Italy

Sebastian Münster: Contrafehtung der fürnemmen Statt Venedig, sampt den umbligenden Inseln.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Venice (Venezia) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Two text cartouches providing additional information about the city. Decorated with many ships. From the...
Contrafehtung der fürnemmen Statt Venedig, sampt den umbligenden Inseln.
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Venice (Venezia). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Der Statt Rom in aller Welt bekant contrafehtung nach ietziger gelegenheit.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Rome (Roma) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Verso a beautiful woodcut of the Sibylline Oracles (lat. Oracula Sibyllina ). From the German edition of...
Der Statt Rom in aller Welt bekant contrafehtung nach ietziger gelegenheit.
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Rome (Roma). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Florentz. Figur und gelegenheit der edlen und hoch berhümpten Statt Florentz.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of the fortified city of Florence (Firenze) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Decorated with ships on the Arno river. The view is surrounded by an elaborate...
Florentz. Figur und gelegenheit der edlen und hoch berhümpten Statt...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Florence (Firenze). Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Neapolis / Der Statt Neaples abcontrafhetung
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Napoli. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full text sheet. The sheet was published 1574 by...
Neapolis / Der Statt Neaples abcontrafhetung
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Napoli. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Paphy / Papia
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Pavia in south-western Lombardy. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full text sheet. The sheet...
Paphy / Papia
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Pavia, Lombardy. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Beschreibung der Herzlichen und weitberhümten Statt Mirandula
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Mirandola 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,...
Beschreibung der Herzlichen und weitberhümten Statt Mirandula
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Mirandola, Emilia-Romagna. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Figur und Gestalt des Theatri oder Spilhaus, so vor Zeiten zu Veron ist gewesen / Theatrum...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of the Verona Arena 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...
Figur und Gestalt des Theatri oder Spilhaus, so vor Zeiten zu Veron ist...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Verona Arena. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Der Schönen und Weitberhümpten Statt Genua abcontrafactur.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Genoa (Genova) 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,...
Der Schönen und Weitberhümpten Statt Genua abcontrafactur.
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Genoa, Genova, Liguria. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Der Statt Parma abcontrafactur nach Ihrer gelgenheit.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Parma 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...
Der Statt Parma abcontrafactur nach Ihrer gelgenheit.
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Von Italia.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1578
Early woodcut map of Northern Italy by Sebastian Münster. This map is one of the earliest printed maps of Northern Italy, drawing on contemporaneous data. The map, oriented towards the south,...
Von Italia.
1578 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Northern Italy, Napoli. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.
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Abraham Ortelius: Thusciae Descriptio Auctore Hieronymo Bellarmato.
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of the Tuscany by A. Ortelius. Showing the area down to Rome in the lower right corner. Also parts of Corsica and the Isle of Elba are shown....
Thusciae Descriptio Auctore Hieronymo Bellarmato.
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Old coloured map of the Tuscany. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Regni Neapolitani Verissima Secundum Antiquorum et Recentiorum Traditionem Descriptio, Pyrrho...
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of the Southern Italy by A. Ortelius. Including the towns of Ascoli Piceno, Napels, Fogia, Bari, Catanzaro and the northern tip of Sicily with...
Regni Neapolitani Verissima Secundum Antiquorum et Recentiorum...
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Old coloured map of Southern Italy, Napoli. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
Antwerp, 1584
Beautiful original old coloured copper engraved map of six Mediterranean Island by A. Ortelius. Showing Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Corfu, Elba and Djerba. From the 1584 Latin edition of Theatrum...
Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio.
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Old coloured map of Djerba, Elba, Corfu, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Senensis Ditionis Accurata Descriptio / Corsica / Marcha Anconae, olim Picenum 1572
Antwerp, 1584
Nice original old coloured map of Corsica, part of Tuscany around Siena and the Ancona region by Abraham Ortelius. From the 1584 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , Latin text on verso.
Senensis Ditionis Accurata Descriptio / Corsica / Marcha Anconae, olim...
