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Antique Maps of Europe

[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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[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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[Map of Europe.] Nicholas Visscher. Europa delineata et recens edita. Amsterdam, c.1690. 435 x 550mm. Coloured. Colourful map of Europe. VISS0012

£750

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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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[Map of the Roman Empire] Antonio Zatta. Romanum Imperium Occidentale et Orientale. Venice, 1785. 340 x 450mm. Original colour. Map of the Roman empire, stretching from Scotland to the Indus. ZATT0059

£98

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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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[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 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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[Alsace] Tobias Conrad Lotter. Superioris Atque Inferioris Alsatiæ... Augsburg, c.1770. 570 x 500mm. Original body colour. A large map of Alsace, marking Strassburg and Basel, with a fine allegorical title cartouche. LOTT0002

£200

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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 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 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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[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 Germany.] Giovanni Antonio Magini. Germania. Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1596. First edition. 140 x 180mm. Coloured. Engraved by Girolamo Porro. MAGI0033

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[Miniature map of Germany] Pieter van den Keere. Germania. London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured. A decorative miniature map of Germany, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas. KEER0012

£68

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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 North East Part of Germany... London, c.1745. 355 x 430mm. Coloured. Including Pomerania, Saxony & Silesia. Published for 'Mr Tyndal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History' [of England], with a decorative title cartouche. BOWE0004

£120

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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 with two decorative cartouches] Tobias Conrad Lotter. Germania... Augsburg, c.1770. 490 x 590mm. Original body colour. Minor marginal tear outside map repaired. A large map of Germany with two decorative cartouches. LOTT0008

£160

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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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[Detailed map of Hanover] James Wyld. Map of the Kingdom of Hanover, with the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, the Principalities of Lippe Detmold and Schauwnburg Lippe, likewise the Territories of the Free Towns of Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck, Conforming with the Treaty of Paris. London, c.1870. 570 x 710mm. Strong original colour. Small tear in lower centrefold. Detailed map, published just prior to the unification of Germany under Prussian dominance. WYLD0015

£98

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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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[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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[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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[Early town plan of Cologne] Braun & Hogenberg. Colonia Agrippina. Cologne, c.1572. 345 x 480mm. Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg's home city, published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum. BRAU0020

£590

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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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[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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[Map of Frankfurt, armorials & allegorical figs] Willem Blaeu. Novam Hanc Territorii Francofurtensis Tabulam... Amsterdam, c.1642, Dutch edition. 460 x 555mm. Fine original colour. Minor old split in lower centrefold margin with old repair otherwise very good. The famous map of the area around Frankfurt, decorated with over thirty armorials around the map and four allegorical figures along the top, all in full colour. A classic collector's map. KOEMAN: Bl 29a. BLAE0029

£890

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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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[Early map of Hamburg] Braun & Hogenberg. Hamburgum. Cologne, 1588. 370 x 480mm. Coloured. Map-view of Hamburg, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0031

£890

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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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[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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[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 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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[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 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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[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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Antique Maps of the Benelux Countries

[Decorative miniature map of the Netherlands] Pieter van den Keere. A New Mape of the XVII Provinces of Low Germanie. London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured. A decorative miniature map of the Netherlands , engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas. KEER0049

SOLD

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[Decorative map of the Netherlands] Christoph Weigel. Belgium sive Inferior Germania in suas XVII provincias divisa juxta exactissimam descriptionem Abrahami Goos. Nuremburg, 1718. 340 x 400mm. Original colour. With a decorative title cartouche. WEIG0028

£115

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[Homann Netherlands] Johann Baptist Homann. Tabula Generalis Totius Belgii qua Provinciæ XVII. Infer. Germaniæ olim sub S.R.I.Circulo Burgundiæ... Nuremberg, c.1720. 494 x 580mm. Original colour with later additions. A large and decorative map showing Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg. HOMA0022

£390

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[Map of the Netherlands] Thomas Stackhouse. The Catholic Netherlands with the Seven United Netherlands. London: Stackhouse, c.1786. 400 x 390mm. Original colour. A few marginal tears. With bright original colour. STAC0001

