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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.
Gerard de Jode: Natoliam Moderni / Turcia Turci Cive Imperii
G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1578
From The Rare First Atlas Edition. Rare first edition of the antique map of the Ottoman Empire by Gerard de Jode. Shows the eastern Mediterranean, the southeast of Europe, Asia Minor with...
Antique map of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1578.
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...
Engraving of a pineapple plant with cockroaches. Printed between 1705-71.
Frederick de Wit: Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula ex Officina F. de Wit Amstelodami
Frederick de Wit, Amsterdam, 1668-70
Engraved by the Dutch Master Romeyn de Hooghe.Rare first state of Frederick de Wit's fine maritime world map. One of the most decorative world maps of the 17th century and maybe the best...
Antique world map by Frederick de Wit, engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe. Published in Amsterdam around 1668.
Johannes Janssonius: Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio
Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633
One of the Earliest Editions of Janssonius' Important Map of Southeast Asia.Johannes Janssonius' 1630 map is a significant early depiction of Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Australia....
Coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1633.
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.
Sebastian Münster: Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1552)
Rare early woodcut map of Eastern Europe by Sebastian Munster. It offers a detailed depiction of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moscovy, and the Balkans, extending geographically from Prussia, Vilna,...
Antique woodcut map of Eastern Europe. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1552.
Sebastian Münster: Affrica mit seinen besundern laendern, thieren, und wunderbarlichen dingen.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of Africa by Sebastian Münster. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published...
Antique woodcut map of Africa. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Anonymous: [Miniature Ivory Globe with Sundial]
1820
With trade permit for the EU.Lovely terrestrial globe made of solid, carefully carved ivory, containing a charming sundial inside. The two-part folding globe, made of ivory (Loxodonta...
Fine miniature ivory globe which opens to a sundial. Made in England around 1820.
Anonymous: Aigentlicher Entwurff Der Gnädigen Herrschafft Schülzburg, Granheim, Erbstetten und Ahnhausen. …...
1721
Important Manuscript Map of the Swabian Alb on Parchment.Very large, impressive, and detailed manuscript map of the Swabian Alb. The map, drawn on parchment, depicts the dominions of...
Manuscript map on parchment of the Swabian Alb. Drawn in 1721.
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 Baptist Homann: Ducatus Franciae Orientalis seu Sac. Rom. Imperii Principatus et Episcopatus Herbipolensis.
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Old colored, very detailed antique map of Franconia by J. B. Homann. From Tann (Rhön) in the north to Rothenburg in the south, in the east from Lichtenfels to Aschaffenburg in the west. With...
Old coloured map of Franconia. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.