Antique Maps and Atlases

Highlights

• 1570 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

  Gielis van Diest, Antwerp, 1570

  Rare first edition, first state of Ortelius' striking map of Southeast Asia.Rare and important first edition of the beautiful Southeast Asia map of Abraham Ortelius. From the first 'modern'...

  Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

  11762

  Antique map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Antwerp by Gielis van Diest in 1570.

  4 900,00 €

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• 1702 - Anonymous

  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...

  [Donau Strom von Sigmaringen bis Donauwörth]

  12078

  Manuscript map on vellum of Upper Swabia. Drawn around 1702.

  8 500,00 €

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• 1520 - Martin Waldseemüller

  Martin Waldseemüller:  Tabula neoterica Crete sive Candie insule

  Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520

  The prototype map of the modern Crete from M. Waldseemuller of 1513/1520.One of the rare modern maps of the most famouse Ptolemy edition. This representation of Crete served as a...

  Tabula neoterica Crete sive Candie insule

  11469

  Antique woodcut map of Kriti, Crete. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513 or 1520.

  3 500,00 €

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• 1574 - Sebastian Münster

  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...

  Das erst General, inhaltend die beschreibung und den Circkel des gantzen...

  11687

  16th century woodcut map of the world. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  2 900,00 €

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• 1675 - Anonymous

  Anonymous:  Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer Schandt Brandt und...

  circa 1675

  Extremely rare, large engraved pamphlet on 4 sheets joined. Shows dramatic scenes during the French-Dutch War (1672-1679). The unusual dramatic scenes of violence for this time of printmaking are...

  Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer...

  11205

  Extremely rare, large pamphlet of the French-Dutch War. Printed on 4 sheets in the year 1675.

  2 800,00 €

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  :  Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  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

  12 000,00 €

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• 1570 - Natal Bonifacio

  Natal Bonifacio:  Rhodi Insula nobilissima nel Mare

  Venice, circa 1570

  A very fine and rare map of Rhodes by Natale Bonifacio. To the upper left a decorative cartouche with key and the title Li Savii di Rhodi , to the upper right another cartouche. Below left the...

  Rhodi Insula nobilissima nel Mare

  12134

  Antique map of Rhodes. Printed in Venice circa 1570.

  3 900,00 €

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• 1629 - Henry Raigniauld

  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...

  Isle de Cipre

  12133

  Antique map of Cyprus. Printed in Paris by J. Baudoin oder A. de Naberat in 1629 or 1640.

  2 900,00 €

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• 1744 - George Matthäus Seutter

  George Matthäus Seutter:  Synopsis Plagae Septentrionalis Sueciae Daniae et Norwegiae Regn.

  G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1744

  Old coloured antique map of Scandinavia by Matthaeus Seutter. With Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Top left a magnificent title cartouche.

  Synopsis Plagae Septentrionalis Sueciae Daniae et Norwegiae Regn.

  12086

  Old coloured map of Scandinavia. Printed in Augsburg by G. M. Seutter circa 1744.

  480,00 €

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• 1571 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Germania

  Gielis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1571

  Antique map of the central part of Europe by Abraham Ortelius. With the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in the east parts of Poland and Hungary in the south to Venice. Below the...

  Germania

  12091

  Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Antwerp by Gielis Coppens van Diest in 1571.

  590,00 €

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• 1598 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locuplettissima Descriptio

  Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1598

  Antique map of Spain and Portugal by A. Ortelius. Showing the Iberian Peninsula with Balearic Islands and parts of northern Africa. With one large cartouche, a mileage scale, sailing ships and sea...

  Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locuplettissima Descriptio

  12092

  Coloured map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1598.

  650,00 €

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• 1493 - Hartmann Schedel

  Hartmann Schedel:  [Adam and Eve]

  Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

  Early woodcut of Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge and driven out of the Garden of Eden by the Angel of the Lord. From Hartmann Schedel's famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the...

  [Adam and Eve]

  12128

  Woodcut of an old master drawing. Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

  950,00 €

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