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Italiae Novissima descriptio. . .
Very fine map of Italy after Giacomo Gastaldi. Embellished with a title cartouche, vessels, sea monsters ans sea gods. No text on verso.Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1584-1612
Selling price: $1300
Sold in 2008
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
Engraved by Frans Hogenberg from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson of the English Muscovy Company. The many vignettes are based on the reports of Marco Polo's expl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1612
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2008
Europae.
Somewhat distorted land masses: vignette of Europe being carried off by the bull (Zeus).The second plate with title AFRICAE PARS now in Italic lettering.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $1750
Sold in 2008
Domus Senatoria Antwerpiensis.
From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s description of the Netherlands ' Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt ', published by Willem Blaeu.A ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
Brabantiae Descriptio.
From Ludovico Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands "Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt", published by Willem B...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2014
Regni Neapolitani verissima..
Very fine map of Southern Italy, including the towns of Ascoli Piceno, Naples, Foggia, Bari, Catanzaro, most northern tip of Sicily with Messina.The map is based on Pirro...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612
Selling price: $1100
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Aprutii Ulterioris Descriptio 1590
Showing Abruzzo in Italy. From the 1612 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2009
Polonia et Silesia.
Early map of Poland. With French text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2013
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
Map of Russia, engraved by Frans Hogenberg from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson four-sheet map of Russia published in 1562 for the English Muscovy Company. The m...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1612
Selling price: $2100
Sold in 2009
Bavariae Duces et Palatini Rhenenses. . . fol. XXIX. Otho IIII. comes a Scheuren et Witelspach obiit MCXLVI . . .
A decorative engraving including a family tree of Otho IIII, with coats of arms set against the backdrop of City views of Heidelberg and Munich . Antonio Albizzi (1547-16...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2009
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
Engraved by Frans Hogenberg from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson of the English Muscovy Company. The many vignettes are based on the reports of Marco Polo's expl...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570-1612
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2009
Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata descriptio.
Rare Johann Baptist Vrients map of England and Wales including a genealogical tree from William the Conqueror to the time of publication and James I. The map first appear...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $3100
Sold in 2009
Limburgensis Ducatus Tabula Nova.
Map of Limburg, prepared by the Antwerp expert in law and mathematics Aegidius Martini. After 1600 Jan Baptist Vrients acquired the stock and the plates of Ortelius' Thea...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1606-1612
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2010
Brabantiae Descriptio.
Striking example of Ortelius' second map of Brabant, including his home town of Antwerp. From the very rare Spanish text edition.Rotterdam is shown in the west and Liege ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598-1612
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2009
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
Engraved by Frans Hogenberg from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson four-sheet map of Russia published in 1562 for the English Muscovy Company. The many vignettes a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1612
Selling price: $2800
Sold in 2011
Comites Hollandiae et Seelandiae.
Copper engraved plate showing a genealogical tree of the rulers of Holland and Zeeland. Below the tree a nice view of the city of Den Haag. Published ca. 1612 by the It...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $155
Sold in 2012
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[Blâmont] - Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne.
Early bird's-eye of Blâmont in the Lorraine region from the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologn...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575-1612
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2012
Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.
Engraved by Frans Hogenberg from an original of 1562 by Anthony Jenkinson four-sheet map of Russia published in 1562 for the English Muscovy Company. The many vignettes a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1612
Selling price: $1700
Sold in 2012
'Poly-Olbion' - Midle Sex Hartford Shyre.
A very decorative map of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, from Michael Drayton's fantastical "Poly-Olbion" or "Chorographical Description of all the Tracts, Ri...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2018
Othones Saxones Imperatories.
Othones Saxones Imperatories is a highly detailed copper engraving featuring the family tree of the rulers of Saxony. At the bottom is a detailed birds-eye view or map of...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $75
Sold in 2013
Veteres Duces Lotharingiae.
Veteres Duces Lotharingiae is a highly detailed copper engraving featuring the family tree of the Ducal House of Lorraine. At the bottom is a detailed birds-eye view of t...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2013
Blesenses Comites.
Blesenses Comites is a highly detailed copper engraving featuring the family tree of the rulers of Blois. At the bottom is a detailed birds-eye view of the town of Blois....
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2013
Comites ac Duces Wirtembergici.
