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[Diagrammatic map of Europe] Sebastian Munster
[Europe.]
Basle, c.1560. Woodcut, printed area 80 x 135mm, set in text. Some dampstaining in text.
An interesting, distorted, diagrammatic map of Europe.
MUNS0024 |
£150 |
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[Fine map of Europe] Rumold Mercator.
Europa, ad magnæ Europæ Gerardi Mercatoris P. imitationem Rumoldi Mercatoris F. cura edita...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1607. 385 x 470mm. Coloured.
Prepared by Rumold Mercator for the posthumous third volume of his father Gerard Mercator's atlas, this example comes from the first French edition. The title is within a superb strapwork cartouche.
MERC0043 |
£980 |
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[The so-called "Miniature Speed" of Europe] Pieter van den Keere.
Europa.
London, Bassett & Chiswell, 1675. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas.
KEER0050 |
£125 |
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[Allard Europe map] Carol Allard.
Accuratissima Europæ Tabula.
Amsterdam, c.1705. 510 x 580mm. Strong, dark impression.
Decorative map of Europe, with a title cartouche containing an allegorical figure representing the continent.
ALLA0004 |
£850 |
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[Map of Europe] Homann Heirs.
Europa...
Nuremberg, c.1743. 485 x 560mm. Original colour with later additions.
Europe by the cartographer Johann Matthias Haas.
HOMA1031 |
£490 |
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[Large map of Northern Europe] Jean Baptiste Bourguigon d'Anville.
The Second Part of Europe Containing denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Russia; Drawn from D'Anville's Two-Sheet Map.
London, John Harrison, 1788. 525 x 745mm. Coloured. Narrow top margin.
A large and colourful map of Scandinavia, the Baltic and Russia. Iceland appears in an inset.
ANVI0001 |
£450 |
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[Large map of Western Europe] Jean Baptiste Bourguigon d'Anville.
The First Part of the Map of Europe, Containing France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Great Britain & Ireland, from the Original by D'Anville; under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleans.
London, John Harrison, 1788. 540 x 475mm. Coloured.
A large and colourful map of Western Europe. Th Shetlands and Faroes appear in an inset.
ANVI0003 |
£350 |
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[Large map of Western Europe in the Dark Ages.] Jean Baptiste Bourguigon d'Anville.
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, British Isles, In an intermediate Century between Antient and Modern Geography.
London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. 520 x 490mm. Original colour.
Westen Europe after the Fall of the Roman Empire.
ANVI0002 |
£350 |
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[Detailed map of Europe.] John Arrowsmith.
Europe.
London, 1842. 520 x 630mm. Original colour. Centrefold minor reinforced with archival tissue on map surface,
Detailed map, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation.
ARRO0014 |
£98 |
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[Large map of Europe] James Wyld.
Map of Europe Exhibiting its Principal States, and Physical Features.
London, 1870. 530 x 690mm. Original colour. Split in lower centrefold margin repaired.
Detailed map of Europe
WYLD0003 |
£120 |
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[Map of the natural features of Europe] Heinrich Scherer.
Europæ Situs Naturalis sive Structura Naturæ Artificio Elaborata et Geographice Repræsentatata Anno MDCC.
Munich, c.1700. 240 x 360mm. Coloured.
With a decorative title cartouche. At the top Greenland nearly joins Spitzbergen.
SCHE3010 |
£200 |
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[Maps of Strassbourg & Oberpfalz] Abraham Ortelius.
Palantinus Bavariae Descriptio, Erhardo Reych Tirolense Auctore. Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio.
Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 305 x 485mm. Coloured. Small repairs to centrefold.
Two maps on one sheet: Oberpfalz in Germany after Erhart Reych and Strassbourg after Daniel Specklin, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. van den Broecke: 112.
ORTE0035 |
£225 |
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[Map of France] Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Galliae Regnum.
Venice, 1620. 140 x 180mm. Coloured.
France, after Ortelius.
MAGI0030 |
£98 |
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[France] Johannes Jansson.
Gallia Vetus Ad Julij Cæsaris commentaria.
Amsterdam, 1636. 380 x 505mm. Coloured.
France according to the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar.
