North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Sebastian Münster:  [Aachen] Vo dem Hertzogthumb Brabad, und seinen fürnembsten Stetten

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of Aachen by Sebastian Münster. Verso a woodcut map the eastern part of Belgium with Brussels (Bruxelles) and the course of the river Rhine with Bonn, Cologne and Wesel. On the...

    [Aachen] Vo dem Hertzogthumb Brabad, und seinen fürnembsten Stetten
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11396

    Antique woodcut map of Belgien, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Colonia Agrippina, das ist Coeln, bey den Alten und zu unsern zeiten ein mechtige Reichstatt

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of the fortified city of Cologne by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Decorated with ships on the Rhine river. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...

    Colonia Agrippina, das ist Coeln, bey den Alten und zu unsern zeiten ein...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11463

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  Mvnster

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut view of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full page. The sheet was...

    Mvnster
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11544

    Antique woodcut town view of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia. 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.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio

    Plantin, Antwerp, 1584 [1579]

    Beautiful hand colour copper engraved map of North Rhein-Westphalia by A. Ortelius. From the 1584 Latin edition of "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".

    Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio
    1584 - Abraham Ortelius
    10628

    Coloured map of North Rhein-Westphalia. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin in 1584.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die erst Tafel, innhaltend das Schweytzerlandt, mit den anstossenden Ländern / Die ander Tafel...

    Sebastian Henric Petri, Basle, 1588

    Monumental map 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 leaves was first...

    Die erst Tafel, innhaltend das Schweytzerlandt, mit den anstossenden...
    1588 - Sebastian Münster
    11589

    Coloured woodcut map of the Rhine River. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Henric Petri in 1588.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio

    A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1588

    Antique map of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony by Abraham Ortelius. In the north with East Frisia, Oldenburg and Bremen, in the south to Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne. Osnabrück is...

    Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio
    1588 - Abraham Ortelius
    11844

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1588.

  • Matthias Quad:  Westphaliae totius descriptio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Westphalia by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Dusseldorf, Wesel, Bielefeld and Cloppenburg, with Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Recklinghausen, Paderborn and Münster in the...

    Westphaliae totius descriptio
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    11833

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat, recens germanaque delineatio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Northern Germany by Matthias Quad. Shows Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. In the east parts of Poland. Below left...

    Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat,...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    11834

    Coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Waldeck, Comitatus

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Waldeck, Hesse by Matthias Quad. Shows the area around Waldeck between Frankenberg (Eder) and Warburg. With Korbach and Waldeck in the centre. With beautiful title cartouche to the...

    Waldeck, Comitatus
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12391

    Coloured map of Waldeck, Hessen, Hesse. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Westphaliae totius descriptio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Westphalia by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Dusseldorf, Wesel, Bielefeld and Cloppenburg, with Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Recklinghausen, Paderborn and Münster in the...

    Westphaliae totius descriptio
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12392

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Lunaeburgensis ducatus, sic dictus ab eiusdem nominis metropoli

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of the Principality of Lüneburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Hamburg, Salzwedel, Wolfsburg and Diepholz. With Bremen, Uelzen, Walsrode,...

    Lunaeburgensis ducatus, sic dictus ab eiusdem nominis metropoli
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12395

    Old coloured map of Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis adiacentibs. 1593

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area around Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Halberstadt. With Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel,...

    Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12396

    Old coloured map of Braunschweig, Sachsen-Anhalt, Niedersachsen. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis adiacentibs. 1593

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area around Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Halberstadt. With Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel,...

    Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12397

    Old coloured map of Braunschweig, Sachsen-Anhalt, Niedersachsen. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Iuliacum, Iulic, oder Gulich. ein schönes Hertzogthum gelegen im Niderlant

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Rhine and Meuse with Bonn, Cologne (Köln), Düsseldorf and Neuss to Venlo in the northeast. With...

    Iuliacum, Iulic, oder Gulich. ein schönes Hertzogthum gelegen im Niderlant
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12399

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat, recens germanaque delineatio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Northern Germany by Matthias Quad. Shows Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. In the east parts of Poland. With the...

    Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat,...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12402

    Coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Buchaviae, sive Fuldensis Ditionis Typus / Waldeccensis Comitatus Descriptio Accuratissima

    A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1603

    Old coloured antique map of Hesse by A. Ortelius. Two maps on one sheet. The right map shows the country Waldeck between Frankenberg (Eder) and Warburg. With Korbach and Waldeck in the centre....

    Buchaviae, sive Fuldensis Ditionis Typus / Waldeccensis Comitatus...
    1603 - Abraham Ortelius
    11854

    Old coloured map of Fulda, Waldeck, Hesse. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1603.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio

    A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1603

    Antique map of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony by Abraham Ortelius. In the north with East Frisia, Oldenburg and Bremen, in the south to Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne. Osnabrück is...

    Westphaliae Totius, Finitimarumque Regionum Accurata Descriptio
    1603 - Abraham Ortelius
    11855

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1603.

  • Abraham Saur:  [Aquisgranum]

    W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608

    Rare woodcut view of Aachen. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First printed 1595 with...

    [Aquisgranum]
    1608 - Abraham Saur
    10805

    Antique woodcut town view of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.

  • Abraham Saur:  [Colonia Agrippina]

    W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608

    Rare woodcut view of Cologne. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First printed 1595...

    [Colonia Agrippina]
    1608 - Abraham Saur
    10809

    Antique woodcut town view of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.

  • Abraham Saur:  Monasterium

    W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608

    Rare woodcut view of Munster / Westphalia. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First...

    Monasterium
    1608 - Abraham Saur
    10810

    Antique woodcut town view of Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Franciae Orientalis (vulgo Franckenlant) Descriptio / Monasteriensis et Osnaburgensis Episcopatus...

    A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1609-41

    Antique map of Franconia and the Münsterland by A. Ortelius. Two maps on one sheet. The right map shows the Münsterland with parts of Lower Saxony between Oldenburg and the Lippe river. In the west...

    Franciae Orientalis (vulgo Franckenlant) Descriptio / Monasteriensis et...
    1609 - Abraham Ortelius
    11848

    Antique map of Franconia, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Antwerp by A. Ortelius in 1609.

  • Jodocus Hondius:  Nassovia Comitatus

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1630

    Nice copper engraved map of Nassau by H. Hondius. Two nice cartouches and a coats-of-arm. Showing the area between Koblenz, Wiesbaden, Gießen and Olpe. Rare separate issued sheet without the text...

    Nassovia Comitatus
    1630 - Jodocus Hondius
    10673

    Antique map of Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1630.

  • Jodocus Hondius:  Totius Rheni, ab eius Capitibus ad Oceanu usque Germanicum in quem se Exonerat Novißima Descriptio

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1630

    Coloured copper engraved map of the course of the Rhine river between Switzerland and the Netherlands by H. Hondius. With two cartouches and mileage scale. Originally printed on top of each other...

    Totius Rheni, ab eius Capitibus ad Oceanu usque Germanicum in quem se...
    1630 - Jodocus Hondius
    10692

    Coloured map of the course of the Rhine River. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1630.

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