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![Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms, inhaltendt das Nider Teutschlandt. [Course of the Rhine from approx. Remagen to the North Sea]](/uploads/cache/84789-250x250.jpg)
Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms, inhaltendt das Nider Teutschlandt. [Course of the Rhine from approx. Remagen to the North Sea]
Wood block printed map of mostly the Netherlands and Belgium - designed as third part of the course of the Rhine, by Sebastian Munster.One of the Earliest Modern Maps on ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1550
Selling price: $130
Sold in 2020
Beschreibung Engellandts und Schottlandts.
A full-page woodcut map of England, Scotland, Wales, and part of Ireland, published in Basel, circa 1550. This charming woodblock map of Britain is the base for the Merca...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1550
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
![BEYDE STAETT GENFF. . .[Geneva]](/uploads/cache/85034-250x250.jpg)
BEYDE STAETT GENFF. . .[Geneva]
An uncommon and early woodblock panoramic view of Geneva as a medieval walled city on the shores of Lake Leman. The skyline is dominated by the Cathedral of St. Peter, wh...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1550
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
Würzburg. - Herbipolis Würtzpurg
A double-page woodcut view of Würzburg. From a French edition of Munster's 'Geographia', one of the most important 16th Century geographical books. Herbipolis Würtzpur...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1550
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2021
COLOGNE/KÖLN. - La noble & ample ville de Coloigne Agrippine,
A double-page woodcut panoramic view of KÖLN. From a French edition of Munster's 'Geographia', one of the most important 16th-century geographical books. With a key to 2...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1550
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2021
Basel. - Beyde Stett Basel mit dem fürfliessenden Rhein und allen fürnemmen Gebewen
A decorative map with a striking bird's-eye plan of Basel from Seb. Muenster, with key to locations. Maybe the first map of Basel , printed in Basel.Basle is shown here f...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1550
Selling price: $165
Sold in 2021
Der Statt Rom boden und circkel sampt thor vnnd porten, wie sie gestanden ist vor zeiten, do sie noch in ihrer herrlichkeit was.
Large format wood engraving by Sebastian Münster with a special map showing the underground of Rome: the hills, the water streams. The city is marked by the city walls a...
Place & Date: 1550
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2022
Italia mit zeijnen furnemesten Inseln Corsica Sardinia und Sicilia.
In general a fine impression of this early wood block print of Italy including Sardinia and Corsica.
Place & Date: Basle 1540-1551
Selling price: $320
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Sicilia.
In general a fine impression of this early wood block print of Sicily from a French text edition.
Place & Date: Basle 1540-1551
Selling price: $130
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Sicilia.
In general a fine impression of this early wood block print of Sicily, taken from a French edition of Sebastian Münster's encyclopedic work, the "Cosmographia Unive...
Place & Date: Basle, 1540-1551
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2011
DE la duché de Brabant, & des principales villes d'icelle.
A woodcut map and one of the oldest maps of Brabant, covering the area from Antwerp in the west to Muenster in the east, from Utrecht in the north to Namur in the south.T...
Place & Date: Basle 1552
Selling price: $110
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HOLLAND.
One of the oldest (woodcut)maps of the county of Holland, also partly covering areas of Zeeland,Frisia, Gelre and Brabant. North orientated to the top. It shows the main ...
Place & Date: Basle 1552
Selling price: $180
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Valesiae Altera et VII, Nova Tabula.
Sebastian Münster, 1489-1552, outstanding geographer of Basle. Editied Ptolemy's atlas ' Geographia Universalis', editions 1540,-42, -45, -51 and -52. Published his &quo...
Place & Date: Basle, 1545-1552
Selling price: $350
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Helvetia Prima Rheni et VIII, Nova Tabula.
Sebastian Münster, 1489-1552, outstanding geographer of Basle. Editied Ptolemy's atlas ' Geographia Universalis', editions 1540,-42, -45, -51 and -52. Published his &quo...
Place & Date: Basle, 1542-1552
Selling price: $400
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Germania VI Nova Tabula.
Sebastian Münster, 1489-1552, outstanding geographer of Basle. Editied Ptolemy's atlas ' Geographia Universalis', editions 1540,-42, -45, -51 and -52. Published his &quo...
Place & Date: Basle, 1540-1552
Selling price: $360
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Description nouvelle d'Europe.
Sebastian Münster's (1488–1552) modern map of Europe from a French text edition.Sebastian Münster (Ingelheim, c.1489-1552, Basel), originally a Franciscan friar, beca...
Place & Date: Basle, 1552
Selling price: $1550
Sold in 2010
Nouvelle description de Poloigne & Hongrie.
Munster's map of Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Muscovy and the Balkans, extending from Prussia, Vilna and Smolensk in the north to Bosnia, Bulgaria, Constantinople and ...
