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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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• 1552 - Sebastian Münster

  Sebastian Münster:  Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Philosophi ac Mathematici praestantissimi, Libri...

  Henricus Petri, Basle, 1552

  The Geographia of Ptolemaeus with the magnificent woodcut maps of Sebastian Münster. With 27 Ptolemaic maps (World, 10 Europe, 4 Africa, 12 Asia) and 27 new maps drawn by Sebastian Münster and...

  Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Philosophi ac Mathematici...

  12144

  Sebastian Münster's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with 54 woodcut maps, published by H. Petri 1552 in Basel.

  22 500,00 €

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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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• 1820 - Anonymous

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

  circa 1820

  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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• 1493 - Hartmann Schedel

  Hartmann Schedel:  In Principio creavit Deus celum et terra...

  Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

  The Book of Chronicles or Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, also called Schedel's World History or Nuremberg Chronicle , starts with the creation of the world by God according to the...

  In Principio creavit Deus celum et terra...

  12145

  Collection of 4 sheets of the history of creation, Genesis, printed by H. Koberger 1493 in Nuremberg.

  3 500,00 €

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• 1528 - Benedetto Bordone

  Benedetto Bordone:  [World map]

  Venice, 1528-1565

  Early woodcut world map by Benedetto Bordone. The world map of Bordone combines geographical information from Ptolemy with new discoveries of the Portuguese seafarers. It is one of only a few world...

  [World map]

  12192

  Antique woodcut map of the world. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.

  3 500,00 €

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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:  [Armageddon, Apocalypse] Septima etas mundi

  Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

  The Apocalypse or Armageddon is one of the most sought-after woodcuts of the Book of Chronicles or Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, also called Schedel's World History or Nuremberg...

  [Armageddon, Apocalypse] Septima etas mundi

  12148

  Armageddon, Apocalypse from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel printed 1493 in Nuremberg.

  2 400,00 €

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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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• 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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• 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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• 1493 - Hartmann Schedel

  Hartmann Schedel:  Monacum

  Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493

  Decorative incunable double-leaf in folio showing Munich (München) by Hartmann Schedel. From the Latin edition of the famous Liber chronicarum or Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493, the year...

  Monacum

  12140

  Coloured woodcut town view of München, Munich, Bavaria. Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

  1 600,00 €

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• 1680 - Daniel Stoopendaal

  Daniel Stoopendaal:  Werelt Caert

  Amsterdam, circa 1680

  Hand coloured world map from a Dutch bible by Daniel Stoopendaal. The map is based on Nicolas Visscher's map of 1663. Showing a double-hemisphere world map with two solar charts, one centred around...

  Werelt Caert

  12143

  Antique map of the world. Printed in Amsterdam circa 1680.

  1 600,00 €

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• 1720 - Johann Baptist Homann

  Johann Baptist Homann:  Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Repraesentatio

  J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

  Old coloured antique world map by Johann Baptist Homann. With a southern and northern celestial chart and two diagrams about the movement of the sun. In the background windheads and natural...

  Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis...

  12150

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

  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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