Florencia. [Florence]
A very fine view of Florence. Verso showing the genealogy of the Syrian kings and priests.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Liber chronicarum or Nu...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2011
Neapolis [Naples] Folium XLII
A imaginary view of Naples (19x22cm.), however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Liber chronicarum or N...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
Mediolanum [Milan] Folio LXXII
Panoramic view of Milan. An imaginary view: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg Chronic...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $300
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Pisa. Folium XLV.
A imaginary view of Pisa: however the earliest obtainable view of this period.Page from the richest illustrated Incunabula, the famous: Nuremberg Chronicle, published the...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2014
[Text page with a view of Wurzburg (Herbipolis) and Ferraria.] Sexta Etas Mundi. Foliu. CLIX.
On recto an imaginary of Ferrara (19x22cm.), however the earliest obtainable view of this period.On verso the left-half of a two page panoramic view of Wurzburg (Herbipo...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $300
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Sena. Sexta Etas Mudi. Foliu LXXX. [Siena]
Including a fine half-page woodcut of Siena (190x225mm.) Verso: Two kings of Egypt and various Greek thinkers, including Menander, Demetrius & theophrastus.Page from ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2011
Quita Etas Mundi. Papia. [ Pavia ] LXXIIII
A imaginary view of Pavia: however the earliest obtainable view of this period, centered on the church and the high walls.On verso, portraits of Hermes Apuleus, Plotinus ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2009
Quarta Etas Mundi. Bononia. [Bologna] LXII
A very nice presentation and one of the earliest obtainable views of the city of Bologna. Verso, portraits of Merodach and Nabuchodonosor, kings of Babylon. On the lower ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2009
Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXXII
The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Milan, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $95
Sold in 2011
Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXXX.
Including a fine half-page imaginary woodcut of Siena (190x225mm.)VERSO: Two kings of Egypt and various Greek thinkers, including Menander, Demetrius & Theophrastus....
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $135
Sold in 2011
Quita Etas Mundi. Folium. LXXXIIII (Mantova)
The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary of Mantova, Italy. VERSO are portraits of poets and teachers.Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $63
Sold in 2022
Neapolis - Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium. XLII [With view of Naples)
With an imaginary of Naples (19x22cm.), however the earliest obtainable view of this period. The Latin text page is illustrated with a depictions of Kings, Noble men and...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $155
Sold in 2016
Tercia Etas Mundi. Folium. XLV. Pisa.
With an imaginary town view of Pisa (198x222mm.), however the earliest obtainable view of this period. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Nuremberg ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2017
Italia / Portugalia
Decorative colored incunable leaf in folio showing imaginary views of Italy and Portugal by Hartmann Schedel. From the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle in ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1493
Selling price: $280
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Quinta etas mudi Folio LXXXVII [Florencia]
Text page in latin on recto verso with a woodblock of Florence (248 x 500mm. Page from the richest illustrated Incunable, the famous: Chronicle Nuremberg Chronicle, publi...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $1700
Sold in 2016
Quarta etas mudi Folio LVIII [Rome]
Double text page in Latin with a woodblock town view of Rome (23x53cm.) While the illustration is less than accurate, the Castel de San Angelo, the Vatican, Colosseum, Pa...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $2500
Sold in 2020
Quarta Etas Mundi. Taruisium Folium.LI
The Latin text page is illustrated with imaginary views of Treviso (Taruisium) and Aquileia (Aquileia): however the earliest obtainable views of this period. Page from th...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $120
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Quarta Etas Mundi. Folium. LXII. (with view of Bologna)
The Latin text page is illustrated with an imaginary view of Bologna (Bononia) of 197 x 223mm.VERSO : an view of Byzantium (178 x 166mm.) with portraits of Merodach, alle...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $77
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Quita Etas Mundi. Folium.LXXIIII
The Latin text page is illustrated with a imaginary view of Pavia (Papia) of 140x223mm. On verso a depictions of Kings, Noble men and scientists. Page from the richest il...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2016
Tiburtina civitas. Sexta Etas Mudi. (San Lorenzo)
A imaginary view of Tiburtina, an ancient town along the road to Rome, now-a-days called San Lorenzo: however the earliest obtainable view of this period. Shows the castl...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Mantua (Mantova).
This very rare woodcut depicting the Italian city of Mantova is from the reduced version of Hartman Schedel's 'Nuremberg Chronicle', sometimes called the 'mini-Schedel'.I...
