Balkan

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabu. VII Asiae

    Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1525

    Trapezoidal Ptolemaic woodcut map showing the area around Caspian Sea. A reduced version of Martin Waldseemullers ptolemy map from 1513. From the 1525 Strassbourg Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia....

    Tabu. VII Asiae
    1525 - Laurent Fries
    10081

    Antique woodcut map of the Caspian Sea. Printed in Strasbourg by Grüninger in 1525.

  • Laurent Fries:  Europae tabula nona. Continet Iaziges Metanastas, Daciam, Mysiam superiorem

    Trechsel, Vienne, 1541

    Untitled trapezoidal Ptolemaic woodcut map of the Balkan. From the 1541 Vienne (Dauphiné) edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published by Gaspar Trechsel and sold by Hughes de la Porte in Lyons. The...

    Europae tabula nona. Continet Iaziges Metanastas, Daciam, Mysiam superiorem
    1541 - Laurent Fries
    10152

    Coloured woodcut map of Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Balkan. Printed in Vienne by Trechsel in 1541.

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabula noua Poloniae, Vngariae, & Russiae

    G. Treschel, Vienne, 1541

    Hand coloured woodcut map of Russia, Poland and Hungary from the Ptolemy Atlas of 1541 by L. Fries. Size reduced version of the Waldseemüller map published first 1513 in Strasbourg.

    Tabula noua Poloniae, Vngariae, & Russiae
    1541 - Laurent Fries
    10301

    Coloured woodcut map of Hungary, Russia. Printed in Vienne by G. Treschel in 1541.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Landtafel des Ungerlands / Polands / Reussen / Littaw / Walachey und Bulgarey

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive coloured woodcut map showing the area between Poland, Austria and Croatia in the West and from Moscow to Istanbul (Constantinople)in the East. From a German edition of...

    Landtafel des Ungerlands / Polands / Reussen / Littaw / Walachey und...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10584

    Coloured woodcut map of Eastern Europe. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Sclauonia oder Windisch Parck / Bossen / Crabaten

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive coloured woodcut map showing Croatia with the Adriatic Sea. From a German edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster.

    Sclauonia oder Windisch Parck / Bossen / Crabaten
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10684

    Coloured woodcut map of Slowenia, Croatia. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Giovanni Francesco Camocio:  Durazzo antiquamente detta epidamna citta nella provincia di Albania ... MDLXXI

    G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571

    A very rare, early view of the second largest city of Albania Durres from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the fortress with the half-moon flag and Venetian galleys in front. With a nice...

    Durazzo antiquamente detta epidamna citta nella provincia di Albania ......
    1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
    11180

    Antique map of Durres, Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.

  • Giovanni Francesco Camocio:  [Albania, Montenegro, Shkodra]

    G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571

    A very rare, early map of the Adriatic coast from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the coast line between Montenegro and Albania with Shkodra in the background with two Venetian galleys in front....

    [Albania, Montenegro, Shkodra]
    1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
    11182

    Antique map of Montenegro, Shkodra, Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.

  • Giovanni Francesco Camocio:  Valona

    G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571

    A very rare, early view of Vlora at the Adriatic coast from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the city with several Venetian galleys, an empty cartouche and a compass rose. This copy is printed...

    Valona
    1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
    11184

    Antique map of Vlora, Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.

  • Giovanni Francesco Camocio:  Zarra et Contado citta principale della Dalmatia posta sul mare adriatico loco Ihr.me Sri....

    G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571

    A very rare, early map of the coast of Dalmatia, centred on the fortified city of Zadar from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the Turks and Venetians at war with several battle scenes and galleys....

    Zarra et Contado citta principale della Dalmatia posta sul mare...
    1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
    11185

    Antique map of Zadar, Croatia. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.

  • Giovanni Francesco Camocio:  Provincia di Albania

    G. F. Camocio, Venice, 1571

    A very rare, early map of Albania at the Adriatic coast from Camocio's Isole Famose . Showing the coastline with the Turks and Venetians at war with several battle scenes and galleys, a title...

    Provincia di Albania
    1571 - Giovanni Francesco Camocio
    11186

    Antique map of Albania. Printed in Venice by G. F. Camocio in 1571.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Von den Stetten Istrie

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut map of Istria by Sebastian Münster. Shows the Adriatic coast from the Gulf of Trieste, Istria to Senj. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey...

    Von den Stetten Istrie
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11415

    Antique woodcut map of Trieste, Istria, Croatia, Slovenia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Wahre abcontrafhetung der Statt Zara

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of the fortified city of Zadar at the coast of Dalmatia. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full...

