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[Text page with male siamese twins, a man headed lion, and a bridge collapsing under a group of dancers at Maastricht, The Netherlands. ] Etas Mundi. Foliu. CCXVII
Latin text page with woodcuts of male Siamese twins, a man headed lion. The large illustration is the only illustration related to the Netherlands : it shows a bridge col...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $540
Sold in 2012
Sexta Etas Mundi. Folium. CCXVII (dancers of Maastricht).
Latin text page with woodcuts of male Siamese twins, a man headed lion. The large illustration is the only illustration related to the Netherlands : it shows a bridge col...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 12 July 1493
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2024
Leyden / Alva.
Very early panoramic view of Leiden. Size of the sheet is 360x232mm. From his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting print.
Place & Date: Basle 1544
Selling price: $90
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's-Hertogenbosch / Antwerp / Alva.
Very early panoramic view of 's-Hertogenbosch and Antwerp. Size of the sheet is 334x222mm. From his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciti...
Place & Date: Basle 1544
Selling price: $50
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Leyden/ Alva
Very early panoramic view of Leiden. Size of the sheet is 360x232mm. From a German text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.The Cos...
Place & Date: Basle, 1544
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2010
's-Hertogenbosch and Mechelen.
Very early panoramic views of 's-Hertogenbosch and Mechelen. Size of the sheet is 364x235mm.From his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, 1544
Selling price: $80
Sold in 2010
's-Hertogenbosch and Mechelen
Very early panoramic view of 's-Hertogenbosch and Mechelen. Size of the sheet is 364x235mm. From his Geographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1544
Selling price: $25
Sold in 2012
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
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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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
[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
Friesland.
RECTO: A map of Friesland. VERSO: two woodcuts of two mice, one entering a mouse trap, and the other of a pope.Taken from Sebastian Munster's encyclopedic work, the "...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2009
De Batavia Quae Hodie est Holandia.
One text page with an illustration of floating in the Netherland on the recto. From Münster's Cosmographia Universalis.The Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster from 1544 i...
Place & Date: Basle, ca. 1564
Selling price: $10
Sold in 2018
Amsterdam.
One of the oldest plans of Amsterdam, from the first edition of the book by Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi, in its French translation from 156...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1567
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2015
Brabantia Belgarum Provinciae recens exactaque descriptio Venetiis.
A very early Brabant map, published in Venice, 1567.In excellent condition, and uncolored. On centre top, the crowned coat of arms of the Emperor Charles V with the emble...
Place & Date: Venice, 1567
Selling price: $2200
Sold in 2020
De la comte de Holande & de l' eveche du.. Utrecht.
Decorative woodblock map centered on the regions of Holland and Utrecht, in the Netherlands.From a French edition of Munster's Cosmographia Universalis.
Place & Date: Basel 1552 - 1568
Selling price: $121
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Hollandiae Antiquorum.
A first state of this mile stone map published by Ortelius on the basis of the map drawn by Jacob van Deventer in abt. 1550. Here from the very first 1570 edition of the ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570
Selling price: $1300
Sold in 2013
Hollandiae Antiquorum Catthorum sedis Nova Descriptio.
A fine and decorative, early map if the Duchy of Holland in the first state by Abraham Ortelius, from his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", Antwerp 1570, after a Jacob...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1570
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2023
Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
Fine map of the Netherlands of Philip II King of Spain. The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged c...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1571
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2015
Brilium, Hollandiae opp. [Briel]
One of the earliest bird's-eye views of Den Briel from the greatest publication in this genre !. The ,Civitates, was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologn...
Place & Date: Cologne 1572
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2009
Traejectum [Utrecht].
An early plan of Utrecht depicting many structures dating back to the early Middle Ages, notably the centrally-located Dom Church, then known as the Cathedral of Saint Ma...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2018
Roterodanum Hollandiae Opp. / Goude.
A bird's-eye view on the city of Rotterdam and a frontal view on the city of Gouda, in the Netherlands. Two early cityviews on one double page from Braun&Hogenberg &q...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1572
Selling price: $215
Sold in 2022
Zelandicarvm Insularum exactissima..
One of the most attractive maps of Zeeland from the Hook of Holland to Vlissingen. The sea is dominated by numerous galleons and the impressive figure of Neptune bearing ...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1573
Selling price: $680
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Oost ende West Vrieslandte beschryvinghe.
