Germany

  • Martin Waldseemüller:  Tabula Moderna Germanie

    Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520

    This very detailed early woodcut map showing central Europe from Denmark to the Alps and from France to Poland. This Ptolemaic map comes from the first so called Modern Atlas by Martin...

    Tabula Moderna Germanie
    1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
    10157

    Antique woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Strasbourg by Schott in 1513 or 1520.

  • Laurent Fries:  [Tab. Mo. Germa.]

    Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel, Lyon, 1535

    Early woodcut map of Germany showing central Europe from Denmark to the Alps and from France to Poland. This 'modern' Ptolemaic map origin is the first so called Modern Atlas by Martin...

    [Tab. Mo. Germa.]
    1535 - Laurent Fries
    11066

    Antique woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Lyon by Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel in 1535.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to London in the lower right. The title on verso is surrounded by a...

    Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11371

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early woodcut map of Franconia by Sebastian Münster oriented to the South. Showing the region around the river Main. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German...

    Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11374

    Antique woodcut map of Franconia, Bavaria. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to London in the lower right. The title on verso is surrounded by a...

    Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12130

    Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Landtaffel etlicher Göwen des Schwabenlandes ...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    Early woodcut map of Southern Germany by Sebastian Münster. Shows the region of Swabia between the rivers Altmühl, Danube, Jagst and Brenz with Nördlingen in the center. From the German edition of...

    Landtaffel etlicher Göwen des Schwabenlandes ...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12333

    Antique woodcut map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Lacus Constantiensis XX. Tab. Nova

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 [1542]

    Very early and large woodcut map of the Lake Constance (Bodensee) by Sebastian Münster. First published in 1540, this example comes from Münster's Geographia printed 1542 by Heinrich Petri in...

    Lacus Constantiensis XX. Tab. Nova
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12580

    Antique woodcut map of the Lake Constance, Bodensee. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.

  • 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:  Tabula Europae IIII

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1542

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Beautiful woodcut border with the title Germaniam Magnam on verso. From Münster's Ptolemy Geographia published in 1542 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

    Tabula Europae IIII
    1542 - Sebastian Münster
    12131

    Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Germania. VI Nova Tabula

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1542

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Beautiful woodcut border with the title Germania on verso. From Münster's Ptolemy Geographia published in 1542 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

    Germania. VI Nova Tabula
    1542 - Sebastian Münster
    12132

    Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.

  • 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:  Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, circa 1545

    Early woodcut map of Franconia by Sebastian Münster. The map is oriented to the south. Shows the region around the river Main. Centred around Schweinfurt, with Bamberg, Würzburg, Nürnberg and...

    Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
    1545 - Sebastian Münster
    11689

    Coloured woodcut map of Franconia, Bavaria. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri circa 1545.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, circa 1545

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the south. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to Lübeck and Hamburg in the north. Beautiful woodcut border with the...

    Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften
    1545 - Sebastian Münster
    11690

    Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri circa 1545.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Helvetiae moderna descriptio

    Basle, circa 1550

    Woodcut map showing Switzerland, South Germany and the Lake Constance. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster.

    Helvetiae moderna descriptio
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10084

    Coloured woodcut map of Switzerland. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • 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:  Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms innhaltend das Nider Teutschlandt

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive west oriented woodcut map showing the lower part of Rhine from Bonn / Cologne in South up to Amsterdam / Rotterdam in Northwest. From a German edition of Cosmographia from...

    Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms innhaltend das Nider Teutschlandt
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10087

    Coloured woodcut map of Holland. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany / Bavaria around the river Main. With Nuremberg, Coburg, oriented to the South. From a German edition of Cosmographia from...

    Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10082

    Coloured woodcut map of Franken. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald, Otenwald, und Nordgow.

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany around Ulm. Covering the area beween the Lake Constance, Strasbourg, Bamberg and Passau, oriented to the South. From a German...

    Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald,...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10649

    Coloured woodcut map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald, Otenwald, und Nordgow.

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany around Ulm. Covering the area beween the Lake Constance, Strasbourg, Bamberg and Passau, oriented to the South. From a German...

    Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald,...
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    11159

    Antique map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  [Bodnsee]

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early, attractive woodcut map of the Lake Constance by Sebastian Munster. Covering the area around the Lake Constance between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. With two ships on the lake. From a...

    [Bodnsee]
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    11161

    Coloured woodcut map of the Lake Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, circa 1550

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to Lübeck and Hamburg in the North. Nice woodcut border with the title on...

    Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    11684

    Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri circa 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  [Von dem Schwabenland]

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550

    Early antique map of Swabia by Sebastian Münster. Shows the region between Lake Constance, Nuremberg, Memmingen and the Rhine to Mainz. With the Black Forest, Heilbronn, Ulm, Esslingen in the...

    [Von dem Schwabenland]
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12581

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  [Bodnsee]

    Basle, 1550

    Early antique map of the Lake Constance by Sebastian Munster. Shows the area around the Lake Constance between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. With two ships on the lake. From the German edition...

    [Bodnsee]
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    12582

    Antique woodcut map of the Lake Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle in the year 1550.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Germanicae Nationis Descriptio.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1552

    Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to Lübeck and Hamburg in the North. Title on verso. From Münster's...

    Germanicae Nationis Descriptio.
    1552 - Sebastian Münster
    11250

    Antique woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1552.

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