\\\"Comites ac Duces Wirtembergici\\\" is a highly detailed copper engraving featuring the family tree of the Counts & Dukes of Wurttemberg. At the bottom i...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1612
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
Domus Hansae Teutonicae / Sacri Romani Imperii.
Important print of the townhall in Antwerp, Belgium from Guicciardini's "Beschrijvinghe van Alle de Nederlanden", published by Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1612. Lod...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2013
The Bishoprick and Citie of Durham.
A highly decorative and truly stunning 17th century map of the county of Durham by John Speed which was published in his "Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine&quo...
Place & Date: London, 1611-1612
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2014
Beaumontin huinot.
From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s description of the Netherlands ' Beschrijvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt ', published by Willem Blaeu.A ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1612
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2020
Denbighshire
A splendid antique county map of Denbighshire, located in the northwest corner of Wales from the "Theatre of Great Britaine" by John Speed, and published by J. ...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $208
Sold in 2016
Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the situation of Chichester the Chiefe citie thereof...
A splendid antique county map of Sussex from "Theatre of Great Britaine" by John Speed, published by J. Sudbury and George Humbell in 1612. (1st edition). The m...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2016
Slusa Teutonicae Flandriae Opp; Admodum Elegans.
A detailed plan of Sluis in Zeeland, a copper engraving by Lodovico Guiccardini, published in "Anderssins Ghenoemt Beschryvinghe". Published by Willem Blaeu in...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1612
Selling price: $16
Sold in 2018
Caermarden Both Shyre and Towne described.
Highly decorative map of Carmarthenshire, Wales. With an inset plan of Caermarthen, with coat of arms, a large compass rose and the Prince of Wales feathers. Provides exc...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $125
Sold in 2016
Flandria.
Very decorative map of Flanders,engraved by Petrus KAERIUS. From "Beschryvinghe van alle de Nederlanden anderssins ghenoemt Neder-Duytslandt" by Lodovico Guicci...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $144
Sold in 2018
Carnarvanshyre / Merionethshyre.
An unusual antique map of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire, engraved by William Hole for the "Poly- olbion" by Michael Drayton, published in 1612.Re...
Place & Date: 1612
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2020
Barkshire Described.
Published in London by John Sudbury & George Humble, 1610-12 First Edition English text verso. With inset elevation of Windsor Castle. From Speed's atlas 'The Theatr...
Place & Date: London 1610-1612
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2017
Civitas Bommelia Ficuti Fortis.
Very fine, detiled map of the fortification of Bommelia (Zaltbommel), Holland, during the siege. Copper engraving by Giucciardini, From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s descri...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $22
Sold in 2019
Berkshire Described.
A lovely map of Berkshire from the first Sudbury & Humble edition of John Speed’s “Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain”. The top of the map shows a panoramic...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2018
Salisburgensis Jurisdictionis. . .
An attractive copperplate map of the Saltsburg region of Austria, orientated with north to the right. Embellished with beautiful strap-work cartouches and scales. Towns a...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570 - 1612
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2017
The Kingdome of England.
Rare first edition of Speed's carte-a-figures map engraved by Hondius and published John Sudbury & George Humble. This famous map of England & Wales is flanked by...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1612
Selling price: $690
Sold in 2017
Liege.
Decorative view of Liege with a title cartouche and a coat of arms. After the engraving of Braun and Hogenberg.From Ludovico Guicciardini.'s description of the Netherland...
Place & Date: Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2020
Duijkkerken Praecipus Totius Flandriae.
Beautiful bird's eye-view plan of the town of Duinkerken, France on the Belgian border. From Ludovico Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands 'Beschrijvinghe Van A...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $77
Sold in 2019
Anverpia, nobile in Brabantia oppidum, . . (Antwerp)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Antwerp. "The eye is struck by the star-shaped citadel built by the Duke of Alba on Antwerp's southern side, the defensive moat...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1612
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2023
Scenographia Totius Fabricae S. Laurentii In Escoriali.
A large bird's-eye view of the Escorial, the royal palace of Phillip II. The buildings shown in great detail. It illustrates several place names including Madrid in the b...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1612
Selling price: $185
Sold in 2019
The countie of Leinster with the citie Dublin described.
Beautifully engraved map of eastern Ireland. With Lough Ree and Lough Derg, and Limerick as the most western point of the map. An inset plan shows on of the earliest prin...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1612
Selling price: $415
Sold in 2019
Glamorgan Shyre with the Sittuations of the Chiefe Townd Cardyff and Ancient Landaffe Described.