Place & Date: Basle, 1552
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2010
Description Nouvelle d'Europe.
The first map of the continent of Europe! The map is oriented with south at the top and includes a large sailing ship off the coast of Spain and France. Latin text on ver...
Place & Date: Basle, 1552
Selling price: $950
Sold in 2017
Della Region Spagnola Nuova Discrizzione (Spain)
Beautiful colored woodcut map of Spain. From the second Italian edition of Münster's Cosmographia universale. Burmeister Sebastian Münster 101.
Place & Date: Basle, 1552
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
De terris Asiae minoris.
A woodblock printed map of the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea with parts of Tartary and Kazakhstan, also neighboring Armenia in the south. From the 1552...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2022
Franckofordianae civitatis situs…
A wood block printed early bird's-eye view of Frankfurt/Main (Germany). From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2022
![Hollàd [Holland].](/uploads/cache/48281-250x250.jpg)
Hollàd [Holland].
A wood block printed early map of Holland. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Munster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.Seba...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2022
Egrana civitas olim imperio Romanorum…
Early woodcut view of the city of Egra (Cheb) in the Czech Republic. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 31 leaves] Solothurensis civitatis effigies…](/uploads/cache/48272-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 31 leaves] Solothurensis civitatis effigies…
Thirty-one text pages with several wood block prints with maps and views relating to Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia. Taken from the 1552 Latin text edition ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 34 leaves relating to Greece and Turkey]](/uploads/cache/48274-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 34 leaves relating to Greece and Turkey]
Thirty-four text pages with wood block illustrations about Greece and Turkey with small maps, views, animals.... From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmograph...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $51
Sold in 2022
![Figura theatri Veronensis.… [Verona]](/uploads/cache/48282-250x250.jpg)
Figura theatri Veronensis.… [Verona]
A wood block printed early view of Verona Theatre. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowl...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 45 leaves of Italy]](/uploads/cache/48295-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 45 leaves of Italy]
Forty-five leaves illustrated with wood block prints relating to Italy. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 10 leaves of Bohemia, Moravia]](/uploads/cache/48296-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 10 leaves of Bohemia, Moravia]
Ten text leaves illustrated with wood block prints relating to Bohemia and Moravia. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and com...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $26
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 7 leaves of Prussia, Gdansk and Riga]](/uploads/cache/48297-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 7 leaves of Prussia, Gdansk and Riga]
Seven text pages illustrated with wood block prints relating to Poland, Prussia and Latvia with a small view of Riga. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmo...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 19 leaves of Scandinavia, Greenland, Island]](/uploads/cache/48298-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 19 leaves of Scandinavia, Greenland, Island]
Nineteen text leaves illustrated with wood block prints and maps relating to Scandinavia, Greenland and Island. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographi...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $155
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 7 leaves of American interest]](/uploads/cache/48299-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 7 leaves of American interest]
Seven text leaves illustrated with wood block prints relating to America and explorers. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $51
Sold in 2022
![[Lot of 10 leaves of Spain, Balearic Islands]](/uploads/cache/48266-250x250.jpg)
[Lot of 10 leaves of Spain, Balearic Islands]
Ten text leaves with wood block illustrations relating to Spain and the Balearic Islands. From the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short an...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $56
Sold in 2022
Italia XIX Nova Tabula
Very rare issue and the first Münster’s map of Italy, based on Ptolemy’s writings. It shows the area from Marseille to Albania, including the Adriatic Sea, also the ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2023
Nova Graecia secundum omnes eius regiones & provincias citra ultra & Hellespontum.
Early map of Greece, Turkey and adjoining regions from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowl...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2023
Venetiarum amplissima & maritima urbs cum multis circumiacentibus insulis.
Early bird's-eye view of Venice from the 1552 Latin text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, which is a short and complete summary of Renaissance knowledge.Sebastian Mü...
Place & Date: Basel, 1552
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2023
Descriptio Graeciae.
Sebastian Münster, 1489-1552, outstanding geographer of Basle. Editied Ptolemy's atlas ' Geographia Universalis', editions 1540,-42, -45, -51 and -52. Published his &quo...
Place & Date: Basle, 1554
Selling price: $100
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![[Amsterdam]](/uploads/cache/25711-250x250.jpg)
[Amsterdam]
Attractive bird's-eye view of the city Amsterdam. One of the oldest plans of the town. From a French text edition of Münster's Cosmographia, with text and portrait of Er...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1554
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2009
Die Stat Landaw.
Attractive bird's-eye view of the city Landau in Germany. Latin text on the verso.
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1554
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2023
Tabula nova Graeciae, Sclavoniae, & Bulgariae
Woodcut map of the Greek mainland and islands, including Crete. Also shown are parts of Italy, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. After Pr...
