[Miniature map of Austria]

Abraham Ortelius.
Austriae Descriptio.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Austria, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0042

[Map of Austria]

Petrus Bertius.
Austria.

Amsterdam, c1606, 85 x 125mm. Coloured.
A fine miniature mapof Austria, printed from the printing plate used to print this map for the Bertius atlas, with the narrow borders without longitude and latitude marks.
BERT0108

[Map of Northern Austria]

Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Partie Septentrionale du Cercle d'Austriche...

Paris, 1752. 495 x 625mm. Original outline colour with later additions.
Northern Austria, marking Vienna. The title cartouche features two discarded turbans, representing Austria's importance in Europe's defence against the Ottomans.
ROBE0049

[Map of the Austrian Province of Carinthia]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Nova et accurata Carinthiæ Ducatus Tabula geographica.

Nuremberg, c.1720. 500 x 590mm. Original colour.
Map of Carinthia in the Austrian Alps, with a propect of Klagenfurt and two other vignette scenes.
HOMA0066

[Lintz in Austria]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Linsum Austriæ Vulgo Lintz.

Cologne, c.1598. 365 x 500mm.
Lintz, an Austrian city on the Danube, published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
BRAU0039

[Miniature map of Salzburg]

Abraham Ortelius.
Salisburgensis Jurisdictio.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Salzburg in Austria, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. The map is unusually decorative for the series, appearing to be on a tromp l'oeil scroll above a view of the city of Salzburg. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0044

[Miniature map of Tyrol]

Abraham Ortelius.
Tirolis Comitat.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Tyrol, now split between Austria and Italy, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. The map is unusually decorative for the series, appearing to be on a tromp l'oeil scroll above a view of the city of Salzburg. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0047

[Miniature of Vienna]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Vienne.

Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm.
Prospect of Vienna
MALL0045

[Vienna plan]

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Vienna (Wien.)

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. Steel engraving, printed area 340 x 380mm. Original colour. Narrow top margin, as usual.
Detailed map of Vienna, with elevations of important buildings underneath.
SDUK0064

[Prospect of Vienna]

Millar.
An Accurate Prospect of Vienna, the Capital of Germany.

London, c.1785. 210 x 305mm.
A prospect of the Austrian city of Vienna, capital of the Germanic 'Holy Roman Empire'. Engraved by Hawkins for 'Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'.
MILL0003

[Bohemia by Gerard Mercator himself]

Gerard Mercator
Bohemia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 350 x 490mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned.
Decorative map of Bohemia by the creator of the famous 'Mercator's Projection'.
MERC0005

[Early map of Bohemia]

Sebastian Munster
Böhemer Königreich / mit Bergen und Wäden / gerings umb beschlossen.

Basle, 1628, German edition. Woodcut, printed area 320 x 370mm.
Bohemia, centred on Prague.
MUNS0019

[Miniature map of Czech Republic]

Pieter van den Keere.
Bohemia.

London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map of Czech Republic, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas.
KEER0004

[Map of the Czech Republic]

Pierre Du Val.
Carte de Boheme, Moravia, Silesie et Lusace...

Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1667. 415 x 535mm. Coloured.
Map covering Czech republic and surrounding areas.
DUVA0001

[Czech Republic]

Antonio Zatta.
Il Regno di Boemia, La Silesia Prussiana ed Austriaca con il Marchesati di Moravia e Lusazia.

Venice, 1796. 325 x 420mm. Original colour.
Map of Czech Republic and surrounding area
ZATT0056

[Plan of Prague]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Prague.

Paris, 1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Plan of Prague. In 1689, soon after publication, a great fire, blamed on French spies, devastated the city.
MALL0064

[Plan of the Siege of Prague in 1742 with a portrait of Maria Theresa]

Gentleman's Magazine.
A Plan of the City of Prague, with the French and Austrian Camps.

London, 1742. Two sheets conjoined, total 165 x 370mm. Coloured. Trimmed from a larger sheet.
A plan of the Austrian siege of the French troops holding Prague, which they had taken in 1741. The French managed to slip away.
GENT0004

[Map of Bohemia]

G. Rollos.
An Accurate Map of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Drawn from the best Authorities.

London, 1759. 200 x 290mm. Coloured.
Map of Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, 'Engraved (by the King's Authority' for the Geographical Dictionary'.
ROLL0002

[Prague]

Lasor à Varea.
Pragha.

Padua, Lasor à Varea, 1713. 75 x 130mm, set in a page of text.
A map/view of Prague.
LASO0003

[Miniature Map of Hungary]

Petrus Bertius.
Hungaria.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0088

[Decorative miniature map of Hungary]

Pieter van den Keere.
Hungaria.

London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map of Hungary, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas.
KEER0017

[Hungary]

Matthaus Merian.
Hungaria Regnum.

Frankfurt, 1646. 275 x 330mm.
Detailed map of Hungary, showing the Danube to Vienna.
MERI0006

[Decorative Map of Hungary]

Nicholas Visscher.
Regnum Hungariæ in Omnes suos Comitatus Accurate Divisum et Editum.

