Antique Maps of Central Europe

[Early townplan of Innsbrück in Austria] Braun & Hogenberg. Oenipons, sive Enipontus vulgo Inssprüct, Tirolensis comitatus urbs amplissima. M..LXXV. Cologne, 1575. 340 x 430mm. Coloured. Published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum. BRAU0078

£890

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[Lintz in Austria] Braun & Hogenberg. Linsum Austriæ Vulgo Lintz. Cologne, c.1598. 365 x 500mm. Lintz, an Austrian city on the Danube, published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum. BRAU0039

£560

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[Miniature of Vienna] Alain Manesson Mallet. Vienne. Paris, c.1683. 145 x 115mm. Prospect of Vienna MALL0045

£98

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[Early themetic map of Bohemia] Sebastian Munster. Didcrizzion della Bohemia, ove son segnate le piu notabil citta é terre. Basle, 1575, Italian edition. Woodcut, printed area 270 x 355mm. Repairs to centrefold. A very early thematic map of the Bohemia, filled with contemporary information to an unusual degree for Munster. Each town is marked with a combination of symbols, marking it as either controlled by the Bohemian monarchy or the Turks, and also whether it is Hussite or Catholic. Orientated with north to the bottom of the map, the road to Vienna is top left. Such overtly political maps are uncommon in this period. MUNS0018

£175

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[Decorative map of Bohemia] Abraham Ortelius. Regni Bohemiae Descriptio. Antwerp, 1584. 335 x 505mm. Coloured. With two large strapwork cartouches. The map includes Egra and Passau with Prague in the Czech Republic central. ORTE0004

£325

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

£350

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[Early map of Bohemia] Sebastian Munster. Böhemer Königreich / mit Bergen und Wäden / gerings umb beschlossen. Basle, 1628, German edition. Woodcut, printed area 320 x 370mm. Bohemia, centred on Prague. MUNS0019

£98

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

£58

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[Map of the Czech Republic] Pierre Du Val. Carte de Boheme, Moravia, Silesie et Lusace... Paris, Pierre Mariette, 1667. 415 x 535mm. Coloured. Map covering Czech republic and surrounding areas. DUVA0001

£195

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[Map of the Czech Republic] Christoph Weigel. Regnum Bohemia eique Annexæ Provinciæ ut Ducatus Silesia Moravia et Lusatia accuratissime delineata. Nuremburg, 1718. 330 x 385mm. Original colour. Drawn and engraved by Michael Kauffer. WEIG0019

£125

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[Czech Republic with decorative cartouches] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Mappa Geographica Regnum Bohemiæ... Augsburg, c.1740. 500 x 585mm. Original body colour. Map of Czech Republic with decorative cartouches for title and scale. SEUT0004

£195

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[Czech Republic] Antonio Zatta. Il Regno di Boemia, La Silesia Prussiana ed Austriaca con il Marchesati di Moravia e Lusazia. Venice, 1796. 325 x 420mm. Original colour. Map of Czech Republic and surrounding area ZATT0056

£150

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

£140

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[Prague] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Praga celeberrima et maxima totius Bohemiæ Metropolis et Universitas florentissima ad Muldam Fl. Augsburg, c.1730. 495 x 575mm. Original hand colour. Printer's crease just entering at top otherwise very good. A large and decorative map of Prague with a prospect of the city underneath and a fine allegorical cartouche. SEUT0032

£590

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

£78

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[Miniature map of Hungary] Abraham Ortelius. Hungaria. Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured. Miniature map of Hungary, published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0012

£75

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[Hungary] Gerard Mercator. Hungaria. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 370 x 450mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned, small worm hole in lower margin outside map otherwise good Map of Hungary, prepared by Mercator himself. MERC0016

£240

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

£98

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

£60

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[Hungary] Matthaus Merian. Hungaria Regnum. Frankfurt, 1646. 275 x 330mm. Detailed map of Hungary, showing the Danube to Vienna. MERI0006

£125

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[Decorative Map of Hungary] Nicholas Visscher. Regnum Hungariæ in Omnes suos Comitatus Accurate Divisum et Editum. Amsterdam, c.1680. 490 x 580mm. Coloured. Hungary, with an allegorical title cartouche representing the struggle with the Turks. Centred on Budapest, the map also marks Vienna and Belgrade. VISS0006

£480

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[Map of Hungary] Christoph Weigel. Hungaria cum Adiacentibus Provinciis nova et accuratiori forma exhibetus. Nuremburg, c.1718. 420 x 620mm. Original colour. Engraved by Michael Kauffer with a decorative title cartouche. WEIG0029

