[Map of France]

Giovanni Antonio Magini.
Galliae Regnum.

Venice, 1620. 140 x 180mm. Coloured.
France, after Ortelius.
MAGI0030

[France]

Johannes Jansson.
Gallia Vetus Ad Julij Cæsaris commentaria.

Amsterdam, 1636. 380 x 505mm. Coloured.
France according to the Commentaries of Julius Cæsar.
JANS0019

[Map of France]

Nicolas Sanson.
France.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
France, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. An early example, before the border was completely engraved,
SANS0046

[Miniature map of France]

Guillaume Sanson.
France.

Paris, c.1700. 155 x 175mm. Coloured. Narrow margin at top.
Miniature map after Sanson
SANS0017

[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

[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

[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

[The Chataux of Fontainbleau]

Jacques Rigaud
A view of one of the Wings of Fontainbleau taken from the Court of Fountains.

Sold by C.Dicey and Co. in the Aldermary Church Yard, London, c.1760. 175 x 280mm. Coloured.
Louis XIV's famous chateau.
RIGA0001

[The Grand Trianon at Versailles]

Jacques Rigaud
A view of y.e Palace of Triano in y.e Park of Versailles.

Sold by C.Dicey and Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London, c.1760. 170 x 260mm. Coloured.
The Grand Trianon was built by Louis XIV as a more private retreat from Versailles. Later, Napoleon lived there with his second wife Marie Louise of Austria.
RIGA0002

[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

[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

[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

[Map of France.]

John Lodge
A Map of France, from the best Authorities.

London, 1780. 190 x 280mm. Coloured.
France with a decorative title cartouche, published in Brookes Gazetteer.
LODG0007

[Map of France.]

Anonymous.
France from the latest Authorities.

London, 1780. 200 x 235mm. Coloured. Bottom right corner torn.

ANON0023

[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

[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

[Alsace Map]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Landgraviatus Alsatiae tam Superioris quam Infer...

Nuremberg, c.1720. 585 x 490mm. Coloured.
A map of the French region of Alsace, on the banks of the Rhine, marking Strassburg and Basle.
HOMA0044

[Map of Anjou, Poitou, etc.]

Rigobert Bonne.
Gouvernements d'Anjou, de Poitou, D.Aunis et de Saintonge-Angoumois.

Paris, c.1788. 355 x 250mm. Coloured. Repairs in margins.
Central France, marking Nantes, Bordeaux, La Rochelle & Rochefort.
BONN0037

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Britanny]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Bretagne.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
Map of Britanny, also showing the Channel Islands (unnamed).
MALL0107

[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

[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

[Map of Corsica.]

Willem Blaeu.
Corsica Insula.

Amsterdam, 1642, Dutch text. 180 x 245mm, set in text. Original colour. Dampstaining and creasing in the margins and text.
Corsica, a smaller-than-usual map printed on a text-page of Blaeu's 'Theatrum', with a description of the island. KOEMAN: Bl 38A.
BLAE0116

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Paris town plan]

Nicolas De Fer
Le Plan de Paris ses Faubourgs et ses Environs.

Paris, 1717. 475 x 605mm. Coloured.
De Fer's large folio map of Paris, with a 23-point key and an engraved descriptive text box lower right.
DEFE0040

[Plan of Saint-Denis, Paris.]

Christoph Weigel.
Topographia Regii ac Incylti Monasterii S.Dionysii in quo, Mausolea Regnum a Dagoberto I usque ad nostra tempora visitur.

