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Oxonium nobile Anglie oppidum...; Vindesorium celeberrimum Anglie castrum... 1588
Decorative pair view of Oxford and view of Windsor Castle, from Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitatus Orbis Theatrum", the most famous atlas of city views publishe...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2012
Europa, das ein drittheil der erden, nach gelegenheit unserer zeit beschrieben.
Decorative full color example of Munster's final map of Europe, from a German edition of Munster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential geogaphical works of the 16th...
Place & Date: Basle, S. H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2013
Gemeine Beschreibung aller Mitnachtigen Lander/ alsz Schweden / Gothen / Norwegien / Dennmark &c
Interesting wood block printed map of Europe, Scandinavia, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, The Baltics, Greenland, and America.The map shows two Greenlands, on...
Place & Date: Basle, 1588
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2014
[Europe] Europa das ein Drittheil der Erde nach gelegenheit unserer zeit beschrieben.
Decorative example of Munster's final map of Europe, from a German edition of Munster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century. ...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H.Petri, 1588
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2014
Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachen und Bulgaren.
Early edition Munster's map of Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Moscovy and the Balkans, extending from Prussia, Vilna and Smolensky in the north to Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cons...
Place & Date: Basle, 1588
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2014
Bohemer Koenigreich mit Bergen und Waelden gerings umb beschlossen.
Detailed map of Bohemia, centered on Prague, from the 1588-German edition of Munster's Cosmography. Mountains, villages, churches and woods are attractively drawn pictori...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020
Franckenlandt am Mayn, beschriben nach aller Gelegenheit, in Stetten, Bergen, Wässern, Wäldern, und anstossenden Ländern
Detailed map of Southern Germany around the river Main, from the 1588-German edition of Munster's Cosmography. Mountains, villages, churches and woods are attractively dr...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2019
Schlesia nach aller Gelegenheit / in stetten / wassern und bergen / mit sampt andern anstossenden Laendern.
An attractive woodblock map centered on Bresla (Wroclaw) with pictorial representations of forests, towns and mountains. The region is Silesia, Poland. German text and il...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2021
Italia Mit Den Dreyen Furnempften Inseln / Corsica / Sardinia / und Sicilia
This charming wood block printed map of Italy, Corsica, Sicily and Sardinia was published in the 1588-edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia. Mountains, villages,...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2014
Das gantz Franckreich, so vorzeiten Narbonensis, Lugdunensis, Belgica und Celtica, ist genennt worden.
This nicely colored, charming early woodcut map of France was published in the 1588-edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia. Mountains, villages, churches and wood...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2014
Teutschlandt mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften.
Early Munster's map of Germaniae or Northern Europe. The map is south-oriented with "west" on the right side and "east" on the left side. Bamberg and ...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2014
New Griechenlandt / mit andern anstossendener Landern / wie es zu unsern zeiten beschribenist.
Nicely colored and fascinating 1588 map of Greece and the western part of Turkey. After many new discoveries and explorations, by 1588 a new edition of the Cosmographia h...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2014
Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen der Otenwald, Nortgow.
An attractive early woodcut map A map of Swabia, one of the ten Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire. Orientated with north at the bottom, it marks Strassburg, Bambe...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2020
Engellandt / mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt / so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen.
Early map of England and the British Isles. The map is oriented with west at the top and provides a fine early depiction of the British Isles, based upon Ortelius' map of...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2014
Hispanien nach aller seiner Gelegenheit / in Bergen Stetten / Volkeren Konigreichen Wasseren und Inseln.
Very early map of the Iberian Peninsula with the Baleares to the east. In the Mediterranean and the Ocean are three historic sailing vessels and a spouting sea monster wh...
Place & Date: Basle, S.H. Petrie, 1588
Selling price: $145
Sold in 2014
Hafnia vulgo Kopenhagen.
Two fantastic birds-eye views of Copenhagen, one from land and from the seaside showing the harbor. Highly detailed with numerous buildings, windmills, sailing ships, and...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1588
Selling price: $243
Sold in 2015
Bethunae urbis Artesiae Genvina Descrip.
An uncommon view of Bethune, located in Pas-de-Calais. Shows the city behinds its walls, with numerous detailed buildings, some named above.The view provides a fine depic...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2016
Danorum Marca, uel Cimbricum. aut Daniae Regnum..
The oldest preserved map of Denmark of Danish origin. Drawn by Marcus Jordan at the request of Duke Heinrich Rantzau, viceroy of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a new perceptio...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2016
NOVESIUM [NEUSS]
One of the finest and most sought-after views of Neuss. From volume one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2019
Romaniae..