Prepared by Jacob van Deventer. A very decorative map of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drente and of the German Province of Friesland. §
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2011
Brabantiae Germaniae Inferioris.
Based on a map by Jacob van Deventer, by order of King Charles V. Jacob van Deventer was one of the first cartographers of the Southern Netherlands. He was famous for his...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1574
Selling price: $400
Sold in 2011
Amsterdam
This important early map of Amsterdam is from Braun and Hogenberg’s important work Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas of cities of the world.This particular map ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1574
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2023
Middelburgum Selandiae Opp:
Originally colored birds's-eye view of the city of Middelburg. Coats of arms of the province of Zeeland. With ships in the city port. Churches and city walls with gates a...
Place & Date: 1575
Selling price: $350
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Hollandiae Antiquorum.
This map was published by Ortelius on the basis of the map drawn by Jacob van Deventer in abt. 1550. In the Spanish text on verso Ortelius marvels that such a small count...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1574-1575
Selling price: $1150
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Dordravum vulgo Dortt.. (Dordrecht)
A panoramic town-view of Dordrecht with noble figures in the foreground.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The ,Civitates, was compiled and written by George B...
Place & Date: Cologne 1575
Selling price: $351
Sold in 2009
Urbis Campensis. (Kampen)
Fine panoramic town-view of the town of Kampen. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The ,Civitates, was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne C...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2011
Leyda, Batavorum Lugdumum, vulgo Leyden.. (Leiden)
A bird's-eye view of Leiden, Voorschoten, Zoeterwoude and Leiderdorp. From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $425
Sold in 2013
Augusta iuxta figuram quam his ce temporibus habet delineata
A bird's-eye of Augsburg, with a numbered key in the lower left corner (1-133) shows the individual groups of buildings very clearly, including the Fuggerei (72, bottom ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1575
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2013
Zelandicarum Insularum Exactissima et Nova Descriptio.
Striking map of Zeeland from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Atlas of the Whole World]',by Ortelius, Latin ed, pl. 39, CN no. 18.The Theatrum was re-issued in 42 editions with ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1575
Selling price: $740
Sold in 2015
Tshertogenbosch - Buscumducis oppidum ludo Literario. (s-Hertogenbosch)
Very desirable and early of s-Hertogenbosch. "s-Hertogenbosch was granted a municipal charter in 1185 and in the late Middle Ages it was a market center for farmers...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
Traiectum clara et vetus est Episcopalis Civitas, . . . (Utrecht)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Utrecht. "he episcopal city of Utrecht, located on the confluence of several small rivers in the middle of the Netherlands, is ...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1100
Sold in 2013
Amstelredamum, Nobile Inferioris Germaniae Oppidum . . . (Amsterdam)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Amsterdam from a north-easterly direction. With a numbered key (1-28) in lower left corner. "On the left-hand side we can see h...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1577
Selling price: $1000
Sold in 2014
Nova et Castigator Comitatus Hollandiae Descriptio . . .
A second state of the first plate of the province of North and South Holland in the Netherlands. With the engraved signature of Joannes and Lucas van Deutecum in the lowe...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1578
Selling price: $2350
Sold in 2015
Amstelredamum, Nobile Inferioris Germaniae Oppidum . . . (Amsterdam)
Very desirable and early town-plan of Amsterdam from a north-easterly direction. With a numbered key (1-28) in lower left corner. "On the left-hand side we can see h...
Place & Date: Cologne, (1572) 1578
Selling price: $480
Sold in 2017
Barhasste Contraschtung der Statt Haerlem.
Very attractive and detailed birds-eye plan of Haarlem, Holland showing the full extent of rivers and moated fortification. It is set in a page of Old German text with te...
Place & Date: Basel, 1578
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2018
Flissinga munitissimu Zelandiae. . .
A fine bird's-eye view of the town of Vlissingen in Zeeland. It is situated at the mouth of the western Schelde. You see an excellent overview of the town's layout, and i...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1578
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2020
Geldria.
A very rare first state of Gerard de Jode's map of the Dutch Duchy of Geldria, after Johannes van Deurecom:' 'Ioannes Duetecu[m] [and] Lucas, à Duetecum fecerunt’ Fro...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1578
Selling price: $1500
Sold in 2022
Frisia Occidentalis.