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Old coloured map of Ancona, Tuscany, Sienna, Corsica. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Perusini Agri, Exactissima Novissimaque Descriptio: Auctore Egnatio Dante
Antwerp, 1584
Nice original old coloured map of Umbria with Perugia and the Lake Trasimeno by Abraham Ortelius. Decorated with a striking scrollwork cartouche and a compass rose. From the 1584 Latin edition of...
Perusini Agri, Exactissima Novissimaque Descriptio: Auctore Egnatio Dante
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Old coloured map of the Lake Trasimeno, Perugia, Umbria. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1584.
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Abraham Ortelius: Siciliae Veteris Typus ...
Balthasar Moretus, Antwerp, 1584 [1624]
One of the most beautiful maps of Sicily ever printed.A striking example of Ortelius' map of Sicily. Showing the Mediterranean island of Sicily (Sicilia) with three cartouches and rich...
Siciliae Veteris Typus ...
1584 - Abraham Ortelius
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Coloured map of Sicily (Sicilia). Printed in Antwerp by Balthasar Moretus in 1624.
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Gerard Mercator: Italia
Gerard Mercator, Duisburg, 1589
True first edition of Mercator's map of Italy with beautiful old colour.Early and important engraved map of Italy with Sardinia and Corsica. This is the real first edition, published in 1589...
Italia
1589 - Gerard Mercator
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Old coloured map of Italy. Printed in Duisburg by Gerard Mercator in 1589.
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Abraham Ortelius: Ducatus Mediolanensis, Finitimarumq Regionu Descriptio Auctore Iooanne Georgio Septala Mediolanense
Antwerp, 1592
Beautiful coloured map of northern Italy by A. Ortelius. Showing the area around Milan with Lago di Como, Genoa, Parma, Cremona and Bergamo. With a nice Renaissance cartouche, a sailing ship , a...
Ducatus Mediolanensis, Finitimarumq Regionu Descriptio Auctore Iooanne...
1592 - Abraham Ortelius
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Coloured map of Milan, Milano. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1592.
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Gerard Mercator: Sardina
G. Mercator, Basle, 1595
First edition of Mercator's map of Sardinia, published 1595. The later editions have a different title and cartouche.
Sardina
1595 - Gerard Mercator
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Old coloured map of Sardinia. Printed in Basle by G. Mercator in 1595.
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Braun & Hogenberg: Calatia vulgo Caiazo, Perantiquum Campaniae Foelicis Oppidum
Cologne, 1597
Impressive, old coloured town plan of Caiazzo (Cajazzo) in the province of Caserta (Campania) in Italy. From the French edition of the town book Civitates orbis terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg...
Calatia vulgo Caiazo, Perantiquum Campaniae Foelicis Oppidum
1597 - Braun & Hogenberg
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Old coloured town view of Caiazzo, Caserta, Campania. Printed in Cologne in the year 1597.
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Abraham Ortelius: Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque Regionum Nova Descriptio,...
Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1598
Old coloured antique map of the Western Balkans by Abraham Ortelius. Showing Croatia with Istria and Dalmatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Adriatic Sea. In the north to Carinthia and...
Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque...
1598 - Abraham Ortelius
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Coloured map of Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Western Balkans. Printed in Antwerp by Plantin Press in 1598.
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Abraham Saur: Pisa / Verona / Florence / Rom
W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608
Nice small woodcut map of the central part of Italy showing the Tuscany, Verona, Pisa, Florence and Rom. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica...
Pisa / Verona / Florence / Rom
1608 - Abraham Saur
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Antique woodcut map of the Tuscany. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.
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Abraham Saur: [Pisa / Verona / Florence / Rom]
W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608
Nice small woodcut map of the central part of Italy showing the Tuscany, Verona, Pisa, Florence and Rom. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica...
[Pisa / Verona / Florence / Rom]
1608 - Abraham Saur
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Antique woodcut map of the Tuscany. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.
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Abraham Saur: Roma
W. Richter, Frankfurt, 1608
Rare woodcut view of Rome. From "Parvum Theatrum Urbium sive Urbium Praecipuarum totius orbis Brevis & Methodica Descriptio" by Adrianus Romanus printed 1608 in Frankfurt. First printed 1595 with...
Roma
1608 - Abraham Saur
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Antique woodcut town view of Rome. Printed in Frankfurt by W. Richter in 1608.
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