Map of South East Europe. Prepared by Jacob Gastaldi. Including Romania, Bulgaria and in lower right Istanbul. With imposing title cartouche.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1588
Selling price: $135
Sold in 2018
Alten Stettin. (Szczecin)
A stunning bird's-eye view of Szczecin (German: Stettin) in Poland. Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed town plans. Frans Hogenberg (...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2016
Chios.
The engraving shows the seaport of Chora, the capital of Chios, as seen from the east in a bird's-eye view.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1588
Selling price: $420
Sold in 2018
Brugae Flandricarum Urbium Ornamentia.
The city of Bruges in western Flanders is shown in a plan-like bird's-eye view from a northwesterly direction, ringed by numerous windmills. At the center can be seen the...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1588
Selling price: $490
Sold in 2020
Bononia Alma Studior Mater.
A beautiful bird's-eye plan of Bologna - seat of sciences. With fortified with moats and walls, the city is seen from the north in this high bird's-eye view. At the cente...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1588
Selling price: $440
Sold in 2020
Arx Segeberga. . .
TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: The castle of Segeberg, formerly Aelberga, embellishes Wagrien, the famous region in Holstein. This our work has been adorned with this vie...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca 1588
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2020
Hispanien nach aller seiner Gelegenheit / in Bergen Stetten / Volkeren Konigreichen Wasseren und Inseln.
A very early map of the Iberian Peninsula with the Balearics to the east. In the Mediterranean and the Ocean are three historic sailing vessels and a spouting sea monster...
Place & Date: Basle, 1588
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2019
Franicher Nobiliu Hominum, in Frisia occidental, ut Plurimum Saedes.
A detailed bird’s-eye plan of Franeker located in Friesland, Germany. The cartographer was Jacob van Deventer and the plan is from Braun & Hogenberg. This is the r...
Place & Date: Koln, 1588
Selling price: $22
Sold in 2021
Urbis Campensis..
A bird's eye view of the town of Kampen. From the first town book.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581-1588
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2020
[WERDEN+ESSEN] Civitatis WERDENAE Exactiss: Descrip: [on sheet with:] Civitatis ESSENSIS Exactiss. Descrip.
A nice decorative map with two panoramic views by Braun and Hogenberg: Werden and Essen.Werden is seen from the northwest, coming from the direction of Essen, in its loca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Neus (Neuss)
Bird's-eye view of Neuss, published in the famous Stedenboek by Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT RIGHT: The Roman king Philip captured Neuss around 1206...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2021
Hamburgum (Hamburg)
Bird's-eye city plan of Hamburg with key to 27 locations.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The Cimbrian Peninsula, the northernmost region of Germany, went by the name of Hutlan...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2020
Monachium Utriusque Bavariae Civitas Primar. (Munich, München)
View of Munich by Braun and Hogenberg, after Georg Hoefnagel. With key to locations. TRANSLATION CARTOUCHE TOP: Munich, capital of the two Bavarias.CARTOUCHES BOTTOM LEFT...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $800
Sold in 2020
Sneecha, vulgo Sneeck ... [on sheet with] Doccum [and] Sloten [and] Ylsta. (Sneek, Doccum, Sloten, IJlst)
Antique map with four bird's-eye view plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Sneek, Doccum, Sloten, IJlst.SNEEK with CARTOUCHE: Sneecha, commonly known as Sneek. A town in West Fr...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2020
Bolzvardia vetus in Frisia Foederis Anzae teurinicae Op. [on sheet with] Stavria, vulgo Stavere ... [and] Harlinga [and] Hindelop. (Bolsward, Stavoren, Harlingen, Hindelopen)
Four bird's-eye views - plans by Braun and Hogenberg: Bolsward, Stavoren, Harlingen and Hindelopen. The four views are made after Jacob van Deventer.BOLSWARD CARTOUCHE: B...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Crempa Holsatiae Opp. ... [on sheet with] Reinholdsburga - Rendesburga. (Krempe - Rendsburg)
Two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Krempe and Rendsburg.KREMPE : TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Krempe, at the instigation of Joannes Rantzau, Knight of the Gol...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Arx Segeberga, Quondam Aelberga, Wagriam, Nobilem Holsatiae Regionem.. (Castle of Segeberg)
This lovely panoramic view depicts the Castle of Segeberg, built in the 12th century upon the Kalkberg, a 91-meter high rock. A small town surrounds the castle. In the fo...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2021
Munden - Mundensis, ad Visurgum flu: Saxoniae Urbis, genuina delineatio. (Hannoversch Münde)
Bird's-eye view of Hannoversch Münden by Braun and Hogenberg.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: A true-to-life drawing of the Lower Saxton town of Hannoversch Münden on the...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Schleiswygh. (Schleswig)
Bird's-eye view of Schleswig by Braun and Hogenberg.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Gottorp. The castle of Gottorp, which came into the possession of the Dukes of Holstein...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Ober Wesell [on sheet with] Boppart. (Oberwesel - Boppard)
Two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Oberwesel and Boppard.OBERWESEL with TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Accurate drawing of the town of Vosavia, or Ficelia, on t...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2020
Wesalia in Ducatu Clivensi Urbs Clara Opibus. (Wesel)
Bird's-eye view plan of Wesel.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Hermannus Hammelman. Wesel in the Duchy of Cleves, famous for its wealth, high status, buildings and trade, w...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Lippe [on sheet with] Dortmund. (Lippstadt and Dortmund)
Two bird's-eye views on one sheet: Dortmund and Lippstadt, by Braun and Hogenberg.LIPPSTADT with TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Although the town of Lippe is subject to t...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2020
Arnsberg.
