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• 1593 - Gerard de Jode

  Gerard de Jode:  Galliae amplissimi regni tabula

  G. de Jode, Antwerp, 1593

  Rare antique map of France by Gerard de Jode. The map appeared only in the second edition of G. de Jodes Atlas Speculum orbis terrae in 1593. To the top right a decorative title cartouche, in the...

  Galliae amplissimi regni tabula

  12407

  Antique map of France. Printed in Antwerp by G. de Jode in 1593.

  950,00 €

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• 1583 - Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

  Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer:  Zee Custe van Sweeden otrent de Westerwijck en tgatt vann Stockholm... Kalmar... en Rookoe

  Cornelis Claesz, Amsterdam, 1583

  Rare sea chart of the east coast of Sweden from the Zeespieghel by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer. Shows the coastline between Kalmar, Kalmarsund, the northern part of Öland up to Stockholm. Splendidly...

  Zee Custe van Sweeden otrent de Westerwijck en tgatt vann Stockholm......

  12409

  Coloured sea chart of Sweden. Printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz in 1583.

  1 900,00 €

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• 1677 - Giovanni Giacomo Rossi

  Giovanni Giacomo Rossi:  L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le Relationi Piu Moderne da...

  G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677

  First state of the rare map of North America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. California is shown as an island. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. It includes a few additions to Sanson's map...

  L'America Settentrionale. Nuovamente Corretta et Accresciuta Secondo le...

  12415

  Old coloured map of North America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.

  1 900,00 €

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• 1740 - George Matthäus Seutter

  George Matthäus Seutter:  Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe... Representation symbolique...

  G. M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1740

  Seutter's famous allegorical map representing the battle of the sexes and of love. In style of a typical 18th century battle plan.Jeffrey N. Peters describes this map in The History of...

  Symbolische Sinnreiche in einer Belagerung... Versuchungen der Liebe......

  12420

  Fantasy map by G. M. Seutter, printed in Ausburg around 1740.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1700 - Pieter Schenk

  Pieter Schenk:  Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder des so offt benanten, und...

  P. Schenk, 1700-10

  Rare original edition of the famous fantasy map of Utopia.Schlaraffenland means Land of Cockaigne in German and represents a country of idleness and luxury. This is a totally imaginary...

  Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der neu entdeckten Schalck Welt, oder...

  12421

  Old coloured map of Utopia, Land of Cockaigne. Printed by P. Schenk in 1700.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1633 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta

  H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633 [1634]

  Very decorative old coloured antique nautical chart of the Islands of Bermuda by Hendrick Hondius. Shows the Bermuda Islands with Grand Bermuda, Somerset Island and Saint George's Island. Decorated...

  Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas Dictarum ... Accurate Descripta

  12424

  Old coloured sea chart of Bermuda. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1634.

  1 700,00 €

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• 1640 - Johannes Janssonius

  Johannes Janssonius:  Valentia Regnum

  Amsterdam, circa 1640

  Antique map of Valencia by Janssonius. Shows the Spanish Mediterranean coast from Torrevieja to Tarragona. With Alicante, Xàbia, Dénia, Gandia, Castellón de la Plana and L'Ampolla. In the centre...

  Valentia Regnum

  12414

  Coloured map of Valencia. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1640.

  360,00 €

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• 1677 - Giovanni Giacomo Rossi

  Giovanni Giacomo Rossi:  L'America Meridionale Nuovamente Coretta...

  G. G. de Rossi, Rome, 1677

  First state of the rare map of South America by G. G. de Rossi after G. Sanson. Based on the map of Sanson from 1669. This is the first state of the map, dated 1677 in the cartouche. From de...

  L'America Meridionale Nuovamente Coretta...

  12416

  Old coloured map of South America. Printed in Rome by G. G. de Rossi in 1677.

  650,00 €

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• 1680 - Frederick de Wit

  Frederick de Wit:  Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Authore Frederico de Wit

  Amsterdam, circa 1680

  Beautiful antique map of Africa by Frederick de Wit. This map became extremely popular for more than 30 years and was reissued with minor changes by Danckerts, Visscher and others. With a very...

  Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula Authore Frederico de Wit

  12417

  Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1680.

  980,00 €

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• 1685 - Justus Danckerts

  Justus Danckerts:  Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Amstelodami per I. Danckerts cum Privil.

  J. Danckerts, Amsterdam, circa 1685

  Very decorative double-hemisphere world map by Justus Danckerts. Based on Frederick De Wit's maritime world map of 1668. With two hemispheres and two small inset polar maps. Decorated with large...

  Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Amstelodami per I. Danckerts cum Privil.

  12418

  Antique world map by Justus Danckerts. Published around 1685 in Amsterdam.

  5 800,00 €

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• 1705 - Maria Sibylla Merian

  Maria Sibylla Merian:  Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]

  1705-71

  The first and one of the most beautiful engravings of Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium . Merian combines the most enchanting and the most repulsive on one sheet. She...

  Ananas [Pineapple with Cockroaches - Ananas mit Schaben]

  12404

  Engraving of a pineapple plant with cockroaches. Printed between 1705-71.