£260

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[Uncommon English Map of Hungary] Frederick de Wit. A Map of Hungary and Countries adjacent. Most Humbly Inscrib'd to the R.t Hon.ble the Earl of Dundonald &c. London, John Senex, 1719-21. 480 x 580mm. Original outline colour. An uncommon English edition of De Wit's map of Scandinavia, 'revis'd 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 borders, translated into English. SENE0003

£340

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[Map of Hungary and Transylvania] Herman Moll. Hungary and Trasilvania. London, c.1720. 185 x 260mm. Coloured. Transylvania is now part of Romania. MOLL0014

£98

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[Map of Hungary] Guillaume De L'Isle. Carte Particuliere de la Hongrie de la Translilvanie de la Croatie et de la Sclavonie. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1730. 505 x 5855mm. Coloured. Hungary, with some of the surrounding states. DELI0022

£275

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[Hungary] Jean Janvier. Le Royaume de Hongrie Divisé en Haute et Basse Hongrie Transilvanie Esclavonie et Croatie... Paris, Lattré, c.1762. 315 x 460mm. Coloured. JANV0001

£150

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[Uncommon Map of Hungary] Giovanni Maria Cassini. L'Ungheria e parte dela Vallachia e della Moldavia. I.Foglio della Carta generale dell'Ungheria e della Turchia Europea. Rome, 1788. 350 x 470mm. Coloured. With a decorative title cartouche. Cassini's atlas was not a financial success, so few copies were printed. CASS1002

£225

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[Map of Hungary] Thomas Bowen. Hungary with part of the Adjoining Principalities &c. London, c.1791. 340 x 430mm. Coloured. Published in "Barlow's General History of Europe". BOWE0018

£125

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[Map of Hungary] John Cary. A New Map of Hungary with its divisions into Gespanchafts or Counties; the Principality of Transylvania, Croatia &c. from the Latest Authorities. London, 1819. 500 x 550mm. Original colour. A detailed map, in fine colour. CARY0011

£125

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[Early Buda] Braun & Hogenberg. Buda, vulgo Osen. Cologne, 1572-. 150 x 470mm. Coloured. Evidence of a crack in the printing plate lower left. Prospect of Buda from the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0012

£425

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[Miniature of Budapest] Alain Manesson Mallet. Buda. Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured. Miniature view of Buda, with a bridge linking it to the fortress of Pesht. MALL0053

£140

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[Townplan of Szolnok] Braun & Hogenberg. Zolnock Superioris Hungariae civitas. Cologne, 1618. 340 x 510mm. Original colour. Szolnok in Hungary (south-east of Budapest), published in the sixth and last volume of the 'Civitas Orbis Terrarum'. BRAU0067

£425

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

£225

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Antique Maps of Eastern Europe

[Miniature map of Romania & Bulgaria] Abraham Ortelius. Romania, Bulgaria, Walachia et Syrfia. Antwerp, 1602, French text edition. 85 x 120mm. Coloured. Miniature map of Romania and Bulgaria published in Michel Coigent's 'L'Epitome du Theatre de L'Univers d'Abraham Ortelius'. ORTM0002

£75

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[Early map of Transylvania] Gerard Mercator. Transylvania. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613, Latin text edition. 340 x 430mm. Original colour. Tiny skinned area on map otherwise very good. Mercator's own map of Transylvania. MERC0030

£195

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[Romania] Johan Georg Schreiber. Neue Kriegs Charte von Siebenburgen, Mnoldau, Walachey und dem Temeswarer Bannat... Leipsig, c.1720. 185 x 270mm. Original colour. A 'war-map' of Romania showing the Austrian advances against the Turks. SCHR1004

£78

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[Ptolemaic map of Southern Russia.] Girolamo Ruscelli. Tabula Asia II Venice, Valgrisi, c.1561. 200 x 260mm. Published in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography, this map shows Scythia, the land of the Sarmatians, a classical tribe. The Crimea and Sea of Azov are lower left, the edge of the Caspian Sea lower right, from which the Volga river runs north. The first state, with the platemark extending off the top of the sheet. RUSC0019

£98

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[Miniature Map of Russia] Petrus Bertius. Russia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. Tiny wormhole in margin. 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'. BERT0092

£140

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[Miniature Map of the Vaigats Straits.] Petrus Bertius. Delineatio Freti Vaigats. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 95 x 135mm. Coloured. The straits between Novaya Zemlya and mainland Russia, an important route for early explorers. 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'. BERT0096

£95

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[Map of Russia] Giovanni Antonio Magini. Moscoviæ Imperium. Venice, Galignani, 1620. 140 x 180mm, set in a page of text. Coloured. MAGI0032