JANS0019 |
£275 |
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[Miniature map of France] Pieter van den Keere.
Gallia.
London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A decorative miniature map of France, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas.
KEER0011 |
£85 |
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[Miniature map of France] Guillaume Sanson.
France.
Paris, c.1700. 155 x 175mm. Coloured. Narrow margin at top.
Miniature map after Sanson
SANS0017 |
£56 |
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[Map of France in Roman times.] Edward Wells
A New Map of Ancient Gaul or Gallia Transalpina Shewing the Divisions thereof by Augustus Cæsar...
Oxford, c.1700. 380 x 510mm. Coloured.
With a large title cartouche with a dedication to William, Duke of Gloucester, (Prince William of Denmark and Norway, 1689- 1700, father of Queen Anne.)
WELL1001 |
£250 |
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[Map of the Environs of Paris] Johann Baptist Homann.
Agri Parisiensis Tabula Particularis...
Nuremberg, c.1720. 580 x 490mm. Original body colour.
The environs of Paris, with Versailles.
HOMA0037 |
£225 |
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[Map of France] Herman Moll.
France Divided into all its Provinces and Aquisitions &c.
London, c.1725. 205 x 270mm. Original colour.
France, with fine original colour.
MOLL0012 |
£89 |
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[Map of France] John Blair.
The Kingdom of France Divided according to its 38 Military Governments.
London, 1768. 425 x 580mm. Coloured.
Large and detailed map, engraved by Thomas Kitchin.
BLAI0002 |
£225 |
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[Decorative map of Northern France] Antonio Zatta.
Li Governi della Flandra Francese, d'Artois, di Picardia, e del Boulonois.
Venice, 1776. 295 x 380mm. Original colour.
With a fine title cartouche in full colour.
ZATT0064 |
£95 |
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[Map of France] Thomas Bowen.
A New and Accurate Map of France from the latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronomical Observations.
London, c.1780. 205 x 290mm. Coloured.
Published in 'Middleton's Complete System of Geography'.
BOWE0013 |
£69 |
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[France] John Tallis.
France.
London, J. & F. Tallis, c.1851. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 260 x 320mm.
Map of France with engraved vignette scenes.
TALL0039 |
£75 |
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[Early map of Rouffach in Alsace, France] Sebastian Munster
Rubeaquum cum arce Isenburgo mœnibus incluso...
Basle, 1554. 265 x 350mm.
Rouffach, called Rubeaquum (red water) by the Romans. An episocopal fief of the Archbishop of Strasbourg at the time of publication, the city was destroyed by the Swedes during the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), then captured by the French with the rest of Alsace. Under French rule it became important as a wine-growing centre.
MUNS0031 |
£125 |
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[Aquitaine] Nicolas Witsen.
Novissimam Hanc Tabulam Aquitaniæ et Vasconiæ, Guascogniæ et Guienne...
Amsterdam: Gerard Valk, c.1700. 560 x 470mm. Original colour with later additions to the cartouche. Very small hole caused by verdigris cracking.
A very decorative map of south west France in strong original colour. The allegorical title cartouche and vignette ships were drawn and etched by Romain de Hoogue, one of the foremost artist/etchers of the period.
WITS0001 |
£325 |
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[Map of Bordeaux] Nicolas De Fer
Les Generalitez de Bordeaux, de La Rochelle et de Limoges...
Paris, c.1705. 365 x 260mm. Coloured.
South west France, showing from the Isle de Ré and Limoges south to the Spanish Border, marking Bordeaux, Bergerac, Rochefort and Bayonne. With a sheet of engraved French text.
DEFE0033 |
£175 |
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[Map of Bresse in France] Johannes Jansson.
Bresse.
Amsterdam, 1636. 380 x 495mm. Coloured.
Bresse in eastern France, first published in Jansson's rare atlas of France, the 'Theatrum Universae Galliae' in 1631
JANS0068 |
£275 |
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[Map of Britanny.] Willem Blaeu.
Britannia Ducatus, Duché de Bretaigne.
Amsterdam,1642. 385 x 520mm. Coloured.
Britanny, with decorative cartouches for the title and scale.