Map of northern province of the Netherlands, Friesland, based from a manuscript map by Sibrandus Leo. Included is and inset of map of the seat of ancient Frisia under emp...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1579
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2010
Frisia Occidentalis.
Includes the provinces of Friesland and Groningen. The map was prepared by Sibrandus Leonis (Leo Sybrands) from Leeuwarden in 1579. In a large inset a map of the Netherla...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1580
Selling price: $600
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Roterodamum.. (Rotterdam) / Gouda
One of the oldest panoramic views of the cities of Gouda and Rotterdam.From the greatest publication in this genre !. The "Civitates" was compiled and written b...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $500
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Traiectum. [Utrecht].
A bird's-eye view of Utrecht, from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", the earliest systematic atlas of towns.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The "Ci...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $310
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Trajectum. (Utrecht).
"A bird's-eye view of the town.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The ""Civitates"" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of...
Place & Date: Cologne 1580
Selling price: $800
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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.Ortelius based this and several other maps of the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2018
Roterodamum. . . (Rotterdam)
One of the oldest plans of the city. On top coat of arms.From the greatest publication in this genre!. The Civitates was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Co...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2018
Die Stadt Enchuijsen. . .
Plan of Enkhuizen, birthplace of Lucas Waghenaer. Lower left title cartouche with coat of arm and extensive key to principal places and houses in town. Enkhuizen was one ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2013
Groeninga. Broversavia. Goricum.
Early views of Groningen, Brouwershaven and Gorinchem, a bird''s eye view from the greatest publication in this genre ! The Civitates was compiled and written by George B...
Place & Date: Cologne, c.1580
Selling price: $285
Sold in 2010
[Amsterdam]
Very early birds-eye view of Amsterdam. From his Cosmographia, that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge. An exciting print.Sebastian Münster was born in Nierder-In...
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2008
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.Ortelius based this and several other maps of the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2009
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.Ortelius based this and several other maps of the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1580
Selling price: $700
Sold in 2012
Amstelredamum, nobile Inferioris Germaniae. . .
A bird's-eye town-plan of Amsterdam, surrounded by a stormy sea. With a strapwork title cartouche, and 2 figures below the extensive key.From the greatest publication in ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $900
Sold in 2013
Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.
The oval map of the Low Countries is also known as the 'Egg' map, because of its oval strapwork borders. The title is adorned with ribbons, and is held aloft by two winge...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1580
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2021
Waß gestaltt die Prinsigsche die Statt Amstelredam erwischen und innemen am 23. Nouemb. 1577.
Scarce view by Hogenberg with caption in German below the image. Shows the landing of the military forces in Haarlemmerpoort under the command of Hillside and Ruychaver t...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2015
Wie die Burger von Amstelredam der Staten Volck Wider auß der Statt treiben Anno D. 1577.
Scarce view by Hogenberg with caption in German below the image. Shows the battle of when the troops of the fallen Captain Hillich are driven out of the city.
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2015
Roterodamum (Rotterdam).
A highly detailed 16th-century birds-eye perspective plan of Rotterdam, with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches, and squares, together with the city walls, the...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1580
Selling price: $350
Sold in 2017
Schoonhoven.
A detailed plan of Schoonhoven by Luigi Guicciardini in 1580. It provides an excellent view of the city's defences, bridges, walls and gates, and it features are several ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1580
Selling price: $33
Sold in 2018
Lewardum Occidentalis Frisiae / Franicher Nobiliu.
This sheet contains two very detailed bird’s-eye plans of moat surrounded cities. The left-hand view depicts Leeuwarden in 1580, with four costumed figures are shown in...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $28
Sold in 2018
Swol - Swolla Diu Celebris Meruit Virtutibus Armaquae Populum Fortem Nobilitare Solent...
A beautiful view of Zwolle, in the Netherlands, the capital city and municipality of the province of Overijssel. This view appeared in Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus O...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca.1580
Selling price: $102
Sold in 2019
Stagnu meridionale. . . (Groningen)
Very early map of Groningen (195x165mm.). On verso wood cut prints of a coat of arms and a rat-trap. From his Cosmographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledg...
Place & Date: Basle, 1580
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2017
Amstelredamum, nobile Inferioris Germaniae. . .
