Antique Maps by Matthias Quad (*1557 - 1613)

Matthias Quad, born in 1557, was a German cartographer active during the late 16th century in Cologne. His main geographical works Europae totius orbis terrarum and Geographisch Handtbuch were published and engraved by Johann Bussemacher. He died in 1613.
  • 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.
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12576

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

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  • Matthias Quad:  Helvetia

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, 1592

    Antique map of Switzerland with the surrounding countries by Matthias Quad. With a cartouche and a mileage scale. Shows Switzerland with the Lake Constance and the Lake Geneva. Early edition...

    Helvetia
    1592 - Matthias Quad
    12637

    Old coloured map of Switzerland. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher in 1592.

  • Matthias Quad:  Lutzenburgensis montuosissimi... Ducatus vera et compendiosa descriptio numquam antehac vista

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, 1592

    Antique map of Luxembourg by Matthias Quad. Rare and early edition without text on verso. With a title cartouche, mileage scale and coat of arms. Shows the area between Meuse and Moselle with...

    Lutzenburgensis montuosissimi... Ducatus vera et compendiosa descriptio...
    1592 - Matthias Quad
    12638

    Old coloured map of Luxembourg. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher in 1592.

  • Matthias Quad:  Austria Archiducatus

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, 1593

    Nice engraved map of Austria from Lake Neusiedl to Passau. From "Geographisch Handtbuch" of M. Quad by J. Bussemacher.

    Austria Archiducatus
    1593 - Matthias Quad
    10588

    Antique map of Austria - Hungary. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher in 1593.

  • Matthias Quad:  Prussiae Descriptio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, 1593

    Beautiful handcoloured map of East Prussia in Poland. Showing the area Konigsberg (Kaliningrad). From "Geographisch Handtbuch" of M. Quad by J. Bussemacher.

    Prussiae Descriptio
    1593 - Matthias Quad
    10630

    Coloured map of East Prussia. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher in 1593.

  • 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…
    1596 - Matthias Quad
    11881

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Abyssinorum sive Magni Regis Davidis, quem vulgo Presbyterum Joannem Vocant, Imperium

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, 1600

    Decorative coloured 16th century map of the central part of Africa with a dedicated cartouche to the legendary Prester John. The myth of Prester John was popular in Europe from 12th to 17th...

    Abyssinorum sive Magni Regis Davidis, quem vulgo Presbyterum Joannem...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    10591

    Coloured map of the central part of Africa. Published by J. Bussemacher in Cologne during the year 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Westphaliae totius descriptio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Westphalia by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Dusseldorf, Wesel, Bielefeld and Cloppenburg, with Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Recklinghausen, Paderborn and Münster in the...

    Westphaliae totius descriptio
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    11833

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat, recens germanaque delineatio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Northern Germany by Matthias Quad. Shows Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. In the east parts of Poland. Below left...

    Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat,...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    11834

    Coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Germania

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of the Holy Roman Empire by Matthias Quad. With the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland, in the east parts of Poland and Hungary. Lower left, the double-headed eagle....

    Germania
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    11835

    Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • 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
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12389

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

  • 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
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12390

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

  • 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
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12391

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Westphaliae totius descriptio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Westphalia by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Dusseldorf, Wesel, Bielefeld and Cloppenburg, with Dortmund, Duisburg, Bochum, Recklinghausen, Paderborn and Münster in the...

    Westphaliae totius descriptio
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12392

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • 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
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12393

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

  • 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.
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12394

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Lunaeburgensis ducatus, sic dictus ab eiusdem nominis metropoli

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of the Principality of Lüneburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Hamburg, Salzwedel, Wolfsburg and Diepholz. With Bremen, Uelzen, Walsrode,...

    Lunaeburgensis ducatus, sic dictus ab eiusdem nominis metropoli
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12395

    Old coloured map of Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis adiacentibs. 1593

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area around Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Halberstadt. With Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel,...

    Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12396

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis adiacentibs. 1593

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area around Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Halberstadt. With Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel,...

    Braunswick Ducatus Hildesheim Episcop & Halberstat Episcop. cum caeteis...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12397

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Hessenlandt vorzeiten ein Graeffschafft, nun aber zu einer Landtgraefschafft erhohet ist.

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Hesse (Hessen) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Frankfurt and Kassel with Fritzlar, Alsfeld and Marburg in the centre. With a beautiful title cartouche to the lower left....

    Hessenlandt vorzeiten ein Graeffschafft, nun aber zu einer...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12398

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

  • Matthias Quad:  Iuliacum, Iulic, oder Gulich. ein schönes Hertzogthum gelegen im Niderlant

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) by Matthias Quad. Shows the area between Rhine and Meuse with Bonn, Cologne (Köln), Düsseldorf and Neuss to Venlo in the northeast. With...

    Iuliacum, Iulic, oder Gulich. ein schönes Hertzogthum gelegen im Niderlant
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12399

    Coloured map of North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Germania

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Germany and the surrounding countries by Matthias Quad. With the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland, in the east parts of Poland and Hungary. To the lower left,...

    Germania
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12400

    Coloured map of Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Florentissimus Rheni Palatinatus

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) by Matthias Quad. Shows the Rhineland-Palatinate, the Bergstrasse and the Odenwald with the area between Bingen, Rastatt, Mosbach and...

    Florentissimus Rheni Palatinatus
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12401

    Coloured map of Rheinland-Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

  • Matthias Quad:  Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat, recens germanaque delineatio

    J. Bussemacher, Cologne, circa 1600

    Antique map of Northern Germany by Matthias Quad. Shows Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. In the east parts of Poland. With the...

    Saxonum regionis quatenus eius gentis imperium nomenque olim patebat,...
    1600 - Matthias Quad
    12402

    Coloured map of Northern Germany. Printed in Cologne by J. Bussemacher circa 1600.

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