£49

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[Ortelius's "Flanders Egg" Map] Abraham Ortelius. Flandria. Antwerp, 1588, Spanish text edition. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. The so-called 'Egg' map, because of its oval strapwork borders. This example comes from the uncommon Spanish edition of 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada. VAN DEN BROECKE: 75. ORTE0029

£980

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[Map of Marlborough's route through Belgium] Johann Baptist Homann. Arena Martis in Belgio, qua Provinciæ X. Catholicæ Ingerioris Germaniæ. Nuremberg, c.1706. 495 x 570mm. Original colour. A large and decorative map of Belgium during the War of the Spanish Succession. The progress of the English army under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, through the low countries is marked by a series of towns marked in red as 'Englische Besatzung' ('occupied by the English'). Antwerp has yet to fall, dating the map to pre-1706. A vignette lower right has a prospect of Luttich / Leige. HOMA0064

£240

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[Map of Belgium] Emanuel Bowen. A New & Correct Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries... London, c.1745. 355 x 430mm. Coloured. Published for 'Mr Tyndal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History' [of England], with a decorative title cartouche. BOWE0001

£120

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[Antwerp] Matthaus Merian. Antverpia. Frankfurt, 1649.. 280 x 360mm. Detailed map of Antwerp, with a 32-point key. MERI0009

£290

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[Hansiatic League Headquarters in Antwerp] Matthaus Merian. Domus Hansae Teutonicae. Sacri Romani Imperii. Frankfurt, c1660. 240 x 315mm. The Hansiatic League Headquarters in Antwerp. MERI0013

£95

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[Plan of Antwerp] Nicolas De Fer. Le Marquisat du St. Empire consistant en la seule ville d'Anvers... Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured. Plan of Antwerp, focusing on the defences, with an extensive key. With a sheet of engraved text. DEFE0011

£195

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[Map of Antwerp with fortifications] Eugène Henri Fricx. Plan de la Ville et Citadelle D'Anvers... Brussels, 1711-12. 390 x 530mm. A fine impression of this plan of Antwerp, highlighting the fortifications and showing the important buildings in profile. An inset shows the environs of the city. KOEMAN: Fri 1, 62. FRIC0001

£390

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[Townplan of Antwerp] Christoph Weigel. Ichnographia Antwerpiæ... Nuremburg, 1718. 330 x 425mm. Original colour. Detailed townplan, with an inset of the environs. WEIG0024

£290

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[Townplan of Antwerp] Deur. Plan de la Ville et Citadelle d'Anvers... Amsterdam, c.1729. 440 x 450mm. Coloured. Small repair to centrefold. Detailed townplan concentrating on the defences, engraved by Deur, possibly published by Chatelain. DEUR0001

£495

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[Early Bruges (Brugge)] Braun & Hogenberg. Brugæ, Flandricarum Urbium Ornamenta. Cologne, c.1572. 320 x 465mm. Original colour. Some age-toning caused by the strong original colour. Bird's-eye view of Bruges, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0010

£650

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[Plan of Brussels] Nicolas De Fer. Bruselles Ville des Pais Bas, Capital du Brabant.... Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured. Plan of Brussels, focusing on the defences, with a key. With a sheet of engraved text. DEFE0013

£225

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[Brussels] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Brussels (Bruxelles). London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1837. Steel engraving, printed area 335 x 390mm. Detailed map of Bruxelles, with an inset map of the environs. SDUK0006

£60

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[Ghent map with fortifications] Isaac Basire. Ghent a large City and Castle in Flanders, twice taken by ye Duke of Marlborough Viz. In ye Year 1706, & 1708. London, c.1750. 385 x 475mm. Coloured. Narrow margin at top slightly chipped. Plan of the fortifications of the City, with an 81-point key. Engraved by Basire for 'Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr.Rapin's History of England'. BASI0003

£125

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[Leige] Braun & Hogenberg. Leodium. Leige. Cologne, c.1572. 330 x 470mm. Coloured. Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. It takes the form of a view from a local hill, with three figures in local dress in the foreground. BRAU0038

£340

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[Plan of the Battle of Maastricht, 1703] Isaac Basire. Plan of the Camp of the Allies, commanded by Mons.r D'Auverquerque, and the manner in which it was drawn up in the Battle, when the Army of the Two Crowns advanced to Attack It May 14th 1703. London, 1745. 395 x 475mm. Narrow margin on left, false margin added, some creasing. Fought in the War of the Spanish Succession. "D'Auverquerque" is the Dutch General Ouwerkerk, ally of Marlborough against the French. Engraved by Basire for 'Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr.Rapin's History of England'. BASI0006