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1555
Selling price: $240
Sold in 2023
MOSCOVIA, QUATENUS MOENIBUS INCLUDITUR ARX VOCATUR EXTRA MOENIA INGENS LIGNEA-rum aedium numerus, civitas dicitur
One of the earliest obtainable town-plans of Moscow from the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler: "Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigis...
Place & Date: Basel, 1556
Selling price: $1250
Sold in 2010
MOSCOVIA, QUATENUS MOENIBUS INCLUDITUR ARX VOCATUR EXTRA MOENIA INGENS
One of the earliest obtainable town-plans of Moscow from the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler: "Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii Sigi...
Place & Date: Basel, 1556
Selling price: $1050
Sold in 2011
La ville de Berne L'an 1549.
Attractive hand colored woodcut by Sebastian Münster. Fine bird's-eye view of Berne, Switzerland on the river Aare. The engraving shows city walls, churches, castles and...
Place & Date: Paris, 1556
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2016
Mosqua so vil mit der Maur eingefangen / Ist das Schlos genent / Ausserhalb ist die Stat gross und weit mit Hulzen heusern.
One of the earliest obtainable town-plan of the Kremlin fortress and Moscow from the German edition of the first authentic account of Russia written by a western traveler...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1557
Selling price: $1150
Sold in 2009
Exactissima Flandriae Descriptio
Rare Lafreri style map of the County of Flanders (BE) published by Domenico Zenoi, Venice 1559. One of the earliest maps of Flanders. Based on Gerard Mercator's 4-sheet m...
Place & Date: Venice, 1559
Selling price: $2175
Sold in 2022
Antiquissimus Vulterrae regiae olim Thuscorum urbis typus ex monumentis et vestigiis antiquitatis desumptus.
Rare map representing the ancient town of Volterra, in Tuscany, which was one of the major centres of the Etruscan civilization.With an explanatory key index on the botto...
Place & Date: Pisa, ca.1560
Selling price: $530
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La figure de la place ou fut jadiz la cité de Rome. . .
Interesting town-plan of ancient Rome. In lower left initials H.H. Heinrich Holzmüller was a famous woodblock cutter working with Sebastian Münster. French text on left...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $30
Sold in 2010
La ville de Berne. . .
Bird's eye town-plan of Bern.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2010
La paincture de la cité tresancienne des Nemetiens../..Spire.
Panoramic of Speyer, with in foreground the river Rhine. Lower part signed with monogram HF.
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $22
Sold in 2014
Le rhein de la Gaule, pourtraicte selon la figure qu'elle a auiourdhuy.
Panoramic town-view along River Rhine in French Alsace. In lower left HSD. There is no information available for the monogamist HSD, we think he originates from Worms.Tak...
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014
Selestat ou Schletstat, cité impériale, située au milieu du pays d'Alsace. . .
Panoramic of Sélestat in the French Alsace region. In lower right corner: RMD [Rudoplh Manuel called Deutsch who was a well-known wood-cutter].Taken from Sebastian Mün...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2014
Tantum aevi longinqua Valet mutare vetustas.
Bird's-eye view of Volterra after Dominicus Vadorinius Pomaranciensis, by Domenicus Vadorinius. With the title in a small banner at upper left, banner at upper right is b...
Place & Date: Pisa, ca. 1560
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2014
L'effigie de la ville de Saleurre. . . (Solothum)
Panoramic of Solothum with on the foreground the River Aar. In lower right CS. There is no information available for the monogamist CS, he was probably German or Swiss a...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2015
La tresancienne Cité de Vangions../.. Vuormes. (Worms)
Panoramic of Worms, with in foreground the river Rhine.Read more [+]
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2015
La noble & ample ville de Coloigne Agrippine... (Cologne)
Panoramic of Cologne with on the foreground the River Rhine. In lower left CS. There is no information available for the monogamist CS, he was probably German or Swiss a...
Place & Date: Basle, c.1560
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2015
Europa / das ein Drittheil der Erden / nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
A decorative, full color example of Munster's map of Europe. It belongs to an early German edition of Munster's 'Cosmographia', which has been one of the most influential...
Place & Date: Basle, 1560
Selling price: $1225
Sold in 2016
De Europa
A small, attractive map of Europe from the famous 'Cosmographia' by Sebastian Munster, in very nice colors.
Place & Date: Basel, ca. 1560
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2018
Venice.
An early, fine bird's-eye view of the city of Venice. It comes from the famous Cosmographia, one of the most influential books of the XVI and XVII century, representing a...
Place & Date: Basle, ca 1560
Selling price: $390
Sold in 2020
Gemeine beschreibung aller Mitnaechtigen Laender, Schweden, Gothen, Nordwegien, Dennmarck, sc.
An early Sebastian Münster's woodcut map of Scandinavia, based on the 'Carta Marina' of Olaus Magnus, 1539. The map includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, S...
