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• 1664 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu

  Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, Welck Vervat Italien en Griecken.

  Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1664-65

  A splendid copy of Blaeu's Atlas of Italy and Greece. All 67 maps finely coloured by a contemporary hand.The Italy and Greece Atlas of Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu is considered as one of the...

  Sevende Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, Welck Vervat Italien en Griecken.

  12079

  Atlas of Italy and Greece from Atlas Maior by Joan Blaeu. Printed 1664 in Amsterdam.

  24 000,00 €

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• 1780 - Anonymous

  Anonymous:  Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  circa 1780

  A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Album with 12 manuscript maps from a traditional Korean manuscript atlas, drawn in the late 18th century. With a China-centered world map (Chonha-Do), a map...

  Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  12081

  Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, late 18th Century

  18 000,00 €

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  :  Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Album with 11 manuscript maps from a traditional Korean manuscript atlas, drawn in the early 19th century. With a China-centered world map (Chonha-Do), a map...

  Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  12082

  Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, early 19th Century

  12 000,00 €

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• 1750 - Anonymous

  Anonymous:  Ch'onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  circa 1750

  A Scarce Korean Woodblock Atlas.Album with 9 woodblock maps from a traditional Korean woodblock atlas, printed mid 18th century. With a map of China with Korea and 8 maps of the provinces of...

  Ch'onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]

  12080

  Korean Woodblock Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, Mid 18th Century

  8 500,00 €

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• 1702 - Anonymous

  Anonymous:  [Donau Strom von Sigmaringen bis Donauwörth]

  circa 1702

  Important manuscript map of the Danube River in Upper Swabia on vellum.Very large, impressive and detailed manuscript map of the Danube river between Sigmaringen and Donauwörth. Drawn on...

  [Donau Strom von Sigmaringen bis Donauwörth]

  12078

  Manuscript map on vellum of Upper Swabia. Drawn around 1702.

  8 500,00 €

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• 1513 - Martin Waldseemüller

  Martin Waldseemüller:  Quarta Asiae Tabula

  Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513

  Waldseemüller's scarce woodcut map of the Holy Land and the Middle East with Cyprus.Rare and early woodcut map of the the Holy Land and the Middle East by Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the...

  Quarta Asiae Tabula

  12052

  Antique woodcut map of the Holy Land with Cyprus. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513.

  5 800,00 €

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• 1736 - Homann Erben

  Homann Erben:  Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark... Neuester Grundris der Staedte...

  Homann Erben, Nuremberg, circa 1736

  Very large plan of London, on three joined sheets. The plan was published in 1736 by the successors of J. B. Homann in Nuremberg and is one of the most beautiful and detailed plans of London of...

  Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Surburbii Southwark......

  11904

  Old coloured city plan of London, England. Printed in Nuremberg by Homann Erben circa 1736.

  3 900,00 €

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• 1570 - Natal Bonifacio

  Natal Bonifacio:  Rhodi Insula nobilissima nel Mare

  Venice, circa 1570

  A very fine and rare map of Rhodes by Natale Bonifacio. To the upper left a decorative cartouche with key and the title Li Savii di Rhodi , to the upper right another cartouche. Below left the...

  Rhodi Insula nobilissima nel Mare

  12134

  Antique map of Rhodes. Printed in Venice circa 1570.

  3 900,00 €

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• 1629 - Henry Raigniauld

  Henry Raigniauld:  Isle de Cipre

  J. Baudoin oder A. de Naberat, Paris, 1629 or 1640

  Rare map of Cyprus engraved by H. Raigniauld. The map comes from Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de S. Iean de Hierusalem by J. Baudoin printed 1629 in Paris, or from the 1640 edition by A. de...

  Isle de Cipre

  12133

  Antique map of Cyprus. Printed in Paris by J. Baudoin oder A. de Naberat in 1629 or 1640.

  2 900,00 €

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• 1493 - Hartmann Schedel

  Hartmann Schedel:  Imago Mortis

  Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1493

  The famouse Dance of Death or Danse Macabre is one of the most sought after leaves of the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel. This woodcut is attribute occasionally to Albrecht Dürer....

  Imago Mortis

  11973

  Dance of the Death (Danse Macabre) by Wilhelm Pleydenwurff from Schedel's world chronicle, printed in Nuremberg in 1493.

  2 300,00 €

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• 1650 - Johannes Janssonius

  Johannes Janssonius:  Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus accurata delineatio.

  Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650

  First Edition of Jansson's map of Southern Florida and the Western Caribbean Rare and very decorative, old coloured sea chart of Southern Florida and the Western Caribbean by J. Janssonius....

  Insularum Hispaniolae et Cubae, Cum Insulis circumjacentibus accurata...

  11917

  Old coloured sea chart of Florida and Western Caribbean. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.

  2 200,00 €

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• 1676 - John Speed

  John Speed:  A new map of East India

  T. Bassett and R. Chiswell, London, 1676

  Old coloured antique maps of Southeast Asia and India by John Speed. Published in Prospect of the most famous parts of the world , the first World Atlas published by an Englishman. The English...

  A new map of East India

  11899

  Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in London by T. Bassett and R. Chiswell in 1676.

  1 900,00 €

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• 1596 - Matthias Quad

  Matthias Quad:  Typus Orbis Terrarum Ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris…

  Johann Bussemacher, Cologne, 1596 (1608)

  A rare and early world map of Mathias Quad. First published in Matthias Quad's Europae totius orbis terrarum in 1596. This example comes from the Fasciculus Geographicus printed by Johann...