BLAE0106 |
£325 |
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[Map of Britanny] Nicolas De Fer
Gouvernement General de Bretagne ou se trouye la Generalité de Nantes.
Paris, c.1705. 250 x 350mm. Coloured.
Britanny, showing Mont St Michel south to Nantes. With a sheet of engraved French text.
DEFE0032 |
£195 |
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[Map of Champagne & Brie] Antonio Zatta.
Li Governi di Sciampagna e Brie.
Venice, 1777. 405 x 315mm. Original colour.
Eastern France, the area around Rheims.
ZATT0061 |
£95 |
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[Map of Corsica] Homann Heirs.
Insulæ Corsicæ accurata Chorographia Tradita Per I.Vogt Capit S.C.M...
Nuremberg, c.1735. 565 x 500mm. Original colour. A fine example.
Corsica, with a fine maritime cartouche. At the time of publication the island was controlled by the city-state Genoa, but the next year (1736) a German adventurer, Theodor Freiherr von Neuhoff, was crowned King of Corsica in an unsuccessful attempt at independence. Corsica remained under Genoese control until its purchase by France in 1768.
HOMA1032 |
£680 |
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[Corsica map.] Attilio Zuccagni-Orlandini.
Carta Moderna dell'Isola di Corsica.
Florence, 1845. 600 x 385mm. Original colour.
A large and detailed map of Corsica, engraved by Manzoni for the 'Atlante Geografico dell' Italia'. Corsica was incorporated into France in 1770, but the cartographer still describes the island as 'Italia Francese'.
ZUCC0001 |
£250 |
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[Map of Dauphiné] Willem Blaeu.
Delphinatus vulgo Dauphiné Avec ses Confins des Pais et Provinces voisins. Par Jean De Beins Geographe et Ingenieur du Roy.
Amsterdam,Willem & Jan Blaeu, 1642. 385 x 505mm. Original colour.
Dauphiné, marking Lyon, Vienne and Grenoble, with decorative cartouches for the title and scale, and a large armorial.
BLAE0110 |
£375 |
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[Map of Lorraine.] Christoph Weigel.
Lotharingia, cum contiguis.
Nuremburg, 1718. 280 x 350mm. Original colour.
Map of Lorraine, showing Metz and Nancy, with a decorative title cartouche.
WEIG0031 |
£89 |
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[Marseilles plan] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Marseille. Ancient Marsillia.
London: SDUK, 1840. Steel engraving, printed area 330 x 400mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Marseilles.
SDUK0065 |
£95 |
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[Toulon plan] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Toulon. Ancient Telo Martius.
London: Edward Stanford, c.1850. Steel engraving, printed area 315 x 370mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Toulon, with a vignette prospect under the plan.
SDUK0068 |
£35 |
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[Early Savoy map] Willem Blaeu.
Sabaudia Ducatus. Savoye.
Amsterdam, 1644. 385 x 505mm. Original colour.
Savoy, marking Geneva, Grenoble and Chamonis.
BLAE0099 |
£390 |
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[Map of Savoy in France] Johannes Jansson.
Sabaudia Ducatus. Savoye.
Amsterdam, c.1650. 385 x 495mm. Original colour.
Savoy in southern France marking Grenoble and Geneva.
JANS0082 |
£375 |
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[Map of north-east Germany including Berlin] Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi.
Marchesato, et Elettorato di Brandeburg con una gran Portione della Pomerania...
Rome, 1687. 435 x 570mm. Coloured.
Cantelli di Vignola's map of north-east Germany including Berlin and what is now western Poland.
DERO0004 |
£295 |
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[Map of Germany with cartouche] Emanuel Bowen.
A Correct Map of the South East Part of Germany...
London, c.1745. 355 x 430mm. Coloured.
Bavaria, but also Including Bohemia, Moravia and Austria. Published for 'Mr Tyndal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History' [of England], with a decorative title cartouche.
BOWE0006 |
£120 |
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[Germany] John Tallis.
Germany.
London, J. & F. Tallis, c.1851. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 350 x 240mm.
Map of Germany with engraved vignette scenes.
TALL0037 |
£75 |
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[Detailed map of Stralsund & Rügen] James Wyld.