£125

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[Map of Northern Russia with Lapland] Willem Blaeu. Russiæ vulgo Moscovia dictæ Partes Septentrionalis et Orientalis. Amsterdam, 1643. French text. 420 x 540mm. Original colour. Paper lightly age-toned. Northern Russia, with Lapland and the partial coastline of Novaya Zemlya in the Barents Sea. The title cartouche depicts hunters and various prey. Attempts to reach the Far East via the Arctic coast were continuing at this time. BLAE0071

£475

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[Map of Russia] Philip Cluver. Sarmatia et Scythia. Russia et Tartaria Europæa. c.1711. 235 x 260mm. Coloured. European Russia. CLUV0003

£125

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[Map of the Russian Empire] Christoph Weigel. Imperium Moscovia... Nuremburg, 1718. 285 x 350mm. Original colour. With strong original colour. WEIG0022

£175

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[Map of Southern Russia & the Ukraine.] J. Covens & C. Mortier. Partie Meridionale de Moscovie Dressée Par G. de L'Isle. Amsterdam, c.1730. 510 x 620mm. Original colour. Centrefold lightly toned. Marking Moscow, Smolensk & Kiev. COVE0002

£350

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[Map from "the first widely published atlas of the Russian empire".] Joseph Nicolas De L'Isle. Provinciarum Ustiugæ et Chlynovi Iarenscensis Vagæ Ustiugæ Soliwytschegdæ et Totmæ Delineatio Geographica St Petersburg: Acad. Imp. Scientiarum, 1747. 485 x 560mm. Original colour. Plate 8 from the "Atlas Russicus", compiled by the Frenchman De L'Isle. Marked on the map are Jarensk and Totma, towns on the trade routes into Siberia. The title cartouche features a water-driven mine pump. DELI1001

£495

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[Two-Sheet Map of Russia.] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. Partie Occidentale de l'Empire de Russie...; Partie Orientale de l'Empire de Russie... Paris, 1750. Two sheets, each c. 495 x 630mm. Coloured. A large and detailed pair of maps, based on the recently-published "Atlas Russicus" compiled by Joseph Nicholas De L'Isle. ROBE0033

£425

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[Map of Russia] Thomas Bowen. An Accurate Map of the Russian Empire as contained in Europe and Asia. Drawn from the best Authorities. London, 1778. 190 x 300mm. Coloured. Russia, Siberia and Tartary, also showing the mythical island of 'Jeso' above Japan. BOWE0019

£125

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[Map of Russia with Alaska as an island] Rigobert Bonne. Carte de L'Empire de Russie, en Europe et en Asia. Paris, c.1780. 230 x 335mm. Coloured. Russia, with Siberia and Tartary, engraved by André. Of interest is the unusal depiction of Alaska as an island between Asia and America. BONN0035

£175

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[Map of Russia] Thomas Kitchin. Russia or Moscovy in Europe. London, c.1780. 190 x 235mm. Coloured. Russia east of the Don. KITC0019

£95

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[Moscow & Russia] Antonio Zatta. Governi di Moscovia e Woronez colle loro Provincie Nella Russia Europea... Venice, 1782. 435 x 345mm. Original colour. Map of Muscovy, from Moscow east to the Volga River. ZATT0037

£140

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[Map of Russia] Andrew Bell. Russia or Moscovy. London, c.1800. 180 x 220mm. Coloured. Engraved by Bell. BELL1001

£95

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[Russia & Poland map] John Arrowsmith. Russia & Poland. London, 1842. 630 x 530mm. Original colour. Split in centrefold reinforced with restorer's tape. Map of Russia and eastern Poland. Western Poland is marked Prussia. ARRO0010

£75

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[Russia Archangel] Antonio Zatta. Governo di Archangelo e sue Provincie Nella Russia Europea. Venice, 1782. 430 x 350mm. Original colour. Map of Russian Archangel with a title cartouche in full colour. ZATT0054

£150

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[Crimea] James Wyld. The Crimea... Second Edition 26th September 1854. London, 1854. Lithograph, 490 x 680mm. Original colour. Tear to left margin. Some slight surface soiling. Large and detailed map of the Crimea, with insets showing the Black Sea and the defences of Sevastapol. Wyld takes great pains to point out that this is a new edition, rushed out less than two weeks after the Allies landed at the port of Eupatoria on the west coast. News of the Battle of Alma, 20th September, did not arrive early enough for the battle to be marked. WYLD0007

