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Czaslavium vulgo Czasla Bohemiae civitas [on sheet with] Commoda vulgo Comethau Bohemiae Civitas.
Scarce, only included in part VI of his town book. A wonderful bird's eye showing a picturesque view of hillside and peasant folk travelers on their way to Leipzig and P...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2013
Die Stat Swybuschin in nider Schlesien.
A fine birds-eye town-plan of Swiebodzin in Poland. The earliest historical records mentioning Swiebodzin (Ger: Schweibus) date from the beginning of the fourteenth centu...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1617
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2020
Brunn Vulgo Brinn Marchionatus Moraviae Civitas insignis.
Panoramic view of Brno, with Latin text by Braun on verso, which translates to : "Brno (in Latin Bruna, in Bohemian Brno) is the most distinguished city in Moravia a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2015
Znaymum vulgo Znaym, Moraviae Civitas primaria..
Panoramic view of Znaymum, with Latin text by Braun on verso, which translates to: "This is a beautiful and wealthy city in Moravia, situated on the border to Austri...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2015
Hollandia.
First edition. Pieter Van Den Keere-often known as Kearius- was an active Dutch engraver best known for his collection of pocket-sized maps of the British Isles in about ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $1650
Sold in 2017
Olissippo quae nunc Lisboa, Civitas Amplissima Lusitaniae, ad Tagum (Lisbon)
Desirable and early town view of Lisbon.From one of the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cath...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $755
Sold in 2019
Italia Nuovamente piu perfetta che mai per inanzi posta in luce..
A very decorative and marvelously engraved map of Italy filled with features, notably Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf and Neptune with a mermaid, rising from th...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $1190
Sold in 2016
Tipus Civitatis Lublinesi in Regno Poloniae.
The view of Lublin from the rare Liber Sextus by Braun and Hogenberg. Impression of the illustrious city of Lublin in the Kingdom of Poland; a market for all the world is...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2017
Posnania elegans Poloniae in finibus Silesiae Civitatis - Crosno.
The views of Poznan and Crosno from the rare Liber Sextus by Braun and Hogenberg.Krosno with a key to 5 locations. In the upper part the town of Poznan is shown from the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1400
Sold in 2017
Premislia Celebris Russiae Civitas.
The view of Przemysl from the rare Liber Sextus by Braun and Hogenberg. Bird's-eye town-view of Przemysl in Poland. Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a c...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2017
Nissa Silesior Sedes Episcopalis [on sheet with] Liginicium.
Bird's-eye of Nysa and Legnica (Poland)Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne - 1622) was a geograp...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2017
Veterum Belgarum Mores. . .
Six engravings on one sheet. In the upper left corner a map of the Ancient Low Countries, the other engravings showing the manners of the Ancient Belgics. The naked women...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Artesiae Comitatus (Artois)
FIRST STATE. Scarce and decorative map of Artois. With insets. Out of the famous atlas of the Low Countries by Kearius "Germania Inferior" 1617. Latin text on v...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2020
Flandriae pars orientalis (Oost Vlaanderen)
Scarce and fine map of East Flanders. Centered around the towns of Gent and Bruges. With insets. Out of the famous atlas of the Low Countries by Kearius "Germania In...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Scandia Sive Regionies Septentrionales.
A detailed map of Scandinavia with Greenland, parts of the North Pole and North America by Magini (1555-1617), from 'Geographiae, tum veteris, tum novae, volumina duo., p...
Place & Date: Arnhem, 1617
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2018
Tabula Asiae II.
A fine Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It shows the Caucasus region with today's Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Crimea, and the Sea of ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $17
Sold in 2018
Tabula Europae II.
A curious Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It shows the Iberian Peninsula including the Balearics. It locates a Pillar of Hercules in Morocc...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $70
Sold in 2018
Tabula Europae IIII.
A fine Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It extends from Denmark until the Danube, and from the Rhine until the Vistula river in Poland. Lati...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $32
Sold in 2018
Tabula Europae VIII.