The Prussian Government of Stralsund, (formerly Swedish Pomerania.) Drawn from the Original Map by F.W.C. Baron Schmettau, Major General &c. &c.
London, c.1860. 575 x 610mm. Original colour.
Detailed map, published just prior to the unification of Germany under Prussian dominance. With an inset of Stralsund city.
WYLD0014 |
£170 |
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[Early townplan of Aachen.] Braun & Hogenberg.
Aich. Aquisgranum, Urbs Præclarissima, Primum, Interquatuor Imperii Civitates, Locum Obtinet.
Cologne, 1572-. 295 x 360mm. Coloured.
Plan of Aachen in Germany, published in the first volume of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0076 |
£495 |
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[Early townplan of Augsburg] Braun & Hogenberg.
Augusta Iuxta Figuram...
Cologne, 1572-. 335 x 475mm. Full original colour. Two pairs of wax stains in top margin not affecting map area, colour blemish on lower printed border.
Plan of Augsburg in Germany, published in the first volume of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. The quality of the original colour makes this a superior example.
BRAU0005 |
£450 |
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[Hamburg Plan] John Stockdale.
Plan of the City of Berlin.
London, 1800. 190 x 260mm. Coloured.
Map of Berlin with a 67-point key and a decorative title cartouche.
STOC0003 |
£170 |
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[Miniature map of Brandenburg] Petrus Bertius.
Brandenburg
Amsterdam, c.1618. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A miniature map of Brandenburg.
BERT0078 |
£98 |
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[Brandenburg map] Crépy
Le Marquisat et Electorate de Brandenbourg.
Paris: Crépy, 1767. 210 x 285mm. Original colour.
Province of Germany
CREP0006 |
£68 |
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[Bremen] Johannes Jansson.
Ducatus olim Episcopatus Bremensis et ostiorum Albis et Visurgis Fluviorum novissima Descriptio.
Oxford: Moses Pitt, c.1682. 430 x 525mm. Coloured.
The Baltic coast of Germany, marking Bremen and Hamburg. This example comes from volume 3 of the 'English Atlas', a collboration between English and Dutch publishers to produce a 12-volume atlas for the English market. Some of the maps were printed in Amsterdam, but some, like this one, were transported to England and re-engraved. The dedication cartouche top right now reads 'To the Wor.p.full S.r Henry Calverley of Eriholme in the Countij of Jorke knt this map is Humby D. bÿ M: Pitt'. However the enterprise was too ambitious: only four volumes were published and Pitt spent nearly three years in Fleet Prison for debt.
JANS0064 |
£320 |
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[Map of Brunswick-Lüneburg, later Hanover.] Johannes Jansson.
Serennissimo Principi ac Domino D. Christiano Duci Brunsvicensi et Luneburgensi Hanc accuratissimi sui Ducatus Brunsuicensis Tabulam dedicat consecratque Iohannes Ianssonius.
Oxford: Moses Pitt, c.1682. 405 x 495mm. Original colour.
Map of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (which evolved into Hanover), decorated with a superb dedication cartouche in full colour.
This example comes from volume 3 of the 'English Atlas', a collboration between English and Dutch publishers to produce a 12-volume atlas for the English market. Some of the maps were printed in Amsterdam, but some were transported to England and re-engraved. The enterprise was too ambitious: only four volumes were published and Pitt spent nearly three years in Fleet Prison for debt.
JANS0080 |
£200 |
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[Early town plan of Cologne] Braun & Hogenberg.
Colonia Agrippina.
Cologne, c.1572. 345 x 480mm. Coloured.
Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg's home city, published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
BRAU0020 |
£980 |
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[Early town plan of Köln.] Sebastian Munster
Colonia Agrippina: das ist Cöln...
Basle, c.1628, German text edition. Woodcut, image size 170 x 365mm, set in a page of text.
Köln or Cologne, with an extensive key. In the clouds above are the city arms and those of the Hapsburgs.
MUNS0032 |
£250 |
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[Cologne plan.] Nicolas De Fer
Cologne Ville Considerable Située Sur le bord Occidentale du Rhein...
Paris, 1705. 235 x 350mm. Coloured. Old ink mss. numeral above the map.