Nuremburg, 1718. 320 x 410mm. Original colour.
Plan of Saint-Denis, then separate from Paris, with its own defensive walls. The Abby there was the burial places for the French kings from Dagobert I in the 7th century to King Louis XVIII in1824.
WEIG0032

[Fine view of Paris]

Philippe Benoist.
Arc de Triomphe de L'Étoile. Façade du côté de Paris.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
Fine view of the Arc de Triomphe, from 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0001

[Fine view of the Louvre]

Philippe Benoist.
Cour de Louvre.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
The Courtyard of the Louve Palace, from 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0002

[Fine view of St Sulpice]

Philippe Benoist.
Eglise St Sulpice et Fontaine de la Place St Sulpice.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
The Courtyard of the Louve Palace, from 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0003

[Fine view of the Place de la Bastille]

Philippe Benoist.
Place de la Bastille. Monument de Juillet,

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
The Place de la Bastille, with the July Column, a monument to the 1830 Revolution. From 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0004

[Fine view of the Palais-Royal]

Philippe Benoist.
Palais-Royal. Façade du côte de la Place.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
The Palais-Royal, adjacent to the Louvre, from 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0005

[Fine view of Fontainebleau]

Philippe Benoist.
Château de Fontainebleau. Cour de la Fontaine et Etang des Carpes.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm. Some spotting.
Fontainebleau from the 'carp pond', pictured at dusk. From 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0006

[Fine view of the Place de la Concorde]

Philippe Benoist.
Place de la Concorde.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
The Place de la Concorde, with the Obelisk of Luxor. From 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0007

[Fine view of the Madeleine Church]

Philippe Benoist.
Eglise de la Madeleine.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 285 x 360mm.
Madelaine Church, built by Napoleon as a monument to the French Army From 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0008

[Fine view of the West End of Notre Dame Cathedral]

Philippe Benoist.
Notre-Dame. Façade occidentale.

Paris, Carpentier, c.1860. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 410 x 250mm.
From 'Paris dans sa Splendour', a celebration of the city during the Second Empire. when Baron Haussmann was transforming the city.
BENO0009

[Map of Provence with fine colour.]

Guillaume De L'Isle.
Carte de Provence et des Terres Adjacentes...

Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, c.1730. Original colour. 495 x 595mm.
Decorative map of Provence and the surrounding area.
DELI0026

[Early Savoy map]

Willem Blaeu.
Sabaudia Ducatus. Savoye.

Amsterdam, 1644. 385 x 505mm. Original colour.
Savoy, marking Geneva, Grenoble and Chamonis.
BLAE0099

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Germany]

Abraham Ortelius.
Germania.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Germany, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0043

[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

[Map of Germany]

Nicolas Sanson.
Allemagne.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
Germany, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas.
SANS0050

[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

[Plan of Hamburg]

John Luffman.
Hamburg.

London, Luffman, 1804. 130 x 170mm. Original body colour.
An uncommon map of Hamburg, with an extensive key. The map was published during the Napoleonic War, when Luffman issued a number of works warning about the dangers of Napoleon and his attempt to isolate Britain from the rest of Europe. In 1806 Napoleon instituted the Continental System, an embargo on British Trade, and in 1810 the French took Hamburg, closing another port to British merchants.
LUFF0004

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Bavaria]

Abraham Ortelius.
Tipus vindeliciae sive utriusque bavariae.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Bavaria, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0048

[Miniature map of Bavaria]

Abraham Ortelius.
Palatinatus Bavariae descriptio Erhardoreuch tirolense auct.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Bavaria, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0049

[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

[Miniature map of Brandenburg]

Abraham Ortelius.
Brandeburgens Marcha.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Brandenburg, centred on Berlin, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0046

[Miniature map of Brandenburg]

Petrus Bertius.
Brandenburg

Amsterdam, c.1618. 90 x 125mm. Coloured.
A miniature map of Brandenburg.
BERT0078

[Map of the environs of Berlin]

Jean Chevalier de Beaurain.
Carte du Marquisat et Electorate de Brandebourg.

Paris, 1757. 500 x 620mm. Coloured.
Brandenburg, with Berlin at the centre, also marking Potsdam and Stettin (now Szczecin in Poland).
BEAU0001

[Brandenburg map]

Crépy
Le Marquisat et Electorate de Brandenbourg.

Paris: Crépy, 1767. 210 x 285mm. Original colour.
Province of Germany
CREP0006

[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

[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

[An unrecorded variant of Braun & Hogenberg's plan of Cologne]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Colonia Agrippina.