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1497
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2022
Tabula Europ. Sexta Italiae (Italy)
Wood block printed large-format Ptolemaic map showing Italy with Corsica, Sardinia and part of Sicily, from the 1513 edition of Waldseemüller's Geographia.One of the ear...
Place & Date: Strasburg, 1513
Selling price: $4500
Sold in 2013
Italia mit Dreien furnemsten Inseln, Corsica, Sardinia und Sicilia.
One of the earliest woodcut maps of Italy by Sebastian Münster. Showing Italy with the Islands Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica. With Dalmatia in the East. The title on vers...
Place & Date: Basle, ca 1540
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2019
Der Statt Parma abcontrafactur nach Ihrer gelgenheit.
A large, early woodcut view of Parma by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. This interesting view of Parma depicts t...
Place & Date: Basel, ca 1540
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019
.[Italy]
Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Italy prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in &q...
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2024
Tabula nova Italiae.
One of the earliest modern maps of Italy after Claudius Ptolemy, based on Waldseemuller. Shows Italy with ancient place names, rivers, and a prominent display of the moun...
Place & Date: Vienne or Lyon, 1541
Selling price: $215
Sold in 2016
[Map of Italy]
Page with an early representation of Italy with Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. South to the top. This text page with a fine wood block printed map is from the rare work &q...
Place & Date: Basle, Michael Isengrin, 1544
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2011
[Plan of Rome]
Page with an early representation of Rome. This text page with a fine wood block printed map is from the rare work "C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor, Rerum Toto Orbe Memor...
Place & Date: Basle, Michael Isengrin, 1544
Selling price: $142
Sold in 2011
[Map of Sicily]
Page with an early representation of Sicilia and the south of Italia. This text page with a fine wood block printed map is from the rare work "C. Iulii Solini Polyhi...
Place & Date: Basle, Michael Isengrin, 1544
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2011
Italia Nova Tavola.
Gastaldi's modern map of Italy. From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 which has been called the most comprehensive atlas, produced between Martin Waldseemüller's Geograp...
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2021
Piamonte Nova Tav.
Gastaldi's modern map of Piemonte, Northern Italy. It is one of the earliest obtainable modern maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 which has been cal...
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2022
Marcha de Ancona Nova.
Gastaldi's modern map of Ancona. It is one of the earliest obtainable modern maps of the region.From Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 which has been called the most compr...
Place & Date: Venice, 1548
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2021
Die Stadt Florentz. [Florence].
Early wood block print of Florence. From his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular books...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1550
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2008
Contrafehtung der fürnemmen Statt Venedig, sampt den umbligenden Inseln.
A large, early woodcut view of Venice (Venezia) and the surrounding islands by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Two text cartouches providing additional inform...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2019
Der Koenigliche Statt Neapels abcontrafehtung.
A large, early woodcut view of the fortified city of Naples (Napoli) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. The castle of San Martino is shown on the hill, as wel...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Beschreibung der Herzlichen und weitberhümten Statt Mirandula.
A large, early woodcut view of Mirandola by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. Interesting bird's-eye view of the f...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $120
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Figur und gelegenheit der edlen und hoch berhümpten Statt Florentz.
An attractive woodblock view of the city of Florence surrounded in an elaborate Gothic border. The city is situated on both sides of the river Arno connected by four ston...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $195
Sold in 2019
Der Schönen und Weitberhümpten Statt Genua abcontrafactur.
A large, early woodcut view of Genoa (Genova) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. The 'Cosmographia' is famous fo...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019
Der Statt Rom in aller Welt bekant contrafehtung nach ietziger gelegenheit.
A large, early woodcut view of Rome (Roma) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. On verso is a beautiful woodcut of the Sibylline Oracles (lat. Oracula Sibyllina...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $300
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Der Statt Rom boden und circkel sampt thor vnnd porten, wie sie gestanden ist vor zeiten, do sie noch in ihrer herrlichkeit was.
An early woodcut map of ancient Rome and its vicinity by Sebastian Münster. To the left of the map, a detailed explanation of the most important buildings seen on the ma...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $85
Sold in 2021
Der Schönen und Weitberhümpten Statt Genua abcontrafactur.
A large, early woodcut view of Genoa (Genova) by Sebastian Münster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. The 'Cosmographia' is famous f...
Place & Date: Basel, H.Petri, ca. 1550
Selling price: $175
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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
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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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Der Statt Neapolis Abcontrafhetung
The rare miniature woodblock map of Italy. On verso are half-maps of the Holy Land (Israel) and Greece. The maps in Honter’s books were printed back-to-back, so the ...