Plan of Cologne, focusing on the defences, orientated with north to the right.
DEFE0035 |
£295 |
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[Dresden Plan] John Stockdale.
Plan of the City of Dresden.
London, 1800. 185 x 270mm. Coloured.
Map of Dresden with a 48-point key and a decorative title cartouche.
STOC0004 |
£125 |
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[Dresden] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Dresden.
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1833. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 380mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Dresden, with a prospect of the city underneath
SDUK0012 |
£56 |
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[Hamburg plan] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Hamburg.
London: SDUK, 1841. Steel engraving, printed area 315 x 380mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Hamburg.
SDUK0070 |
£98 |
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[Early plans of Flensburg & Itzhoe] Braun & Hogenberg.
Flensburgum. Itzhoa Florentissimae Holsatiæ Op.
Cologne, 1588-. 345 x 485mm. Coloured. A few wormholes in the wide margin otherwise very good
Map-views of Flensburg & Itzhoe, towns of Schleswig-Holstein, then in Denmark but now northern Germany, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0025 |
£450 |
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[Early map of Frankfurt] Braun & Hogenberg.
Civitates Francfordiana Ad Mo.
Cologne, c.1588. Coloured. 335 x 480mm. Fine impression.
Frankfurt, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0026 |
£890 |
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[Prospect of Frankfurt] Pieter Schenk.
Frankfort, een beroemde koopstad, te zien van Saxenhausen...
Amsterdam, c.1702. 220 x 265mm.
Prospect of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
SCHE1003 |
£250 |
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[Impressive map of Frankfurt and environs] Johann Baptist Homann.
Abbildung der Keys: Freyen-Reichs-Wald-und Handelstatt Franckfurt Am Mayn...
Nuremberg, c.1720. 505 x 580mm. Original colour with later additions.
Famous map of the environs of Frankfurt with a prospect of the city underneath, surrounded by allegorical figures.
HOMA0014 |
£750 |
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[Elbe & Hamburg region map] Willem Blaeu.
Celeberrimi Fluvii Albis nova delineatio. Auctore Christiano Mollero.
Amsterdam, 1635. 310 x 530mm. Fine original colour. Paper lightly toned.
Map of the Elbe River, orientated with north to the bottom, marking Hamburg. KOEMAN: Bl 12.
BLAE0025 |
£275 |
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[Hamburg Plan] John Stockdale.
Plan of the City of Hamburg.
London, 1800. 175 x 250mm. Coloured.
Map of Hamburg with a 56-point key and a decorative title cartouche.
STOC0002 |
£125 |
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[Early townplan of Heidelberg, Speyer & Worms] Braun & Hogenberg.
Heidelberg; Spira; Wormatia.
Cologne, 1572-. 360 x 475mm. Original colour.
Map-views of Heidelberg, Speyer & Worms, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0032 |
£560 |
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[Map of Holstein and Hamburg] Johann Baptist Homann.
Tabula Generalis Holsatiæ complectens Holsatiæ Dithmarsiæ Stormariæ et Vagriæ Ducatus.
Nuremberg, c.1720. 490 x 580mm. Original colour.
The environs of Hamburg, with an allegorical title cartouche and a block of armorials.
HOMA0017 |
£290 |
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[Large decorative map of Holstein] Georg Matthaus Seutter.
Holsatiæ...
Augsburg, c.1740. 500 x 585mm. Original colour.
Large decorative map of Holstein, marking Hamburg, with ornate cartouches for title and scale.
SEUT0017 |
£180 |
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[Holstein & Hamburg] James Wyld.
A Map of the Dutchy of Holstein, with the Territories of the Imperial Towns Hamburg & Lübek, Also the Bishoprick of Eutin, Laid down from Fischer's Map and Corrected by B._.
London, 1875. Steel engraving on exceptional paper. 495 x 600mm. Original outline colour.
Large and detailed map, shortly after the acquisition of Holstein by Bismark.
WYLD0008 |
£98 |
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[Early map of Kalkar] Braun & Hogenberg.
Calcaria, Ducatus Clivensis, Multis Dodibus, Nobile Opp.
