Antique Maps and Atlases


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  • 1675 - Anonymous

    Anonymous:  Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer Schandt Brandt und...

    circa 1675

    Extremely rare, large engraved pamphlet on 4 sheets joined. Shows dramatic scenes during the French-Dutch War (1672-1679). The unusual dramatic scenes of violence for this time of printmaking are...

    Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer...
    11205

    Extremely rare, large pamphlet of the French-Dutch War. Printed on 4 sheets in the year 1675.

    2 800,00 €
  • 1677 - Giovanni Giacomo Rossi

    Giovanni Giacomo Rossi:  L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le Relationi Piu Moderne da...

    G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677

    First state of the rare map of North America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. California is shown as an island. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. It includes a few additions to Sanson's map...

    L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le...
    12415

    Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.

    2 200,00 €
  • 1575 - Francois de Belleforest

    Francois de Belleforest:  Des Isles de Bretagne, la gran' Albion, qui est Angletetre, Hirlande, de leurs citez en general.

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A rare and early woodcut map of the British Isles. Ruled in brown ink.This woodcut was published in La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le monde , printed 1575 in two volumes in Paris by...

    Des Isles de Bretagne, la gran' Albion, qui est Angletetre, Hirlande, de...
    11624

    Antique woodcut map of the British Isles. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    800,00 €
  • 1578 - Gerard de Jode

    Gerard de Jode:  Nova Descriptio Hispaniae

    G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1578

    This scarce map of Spain and Portugal originates from the renowned Italian architect Pirro Ligorio, as indicated at the top, and was engraved by Johannes and Lucas Doetecum for Gerard de Jode's...

    Nova Descriptio Hispaniae
    12852

    Antique map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1578.

    3 500,00 €
  • 1540 - Sebastian Münster

    Sebastian Münster:  Africa Lybia Morenlandt mit allen königreichen so zu unsern zeiten darin gefunden werden.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 [1578]

    A very fine example of the earliest obtainable printed map to show all of Africa. First published in 1540 by Sebastian Munster, this map is also famous because of its rich mythical content. The...

    Africa Lybia Morenlandt mit allen königreichen so zu unsern zeiten darin...
    12839

    Coloured woodcut map of the African continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

    2 300,00 €
  • 1633 - Jodocus Hondius

    Jodocus Hondius:  Africae nova tabula

    Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633

    Beautiful map of Africa by Henricus Hondius. This version of Jodocus Hondius' map depicts the continent without its decorative borders, which were removed to accommodate the atlas format. The...

    Africae nova tabula
    12776

    Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.

    1 600,00 €

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  • 1631 - Jodocus Hondius

    Jodocus Hondius:  America noviter delineata

    Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1631

    A beautiful and detailed map of North and South America by H. Hondius and J. Janssonius. The map America noviter delineata was first issued in 1618 by Jodocus Hondius Jr. and is considered a...

    America noviter delineata
    13002

    Old coloured map of the American continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1631.

    2 600,00 €
  • 1662 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu

    Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Regiones Sub Polo Arctico

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1662

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole by Willem Blaeu. With Greenland and Canada, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Norway and the north coast of Russia. The map shows, the famous Northwest Passage , a...

    Regiones Sub Polo Arctico
    13003

    Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1662.

    1 200,00 €
  • 1760 - George Matthäus Seutter

    George Matthäus Seutter:  La Plus Grande Partie de la Manche, qui Contient les Cotes d'Angleterre et celles de France les...

    T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, circa 1760

    Old colored map of the English Channel by Georg Matthäus Seutter, published by Tobias Lotter in Augsburg. Shows the south coast of England, the Isle of Wight, and the north coast of Normandy....

    La Plus Grande Partie de la Manche, qui Contient les Cotes d'Angleterre...
    13004

    Old coloured map of the English Channel. Printed in Augsburg by T. C. Lotter circa 1760.

    320,00 €
  • 1730 - George Matthäus Seutter

    George Matthäus Seutter:  Imperii Magni Mogolis sive Indici Padschach ...

    G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1730

    This striking map by Matthäus Seutter presents the Mughal Empire at the height of its territorial extent, offering a comprehensive European perspective on South and Central Asia in the 18th...

    Imperii Magni Mogolis sive Indici Padschach ...
    13005

    Old coloured map of India. Printed in Augsburg by G. M. Seutter circa 1730.

    590,00 €
  • 1760 - Tobias Conrad Lotter

    Tobias Conrad Lotter:  Zeelandiae Comitatus novissima et accuratissima delineatione mappa Geographica repraesentatus

    T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, circa 1760

    This finely hand-colored copper engraving was published around 1760 by Tobias Conrad Lotter, one of the foremost Augsburg map publishers of the 18th century. It depicts the County of Zeeland with...

    Zeelandiae Comitatus novissima et accuratissima delineatione mappa...
    13006

    Old coloured map of Zeeland. Printed in Augsburg by T. C. Lotter circa 1760.

    290,00 €
  • 1636 - Johannes Janssonius

    Johannes Janssonius:  Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia

    J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1636

    Influential map of the East Coast of North America, from Virginia to Nova Scotia. Naming Manhattan and New Amsterdam. With beautiful old colors.This early and influential map by Johannes...

    Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia
    13001

    Old coloured map of New York, Virginia, Carolina. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius in 1636.

    1 800,00 €
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