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Sebastian Münster: Das erst General, inhaltend die beschreibung und den Circkel des gantzen Erderichs und Möre
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
16th Century Woodcut Map of the World.Early woodcut world map by Sebastian Münster. This 'modern' map of the world is an oval projection with a vigorous surround of clouds and lusty...
16th century woodcut map of the world. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Globus Terrestris Novus. Loca Terrae insigniera - sec. praestant Astron. et Geogr. -...
J. G. Puschner, Nuremberg, 1730
Important and beautiful table globe made by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr in 1730. Doppelmayr was a astronomer and geographer and also made globes after working with Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremberg...
Old coloured table globes by J. G. Doppelmayr. Made in Sothern Germany in 1730.
Cornelius Wytfliet: Residuum Continentis Cum Adiacentibus Insulis.
Louvain, circa 1597
Early and important antique map of Venezuela and the eastern part of the Caribbean by Cornelis van Wytfliet. First published in 1597 in Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum . Showing the north...
Antique map of Venezuela and the Caribbean. Printed in Louvain circa 1597.
Anonymous: [Donau Strom von Sigmaringen bis Donauwörth]
circa 1702
Important manuscript map of the Danube River in Upper Swabia on vellum.Very large, impressive and detailed manuscript map of the Danube river between Sigmaringen and Donauwörth. Drawn on...
Manuscript map on vellum of Upper Swabia. Drawn around 1702.
Pieter van den Keere: Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss. Descript. Iacobo Surhonio Monta. Auct.
Petrus Kaerius, Amsterdam, 1617
Rare antique map of Luxembourg by Petrus Kaerius. This is the first edition, dated 1617. In the east the Moselle from Metz to Trier, in the west the Meuse with Namur and Charleville-Mézières. To...
Coloured map of Luxembourg. Printed in Amsterdam by Petrus Kaerius in 1617.
Hartmann Schedel: Imago Mortis
Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493
The famouse Dance of Death or Danse Macabre is one of the most sought after leaves of the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel. This woodcut is attribute occasionally to Albrecht Dürer....
Dance of the Death (Danse Macabre) by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff from Schedel's world chronicle, printed in Nuremberg in 1493.
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Globus Terrestris Novus. Loca Terrae insigniera - sec. praestant Astron. et Geogr. -...
J. G. Puschner, Nuremberg, 1730
Important and beautiful table globe made by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr in 1730. Doppelmayr was a astronomer and geographer and also made globes after working with Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremberg...
Old coloured table globes by J. G. Doppelmayr. Made in Sothern Germany in 1730.
Olaus Magnus: [Scandinavia]
Henric Petri, Basle, 1567
Olaus Magnus' Important Map of Scandinavia.Very rare and important map of Scandinavia by Olaus Magnus, printed in 1567. From the Historia Olai Magni gothi archiepiscopi Upsalensis De...
Antique woodcut map of Scandinavia. Printed in Basle by Henric Petri in 1567.
Tobias Conrad Lotter: Sphaera Armillaris / Instrumentum artificiale Orrery ab inventore appellatum
T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, 1774
Rare and very decorative engraving with two astronomical devices: On the left an armillary sphere to show the movement of the heavenly bodies, on the right a planetarium, as it was constructed in...
Armillary Sphere and Planetarium. Printed in Augsburg by T. C. Lotter in 1774.
Nicolas Visscher: Geographische Beschryvinghe Van de Wandeling Der Apostelen ende De Reysen Pauli...
Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Amsterdam, 1654
Very decorative map of the Eastern Mediterranean by Nicolas Visscher from 1654. From Italy to the Holy Land, Iraq and up to the Red Sea. With Sicily, Malta and Cyprus. Shows the travel of St. Paul...
Old map of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn in 1654.
Nicolas Visscher: Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, neffens syne Apostelen.
Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Amsterdam, 1654
Very decorative map of the Holy Land by Nicolas Visscher. Below biblical scenes and the title cartouche, in the Mediterranean sailing ships with the itinerary of the Apostle Paul. From the Dutch...
Antique map of the Holy Land. Printed in Amsterdam by Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn in 1654.
Nicolas Visscher: De Gelegenheyt van't Paradys ende't Landt Canaan...
Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Amsterdam, 1654
Decorative map of the location of Paradise by Nicolas Visscher. Above biblical scenes with Adam and Eve, in between the title cartouche. In the Mediterranean Sea with Cyprus, a sailing ship and a...
Antique map of the Middle East. Printed in Amsterdam by Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn in 1654.