Cologne, c.1575. 330 x 480mm. Coloured.
Kalcar in Germany, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0035 |
£290 |
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[Krempe & Reinholdsburg] Braun & Hogenberg.
Crempa; Reinholdsburga.
Cologne, 1588. 345 x 495mm. Coloured. A pair of wormholes in lower margin not affecting town
Two bird's-eye views of German towns, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0036 |
£395 |
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[Map of the Environs of Hamburg] Johann Baptist Homann.
Typus Geographicus Ducat. Lauenburgici Novus...
Nuremberg, 1729. 570 x 485mm. Original colour.
The environs of Hamburg, with an allegorical cartouche featuring the bombardment of a city.
HOMA0065 |
£225 |
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[Map of Maintz] Johannes Jansson.
Nova et accurata Moguntini Archbiepiscopatus delineatio.
Amsterdam, 1657. 420 x 520mm. Original colour.
Maintz, orientated with north to the left, marking Frankfurt and Heidelberg. The title cartouche features putti and grapes. KOEMAN: Me 88b.
JANS0031 |
£200 |
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[Munich Plan] John Stockdale.
Plan of the City of Munich.
London, 1800. 180 x 245mm. Coloured.
Map of Munich with a 52-point key and a decorative title cartouche.
STOC0005 |
£140 |
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[Townplan of Nuremburg] Christoph Weigel.
Geometrisscher Grund-Riss, des h. Romischen Reichs Freyen Stadt Nurnburg.
Nuremburg, 1718. 355 x 415mm. Original colour.
Detailed townplan of the cartographer's home city, with extensive keys.
WEIG0023 |
£350 |
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[Map of Osnabruck with cartouche & armorials] Willem Blaeu.
Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante.
Amsterdam, c.1630, blank verso. 370 x 480mm. Fine original colour. Split in lower centrefold repaired.
The region around Osnabrück, decorated with a title cartouche featuring a prospect of the city, an inset map, dedication cartouche and armorials. This map was one of Blaeu's first atlas maps, appearing in his first Appendix in 1630: certainly the blank verso of this example points to a pre-atlas issue. KOEMAN: Bl 1.
BLAE0064 |
£295 |
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[Saxony & Hamburg] Antonio Zatta.
Il Circolo della Bassa Sassonia...
Venice, 1780. 420 x 325mm. Original colour.
Map of lower Saxony, with Hamburg marked 'Harburg'.
ZATT0044 |
£98 |
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[Upper Saxony & Berlin] Antonio Zatta.
Parte Settentrionale del Circolo dell'Alta Sassonia.
Venice, 1780. 325 x 420mm. Original colour.
Map of upper Saxony, with Berlin marked.
ZATT0049 |
£98 |
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[Map of Lower Saxony] William Lizars.
Lower Saxony
Edinburgh, c.1850.
Detailed map, showing Holstein, Bremen & Halberstadt.
LIZA0003 |
£36 |
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[Map of Schleswig] Braun & Hogenberg.
Schleswig.
Cologne, 1588-. 335 x 485mm. Coloured. Two tiny holes in near centrefold, a few wormholes in the wide margin.
Map-view of Schlewig and its neighbour Gottorpia, then in Denmark but now northern Germany, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. In the foreground are two figures in period dress, and in the sky two large escutcheons.
BRAU0062 |
£580 |
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[Stormarn, southern Holstein, centred on Hamburg.] Johannes Jansson.
Tabula Geographica novissima Ducatus Stormariæ, in Meridionali parte Holsatiæ.
London: Moses Pitt, c.1680. 440 x 540mm. Coloured.
Stormarn, southern Holstein, centred on Hamburg.
JANS0048 |
£240 |
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[Map of Wurttemberg] Johann Baptist Homann.
...Provincia Briscoia...
Nuremberg, c.1718. 590 x 500mm. Original colour. A few small marginal repairs outside map
South west Germany, marking Freiburg, Koblenz and Basel.
HOMA0034 |
£160 |
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[Fine Map of Prussia] Abraham Ortelius.
Prussiae Regionis Sarmatiae Europeae Nobiliss, Vera et Nova Descriptio.
Antwerp, 1584. 365 x 430mm. Coloured.