A fine Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. It shows the Baltic Sea, Poland, Ukraine, until Crimea and the Black Sea. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2018
Tabula Aphricae II.
A fine Ptolemaic map, probably from the Jansson/Magini atlas of 1617. With parts of Algeria, Tunesia, and Lybia. It includes Sardinia and Sicily (with burning volcano), M...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1617
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2018
Hagae Comitis celeberrimi totius Europae municipij typus.
A bird's-eye view of the Hague from the southwest, with keys numbered from 1-18 to the principal buildings of the town.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2019
Marienberg Misniae Civitas.
Marienberg was originally founded at the beginning of the sixteenth century because of the many rich mines that surround it, and is located on the former trade route from...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Scenographia Totius Fabricae S. Lau Renti Escorial,
A wonderful west looking bird's-eye view of the elaborate 16th century royal palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a vast and elaborate complex commissioned by Philip II ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2018
Castanowiz Croatiae Propugnaculum.
This is a view from the south of the village with its watchtower and church, in the setting of an idyllic rural wine-growing area. The village lies on the north bank of t...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $225
Sold in 2020
Corduba.
This slightly elevated view from the southeast shows the city before the backdrop of the Sierra de Cordoba. In the foreground the 14th-century Torre de la Calahorra (D) c...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $520
Sold in 2019
Vienna Austriae.
In the present plate, the 136-m-tall free-standing south tower of St Stephen's cathedral is rising high above all other buildings. This 13th-century late Romanesque build...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2018
Zolnock Superioris Hungariae civitas. [Szolnok]
RARE only included in part VI of his town book. Bird's-eye town-view of Szolnok in Hungary, by G. Hoefnagel and son, 1617. Key to fourteen locations. CARTOUCHE TOP: Szol...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2021
Lipsiae Insignis Saxoniae urbis et celeberrimi Emporij vera Effigies. Anno MDCXVII.
The first plate of Leipzig shows the city from around 1570, and from a very low position. After receiving market privileges in the year 1165, Leipzig developed into a lea...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $395
Sold in 2018
Polna vulgo Polm insign : Bohemia. . .
This is a view of Polna from the southwest looking across the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands from a slightly elevated viewpoint. In addition to the parish church (D) in the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $270
Sold in 2020
Launa vulgo Laun Bohemiae Civitas / Schlanium vulgo Schlani Bohemiae oppidum.
This view of Louny is from the southeast from a slightly elevated viewpoint shows the well-fortified north Bohemian town situated close to the River Ohre (F). Louny is do...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2020
Penigk misniae oppidum.
This is a bird's-eye view of the city of Penig, from a hill to the west of the town, which lies in a meander of the navigable Zwickauer Mulde (D).
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $280
Sold in 2019
Scopa vulgo Schvepa Elegans Misniae civitas.
An original copper-engraving after G. and J. Hoefnagel from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Published 1617-18. Wi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $270
Sold in 2020
Petrina.
Left hand side reads: Petrina under Turkish Rule, Right hand side reads: Petrina under Christian Rule. After the Turkish conquests in the 16th century, western Croatia re...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2020
Penigk misniae oppidum.
This is a bird's-eye view of the city of Penig, from a hill to the west of the town, which lies in a meander of the navigable Zwickauer Mulde (D). It is dominated by the ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2020
Nova Helvetiae Tabula.
A good example of the rare and beautiful map of Switzerland by Jodocus Hondius, printed in 1617. It is one of the most decorative single sheet maps of Switzerland publish...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1617
Selling price: $610
Sold in 2020
Hagae Comitis celeberrimi totius Europae municipij typus.
A bird's-eye view of the Hague from the southwest, with keys numbered from 1-18 to the principal buildings of the town. It depicts an impressive city with many fine build...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2020
Hailbrunna. Reutlinga. Mulhusium [Heilbronn, Reutlingen and Mulhouse/Alsace.]
An original antique copper engraving from the rare 6th part of Latin ed. of G. Braun's and F. Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published by A. Hierat in ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2021
MARIENBERG MISNIAE CIVITAS. [MARIENBERG,MEISSEN/SAXONIA]
An original antique copper-engraving after J. Hoefnagel from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published 1617/18. W...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2021
BUDINGEN [Büdingen, Hessen.]