£175

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[Decorative map of Holland.] Henricus Hondius. Comitatus Hollandiæ novissima descriptio Designatore Balthazaro Florentio a Berkenrode Anno Domini 1629. Amsterdam, Hondius & Jan Jansson, 1638. 400 x 510mm. Coloured. Split in centrefold repaired. Holland, orientated with north to the right, with an inset map of the West Frisian Islands, the Royal Arms, and decorative cartouches for the title, dedication and scale. HOND0089

£590

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[Map of Holland] Emanuel Bowen. A New & Correct Map of the Seven United Provinces... London, c.1745. 355 x 430mm. Coloured. Old ink mss. numeral in border. Published for 'Mr Tyndal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History' [of England], with a decorative title cartouche. BOWE0017

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[Map of Holland] Crépy. Les Provinces de Holland et D'Utrecht. Paris: Crépy, 1767. 290 x 255mm. Original colour. CREP0003

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[Map of Holland] John Cary. Holland. London, c1815. 245 x 315mm. Original colour. Cary's smaller map of Holland, still very detailed and in fine colour. CARY0021

£39

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[Map of Holland] John Cary. A New Map of the United Provinces, Comprehending, comprehending Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Gelders, Over Yssel, Friesland and Groningen; with the Lands of Drent, Dutch Flanders, & Dutch Brabant &c &c... London, 1819. 490 x 550mm. Original colour. A detailed map, in fine colour. CARY0017

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[Map of Holland] W. Lizars. United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dutch Provinces. Edinburgh, c. 1850. 405 x 460mm. Original colour. With bright original colour. LIZA0001

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[Plan of Amsterdam] Nicolas De Fer. Amsterdam, Fameux Port de Mer... Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured. Plan of Amsterdam, focusing on the defences, with an extensive key. Decorative fighting ships in foreground. With a sheet of engraved text. DEFE0012

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[Decorative plan of Amsterdam] Johann Baptist Homann. Accurater Grundris und Prospect der Weltberuhmten Hollandischen Haupt und Handels-Stadt Amsterdam. Nuremberg, 1727. 490 x 580mm. Coloured. A townplan of Amsterdam with an extensive key and a prospect of the city underneath. With strong original hand colour and allegorical figures representing the Dutch trade with the rest of the world, this is a superbly decorative item. HOMA0002

£980

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[Townplan of Amsterdam] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Ideé de la Ville D'Amsterdam. Paris, 1764. 240 X 190mm. Original colour. Detailed townplan, from the rare special edition of 1764. BELL0125

£140

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[Map of West Frisia] Willem Blaeu. Frisia Occidentalis... Amsterdam, 1640. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Some creasing. West Frisland, with three fine cartouches in full colour. BLAE0030

£250

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[Plan of the Hague] Nicolas De Fer. La Haïe Sejour ordinaire de la Cour Hollandoise. Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured. Plan of the Hague, with an extensive key. DEFE0014

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[Map of Overijssel] Crépy. Seigneurie d'Over-Yssel. Paris: Crépy, 1767. 220 x 290mm. Original colour. Province of the Netherlands. CREP0005

£56

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[Map of Utrecht] George Louis Le Rouge. Le Seigneurie D'Utrecht. Paris, c.1756. 210 x 280mm. Coloured. LERO0006

£68

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[Decorative plan of Flushing] Christiaen Vermey. Vlissingen. Leiden, van der Aa, 1711. 380 x 345mm. False margin bottom left to repair binding trimming. An uncommon plan of Vlissingen, known in English as Flushing. In the 17th century Flushing was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). VERM0002

£180

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[Decorative map of Zeeland] Johannes Jansson. Zeelandia Comitatus. Amsterdam, Jansson & Henricus Hondius, 1638. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Decorative map of Zeeland, marking Rotterdam & Antwerp. Koeman: Me 52a. JANS0067