Bird's-eye view of Arnsberg by Braun and Hogenberg.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The fair and noble land of Westphalia between the Weser and the Rhine stretches all the way ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2020
Soest.
Bird's-eye view of Soest, by Braun and Hogenberg.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN (on the verso): "After Münster, Soest is the wealthiest and largest city in Westphalia. [...] I...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Chilonium, vulgo Kyell. (Kiel)
Bird's-eye view of Kiel by Braun and Hogenberg.TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Chilonium, commonly called Kiel, an elegant old city in Holstein on an isthmus in the Baltic...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Husemum Ducatus Slesvicensis ad Sinum Heveram Opp. [on sheet with] Haderslebia in Ducatu Slesvicensi. (Husum and Haderslev)
Two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg: Husum and Haderslev.HUSUM with CARTOUCHE LEFT: Husum, town in the Duchy of Schleswig on the Hever coast.CARTOUCHE RIGHT: Reco...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Hafnia vulgo Kopenhagen. (Copenhagen)
Two views of Copenhagen, by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Topographia insulae Hvenae in celebri porthmo regni Daniae, quem vulgo oersunt vocant : effigiata Coloniae 1586 (Hven/Uraniborg - Tycho Brahe)
An antique map showing Uraniborg, which was a Danish astronomical observatory and alchemy laboratory established and operated by Tycho Brahe. It was built c. 15...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $625
Sold in 2020
Helsheborch [on sheet with] Lunden [and] Elbogen [and] Landeskron. (Helsingborg, Lund, Malmö, Landskrona)
Four bird's-eye views of Swedish towns by Braun and Hogenberg : Helsingborg, Lund, Malmö and Landskrona.HELSINGBORG with COMMENTARY BY BRAUN (on verso): "Helsingbor...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $1450
Sold in 2020
Freti Danici or Sundt Accuratiss Delineatio.
Bird's-eye view of The Sound with Helsingborg, Landskrona and Elbogen, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. Inset with a view of Kronenborg Castle.Translation of cartouche...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2020
Eisleben - Eislebia Comitatus Mansfeldiae Opp. [with] Tubingen - Tubinga.
Two bird's-eye views by Braun and Hogenberg on one sheet: Eisleben and Tübingen. EISLEBEN CARTOUCHE: Eisleben, a city in the County of Mansfeld. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN (on ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Urbis Campensis..
A bird's eye view of the town of Kampen.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581-1588
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2020
Cantuarbury.
A detailed city map in a 'bird's-eye view' of Canterbury, in original hand coloring, with the cathedral. Title at top centre, with left the crowned coat of arms of Englan...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2020
STOCKHOLM - STOCHOLM.
An old, antique map with two bird's-eye/panoramic views(North and South) of Stockholm, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, after Hieronymus Scholäus. Showing its active ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $1300
Sold in 2021
TORNACUM (Tournai, Belgium).
A detailed antique copper engraved view of the second oldest city in Belgium with its fortifications in decorative color. The view is supplemented by three city coats of ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2021
Danorum Marca, uel Cimbricum. aut Daniae Regnum. . .[DENMARK]
The oldest preserved map of Denmark of Danish origin. Drawn by Marcus Jordan at the request of Duke Heinrich Rantzau, viceroy of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a new perceptio...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $1850
Sold in 2021
Lier - Lira, elegans et amoenum Brabantiae Opp: adeo, Ut multorum huius tractus nobilium in ocio degentium, a curise turba, iundissimus sit recessus.
Antique copper engraved map - a bird's-eye view plan of Lier by Braun and Hogenberg. An attractive map of the Brabantine town, belonging to the diocese of Antwerp. The to...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2021
Alten Stettin.