A nice full color example of John Speed's map of the County of Glamorgan, in south Wales, including coats of arms and a detailed town plan of Cardiff and the town of Land...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2019
Caermarden both Shyre and Towne Described.
This is probably the most decorative map ever produced concerning the Welsh county of Caermarden (Carmarthenshire). It has an inset plan of Caermarthen, two cartouches w...
Place & Date: London, 1612
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2019
![Glocestershyre [with] Parte of Worcestershyre.](/uploads/cache/1120255-250x250.jpg)
Glocestershyre [with] Parte of Worcestershyre.
Double page map. Blank on verso. Decorative map of Gloucestershire adorned with numerous illustrations of allegorical figures. The Cotswalds are represented with the illu...
Place & Date: [London, printed for M. Lownes, I.Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie. 1612
Selling price: $310
Sold in 2020
Scenographia Totius Fabricae S. Laurentii in Escoriali.
A striking bird's-eye view of the Escorial, the Royal Palace of Phillip II, King of Spain, from Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca 1612
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2021
![[Lot of 5 maps] Salzburg Austria](/uploads/cache/20673-(1)-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 5 maps] Salzburg Austria
Ortelius Salisburgensis Iurisdictionis, 38 x 46 cm, attractive later colouring, very good condition. From the rare Spanish edition of Abraham Ortelius’ ‘Theatrum Or...
Place & Date: Antwerp, c. 1612
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Andegavensium Ditionis Vera et Intregra Descriptio.
Early map of the Loire Valley, with Angiers in the center. Prepared by Lézin Guyet in 1579.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1608-1612
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2022
![De borse van Amsterdam [Stock exhange of Amsterdam]](/uploads/cache/09117-250x250.jpg)
De borse van Amsterdam [Stock exhange of Amsterdam]
Fine early view of the stock exchange of Amsterdam.Ludovico Guicciardini was a nobleman from Florence, who lived and worked in the Low Countries, and died at Antwerp in 1...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $150
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Veronae Vicentiae et Patavii Ditionis.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His 'Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), the founder of the Hondius publishing house, ac...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $260
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Scotia Regnum.
Detailed map of Scotland.Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronomer and mathematician. The excellenc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $260
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FRANCKENLANDT Francia orientalis.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His ' Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumuously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), founder of the Hondius publishing house, acqu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $290
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BRESCIA Episcopatus MEDIOLANU Ducatus.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His ' Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumuously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), founder of the Hondius publishing house, acqu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2016
GERMANIA.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His ' Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumuously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), founder of the Hondius publishing house, acqu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2019
Tarvisina Marchia et Tirolus Comitatus.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His 'Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), the founder of the Hondius publishing house, ac...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2013
Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium teritorio & Montisferrati Marchionatu.
Gerard Mercator (1512-94). His ' Atlas sive Cosmographica' was posthumuously published in 1595. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), founder of the Hondius publishing house, acqu...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $450
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Vera delineatio totius tractus ex Hollandia.. Lintschottani.
A very rare map was published by Hessel Geritsz. describing Jan Huijgen van Linschoten's voyage of 1594 -95 in order to find a north passage to the East.Hessel Gerritsz. ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1613
Selling price: $850
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Tabula Septentrionalis Russiae, Samoithiae et Tingosiae..
A very rare map was published by Hessel Geritsz. describing the northern passage according to Isaac Massa. Hessel Gerritsz. published his Beschryvinghe vander Samoyeden L...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1613
Selling price: $1250
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Macedonia Epirus et Achia.
Map of northern Greece with the southern parts of present day Macedonia and Albania. Includes Athens, embellished with a fine strapwork title-cartouche.From the latin, 16...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2019
![Lorraine, southern part: [untitled map].](/uploads/cache/92552-250x250.jpg)
Lorraine, southern part: [untitled map].
Map of Lorraine, with Moselle River. Nancy at top center. North at top. A typically and finely engraved map by Mercator.The map first appeared in 1585, and then again in ...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2014
BERRY Ducatus per Gerardum Mercatorem.
Map of Berry centered on the city of Bourges.The map first appeared in 1585 and then again in 1595 in Mercator's Atlas. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sold ...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2013
BURGUNDIA Ducatus Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
Map of Burgundy. The map first appeared in 1585 and then again in 1595 in Mercator's Atlas. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sold to Jodocus Hondius and Corne...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
![Burgundy, etc. [Unititled map].](/uploads/cache/92555-250x250.jpg)
Burgundy, etc. [Unititled map].
