France

  • Hartmann Schedel:  Parisius / Maguncia

    Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

    Early woodcut view of Paris by Hartmann Schedel. On verso a view of Mainz in Germany. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle , printed in 1493. Leaf number...

    Parisius / Maguncia
    1493 - Hartmann Schedel
    12785

    Coloured woodcut town view of Mainz, Paris. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

  • Benedetto Bordone:  [Azores, Bretagne]

    Venice, 1528-1565

    Rare map of the Azores Islands by Benedetto Bordone. Shows the Azores Islands with parts of the Iberian Peninsula. On verso a map of Brittany (Bretagne). Two woodcut maps on one sheet.From...

    [Azores, Bretagne]
    1528 - Benedetto Bordone
    12249

    Antique woodcut map of the Azores and Brittany. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Das gantz Franckreich, so vor zeiten Gallia Narbonensis, Lugdunensis, Belgica und Celtica ist...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early woodcut map of France by Sebastian Münster. With the southern part of England. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...

    Das gantz Franckreich, so vor zeiten Gallia Narbonensis, Lugdunensis,...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11377

    Antique woodcut map of France. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabula nova provinciarum Rheni / [Lotharingia]

    Gaspar Trechsel, Lyon, 1541

    One of the Earliest Maps of the Southwestern Part of Germany.Very early woodcut map of Southwest Germany by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the Black Forest, the Alsace and...

    Tabula nova provinciarum Rheni / [Lotharingia]
    1541 - Laurent Fries
    11839

    Antique woodcut map of the Lorraine, Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Lyon by Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Rheinstroms Ursprung sampt dem Schweytzerland und anstossenden Ländern. / Die ander Tafel des...

    Sebastian Henric Petri, Basle, 1544 (1580)

    The earliest monumental maps of the course of the Rhine river. The three-sheet woodcut map showing the Rhine from the headwaters in Switzerland to its mouth in the North Sea. The map on three...

    Rheinstroms Ursprung sampt dem Schweytzerland und anstossenden Ländern....
    1544 - Sebastian Münster
    11467

    Coloured woodcut map of the Rhine River. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Henric Petri in 1580.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Secunda Rheni tabula

    Basle, circa 1550

    Woodcut map showing the Rhein from Strasburg up to Coblenz and Luxembourg. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster.

    Secunda Rheni tabula
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10085

    Antique woodcut map of the Rhine. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschaffe auff das allerfleissigest nach aller Gelegenheit...

    Petri, Basle, circa 1550

    Original old coloured woodcut view of Wissembourg in Alsace by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with many surrounding...

    Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschaffe auff das allerfleissigest nach...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10478

    Coloured woodcut town view of Wissembourg, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  La Peincture de la Cite de Colmar, et du Pays Circonvoisin.

    Petri, Basle, circa 1550

    Original woodcut view of Colmar in Alsace by Sebastian Münster. From a French edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with many surrounding details. French text on...

    La Peincture de la Cite de Colmar, et du Pays Circonvoisin.
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10479

    Antique woodcut town view of Colmar, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Statt Colmar contrafehtet nach aller ihrer Gelegenheit / sampt umbligender Landschafft

    Petri, Basle, 1550

    Original woodcut view of Colmar in Alsace by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with many surrounding details. German text on...

    Die Statt Colmar contrafehtet nach aller ihrer Gelegenheit / sampt...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10482

    Antique woodcut town view of Colmar, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Gallie oder Franckreichs beschreibung nach aller seiner gelegenheit...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550

    Early antique map of France by Sebastian Münster. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, published in 1550 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

    Gallie oder Franckreichs beschreibung nach aller seiner gelegenheit...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12584

    Antique woodcut map of France. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

  • Gerard de Jode:  Tractus Rhenanus multos olim Romanus... occupant Helvetij, olim Gall., nunc Alemani

    G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1569 (1578)

    Rare antique regional map around the Lake Constance by Gerard de Jode. The map in southwest orientation shows southwestern Germany, the northern Switzerland and Vorarlberg, with the area between...

