Atlas. ORTELIUS, A./ GALLE, F. [Antwerp, 1579] Le Miroir Du Monde, Reduict Premierement En Rithme… A Anvers, De l’Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, pour Philippe Galle. M.D.LXXIX.Oblong octavo in contemp. Vellum, ties lacking; 72 maps, 6 of which folding; slight edge wear to text leaves, partial cropping to some folding maps for.....
British Isles/ History of Cartography. MERCATOR, G./ PTOLEMY, C. [Cologne: 1584] Europae. I. Tab: 13 3/8 x 16 inches. Fine hand color; two light stains upper left & right (less pronounced on the actual map than in the image), else excellent condition. .....
Berkshire/ Windsor Castle. SPEED, John [London, 1614 (?)] Barkshire Described. Performed by I. Speede and are to be sold in the Popes head Alley by I. Sud and Georg Humble Cum Privilegio. 15 x 20 inches. Fine hand color; expertly mended worming in centerfold with reinstatement of part of title.....
A finely engraved general map of Italy that appeared in the first atlas of Italy published in Italy. It depicts Italy with place names that were in use during the Roman Imperial Period of the Second Century A. D. While closely based on a map by Gerard Mercator from his.....
Roman Empire/ The Peutinger Table. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp, 1598/ 1624] Tabula Itineraria Antiquae… Four sheets, each approximately 16 ½ x 20 ½ inches. Centerfold reinforced with rice paper, a few marginal mends, else excellent. .....
Antwerp/ Financial History. VISSCHER, C.J. /VISSCHER, N. J. [Amsterdam, c. 1630] Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii… C.J. Visscher Excudebat. 18 x 21 ¾ inches. Fine original color; bit of edge chipping & toning in margins, else excellent. .....
One of the finest early maps of Cyprus in a beautiful original-color example. Its magnificent cartouche portrays Venus, pulled on a sea-chariot by two swans, accompanied by Cupid (distinguishable from an ordinary putto by the arrow he brandishes.) The waters around the island are embellished with three ships, two compass.....
Hungary. SANSON, N. [Paris, 1666] Hungaria Regnum . . . 16 ¼ x 19 ½ inches. Original outline color; fine condition. An attractive, scarce and accurate map of Hungary by the foremost French cartographer of the 17th century, in a fine example with original outline color.
A most attractive map with rich Dutch coloring of the period of Scandinavia centering on Sweden and Finland but including eastern Norway. Also depicted is all of present day Estonia and part of Latvia along with a portion of northwestern Russia. The coats-of-arms of several of these nations adorn the.....
This large, oblique aerial view of Milan is certainly among the most beautiful early depictions of the city known. The city's structures are shown with considerable architectural detail, especially the larger structures such as the Duomo in center of the work. In all, 256 structures are listed and keyed to.....
A bright, beautiful copy of one of the most ambitious and finely engraved works of urban cartography ever produced: it depicts every structure existing in Paris at the time. This remarkable engraving enables the viewer to virtually hover a few hundred feet above the city and take in the exquisite.....
Geographic Allegorical Figures. W.B. WALKER (publisher) [London: 4 Fox & Knot Court, Cow Lane: 1805] EUROPE. ASIA. 10 ½ x 14 3/8 inches. Mezzotint, transferred to glass, finished with oil color. Sightly age-toned, small area of lower right corner chipped off, two areas of bubbling; color rich & vibrant, overall.....
Large, attractively engraved plan of Rome, flanked by 16 vignettes, each approximately 4 x 5 inches, of the city's most prominent ancient and modern structures. Included among the latter are the Pantheon of Agrippa, Trajan's Column, and the Colosseum; among the former are the basilicas of St. Peter, St. John.....
A finely engraved plan of Rome flanked by 15 floor plans of the city's most important structures, both ancient and more recent. It was likely intended for the more serious-minded visitor, such as northern Europeans on the Grand Tour, and for students of architecture. Pietro Ruga was active in the.....
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A very rare, Greek cartographic imprint, apparently separately published. We located a copy of the map at the Library of Congress but not elsewhere, either in institutional collections or in market records. Cf. Tooley's Dictionary K-P, p. 102.
A rare, clearly printed, political map of this volatile region, described as "entirely new" in the advertisement included here. Although the map is not dated, the Royal Geographic Society reported its acquisition of an example in July of 1914 (see below). Since the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June.....
Oxford University. LEE, Kerry/ PICTORIAL MAPS, LTD. [London?, 1948] Oxford. 18 x 22 ¾ inches. Original color print on high-grade, heavy paper. Pinholes in corners of margins, else excellent condition. A particularly attractive example of this vibrantly colored and detailed, pictorial map/ view of.....
Kent/ Canterbury/ England. SPEED, J. [London, 1611/ 1614] Kent With Her Cities And Earles Described and observed. 14 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches. Rich hand color; reinforced at bottom of centerfold, else excellent. A very.....
This superb view of Poland’s primary seaport appeared in Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatis Orbis Terrarum, the first printed atlas of city plans and views. It accurately portrays the Town Hall Spire (marked Das Rhathaus on the view), the Church of Saint Mary (Die Phare Kirch) and more than a dozen.....
One of Ortelius’s most important European maps, in an attractive example. It clearly summarizes what 16th century geographers believed of northern Europe and the waters above it. In his atlas, Ortelius cited an array of cartographers whose ideas contributed to this map, including several whose maps are now unobtainable. Greenland.....
Iceland. MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. [Amsterdam, 1609] Islandia. 11 x 17 inches. Fine original color; lower centerfold reinforced, lightly toned, overall very good. .....
Great Britain. SPEED, John [London, 1610 [1616]] The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland. 15 x 20 1/8 inches. Fine hand color; fine example with a strong impression. A beautiful example of the first state of one the most visually striking maps ever produced of the British Isles, embellished with.....
First edition and a fine example of this picturesque map evoking the rugged, forested terrain of the western English county with its many castles. At upper right is a plan of the town of Hereford with its great cathedral at the center, where is housed the legendary, medieval world map. .....
Cornwall/ England. SPEED, J./ John SUDBURY & G. HUMBLE [London, 1610 [1614?] Cornwall. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; a few mended edge split, else excellent. First edition and finely colored example of Speed’s Cornwall, one of his most elaborately decorative maps. A plethora of ships, sea.....
Greece/ Greek Islands. LAURENBERG, J./ JANSSON, J. [Amsterdam: 1650] Hessas. Seu Graecia Universa. Autore J. Laurenbergio. 18 ½ x 22 ¼ inches. Fine original color; lightly toned, a marginal split, else excellent. .....