A birds-eye-view / town plan of Büdingen, Hessen. This view comes from the sixth and last volume of 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' ("Theatri Praecipuarum Totius Mundi U...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2021
DILLENBURG - SEGEN [DILLENBURG/LAHN & SIEGEN.]
n original antique copper-engraving from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published by A. Hierat in Cologne, 1617....
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021
Eisenstadium vulgo Eisnstat [EISENSTADTT], in ultimis finibus Austria Inferioris civitas.[on sheet with:] Mannersdorf.
A copper engraved sheet with 2 panoramic views of Eisenstadtt and Mannersdorf, Austria, by Braun & Hogenberg. These views come from the sixth and last volume of 'Civi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2021
Nissa Silesior sedes Episcopalis - Liginicium [NYSA/NEISSE-LEGNICA/LIEGNITZ.]
An original copper-engraving with panoramic views of Nysa and Legnica from the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Publis...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021
Ens Austriae Civitas Superiorem ab inferioris dividens. [ENNS]
An original copper-engraved view of Enns by Braun & Hogenberg, after G. and J. Hoefnagel's drawing of 1617. From the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's &q...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2021
Ostend (Oostende), - Ostenda
A bird's-eye view plan of Ostend (Oostende) by Braun and Hogenberg. From the rare last volume ! of : Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 6: De Praecipuis, Totius Universi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1617
Selling price: $420
Sold in 2022
Delineatio Freti Vaigats.
A miniature map of the southern tip of the island of Novaya Zemlya. Discovered by William Barents in 1594. Showing the Vaigach Straits and the surrounding Barents and Kor...
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1618
Selling price: $50
Sold
Braun and Hogenberg View of Germany Showing Essen and Herden.
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2010
The Countie of Radnor.
A decorative county map from John Speed's atlas, illustrated with a town map of Radnor.
Place & Date: London, 1618
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2010
View of Grodna,
This is a stunning view of what is now referred to today as Hrodna or Grodno, a city in Belarus. This image showings the city situated on the banks of the Neman River (ca...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2010
Eschwege and Fritzlar
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2010
Grevelinge, Borborch
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $132
Sold in 2010
View of Schlewig and it's neighbor Gottorpia, then in Denmark but now Northern Germany
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2010
Lier, Belgium
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $105
Sold in 2010
View of Groningen.
The plates from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's landmark Civitates Orbis Terrarum are the most valuable source for the study of Renaissance urban topography, and among ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572-1618
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2010
Provence.
Text in Latin on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam 1616-1618
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2011
Cracovia Metropolis Regni Poloniae.
Rare panoramic view of Cracow, only included in volume 6 of "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". This edition without text on verso.The "Civitates Orbis Terrarum&qu...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $8000
Sold in 2011
Die Furstliche Hauptt Statt Konigssbergk in Preussen. Mons Regius, Prussiae, ... - Riga, Percommode ad Duna Amnem Sita, Emporium Celebre, et Livoniae Metropolis.
Two bird's eye perspectives town-plans on one sheet. The top plan shows Königsberg in Prussia, the lower Riga the capital of Livonia.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $725
Sold in 2012
Leopolis Russiae Australis Urbs primaria emporiummercium Orientalium celeberrimum.
A of Lviv in Ukraine from the west.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $2010
Sold in 2012
Premislia celebris russiae civitas. - Templum S. Leonardi.
A of Przemysl in Poland. RARE only included in part VI of his town book.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $1350
Sold in 2012
Moscavw. - Moscovia, Urbs, regionis eiusde nominis metropolitia, duplo maior. . .
A of the city of Moscow from a slightly elevated viewpoint across the frozen Moskva River. The walled center of the city is depicted with its many churches and filled wi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2012
Zamoscium. Nova Poloniae civitas, à magnifico eius regni Cancellaro à fundamentis exstructa.