Cologne, 1572-1618. 345 x 480mm. Coloured.
Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg's home city, published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in six volumes between 1572 and 1618. Despite being printed from the same plate and paginated correctly for the Braun & Hogenberg issues, this example has three figures standing in the foreground bottom left, instead of the usual four. The plate was first issued in 1572: perhaps towards the end of the publication the costume was obviously outdated, noticible because it was local, so the publishers decided to update it.
BRAU0086

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Ditmarschen]

Abraham Ortelius.
Theitmarsiae Holsaticae reg.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Ditmarschen, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0053

[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

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Franconia]

Abraham Ortelius.
Franciae Orientalis (vulgo frankenlant) descriptio auctore Sebast.a Rotenhan.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Franconia, marking Frankfurt, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0050

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Map of Holstein with Hamburg]

Johannes Jansson.
Ducatus Holsatiae Descriptio Novissima.

Amsterdam & Oxford: Jan van Waesberg & Moses Pitt, c.1680. 440 x 535mm. Coloured.
The environs of Hamburg, with decorative cartouches for the title and scale. This example was published as part of Moses Pitt's ill-fated attempt to published an English multi-volume atlas in partnership with the heirs of Jan Jansson, which saw him imprisoned for debt.
JANS0090

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Pomerania]

Abraham Ortelius.
Pomeraniae Waldalicae regionis tipus.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Pomerania, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0051

[Miniature map of Saxony]

Abraham Ortelius.
Saxoniae misniae thuringiae nova et exactiss. descri.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Saxony, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0052

[Map of Lower Saxony]

William Lizars.
Lower Saxony

Edinburgh, c.1850.
Detailed map, showing Holstein, Bremen & Halberstadt.
LIZA0003

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Westphalia]

Abraham Ortelius.
Monasteriensis et Osnaburgensis Episcopatus Descriptio.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Westphalia, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0054

[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

[Miniature map of Wurttemburg]

Abraham Ortelius.
Wirtenbergensis ducatus vera descriptio tuhingae edita.

Antwerp, Plantin, 1593. 80 x 110mm. Coloured.
Minature map of Wurttemburg, engraved by Philip Galler for Ortelius's Epitome, this example for an Italian-text edition, translated by Giovanni Paulet. KOEMAN: Ort 55.
ORTM0045

[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

[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

[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

[Miniature map of Switzerland]

Petrus Bertius.
Helvetia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, c.1616. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Switzerland. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. The new plates had thicker borders with graduations for longitude and latitude. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0109

[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

[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

[Map of Switzerland]

Isaak Tirion.
Nieuwe Kaart, van Zwitserland.

Amsterdam, c.1764. 335 x 385mm. Original colour.
A colourful map of Switzerland.
TIRI0020

[Switzerland]

Antonio Zatta.
Parte Occidentale dell'Elvezia...

Venice, 1781. 420 x 325mm. Original colour.
Map of western Switzerland.
ZATT0047

[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

[Miniature map of Switzerland]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Svisse.

Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured.
Map of Switzerland from Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0118

[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

[Miniature of Basle]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Basle.

Frankfurt, c.1686. 145 x 115mm. Coloured.
Prospect of Basle
MALL0011

[Miniature map of the Cantons of Berne and Friebourg]

Petrus Bertius.
Wiflisapurgergow.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, c.1616. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of the Swizz canton of Berne and Friebourg. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. The new plates had thicker borders with graduations for longitude and latitude. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0111

[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

[Miniature map of Argow in the Canton of Lucerne]

Petrus Bertius.
Argow.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, c.1616. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of Argow in the Swizz canton of Lucerne. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. The new plates had thicker borders with graduations for longitude and latitude. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0112

[Miniature map of the Canton of Zurich]

Petrus Bertius.
Zurichgow.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, c.1616. 100 x 135mm. Coloured.
Miniature map of the Swizz canton of Zurich. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. The new plates had thicker borders with graduations for longitude and latitude. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'.
BERT0110

[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