    Wahre abcontrafhetung der Statt Zara
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11539

    Antique woodcut town view of Zadar, Croatia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Kriechisch Wyssenburg / Griechisch Weissenburg belagert

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. Decorated with two ships on the Danube river. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung...

    Kriechisch Wyssenburg / Griechisch Weissenburg belagert
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11540

    Antique woodcut town view of Belgrade, Serbia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Francois de Belleforest:  Durraze, iadis Dyrrache, ville d'Albanie, prise par le Turc sur la Venitiens.

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A scarce and early woodcut view of the second largest city of Albania Durres. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. Based on the copper engraving...

    Durraze, iadis Dyrrache, ville d'Albanie, prise par le Turc sur la...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11431

    Antique woodcut town view of Durres, Albania. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • Francois de Belleforest:  La Valone, iadis Apollonie, cite d'Albanie, a presant occuppee par le Turc.

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A scarce and early woodcut view of Vlora at the Adriatic coast during the occupation of the Turks. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. Based on...

    La Valone, iadis Apollonie, cite d'Albanie, a presant occuppee par le Turc.
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11432

    Antique woodcut town view of Vlora, Albania. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia Dicta) Vicinorumq Regionum, uti Bulgariae, Walachiae, Syrfiae, etc....

    Antwerp, 1584

    Nice original old coloured map of Southeastern Europe with Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia to Istanbul in the southeast by Abraham Ortelius. Decorated with a large galleon, two sailing ships, a...

    Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia Dicta) Vicinorumq Regionum, uti Bulgariae,...
    1584 - Abraham Ortelius
    11353

    Old coloured map of Serbia, Bulgaria. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Illyricum

    Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1588

    Old coloured antique map of the Western Balkans by Abraham Ortelius. Showing Croatia with Dalmatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Adriatic Sea. In the north to Carinthia and Hungary...

    Illyricum
    1588 - Abraham Ortelius
    12684

    Old coloured map of Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Western Balkans. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1588.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Pannoniae, et Illyrici Veteris Tabula

    Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1608 or 1612

    Old coloured antique map of the Western Balkans by Abraham Ortelius. Shows Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Adriatic Sea. With three beautiful cartouches. From the Italian edition...

    Pannoniae, et Illyrici Veteris Tabula
    1608 - Abraham Ortelius
    12479

    Old coloured map of Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Western Balkans. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1608 or 1612.

  • Gerard Mercator:  Graecia

    Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1628

    Antique map of Greece with the Greek Islands, the Aegean Sea and part of Asia Minor by Gerard Mercator. A beautiful title cartouche to the lower left. From the French edition of the...

    Graecia
    1628 - Gerard Mercator
    12570

    Coloured map of Greece. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1628.

  • Gerard Mercator:  Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633

    Beautiful hand colored map of the Western Balkan by G. Mercator. Showing today Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia, and extends from the northern banks of the Drava River to the...

    Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte
    1633 - Gerard Mercator
    12797

    Coloured map of Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.

  • Gerard Mercator:  Stiria

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633

    Beautiful hand colored map of Styria by G. Mercator. Showing the Duchy of Styria, the eastern part of Carinthia and the northeastern part of Slovenia. With Völkermarkt, Lavamünd, Leibnitz, Gratz,...

    Stiria
    1633 - Gerard Mercator
    12798

    Coloured map of Styria, Steiermark, Slovenia. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.

  • Gerard Mercator:  Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania

    Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633

    Coloured map of the Eastern Balkans by Jodocus Hondius. Shows the Wallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, in the south Macedonia, in the east the west coast of the Black Sea. First published in...

    Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania
    1633 - Gerard Mercator
    12889

    Antique map of the Eastern Balkans with Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia. Printed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius in 1607.

  • Daniel Meissner:  Parens, in Orient

    Fürst, Nuremberg, 1638

    Cooper engraved view of Porec in Croatia from D. Meisner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism.

    Parens, in Orient
    1638 - Daniel Meissner
    10601

    Antique town view of Porec, Croatia. Printed in Nuremberg by Fürst in 1638.

  • Alexis Hubert Jaillot:  Partie du Cercle d'Austriche, ou sont les Duches de Stirie, de Carinthie, de Carniole / Pars...

    H. Jaillot, Paris, circa 1690

    Large antique map of the south-eastern part of Austria to the Adriatic Sea by Jaillot. Shows the area between Chiemsee, Neusiedler See and the Western Balkans. With Slovenia, Croatia, Northern...

    Partie du Cercle d'Austriche, ou sont les Duches de Stirie, de...
    1690 - Alexis Hubert Jaillot
    12497

    Old coloured map of Austria - Hungary. Printed in Paris by H. Jaillot circa 1690.

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