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Anonymous: Aigentlicher Entwurff Der Gnädigen Herrschafft Schülzburg, Granheim, Erbstetten und Ahnhausen. …...
1719
Important Manuscript Map of the Swabian Alb.Very large, impressive, and detailed manuscript map of the Swabian Alb. The map, drawn on paper, depicts the dominions of Schülzburg, Erbstetten,...
Manuscript map of the Swabian Alb. Drawn in 1719.
Johann Bayer: Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata, Nova Methodo Delineata, Aereis Laminis Expressa
Christoph Mang, Augsburg, 1603
First Edition of Johann Bayer's Epochal Star Atlas.This work was to uranography what the Gutenberg Bible was to printing. --George Lovi, Hungarian-American astronomical cartographer....
Celestial Atlas by Johann Bayer. Printed in Augsburg in 1603.
Johannes Janssonius: Iaponiae Nova Descriptio
J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1639-49
Early Map of Japan with Korea as an Island.Old coloured antique map of Japan and Korea by J. Janssonius after Mercator-Hondius. In the west the coastline of China, Korea is shown as an...
Old coloured map of Japan - Korea. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius in 1639.
Gerard de Jode: Galliae amplissimi regni tabula
G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1593
Rare antique map of France by Gerard de Jode. The map appeared only in the second edition of G. de Jodes Atlas Speculum orbis terrae in 1593. To the top right a decorative title cartouche, in the...
Antique map of France. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1593.
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire...
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1643-50
Blaeu's splendid map of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan.Old coloured sea chart of Tierra de Fuego with the Strait of Magellan and Le Maire Strait by Willem Blaeu. From the French...
Old coloured sea chart of the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1643.
Henry Raigniauld: Isle de Cipre
J. Baudoin oder A. de Naberat, Paris, 1629 or 1640
Rare map of Cyprus engraved by H. Raigniauld. The map comes from Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de S. Iean de Hierusalem by J. Baudoin printed 1629 in Paris, or from the 1640 edition by A. de...
Antique map of Cyprus. Printed in Paris by J. Baudoin oder A. de Naberat in 1629 or 1640.
Johannes Janssonius: Descriptio Fluminum Rheni, Vahalis et Mosae...
J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1653-66
Beautiful copper engraving map of the watercourses Rhine (Rhenus), Waal (Vahalis) and Maas (Mosa). Published by Johannes Janssonius in the Spanish edition of the Atlas Novus in 1653. The map...
Coloured map of the Rhine, Waal, Meuse. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius in 1653.
Jodocus Hondius: Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1636
This striking map of the North Polar regions, published in 1636 by Henricus Hondius, is a milestone in early polar cartography. It represents the third state of the plate and the first fully...
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1636.
Hartmann Schedel: Basilea
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Basel by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year that...
Antique woodcut town view of Basel. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
Hartmann Schedel: Bamberga
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Bamberg by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year that...
Antique woodcut town view of Bamberg. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
Hartmann Schedel: Patavia
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Passau by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year that...
Antique woodcut town view of Passau. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
Hartmann Schedel: Bressla
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Breslau (Wroclaw, in Silesia) by Hartmann Schedel. The oldest panoramic view of Breslau. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or...
Coloured woodcut town view of Breslau, Wroclaw, Silesia. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.