Place & Date: Basel, 1560
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2021
Landtafel des Ungerlands / Polands / Reussen / Littaw / Walachei / Bulgarei.
Early woodcut map from Münster's Cosmographia, one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century. It shows the area from Prussia to Constantinople and...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1560
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2023
Tavola nuova di Germania.
Map of Germany and parts of the surrounding areas. In the northwest is Flanders and Brabant. In the southwest is Lake Geneva and Budapest is in the southeast. The Vistula...
Place & Date: Venise, 1561
Selling price: $245
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Tabula Europae II. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of this map of ancient Spain and the tip of Africa.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2008
Hispania Nova Tabula. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of the earliest maps of Spain and Portugal.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giuli...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2008
Anglia et Hibernia Nova. . .
Uncommon first edition of one of the earliest maps of Great Britain.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $410
Sold in 2008
Tabula Europa X . . .
Uncommon first edition of this map of Ancient Greece.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2012
Graetia Nuova Tavola.
Uncommon first edition of this early map of Greece.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. Th...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2011
Tabula Europae IIII
Scarce first edition of this classical map of Poland and Germany. The map is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's published in 1548.Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Pt...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $425
Sold in 2012
Tabula Europae III.
Ptolemaic style map of France, the Low Countries, and the Rhine river. Includes numerous historic place names. Italian text on verso.
Place & Date: Venice, c1561
Selling price: $54
Sold in 2013
Europae Tabula VIII.
Ptolemaic map of eastern Europe, including a portion of Scandinavia, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia, stretching from the Swedish island of Gotland (Gothia Insula) ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2015
Schonladia Nuova.
Depicting Scandinavia in a trapezoidal projection, being one of the earliest obtainable modern maps of Scandinavia. The map combines Ptolemaic and modern cartographic inf...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017
TAVOLA NUOVA DI PRUSSIA ET DI LIVONIA.
An uncommon first edition of this early map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia, including Lithuania,a portion of Estonia, and some coastal detail of the Baltic Sea, ...
Place & Date: Venice, 1561
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
Mörewunder vnd seltzame thier
Spectacular woodcut of mythical land with sea monsters and animals. The monsters were first engraved in the ‘Carta Marina’ of 1539 by Olaus Magnus and have been us...
Place & Date: Basel, 1561
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2022
Corsica.
Woodblock map of Corsica surrounded by ships and fierce sea monsters. On a full sheet of German text.
Place & Date: Basle 1562
Selling price: $100
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![[Southern Scandinavia to central Germany, Netherlands and East England]](/uploads/cache/25014-250x250.jpg)
[Southern Scandinavia to central Germany, Netherlands and East England]
The rare second state is dated 1562, but still lacks the imprint of Camocio. The map has no title and extends from Southern Scandinavia to Central Germany, The Netherland...
Place & Date: Venice, 1562
Selling price: $21200
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Der Statt Istien und umbligender Landschafft gelegenheit und abcontrafactur.
Text page with a map (122x155mm.) of "Istien". It is a typical woodcut illustration that makes these Münster maps fascinating and sought after by map collector...
Place & Date: Basel, 1562
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2011
Neapolis. / Tiloi.
Text page with two town views of Naples and "Tiloi". It is a typical woodcut illustration that makes these Münster maps fascinating and sought after by map col...
Place & Date: Basel, 1562
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2008
Corsica.
Nice miniature map of Corsica with monsters and ships in the sea. It is a typical woodcut illustration that makes these Münster maps fascinating and sought after by map ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1562
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2008
Tavola nuova di Prussia et di Livonia.
A Ptolemaic map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia includes a portion of Estonia and coastal detail on the Baltic Sea with a small section of the island of Gotland a...
Place & Date: Venice, Vincentium Valgrisium, 1562
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2012
Der Statt Istien und umbligender Landschafft gelegenheit und abcontrafactur.
Text page with a map (122x155mm.) of "Istien". It is a typical woodcut illustration that makes these Münster maps fascinating and sought after by map collector...
Place & Date: Basel, 1562
Selling price: $15
Sold in 2012
Andere Landtaffel: In welcher der Moscauen gebuet mit sampt den welden und bergen. . .
One of the earliest obtainable, and first modern map of Russia! With curious details and many place names. Extends from Finland until the Caspian Sea. With sailing ships...
Place & Date: Basel, 1563
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2020
![[Crete] EL VERO ET NVOVO DISEGNO, DI TVTTA LA ISOLA, DI CANDIA.](/uploads/cache/23788-250x250.jpg)
[Crete] EL VERO ET NVOVO DISEGNO, DI TVTTA LA ISOLA, DI CANDIA.
Fine map of Crete. No further states are recorded.Engraved by Paolo Forlani (active 1561-1577). Title in banner in top. In lower right corner a cartouche including the hu...
Place & Date: Venice 1564
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2010