    Tractus Rhenanus multos olim Romanus... occupant Helvetij, olim Gall.,...
    1569 - Gerard de Jode
    12613

    Antique map of Switzerland. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1578.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero / Circulus sive Liga Sueviae,...

    Antwerp, 1573

    Beautiful original coloured map of the area around Basel in Switzerland on sheet with a map of Swabia with the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) in South Germany. From the 1573 Latin edition of Theatrum...

    Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero /...
    1573 - Abraham Ortelius
    10162

    Coloured map of Basel, Switzerland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1573.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero / Circulus sive Liga Sueviae,...

    Antwerp, 1574

    Beautiful original coloured map of the area around Basel in Switzerland on sheet with a map of Swabia with the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) in South Germany. From a Latin edition of 'Theatrum Orbis...

    Basiliensis Territorii Descriptio Nova, Auctore Sebastiano Munstero /...
    1574 - Abraham Ortelius
    11158

    Old coloured map of Basel, Switzerland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Beschreibung des Rheinstroms auff der Gallier Seiten, von dem undern Elsasz bisz gehn Menz.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early, small woodcut map of the river Rhine by Sebastian Münster. Showing the course of the river Rhine from Strasbourg to Mainz. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled...

    Beschreibung des Rheinstroms auff der Gallier Seiten, von dem undern...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11394

    Antique woodcut map of the Rhine. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Gallie oder Franckreichs beschreibung nach aller seiner gelegenheit...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Small, early woodcut map of France by Sebastian Münster. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder ,...

    Gallie oder Franckreichs beschreibung nach aller seiner gelegenheit...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11400

    Antique woodcut map of France. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Beyde Stett Genff, gross und klein, mit einer Brucken zusammen gehenckt.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Geneva (Genève) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller...

    Beyde Stett Genff, gross und klein, mit einer Brucken zusammen gehenckt.
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11458

    Antique woodcut town view of Geneva (Geneve). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Strassburg

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of Strasbourg in the Alsace. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full page. The sheet was published...

    Strassburg
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11567

    Antique woodcut town view of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Von der Statt Einsheim

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Small, early woodcut view of Ensisheim in the Alsace. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full page. The sheet was...

    Von der Statt Einsheim
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11587

    Antique woodcut town view of Ensisheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschafft auff das allerfleissigest nach aller Gelegenheit...

    Petri, Basle, 1574

    Woodcut view of Wissembourg in Alsace by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the Cosmographey . Showing the city from birdeye perspective with many surrounding details, even gallows with...

    Weissenburg mit umbligender Landtschafft auff das allerfleissigest nach...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11590

    Antique woodcut town view of Wissembourg, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Statt Colmar contrafhetet nach aller irer gelegenheit, sampt umbligender Landschafft

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Colmar in the Alsace by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's...

    Die Statt Colmar contrafhetet nach aller irer gelegenheit, sampt...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11604

    Antique woodcut town view of Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberümpten Statt Leon

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Lyon by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography, titled...

    Abcontrafehtung der schönen und weitberümpten Statt Leon
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11605

    Antique woodcut town view of Lyon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Warhaffte contrafehtung der Statt Bourdeaux.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Bourdeaux by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Title and a description of the city on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography,...

    Warhaffte contrafehtung der Statt Bourdeaux.
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11607

    Antique woodcut town view of Bourdeaux, Drome. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Francois de Belleforest:  De la Gaule et de la situation d'icelle, item de la division. peuples, villes, montagnes...

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A rare and early woodcut map of France with Switzerland, the Netherlands and the western part of Germany. Ruled in brown ink. Extremely fine cut for a woodcut view.This woodcut was published...

    De la Gaule et de la situation d'icelle, item de la division. peuples,...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11623

    Antique woodcut map of France. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • Francois de Belleforest:  Le vray Pourtraict de la ville,& Chasteau de Bloys

    Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575

    A rare and early woodcut view of Blois, Centre-Val de Loire. Ruled in brown ink. Decorated with two cartouche on top containing the key, a coat-of-arms and many ships on the Loire. Extremely fine...

    Le vray Pourtraict de la ville,& Chasteau de Bloys
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11633

    Antique woodcut town view of Blois, Centre-Val de Loire. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

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