£490

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[Decorative map of Zeeland] Christiaen Vermey. Naeukeurige Nieuwe Land-Caert des Graesschaps Zeeland. Leiden, van der Aa, 1718. 470 x 540mm. Coloured. An uncommon map of Zeeland with a title cartouche of allegorical figures, published in van der Aa's monumental 'La Galerie Agreable Du Monde'. VERM0001

£350

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[Luxembourg map] Willem Blaeu. Lutzemburg Ducatus. Amsterdam, 1643-44. French text. 385 x 505mm. Luxembourg. BLAE0049

£250

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Antique Maps of Scandinavia

[Miniature Map of Scandinavia] Petrus Bertius. Sucecia et Norwegia ect. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. Scandinavia. 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'. BERT0080

£225

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[Map of Scandinavia] Matthaus Merian. Tabula exactissima Regnaru Sueciæ et Norwegiæ nec non Maris Universi Orientalis... Frankfurt, 1646. 295 x 370mm. Coloured. Decorative map of Scandinavia, with a large title cartouche. MERI0012

£425

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[Scandinavia] Heinrich Scherer. Svecia Norwgiæ Russia Moscovitica 1699. Munich, c.1700. 235 x 350mm. Map of northern Europe, with Scandinavia, Iceland, the British Isles and Russia. SCHE3005

£195

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[Map of Scandinavia] Johann Baptist Homann. Scandinavia complectens Sueciæ, Daniæ & Norwegiæ Regna. Nuremberg, c.1720. 490 x 580mm. Original wash colour. HOMA0028

£425

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[Attractive English map of Scandinavia] Frederick de Wit. Scandinavia and its confines in which are the Kingdom's of Sweden, Norway &c. Divided into their Principall Provinces. London, John Senex, 1719-21. 495 x 570mm. Original colour. An uncommon edition of De Wit's map of Scandinavia, 'revised by I.Senex' for inclusion in his atlas of 1721, re-engraved by John Harris. These revisions appear to be just the title, scale and the names of the seas, translated into English. SENE0002

£680

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[Map of Sweden, Norway & Finland] Francesco Valegio. Royaumes de Suede et deNorwege. Paris, 1748. 175 x 210mm. Original colour. Robert de Vaugondy's smaller format map of northern Scandinavia. ROBE0046

£98

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[Map of Scandinavia] Isaak Tirion. Nieuwe Kaart, van het Koninkryk Zweden... Amsterdam, c.1764. 290 x 350mm. Original colour. Despite the title the map also shows Denmark, Norway & Finland. TIRI0017

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[Homann Heirs Scandinavia] Homann Heirs. Scandinavia complectens Sueciæ, Daniæ & Norwegiæ Regna. Nuremberg, 1776. 495 x 565mm. Original colour with later additions. A few small repairs. HOMA1019

£425

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[Scandinavia] John Pinkerton. Scandinavia. London, Cadell & Davies, 1809. 750 x 550mm. Original body colour. Crack in lower platemark. Large and detailed map of Scandinavia, with strong original colour. PINK0009

£125

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[Map of Sweden & Norway] John Arrowsmith. Sweden & Norway. London, 1842. 620 x 520mm. Original colour. Centrefold reinforced with archival tissue on map surface, Detailed map, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. ARRO0013

£125

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[Detailed map of Sweden & Norway] John Tallis. Sweden & Norway London, J. & F. Tallis, c.1851. Steel-engraving. 350 x 255mm. Original colour. With inset vignettes including views of Stockholm and skiing. TALL0044

£125

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[Detailed map of Sweden & Norway] C.F. Weiland. Schweden und Norwegen. Weimar, 1853. Steel engraving, 630 x 465mm. Original colour. Small marginal tear not affecting map WEIL0001

£98

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[Scandinavia] A.K. Johnston. Sweden, Norway. Edinburgh, c.1855. Steel engraving, 620 x 510mm. Original colour. Detailed map of Scandinavia JOHN0005

£35

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[Colourful map of Sweden & Norway] George Philip. Sweden & Norway. Liverpool, 1856. Steel engraving, 610 x 510mm. Original colour. Large and detailed map. PHIL0014

£75

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[Detailed Map of Scandinavia] James Wyld. A New Map of Sweden and Norway. London, c.1860. 730 x 520mm. A large and colourful map, published before Schleswig & Holstein were seized by Prussia. WYLD0016

