Antique Maps and Atlases

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1528 - Benedetto Bordone
Benedetto Bordone: Terra de lavoratore
Venice, 1528-1565
Rare and sought-after map of North America by Benedetto Bordone. Shows the North American continent with the northern part of South America. With several settlements and the name Terra de...
Terra de lavoratore
12248
Antique woodcut map of North America. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.
2 600,00 €
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1528 - Benedetto Bordone
Benedetto Bordone: [Map of Europe]
Venice, 1528-1565
Bordone's map of EuropeEarly woodcut map of Europe by Benedetto Bordone. One of the erliest printed maps of Europe. Shows Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa in the south and Norway...
[Map of Europe]
12195
Antique woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.
2 700,00 €
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1730 - Carel Allard
Carel Allard: Hyberniae Regni in Provincias Ultoniam, Connachian, Lageniam, Momoniamq Divisi Tabula...
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Rare old coloured antique map of Ireland by Carel Allard. This is the edition by Covens and Mortier. Two impressive cartouches, numerous sailing ships in the Atlantic and Irish Seas. Very nice...
Hyberniae Regni in Provincias Ultoniam, Connachian, Lageniam, Momoniamq...
12541
Old coloured map of Ireland. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
1 300,00 €
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1820 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
circa 1820
A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Album with 11 manuscript maps from a traditional Korean manuscript atlas, drawn in the early 19th century. With a China-centered world map (Chonha-Do), a map...
Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
12082
Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, early 19th Century
9 500,00 €
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1705 - Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian: Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]
1705-71
The first and one of the most beautiful engravings of Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium . Merian combines the most enchanting and the most repulsive on one sheet. She...
Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]
12404
Engraving of a pineapple plant with cockroaches. Printed between 1705-71.
3 400,00 €
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1502 - Konrad Celtis
Konrad Celtis: Barbara Codonea - Germaniae Latus Septentrionale
Sodalitas Celtica, Nuremberg, 1502
One of the Earliest Depictions of the Arctic Ocean. Printed in 1502.Very rare first edition of the woodcut map of Central and Northern Europe with the early depiction of the Arctic Ocean by...
Barbara Codonea - Germaniae Latus Septentrionale
12465
Early woodcut map of Northern and Central Europe. Printed in Nuremberg by Sodalitas Celtica in 1502.
7 800,00 €
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1653 - Johannes Janssonius
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...
Descriptio Fluminum Rheni, Vahalis et Mosae...
12999
Coloured map of the Rhine, Waal, Meuse. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius in 1653.
350,00 €
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1636 - Jodocus Hondius
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...
Poli Arctici, et Circumiacentium Terrarum Descriptio Novissima
13000
Old coloured sea chart of the North Pole. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1636.
2 700,00 €
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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel: Ulma
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Ulm by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year that...
Ulma
12993
Antique woodcut town view of Ulm. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
650,00 €
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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
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...
Basilea
12994
Antique woodcut town view of Basel. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
650,00 €
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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
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...
Bamberga
12995
Antique woodcut town view of Bamberg. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
650,00 €
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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
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...
Patavia
12996
Antique woodcut town view of Passau. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
590,00 €
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