  Typus Orbis Terrarum Ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris…

  11881

  Coloured map of the world. Printed in Cologne by Johann Bussemacher in 1608.

  1 800,00 €

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• 1663 - Nicolas Visscher

  Nicolas Visscher:  Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher

  Visscher, Amsterdam, 1663

  Beautiful coloured antique world map in double hemisphere with two inset astronomical diagrams. From the Elzevier Dutch bible printed in 1663. Surrounded with allegorical representation of the...

  Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher

  11885

  Coloured map of the world. Printed in Amsterdam by Visscher in 1663.

  1 800,00 €

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• 1718 - Christoph Weigel

  Christoph Weigel:  Insulae Maltae nova et accurata Tabula

  Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718

  Rare antique map of Malta with Gozo by Christoph Weigel. With a small map of the harbour and the fortification of La Valetta. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche and a very elaborate...

  Insulae Maltae nova et accurata Tabula

  12014

  Old coloured map of Malta, Gozo, Valetta. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

  1 700,00 €

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• 1535 - Laurent Fries

  Laurent Fries:  Tabu. moder. Indiae

  M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535

  Early and important woodcut map of Asia by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. This woodcut map comes from the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia . One of the earliest representations...

  Tabu. moder. Indiae

  11895

  Antique woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.

  1 600,00 €

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• 1525 - Laurent Fries

  Laurent Fries:  [Tab. Mo. Primae Partis Aphricae et Tabula Secunde partis Aphricae.]

  Johannes Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1525

  Early woodcut map of North Africa by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. Shows the the northern and western part of the continent. This woodcut map comes from the 1525 Strasbourg edition of...

  [Tab. Mo. Primae Partis Aphricae et Tabula Secunde partis Aphricae.]

  11887

  Antique woodcut map of North Africa. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Grüninger in 1525.

  1 500,00 €

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• 1801 - Matthew Flinders

  Matthew Flinders:  Kaart van Basses Straat, tusschen Nieuw Zuid Wales en Van Diemens-Land ... Heer Flinders ......

  J. and A. Honkoop, Amsterdam, 1801

  Very large and rare sea chart of Tasmania and the southern part of Australia with the Bass Strait. One of the first maps showing the discoveries of George Bass and Matthew Flinders in October 1798...

  Kaart van Basses Straat, tusschen Nieuw Zuid Wales en Van Diemens-Land...

  12058

  Coloured sea chart of Australia. Printed in Amsterdam by J. and A. Honkoop in 1801.

  1 500,00 €

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• 1640 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu

  Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus

  Willem & Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-43

  Blaeu's Striking Sea Chart of the West IndiesHand-coloured antique sea chart of the West Indies by Willem Blaeu. With the East Coast of the Americas from Chesapeake Bay to the Orinoco. First...

  Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali, cum Terris adiacentibus

  11919

  Coloured sea chart of the West Indies, Florida. Printed in Amsterdam by Willem & Joan Blaeu in 1640.

  1 450,00 €

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• 1603 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Cypri Insulae Nova Descript. 1573

  Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1603

  Early and important map of Cyprus by Abraham Ortelius. The geographical details are based on the map of Cyprus by Giacomo Franco from 1570. Below right a inset map of Lemnos, based on notes by...

  Cypri Insulae Nova Descript. 1573

  11921

  Coloured map of Cyprus. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1603.

  1 350,00 €

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• 1580 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt

  Christoffel Plantin, Antwerp, 1580 or 1589

  Old coloured antique map of Ireland by Abraham Ortelius. The west-oriented map is based on the large wall map of Great Britain by Mercator from 1564 and comes from a German Ortelius atlas of 1580...

  Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt

  11897

  Old coloured map of Ireland. Printed in Antwerp by Christoffel Plantin in 1580 or 1589.

  1 300,00 €

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• 1650 - Johannes Janssonius

  Johannes Janssonius:  Pascaart vande Noort-Zee. Tabula Hydrographica Oceani Borealis.

  Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650

  Rare and very decorative, old coloured sea chart of the North Sea by J. Janssonius. Shows the North Sea coast with the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the Scottish and English east coast, Calais and...

  Pascaart vande Noort-Zee. Tabula Hydrographica Oceani Borealis.

  11914

  Old coloured sea chart of the North Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.

  1 250,00 €

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• 1730 - Christoph Weigel

  Christoph Weigel:  Novissima Tabula Regionis Ludovicianae Gallice dictae la Louisiane...

  Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, circa 1730

  Scarce map of Northeastern America by Christoph Weigel. Showing the entire east of the United States with today's Texas in the west. The map is based on the important map by G. de l'Isle from 1718....

  Novissima Tabula Regionis Ludovicianae Gallice dictae la Louisiane...

  11960

  Old coloured map of Colonial French Louisiana. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner circa 1730.

  1 200,00 €

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• 1603 - Abraham Ortelius

  Abraham Ortelius:  Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio

  Jan Baptist Vrients, Antwerp, 1603

  Hand coloured antique map of Africa by Abraham Ortelius. Shows the Kingdom of the mystical Prester John in central Africa. Decorated with two cartouches, four elephants, sea monsters and a sailing...

  Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio

  11900

  Coloured map of Priest Joan, Ethiopia, Central Africa. Printed in Antwerp by Jan Baptist Vrients in 1603.

  1 200,00 €

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