
Christopher Columbus and the Pinzon brothers leaving the port of Palos in Spain on August 3, 1492 for the New World. Right The King and Queen of Portugal Catholic Ferdina...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Occidentalis Americae partis.
The most beautifully engraved early map of the Caribbean, including Florida and the Southeast. The map includes representations of Columbus' ships and various notes regar...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
![Dritter Theil Indiae Orientalis . . . [Title page]](/uploads/cache/43482-250x250.jpg)
Dritter Theil Indiae Orientalis . . . [Title page]
A very attractive title page from the second part of de Bry's travel book. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 159...
- $250 / ≈ €220
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
![Arcis Carolinae delineatio [Jacksonville]](/uploads/cache/48530-250x250.jpg)
Arcis Carolinae delineatio [Jacksonville]
Depicting Fort Caroline in Jacksonville, Florida. A French expedition, organized by Protestant leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and led by the French Explorer Jean Ribau...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Lutetia Furens. Das ist : Die wütende Statt PARIS.
Rarissime placard dirigé contre la Ligue et le duc de Mayenne. La gravure est signée I.S. (marque inconnue). Ce placard en latin et en allemand est une reprise de l’e...
Place & Date: France ca.. 1594
![[The French left in Fort Charles suffer the scarcity of provisions.]](/uploads/cache/48529-250x250.jpg)
[The French left in Fort Charles suffer the scarcity of provisions.]
An Indian town visited by the French of Charlesfort in search for food. After a drawing by LeMoyne. Charlesfort-Santa Elena is on what is now Parris Island, South Carolin...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Cacodemon attacking the savages.
Cacodemon ("evil spirit") attacking the savages. Read more about "Les Grand Voyages" by Theodore De Bry [+]
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
(Island of Pearls) Perlarum insula ob unionum copiam sic dicta.
A depiction of Cubagua as the Perlarum Insula (Island of Pearls), with in the foreground, two large ships send dinghies toward busy Native Americans collecting pearl oyst...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
![[Navel battle between Portuguese and French Battle off Buttugar (Brazil).]](/uploads/cache/48526-250x250.jpg)
[Navel battle between Portuguese and French Battle off Buttugar (Brazil).]
Navel battle between Portuguese and French in the seas off the Poti guaran Territories in Brazil.Read more about "Les Grand Voyages" by Theodore De Bry [+]
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594
Inventio Maris Magallanici.
Allegorical scene allegorical image celebrating the circumnavigation of the earth by Ferdinand Magellan. The image shows Magellan on board of his ship, surrounded by myth...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594