Amsterdam, c.1680. 490 x 580mm. Coloured.
Hungary, with an allegorical title cartouche representing the struggle with the Turks. Centred on Budapest, the map also marks Vienna and Belgrade.
VISS0006

[Map of Hungary]

Nicolas Sanson.
Hongrie.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Hungary, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0051

[Map of Hungary]

Christoph Weigel.
Hungaria cum Adiacentibus Provinciis nova et accuratiori forma exhibetus.

Nuremburg, c.1718. 420 x 620mm. Original colour.
Engraved by Michael Kauffer with a decorative title cartouche.
WEIG0029

[Map of Hungary and Transylvania]

Herman Moll.
Hungary and Trasilvania.

London, c.1720. 185 x 260mm. Coloured.
Transylvania is now part of Romania.
MOLL0014

[Map of Hungary]

Guillaume De L'Isle.
Carte Particuliere de la Hongrie de la Translilvanie de la Croatie et de la Sclavonie.

Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1730. 505 x 585mm. Coloured.
Hungary, with some of the surrounding states.
DELI0022

[Map of Hungary]

Guillaume De L'Isle.
Le Royaume de Hongrie et des Pays qui en dependoient autrefois...

Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1730. 490 x 575mm. Coloured.
Hungaryand the northern Balkans.
DELI0028

[Map of Hungary]

Giovanni Battista Albrizzi.
Nouva Carta del Regno di Ungheria, e della Transilvania secondo l'ultime Osservazioni Fatta a Amsterdam da Isac Tirion.

Venice, c.1742. 390 x 330mm. Coloured.
Hungary after Isaac Tirion of Amsterdam.
ALBR0002

[Map of Hungary]

Didier Robert de Vaugondy.
Royaume de Hongrie, Principauté de Transilvanie, Sclavonie, Croatie, et partie de la Princiaputé de Valaquie, de la Bosnie, de la Servie et de la Bulgarie.

Paris, c. 1750. 500 x 570mm. Coloured.
Map of Hungary, Transylvania and the northern Balkans.
ROBE0050

[Hungary]

Jean Janvier.
Le Royaume de Hongrie Divisé en Haute et Basse Hongrie Transilvanie Esclavonie et Croatie...

Paris, Lattré, c.1762. 315 x 460mm. Coloured.

JANV0001

[Uncommon Map of Hungary]

Giovanni Maria Cassini.
L'Ungheria e parte dela Vallachia e della Moldavia. I.Foglio della Carta generale dell'Ungheria e della Turchia Europea.

Rome, 1788. 350 x 470mm. Coloured.
With a decorative title cartouche. Cassini's atlas was not a financial success, so few copies were printed.
CASS1002

[Map of Hungary]

Thomas Bowen.
Hungary with part of the Adjoining Principalities &c.

London, c.1791. 340 x 430mm. Coloured.
Published in 'Barlow's General History of Europe'.
BOWE0018

[Hungary]

John Tallis.
Hungary.

London & New York, John Tallis & Co., c.1855. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 260 x 330mm.
Map of Hungary with engraved vignette scenes, including a prospect of Budapest.
TALL0040

[The city of Buda in Hungary]

Sebastian Munster
[Buda chiamata uol garmente Osen...]

Basle, c.1560, Italian text. Coloured woodcut, 90 x 175mm, set in text.
View of Buda from an Italian edition of Munster's 'Cosmography'. The text makes no mention of the capture of the city by the Turks in 1541, and a cross still surmounts the church.
MUNS0034

[Early plan of Buda]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Buda Citerioris Hungariae Caput Regni Avita sedes, Vulgo Ofen.

Cologne, 1618, French text edition. 320 x 475mm. Original colour.
Prospect of the city of Buda from the east side of the Danube, with the fortress city of Pest linked by a pontoon bridge. The Turkish occupation of the city (1541-1686) is referenced by the two large figures bottom right, representing the local pasha and his bodyguard who wears feathers pierced through his scalp. The view was drawn by Georg Hoefnagel, the most important contributor to the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans of the world.
BRAU0088

[Miniature of Budapest]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Buda.

Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured.
Miniature view of Buda, with a bridge linking it to the fortress of Pest.
MALL0053

[Slovak Republic]

Gerard Mercator
Moravia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 335 x 450mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of Moravia, now part of the Slovak Republic.
MERC0031

[View of the Danube]

George Hering.
The Danube from the Castle of Presburg.

London: Thomas Maclean, c.1838. Tinted lithograph. Printed area 305 x 455mm.
A view looking over the Danube from the ruined castle of Bratislava in Slovakia. Destroyed during the Napoleonic Wars, it was restored from 1957. From George Hering's 'Sketches on the Danube, Hungary and Transylvania', with lithographs by J.B. Pyne. Abbey Trave: 79.
HERI0001