  3 400,00 €

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• 1541 - Laurent Fries

  Laurent Fries:  Tabula nova Hispaniae [Tabula noua Hispaniae]

  Gaspar Trechsel, Lyon, 1541

  Early antique woodcut map of Spain and Portugal by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. The map shows the Iberian Peninsula and comes from the Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia from 1541....

  Tabula nova Hispaniae [Tabula noua Hispaniae]

  12405

  Antique woodcut map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Lyon by Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.

  950,00 €

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• 1606 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  Nova Africae Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio

  Amsterdam, 1606

  Old coloured map of Africa by Jodocus Hondus. The second map of Africa by Hondius, first published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606. The geographical information is based on the Mercator map...

  Nova Africae Tabula Auctore Jodoco Hondio

  12406

  Old coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Amsterdam in the year 1606.

  950,00 €

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• 1623 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  Regni Valentiae typus

  Amsterdam, 1623 or 1630

  Antique map of Valencia by Jodocus Hondus. Shows the Spanish Mediterranean coast from Torrevieja to Tarragona. With Alicante, Xàbia, Dénia, Gandia, Castellón de la Plana and L'Ampolla. In the...

  Regni Valentiae typus

  12408

  Coloured map of Valencia. Printed in Amsterdam in 1623 or 1630.

  420,00 €

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• 1575 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Africae Tabula Nova

  Gillis van den Rade, Antwerp, 1575

  Antique map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. From the 1575 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. Second state of the plate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche...

  Africae Tabula Nova

  12410

  Coloured map of the African continent. Printed in Antwerp by Gillis van den Rade in 1575.

  1 400,00 €

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• 1570 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono Anglo, Edita Londini Anno...

  Gielis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1570

  From the first edition of the Ortelius Atlas of 1570.The rare first edition of Ortelius' map of Russia. From the 1570 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum published by Gielis Coppens...

  Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio. Auctore Antonio Ienkensono...

  12411

  Coloured map of Russia. Printed in Antwerp by Gielis Coppens van Diest in 1570.

  2 200,00 €

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• 1623 - Jodocus Hondius

  Jodocus Hondius:  China

  Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1623

  Impressive antique map of China, Japan and Korea by Jodocus Hondus. First published in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas of 1606.At the beginning of the 17th century, little is known about this...

  China

  12412

  Coloured map of China. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1623.

  1 950,00 €

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• 1879 - British Admiralty

  British Admiralty:  The Suez Canal

  United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), London, 1879 [1911]

  Large and very detailed nautical chart of the Suez Canal of the British Admiralty. Shows the Suez Canal from Port Said to Port Taufiq near Suez. First published in 1879 based on French surveys in...

  The Suez Canal

  12422

  Old coloured sea chart of the Suez Canal, Egypt. Printed in London by United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in 1911.

  120,00 €

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• 1700 - Valk & Schenk

  Valk & Schenk:  Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio. Auctore Iacobo Goulartio...

  P. Valk & G. Schenk, Amsterdam, circa 1700

  Old coloured antique map of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) after J. Goulart. With Geneva (Genève), Lausanne and Montreux, oriented to the North. This is the edition published by Valk and Schenk, who...

  Lacus Lemanni Locorumque Circumiacentium Accuratissima Descriptio....

  12423

  Old coloured map of the Lake Geneva. Printed in Amsterdam by P. Valk & G. Schenk circa 1700.

  320,00 €

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• 1600 - Matthias Quad

  Matthias Quad:  Thietmarsiae Holsaticae regionis partis typus Auctore Petro Boeckel

  J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

  Antique map of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein by Matthias Quad. Shows Dithmarschen between the North Sea, Eider and Elbe. From Brunsbüttel to St. Annen, with Heide and Hemmingstedt in the centre....

  Thietmarsiae Holsaticae regionis partis typus Auctore Petro Boeckel

  12389

  Old coloured map of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  240,00 €

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• 1600 - Matthias Quad

  Matthias Quad:  Bavaria Ducatus

  J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

  Antique map of Bavaria (Bayern) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Passau and Augsburg and from Nuremberg to Kufstein with Landau and Dingolfing in the centre. With Regensburg, Ingolstadt and...

  Bavaria Ducatus

  12390

  Old coloured map of Bayern, Bavaria. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  240,00 €

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• 1600 - Matthias Quad

  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

  12391

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

  190,00 €

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• 1600 - Matthias Quad

  Matthias Quad:  Misniae Et Lusatiae Tabula

  J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

  Antique map of Meissen and Lusatia by Matthias Quad. Shows Saxony (Sachsen) and Lusatia (Lausitz) with Meissen, Görlitz and Leipzig, in the centre Dresden. To the top left a title cartouche. Latin...

  Misniae Et Lusatiae Tabula

  12393

  Old coloured map of Lausitz, Meißen, Sachsen, Brandenburg. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  190,00 €

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• 1600 - Matthias Quad

  Matthias Quad:  Mansfeldiae Comitatus descriptio Auctore, Tilemanno Stella Sig.

  J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

  Antique map of the county of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) by Matthias Quad. Showing the area between Halle a. d. Saale, Aschersleben, Walkenried and Heldrungen with Mansfeld in the...

  Mansfeldiae Comitatus descriptio Auctore, Tilemanno Stella Sig.

  12394

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

  180,00 €

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