Map of Burgundy, with Lake Geneva at left. North at the right side of the map. The map first appeared in 1585. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sold to Jodocu...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $51
Sold in 2014
FIONIA Per Geradum Mercatorem.
A map of Funen in Denmark. The map first appeared in Gerard Mercator’s Atlas sive Cosmographicae..., published in 1595. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sol...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1595-1602) 1613
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2014
IVTIA SEPTENTRIONALIS Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
Map of Denmark. The map first appeared in Gerard Mercator’s Atlas sive Cosmographicae..., published in 1595. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sold to Jodoc...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1595-1602) 1613
Selling price: $65
Sold in 2014
POICTOV sive Pictauiae descriptio.
Map of Poictou centered on the city of Poitiers. With a decorative title-cartouche, a sailing ship and a sea-monster.The map first appeared in 1585. In 1604, the copperp...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2014
LOTHARINGIA Ducatus.
Map of Lorraine, with Metz, Sarbrucken, etc. The map first appeared in 1585. In 1604, the copperplates for the atlas were sold to Jodocus Hondius and Cornelis Claesz. In ...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1585) 1613
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2013
TOTIUS LEMOVICI ET Confinium ... Petrus Kaerius caelavit.
A map of Limousin/Limoges, prepared by the well-known engraver, Petrus Kaerius. With an insert view of Limoges at top right. An attractive, finely engraved map.Jodocus ...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1607-08) 1613
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2013
Tavrica Chersonesvs Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur
Beautiful colored Mercator map of The Ukraine with Crimean peninsula, including the northern part of the Black Sea and up to Smolensk in the North. This map comes from an...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $295
Sold in 2008
Germania.
Colorful map of Germany and surrounding areas including The Low Counties, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and Prussia, from the Mercator/Hondius atlas. Major cit...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2010
Taurica Chersonesus.
One of the earliest detailed maps of the Crime and Ukraine.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2010
Moscoviae Imperium.
Rare map engraved in Quad's bold style to depict the topography and forests. It shows the Russian Empire in Europe from the Mare Glaciale in the North to the Black and Ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, Bussemacher, 1600-1613
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2010
ZELANDIA Comitatus Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
A fine, early map of the area of Zeeland in The Netherlands. The map shows details of all cities, towns, and villages in Zeeland. North is at the top. To the north is...
Place & Date: Duisburg & then Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2011
CORSCICA / SARDINIA / Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
This is an attractively engraved map by Gerard Mercator of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. The two maps are on one folio sheet. Like all of Gerard Mercator's maps ...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1589-95) 1613
Selling price: $380
Sold in 2011
Region of Paris: L\'Isle de France PARISIENSIS AGRI DESCRIPTIO Auctore F. Guilloterio Biturigi.
This is a fine, early map of the Ile de France and the area surrounding Paris. The map has considerable details of the towns and villages in the region. The title carto...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1606) 1613
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2011
SCOTIAE REGNUM per Gerardum Mercatorem. (Scotland in Two Sheets)
This is an impressive large two-sheet map of Scotland. These two maps are not commonly available, particularly with both maps from the same atlas as in this example! T...
Place & Date: Duisburg & then Amsterdam, (1595) 1613
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2011
GOUDE.
Decorative city view of the city of Gouda, the Netherlands showing the earliest version of the Gouda family crest.Taken from : Description of all the Netherlands otherwis...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1613
Selling price: $69
Sold in 2015
Geldria et Transysvlania Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
A fine, early map of the area of Gelderland in The Netherlands. The map shows details of all cities, towns, and villages in Gederland. North is at the top. To the nor...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2011
BERGHE Ducatus MARCK Comitatus et COLONIENsis Diocesis Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
The map covers a large section of the lower Rhine River and the surrounding region, including to Frankfurt and north to Duisburg.9174691746 Gerard Mercator (1512-1594) w...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, (1585-95) 1613
Selling price: $125
Sold in 2011
PEDEMONTANA regio cum GENVENSIUM ... Per Gerardum Mercatorem.
This is a fine, early decorative map by Gerard Mercator of the area of northwest Italy including Milano, Genoa, etc. All other major cities and towns are on the map as a...
Place & Date: Duisburg and then Amsterdam, (1589-95) 1613
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2013