Switzerland

  • Gabriel Bodenehr:  Appenzell

    Augsburg, circa 1704

    Very decorative copper engraving of the village Appenzell in Switzerland by G. Bodenehr. This fine engraving shows the city with large mountains in background and was published in Bodenehr's famous...

    Appenzell
    1704 - Gabriel Bodenehr
    11088

    Antique town view of Appenzell. Printed in Augsburg circa 1704.

    150,00 €
  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Comitatus Burgundiae tam in primarias ejus praefecturas ...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

    Old coloured antique map of the county of Burgundy by J. B. Homann. Showing Besancon in the centre, in the south to Geneva with Lake Geneva, in the north to the Champagne. Beautiful title cartouche...

    Comitatus Burgundiae tam in primarias ejus praefecturas ...
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    12172

    Old coloured map of the Burgundy. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.

    190,00 €
  • George Matthäus Seutter:  Accurata Delineatio Brisgoviae cum Civitatibus Silvestribus Austriae Anterioris, tanquam Limitum...

    G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1730

    Old colored antique map of the Breisgau by G. M. Seutter. Shows the Breisgau and Black Forest with the High Rhine from Schaffhausen to Basel and the Upper Rhine to Rhinau. Very detailed, with the...

    Accurata Delineatio Brisgoviae cum Civitatibus Silvestribus Austriae...
    1730 - George Matthäus Seutter
    11797

    Old coloured map of the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg. Printed in Augsburg by G. M. Seutter circa 1730.

    290,00 €
  • Hartmann Schedel:  Hebenna

    Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

    Early woodcut view of Geneva (Genève) by Hartmann Schedel. On verso a view of ancient Corinth in Greece. From the famous Liber Chronicarum also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle , printed in...

    Hebenna
    1493 - Hartmann Schedel
    12120

    Coloured woodcut town view of Geneve, Geneva. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabu. Nova Helvetiae

    M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535

    Woodcut map of Switzerland by L. Fries. From the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia edited by M. Servetus and published by M. and G. Trechsel, printed from the 1522 woodblocks from the first...

    Tabu. Nova Helvetiae
    1535 - Laurent Fries
    10868

    Antique woodcut map of Switzerland. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.

  • 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.

  • 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:  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:  Helvetiae moderna descriptio

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early woodcut map showing Switzerland, South Germany and the Lake Constance. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster, published around 1550.

    Helvetiae moderna descriptio
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10942

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  Valesia / Wallisserlandt

    Basle, circa 1550

    Early woodcut map of the Valais in southern Switzerland. Showing the region at the river Rhone from the Furka Pass to St. Maurice. Verso a portrait of Sebastian Munster. From a German edition of...

    Valesia / Wallisserlandt
    1550 - Sebastian Münster
    10945

    Antique woodcut map of Valais / Portrait Sebastian Munster. 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:  [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.

  • 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:  Circulus sive Liga Sueviae, vulgo Schwabische Kraiss

    Antwerp, circa 1573

    Beautiful coloured map of Swabia with the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) in South Germany of A. Ortelius. From an edition of 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by Abraham Ortelius. The origin of this maps is...

    Circulus sive Liga Sueviae, vulgo Schwabische Kraiss
    1573 - Abraham Ortelius
    11196

    Coloured map of the Lake Constance, Swabia, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Antwerp circa 1573.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Helvetiae Descriptio Aegidio Tschudo Auct.

    Antwerp, 1574

    Decorative coloured map of Switzerland by A. Ortelius. With one cartouche and a mileage scale. Covering complete Switzerland with the Lake Constance and Lake Geneva. From the latin edition of the...

    Helvetiae Descriptio Aegidio Tschudo Auct.
    1574 - Abraham Ortelius
    10873

    Coloured map of Switzerland. Printed in Antwerp in the year 1574.

  • 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:  Obern Baden, Statt und Bäder, nach ihrer Gelegenheit auff das aller fleissigest contrafehtet.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Baden at the river Limmat by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. With coat of arms carried by two angels. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...

    Obern Baden, Statt und Bäder, nach ihrer Gelegenheit auff das aller...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11344

    Antique woodcut town view of Baden, Aargau. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Bern in der Eydgnoschafft an dem Wasser Aar gelegen, figuriert nach ihrer gelegenheit.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Bern at the river Aare by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. With coat of arms in a text ribbon. Below description of the city. From the German edition of...

    Bern in der Eydgnoschafft an dem Wasser Aar gelegen, figuriert nach...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11345

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Statt Chur im Schweizergebirg, in der Grauwenbündter Land, unten vom Rhein gelegen.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Chur by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Below description of the city. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder...

    Die Statt Chur im Schweizergebirg, in der Grauwenbündter Land, unten vom...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11346

    Antique woodcut town view of Chur, Graubunden. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Statt Sitten sampt zweyen Schloessern und Bischofflichen Kirchen, Valeria genannt.

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Large, early woodcut view of Sion (Sitten) by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. With coat of arms and two cartouches. Verso description of the city. From the German edition of Sebastian...

    Die Statt Sitten sampt zweyen Schloessern und Bischofflichen Kirchen,...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11349

    Antique woodcut town view of Sion, Sitten, Valais. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Eydtgnoschafft oder Schwytzerland, mit den anstossenden Landern / Die ander Tafel desz...

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut map of the course of the river Rhine in three sheets. The first large map of the river Rhine by Sebastian Munster. Printed from three woodblocks, not assembled. Shows the river Rhine...

    Die Eydtgnoschafft oder Schwytzerland, mit den anstossenden Landern /...
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11368

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  Valesia / Wallisserland

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut map of the Valais in southern Switzerland. Showing the region at the river Rhone from the Furka Pass to St. Maurice. Small woodcut of an earthquake on verso. From the German edition...

    Valesia / Wallisserland
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11381

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

  • Sebastian Münster:  [Lacus Lemanus / Genffer See]

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early woodcut map of the Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled...

    [Lacus Lemanus / Genffer See]
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11391

    Antique woodcut map of the Lac Leman, Lake Geneva. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

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