Place & Date: Basel, 1565
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2023
Descrittione del Piamonte Mon- / ferra, et la maggior parte della / Riuiera di Genoua, con jl territorio / Astesano, Alexandrino Tortonese, / Nouarese, et la maggior parte del ..
Fine map of Piedmont, with the Mediterranean coast including Monaco till Genoa, and Milan on the top. In the center is the river PO. State 3 of 5, with the name of Camoci...
Place & Date: Venice, 1566
Selling price: $4900
Sold in 2012
[Fano] Disegno uero della Citta et fortezza di Fano nella Marca d'ancona.
Extremely rare print of the town of Pesaro. Engraved by Paolo Furlani (active 1561-1577), his address was all'insegna della Colonna. (Thieme Becker, XII,599).One of the e...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
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[Modena] A Lettori. Non solamente mi son contentato .. Della Mirandola ..
Extremely rare print of the town of Modena in Lombardia. The print is addressed and dated In Venetia l'anno M.D.LXVII. Alla libraria della Colonna. Orientated south-East ...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $700
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[Siena] Il vero disegno et ritratto di Siena.
Scarce bird's-eye view of the town of Siena. An imaginary view. Showing a group of soldiers passing the town. Engraved by Paolo Furlani (active 1561-1577), his address wa...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $300
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[Rome] Eluero sito di Roma, il quale dimostra li Monta, colli, et altre ..
Extremely rare bird's-eye view of the town of Rome. In the upper right part the Vatican is depicted. The print is dated In Venetia l'anno M.D.LXVII. Alla libraria della C...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $880
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[Rome and Ostia.] Il nero disegno de forti fatti intorno ad Ostia dalli ..
Extremely rare map including the town of Ostia and the river Teverre from Rome till the Gulf of Tuscany.The print is addressed and dated Fernando Berteli exc. Ano 1566.. ...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $400
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Napoli - Castel S.Martin.
Extremely rare panoramic view of the town of Naples. With extensive shipping in foreground. In the back ground the castle St.Martin.Engraved by Paolo Furlani (active 1561...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $500
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La nobile citta di Messina.
Extremely rare panoramic view of the town of Messina, with extensive shipping in foreground. In bottom part a numbered key 1-167 relating to important places in town.Engr...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $400
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Genova.
Extremely rare panoramic view of the town of Genoa, with extensive shipping in foreground. In bottom part a numbered key 1-25 relating to important places in town. Engrav...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $600
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Parma.
Extremely rare panoramic view showing the siege of the town of Parma. In bottom part : Il uero disegno e ritrato di Parma Citta nobilissima, et illustrissima in Lombardia...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $350
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[Milan] Il uero disegno della pianta di Milano si come ueramente ogi di si rittoua.
Extremely rare bird's-eye fortification plan of the town of Milan. The print is addressed and dated In Venetia all' insegna della Colonna l'anno 1567.Engraved by Paolo Fu...
Place & Date: Venice 1568
Selling price: $600
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NOVA DISCRITTIONE / DI TVTTO IL TER= / RITORIO DE / ROMA / IN VENETIA M.D.LXIII. / Ferando Berteli exc: / Paulo forlani Veronese.
With the Tuscany Sea and centered on Rome. The immediate model of this engraving ascribed to Forlani was a map published by Donato Bertelli in 1559. No further states are...
Place & Date: Venice, 1568
Selling price: $2100
Sold in 2012
Il vero disegno della pianta di Milano si come veramente oggi di' si ritrova 1567.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Milan, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Pr...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2012
La Nobile Citta di Messina.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Messina, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze ...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
La Imperial Citta D´Augusta.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Augusta, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze ...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Perpignano
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Perpignano, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortez...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2012
Crescentino.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Crescentino, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Forte...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $37
Sold in 2014
Piacenza.
Rare Lafreri School town-plan of Piacenza, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2014
Civitella.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Cevitella, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezz...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2012
Vicovaro.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Vicovaro, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $46
Sold in 2014
Nettuno.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Nettuno, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze ...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $55
Sold in 2014
Siena.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Siena, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Pr...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2012
Mirandola.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Mirandola, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezz...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2012
Fano.
Rare Lafreri School town plan of Fano, engraved by Paolo Forlani, of the Lafreri school of mapmakers, first published in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Pri...
Place & Date: Venice, Zaltieri, (1567) 1568
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2012