Rare bird's-eye view of Zamosc in Poland. Key to 11 locations.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2013
Nissa Silesior Sedes Episcopalis [on sheet with] Liginicium.
Bird's-eye of Nysa and Legnica (Poland)Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne - 1622) was a geograp...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $675
Sold in 2013
Sendomiria [with] Biecz
Bird's-eye views of Sandomierz and Biecz in Poland, each with a key to seven locations.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $675
Sold in 2013
Lovicensis Civitas
Bird's-eye view of Lowicz in Poland.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $725
Sold in 2013
Mons Calvariae
Bird's-eye of Kalwarya Zebrzydowska (southeast of Krakow). With a cartouche upper left : "Pope Paul V found this place worthy of his blessing and rich favours."...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $525
Sold in 2013
Posnania elegans Poloniae in finibus Silesiae Civitatis [with] Crosno.
Bird's-eye town-view of Poznan and Krosno. Krosno with a key to 5 locations.In the upper part the town of Poznan is shown from the north, the magnificent 14th -century to...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Tipus Civitatis Lublinesi in Regno Poloniae. . .
Bird's-eye of Lublin looking towards the northwest over the marshy flats of the River Bystrzyca.
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $725
Sold in 2013
Majorcae et Minorcae descrip.
Superb miniature map of the Balearics. Including a sailing ship, sea monsters, and the title cartouche.Hondius map from Bertius "Tabularum geographicarum"! Rare...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1618
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2013
Zamoscium. Nova Poloniae civitas, à magnifico eius regni Cancellaro à fundamentis exstructa.
Rare bird's-eye town-plan of Zamosc in Poland. Key to 11 locations.Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Co...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2013
Rostochium urbs Vandalica Anseatica et Megapolitana.
Decorative of Rostock on the banks of the Warnow River, which is busy with ships and boats. Rostock is the largest city in the present German state of Mecklenburg on the...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2020
Mons Calvariae. . .
Bird's-eye of Kalwarya Zebrzydowska (southeast of Krakow). With a cartouche upper left : "Pope Paul V found this place worthy of his blessing and rich favours."...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2014
Zamoscium. Nova Poloniae civitas, à magnifico eius regni Cancellaro à fundamentis exstructa.
Rare bird's-eye view of Zamosc in Poland. Key to 11 locations.Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2014
Nissa Silesior Sedes Episcopalis [on sheet with] Liginicium.
Bird's-eye of Nysa and Legnica (Poland)Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. Georg Braun (1541 - Cologne - 1622) was a geograp...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2014
Moscavw. - Moscovia, Urbs, regionis eiusde nominis metropolitia, duplo maior. . .
Town view of the city of Moscow from a slightly elevated viewpoint across the frozen Moskva River. The walled center of the city is depicted with its many churches and fi...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $2800
Sold in 2014
Sendomiria [with] Biecz
Bird's-eye views of Sandomierz and Biecz in Poland, each with a key to seven locations. Frans Hogenberg (1535 Mechelen - Cologne 1590) was a copper engraver and etcher. ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2015
Cracovia Minoris Poloniae Metropolis.
Rare panoramic view of Cracow, only included in volume 6 of "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". This edition without text on verso.The "Civitates Orbis Terrarum&qu...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1618
Selling price: $3000
Sold in 2020
Provence.
A detailed miniature map of the Provence including Nice, Ventimiglia, Cannes, Toulon, Marseille, Orange, Avignon, and many more. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1618
Selling price: $14
Sold in 2018
Livoniae Descrip.
Miniature map of the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1618
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2017
Savoie.
A delightfully small, but very detailed map including the cities of Geneva, Basle, Aosta, Lyon, Valence, and many more.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1618
Selling price: $17
Sold in 2017
Franciae Comitatus.
A very small but attractive map of the region around Paris, with many details and place names. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1618
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2017
Artesia.
An nice early miniature map of Northern France and the border region of Belgium. From Dieppe to Kortrijk including Lille, Arras, Cambrai. Latin text on verso.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca. 1618
Selling price: $14
Sold in 2017