North-east Poland from Gdansk east to the borders of Lithuania, including Kalingrad, now part of Russia. The first issue of this map, published in the Appendix of 1584. KOEMAN: Ort 19.
ORTE0032 |
£680 |
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[Early map of Lake Leman] Sebastian Munster
Lacus Lemanus.
Basle, 1588. Woodcut, printed area 150 x 160mm, set in a page of text.
Lake Leman or Lake Geneva, orientated with north to the bottom, so Geneva is on the right of the map.
MUNS0022 |
£125 |
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[Miniature map of Switzerland] Abraham Ortelius.
Helvetia.
Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Switzerland, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'.
ORTM0025 |
£89 |
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[Fine map of Switzerland] Abraham Ortelius.
Helvetiae Descriptio Aegidio Tschudo Auct.
Antwerp, 1612.. 345 x 460mm. Coloured.
Switzerland, orientated with north at the bottom of the map.
ORTE0027 |
£680 |
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[Switzerland] Gerard Mercator
Helvetia cum finitisimis regionibus confœderatis.
Amsterdam, 1613, French text edition. 355 x 470mm. Original colour. Paper lightly age-toned overall.
Switzerland map KOEMAN: Me 23a.
MERC0026 |
£325 |
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[Miniature map of Switzerland] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Svisse.
Frankfurt, c.1685. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map of Switzerland from a German edition of Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0043 |
£58 |
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[Decorative Switzerland] Nicholas Visscher.
Exactissima Helvetiæ Rhætiæ, Valesiæ...
Amsterdam, c.1700. 475 x 575mm. Coloured.
Detailed map of Switzerland, with a decorative title cartouche.
VISS0008 |
£325 |
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[Map of Switzerland] Nicolas De Fer
Les XIII. Cantons des Suisses, Leurs Allies et Leurs Sujets.
Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured.
Colourful map of Switzerland. An extra sheet shows the arms of the Cantons, their allies and subjects.
DEFE0009 |
£150 |
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[Map of Switzerland] Christoph Weigel.
Helvetia...
Nuremburg, 1718. 285 x 350mm. Original colour.
With strong original colour.
WEIG0021 |
£125 |
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[Decorative Switzerland map] Pieter van der Aa.
La Suisse...
Leiden, c.1720. 230 x 305mm.
Map of Switzerland with a decorative cartouche of armorials.
AAAA0009 |
£125 |
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[Map of Switzerland] Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Kaart, van Zwitserland.
Amsterdam, c.1764. 335 x 385mm. Original colour.
A colourful map of Switzerland.
TIRI0020 |
£125 |
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[Switzerland] Antonio Zatta.
Parte Occidentale dell'Elvezia...
Venice, 1781. 420 x 325mm. Original colour.
Map of western Switzerland.
ZATT0047 |
£160 |
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[Map of Switzerland with city crests] Rigobert Bonne.
La Suisse divisée en ses Treize Cantons et ses Alliés.
Paris, Lattré, 1782. 310 x 470mm. Coloured.
Decorated with a title cartouche and the crests of the Cities.
BONN0014 |
£170 |
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[Map of Zurich & Central Switzerland] Willem Blaeu.
Argow cum parte medid. Zurichgow.
Amsterdam, c1640, French text edition. 390 x 500mm. Coloured.
Central Switzerland. Unusually Blaeu credits Gerard Mercator as the author of the map.
BLAE0097 |
£295 |
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[Miniature of Basle] Alain Manesson Mallet.
Basle.
Frankfurt, c.1686. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
Prospect of Basle
MALL0011 |
£95 |
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[Plan of Geneva] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Geneva. Genève.
London: SDUK, 1841. Steel engraving, printed area 310 x 390mm. Original colour.
Detailed map of Geneva, with a vignette prospect of the city and plan of the environs.
SDUK0019 |
£60 |
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[Map of Zurich, Basle and Lucerno.] Willem Blaeu.
Zurichgow et Basiliensis provincia.
Amsterdam, c1640, French text edition. 390 x 500mm. Coloured.
Northern Switzerland, marking Zurich, Basle and Lucerno.
BLAE0094 |
£250 |
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