A bird's-eye town-plan of Amsterdam, surrounded by a stormy sea. With a strapwork title cartouche, and 2 figures below the extensive key.From the greatest publication in ...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1580
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2021
Deventer.
A highly detailed 16th century plan of Deventer, with numerous buildings, streets, places, churches and squares. Further with the city walls and bridges across the river,...
Place & Date: Cologne, ca. 1581
Selling price: $90
Sold in 2017
Middelburgum Selandiae Opp.[Middelburg,Zeeland]
Original colored birds's-eye view of the city of Middelburg. Coats of arms of the province of Zeeland. With ships in the city port. Churches and city walls with gates are...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $190
Sold in 2020
[DEN BRIEL/BRILLE]Brilium, Holandiae opp. ob Intestinum Batavicum Bellum . .
An old, antique map, and a bird's-eye view of Den Briel by Braun and Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Brielle, a town in Holland, well k...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $160
Sold in 2020
Die Stadt Enchuysen.[ENKHUIZEN]
A bird's-eye view of Enkhuizen, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, with a key to locations. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: The city of Enkhuizen, in the County of Hollan...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $210
Sold in 2020
DORDRECHT.
A bird's-eye view plan of Dordrecht by Braun and Hogenberg. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The cathedral, consecrated to Our Lady, is renowned for its beauty. All the Rhine w...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $180
Sold in 2020
CAMPEN.[Kampen, Overijssel]
A bird's-eye view/plan of Campen by Braun and Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: View of the city of Kampen in the IJssel. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "The churches of St Nicolai a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $140
Sold in 2022
[Sluis], Slusa, Teutonicae Flandriae opp. . .[Sluis]
A bird's eye view of the town of Sluis. The lion crest on the left is emphasised by a golden filling. From the greatest publication in this genre! The 'Civitates' was com...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $120
Sold in 2022
HARLEMUM, Sive ut Ha: Barlan Herlemum, Urbs Hollandiae famosa . . .[HAARLEM]
A bird's-eye view plan of Haarlem, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Harlemum, or, as Hadrianus Barlandus writes, Herlemum, a renowned Du...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2020
Bergen op Zoom - Berga, ad Somam, Brabantiae Opp: a fluvi olo sic dicto,. . .
Abird's-eye view plan of Bergen-op-Zoom b y Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Bergen op Zoom, Brabantine town, named after the little River Soma (Zoom),...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2020
Lewardum. Occidentalis Frisiae Opp: 1580. [on sheet with:] Franicher, Nobiliu hominum, in Frisia Occidentali, ut plurimum saedes.[Leeuwarden&Franeker]
Two bird's-eye views on one sheet: Leeuwarden and Franeker, by Braun & Hogenberg. CARTOUCHE: Leeuwarden, a West Frisian town. 1580. COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Leeuwar...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2020
Icon civitatis Campensis, cuius situs Isulam fluvium, eleganti venustate, decorat.[Kampen, Overijssel]
A panoramic view of Kampen by Braun and Hogenberg. TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Picture of the city of Kampen, the beautiful and charming appearance of which embellishe...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $170
Sold in 2020
Charlemont [on sheet with] Landrechies [and] Avesnes [and] Beaumont.
Four bird's-eye views on one sheet: Charlemont - Beaumont - Avesnes - Landrecies. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volum...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $110
Sold in 2020
Roterodamum Hollandiae Opp. [on sheet with:] Goude [Rotterdam, Gouda]
An old map with two bird's-eye views: Rotterdam and Gouda, by Braun and Hogenberg. The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volu...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1581
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2020
Brabantia.
Map of Brabant from Guicciardini's "Description de touts les Pais-Bais" edited by Plantin in 1582. The map drawn after Ortelius'map of Brabant, and after the...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1582
Selling price: $250
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Hollandiae Cattorum regionis typus.
Guicciardini's reduced version of Jacob van Deventer's survey of the province of Holland surveyed in 1537 and published first in Antwerp in nine sheets by Bernard van der...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1582
Selling price: $220
Sold in 2011
Dordracum Vulgo Dortt.
Early and detailed panoramic view of Dordrecht, published in the famous ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’, by Braun and Hogenberg. Embellished with the royal coat of arms, a...
Place & Date: Cologne, 1582
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2019