£150

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[Miniature map of Denmark] Abraham Ortelius. Daniæ Typus. Antwerp, Jan Vrients, 1601. 80 x 115mm. Coloured. Published in the first Vrients edition of Orelius's Epitome, using the Galle plates. KOEMAN: Ort 58. ORTM0033

£98

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[Denmark with Sleswig-Holstein] Tobias Conrad Lotter. Daniæ Regnum... Augsburg, c.1770. 500 x 585mm. Original body colour. Discreet printer's crease at the centrefold. Denmark map, with Sleswig-Holstein and the southern reaches of Sweden. LOTT0005

£250

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[Colourful map of Denmark] John Thomson. Denmark. Edinburgh, c.1814. 530 x 620mm. Original colour. Denmark, including Schleswig & Holstein, with insets of the Faroes and Iceland. THOM0025

£75

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[Cary Denmark] John Cary. A New Map of the Kingdom of Denmark, comprehending North and South Jutland, Zeeland, Fyen, Laaland, and Part of Holstein. London, 1819. 500 x 550mm. Original colour. Splits in centrefold repaired. A detailed map, in fine colour. CARY0014

£98

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[Colourful map of Denmark] John Dower Denmark. London, Henry Teesdale & Co., 1831. 430 x 350mm. Steel engraving, original colour. Detailed map, still with Sleswig & Holstein. DOWE0003

£62

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[Map of Denmark] John Arrowsmith. Denmark. London, 1842. 535 x 645mm. Original colour. Centrefold reinforced. Detailed map of Denmark, issued in the 'London Atlas' by the foremost British cartographer of his generation. Schleswig & Holstein are still part of the country. ARRO0012

£95

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[Map of Denmark] Sidney Hall. Denmark. London: Longman & Co., c.1850. 510 x 415mm. Original colour. Denmark, with Schleswig-Holstein still included. HALL0001

£68

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[Map of Denmark] W. Lizars. Denmark. Edinburgh, c.1850. 510 x 410mm. Original colour. Detailed map, still with Sleswig, Holstein & Lauenburg. LIZA0002

£75

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[Map of Denmark] James Wyld. Map of the Kingdom of Denmark Including the Dutchies of Holstein & Lauenburg. London, c.1872. 740 x 530mm. A large and colourful map. WYLD0011

£95

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[Early townplan of Copenhagen] Braun & Hogenberg. Hafnia. Kobenhagen. Cologne, c.1588. 370 x 420mm. Coloured. Two prospects of Copenhagen, from land and sea, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. Drawn by Heinrich von Ratzau and dated 1587, the year before Christian IV came to the throne and undertook an extensive rebuilding programme. The upper prospect looks from the road to Roskilde to the west of the city and the lower from the Amager side. Prominent are the Vor Frue Kirke, the Petri Kirke, the St.Nikolaj Kirke and the old castle on Slotholmen built in 1043. BRAU0079

£1,200

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[Copenhagen engraving] Anon. Koppenhaven. c.1700. 210 x 260mm. Viiew of Copenhagen, Denmark. ANON0002

£140

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[Copenhagen] Pieter Schenk. Koppenhaven...Hafnia, Daniae regia, in Zelandia insula sita. Amsterdam, c.1702. 220 x 265mm. Coloured. Prospect of Copenhagen with a group of riders filling the foreground. Published in Schenk's "Hecatompolis sive Totius Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centrum". SCHE1001

£250

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[Plan of Copenhagen] Nicolas De Fer. Copenhague, Ville Capitale du Royaume de Dannemarq et Sejour ordinaire du Roy. Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured. Plan of Copenhagen. DEFE0008

£140

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[Map of Copenhagen and the Sonde] Johann Baptist Homann. Accurate Vorstellung... der Sund... Copenhagen... Nuremberg, c.1730. 500 x 590mm. Original colour. Very small area of colour offset. Map of the Sonde, the channel between Denmark and Sweden, with a prospect of Copenhagen underneath. HOMA0009

£450

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[Map of Copenhagen] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Plan de Copenhague. Paris, 1764. 230 x 180mm. Coloured. Detailed townplan. BELL0091

£150

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