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1750 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Ch'onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
circa 1750
A Scarce Korean Woodblock Atlas.Album with 9 woodblock maps from a traditional Korean woodblock atlas, printed mid 18th century. With a map of China with Korea and 8 maps of the provinces of...
Ch'onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
12080
Korean Woodblock Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, Mid 18th Century
6 500,00 €
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1760 - Barthélemy de La Rocque
Barthélemy de La Rocque: Rotterdam
1760
Stunning 18th Century Manuscript Plan of Rotterdam.Manuscript map of Rotterdam, Delfshaven and surroundings by Barthélemy de La Rocque, a well-known Swiss draftsman and engraver. Shows the...
Rotterdam
11737
Manuscript plan of the Rotterdam by Barthélemy de La Rocque. Created 1760.
1 950,00 €
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1540 - Sebastian Münster
Sebastian Münster: Ptolemaisch General Tafel, begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1578)
Early Ptolemaic woodcut world map by Sebastian Münster. With a surround of clouds and wind-heads. Title on verso surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian...
Ptolemaisch General Tafel, begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt.
12837
Ptolemaic woodcut world map by Sebastian Munster. Published by Heinrich Petri in Basel in 1578.
1 800,00 €
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1800 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
circa 1800
A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Rare Korean manuscript atlas with 12 maps, produced around 1800. With a world map (Chonha-Do) with China in the center, a map of China with Korea, a map of...
Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
12834
Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, around 1800
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1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller: Quarta Asiae Tabula
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513
Waldseemüller's scarce woodcut map of the Holy Land and the Middle East with Cyprus.Rare and early woodcut map of the the Holy Land and the Middle East by Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the...
Quarta Asiae Tabula
12052
Antique woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513.
5 800,00 €
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1628 - Gerard Mercator
Gerard Mercator: Africa Ex Magna orbis terra descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta. Studio & industria G.M....
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628
A very fine example of Mercator's map of Africa. It is based on the famous 1569 world map by Mercator, was engraved by his grandson and first published in 1595.The map has a high degree of...
Africa Ex Magna orbis terra descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta....
12781
Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.
1 900,00 €
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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: 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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1493 - Hartmann Schedel
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...
Bressla
12997
Coloured woodcut town view of Breslau, Wroclaw, Silesia. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
1 400,00 €
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