A very decorative view of the city of Szczecin in Poland (its name was Stettin for much of its history). This city was a major port next to the mouth of the Oder River. O...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1588
Selling price: $430
Sold in 2021
Illyricum
Ortelius' map of the region from Triest and Villach in the west, to Brod in the east, along the course of the Sava, centered on Zagreb and Novograd. Includes nice detail ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1588
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
Graecia.
Miniature map of Greece. From the second series of miniature atlas of Ortelius' Epitome. A new series of pocket-size atlases was begun by Philip Galle in 1588. It seems t...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1589
Selling price: $90
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Brescia Episcopanus Mediolanu Ducatus.
Brescia by Mercator, first edition !
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1589
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2010
Colding Schloss und Stat.
A bird's eye view of Kolding castle and town from Braun & Hogenberg. The port of Kolding on the Danish Jutland Peninsula is seen in cavalier perspective from the sout...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1589
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2019
Helvetiae Descriptio, Aegidio Tschudo Auctore
This is the rare pocket edition of Abraham Ortelius maps, prepared and engraved by Philippe Galle in Antwerp in 1589. It depicts Switzerland, and. it has a neat title and...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1589
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2021
Die Englischen so sich.. (Nijmegen, Anno 1586)
Early print showing Nijmegen, river Waal and fort Knodsenburg.The plates by Hogenberg are dealing with the independence war of Holland against Spain.Recently a very inter...
Place & Date: Cologne 1590
Selling price: $280
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Daciarum, Moesiarumaue Vetus Descriptio.
Decorative ancient map of Hungary. From his historical atlas including a series of maps prepared by Ortelius himself. Signed lower left hand corner Ex conatibus Abrahami ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1590
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2009
[Two maps of Germany]
Two sheets. One map centered on the river Rhine with the towns of Basle, Zürich, Augsburg, Esling, Strasbourg, Fribourg, etc. The second map showing eastern part of Germ...
Place & Date: Basle 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
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Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova Descriptio.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]', The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements with text in Latin, Dutch, German, French, Spanish...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $575
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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.
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $600
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Tempe.
An attractive view of Mount Olympus and the valley in northern Thessaly (Greece), called the Vale of Tempe in ancient times, through which the river Peneus (present-day S...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $360
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Thraciae Veteris Typus.
Made by Ortelius based on Gastaldi's 1560 map, which covers an area that includes North-Eastern Greece, Southern Bulgaria, and North-West Turkey. The information is based...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $160
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Germaniae Veteris typus.
Made by Ortelius based on the writings by the ancient authors Tacitus, Caesar, Dionysus, Ptolemy, Suetonius, Eutropius, Seneca, Plinius, and Strabo.This map belongs to a ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $138
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Italia Gallica, Sive Gallia Cisalpina.
This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri which appeared from 1579 onwards, sometimes as a separate publication and sometimes incorpor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $200
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Italia Gallica, Sive Gallia Cisalpina.
This map belongs to a series of historical maps known as the Parergon Theatri which appeared from 1579 onwards, sometimes as a separate publication and sometimes incorpor...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $205
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Braunsvicensis et Luneburgensis Ducatuum.
Early map of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Nice cartouche on the upper right corner.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a cartographer and publisher, who is born and died in Antw...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $30
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Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova Descriptio.
From 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]', Latin ed, pl. 39, CN no. 18.The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with 5 supplements with text in Latin, Du...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $310
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Roma.
Though a contemporaneous view, the structures of Ancient Rome are still much in evidence.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and writ...
Place & Date: Cologne 1590
Selling price: $1000
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Isole Selandie.
In the stippled sea a compass-rose in the shape of a circular disc with indication of eight wind directions by means of the first letter of the Italian names: T, G, a Cro...
Place & Date: Venise 1590
Selling price: $160
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De Ducatu Brabantino .. [Brabant]
On recto an early map of Brabant (Map : 94x135 mm). From a Latin text edition of his "Geographia", that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Bâle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $97
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Caarte vanden .. Graefschappe van Hollandt..
Early map of Holland, engraved by Saenredam. Based on a map by Jacob van Deventer (1550). East is at the top. In the lower part, a typical 16th-century cartouche in Renai...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $380
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Algoiensis Regionis et Partium.
On recto an early map of the western part of Austria (127x155 mm).From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1590
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2014
Venetia. (Venice)
Precise, beautiful bird's-eye view of Venice, clearly depicting the city's architectural landmark. The surrounding lagoon is animated with a great variety of sailing vess...
Place & Date: Cologne 1590
Selling price: $2400
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