£85

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[Map of Siberia] Jacques Nicolas Bellin. Carte de la Siberie Et des Pays Voisins. Paris, c.1764. 300 x 460mm. Coloured. Siberia, depicting the routes of explorers including the Frenchman De L'Isle. Moscow is marked on the left. BELL0139

£225

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[Krasnoyarsk, Siberia] Philippe Vandermaelen. Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 3] Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Krasnoyarsk, in northern Siberia, far inside the Arctic Circle, with part of the Taymyr Peninsula, now with a nature reserve.The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0014

£250

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[Waigatch, Siberia] Philippe Vandermaelen. Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 5] Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. The area around Waigatch Island, with the Karsky Straits (between Novaya Zembla and the mainland), the main route to the east. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0015

£85

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[Tomsk, Siberia] Philippe Vandermaelen. Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 22] Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned. The area around the city of Tomsk in the Western Siberian Lowlands. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0016

£89

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[Irkutsk, Siberia] Philippe Vandermaelen. Partie de la Russie D'Asie et de la Chine. [Sheet 32] Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. Paper lightly toned. The area around the city of Irkutsk, near the Russian/Mongolian border, marking the western end of Lake Baikal. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0017

£59

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[Kolyma River, Siberia] Philippe Vandermaelen. Partie de la Russie D'Asie. [Sheet 10] Brussels, 1827. 470 x 530mm. Original colour. The mouth of the Kolyma River into the East Siberian Sea at 160º. The map was published in the first atlas of the world on the same scale, some of the more remote areas of the world such as this are shown in unprecedented detail. VAND0018

£59

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[Ukraine & the Crimea] Gerard Mercator. Taurica Chersonesus. Nostra ætate Przecopsca et Gazara dictur. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French text edition. 315 x 405mm. Coloured. Two small repairs in wide margins not affecting map. Mercator's map of the Ukraine & the Crimea, reaching north to Smolensk. Published in the First French edition of the atlas to be published by Hondius. KOEMAN: Me 19. MERC0027

£290

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Antique Maps of the Balkan States

[Early Balkans] Sebastian Munster. [The Balkans.] Basle, 1552, French edition. Woodcut, printed area 150 x 190mm, set in text. Coloured. An early map of the Balkans MUNS0016

£225

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[Bosnia, Croatia,Slovenia & the Balkans map] Willem Blaeu. Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiæ parte. Amsterdam, c.1640. Latin text edition. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. The Balkans, after Mercator. It is unusual for Blaeu to credit the rival firm of Mercator, Hondius & Jansson. BLAE0002

£250

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[Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia] Nicholas Sanson. Partie Meridionale du R.me de Hongrie... Paris, Pierre Mariette, c.1654. 350 x 555mm. Original outline colour. Small spot in centre. Map of southern Hungary, centred on the Danube. Also shown are Croatia and Bosnia. SANS0013

£250

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[Map of theBalkans] Philip Cluver. Daciarum, Moesiarum et Thraciæ Vetus et Nova Descriptio. c.1700. 210 x 250mm. The northern Balkans. CLUV0001

£98

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[Map of the Eastern Danube] Johann Baptist Homann. Danubii Fluminis (hic ab urbe Belgrado, per Mare Negrum usq, Constantinopolim defluentis exhibiti) Pars Infima... Nuremberg, c.1720. 490 x 590mm. Original body colour. Map of the Danube from Belgrade to the Black Sea, with Istambul in the lower right. HOMA0036

£350

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[Miniature Map of Croatia] Petrus Bertius. Liburnia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Tiny wormhole in margin. 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'. BERT0054

£125

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[Early woodcut plan of Zadar in Croatia] Sebastian Munster. [Untitled plan of Zadar.] Basle, c.1590. Woodcut, printed area 125 x 255mm, set in text. Concentrating on the city defences. With a galley in the foreground representing the Turkish threat. MUNS0023

£95

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[View of Belgrade] Lasor à Varea. Belgrad. Padua, Lasor à Varea, 1713. 75 x 130mm, set in a page of text. View of Belgrade. LASO0001

£120

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[Serbia] Franz von Reilly. Das Koenigreich Serwien. Vienna, c.1789. 220 x 290mm. Original colour. Map of Serbia. REIL0006

£75

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[Serbia] F. Müller. Karte von dem Königreich Servien. Vienna: Artaria Kompagnie Kunstandlern, c.1810. 380 x 450mm. Original colour. Serbia. It is unusual to see a map of a Balkan state on its own. MULL0001

£195

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[Town plan of Belgrade] Christoph Weigel. Umständliche Orts-Gelegenheit und Grund Riss Der mit Göttlichen Beystand durch die Christliche Waffen bekriegten und Hoffendlich bald Besiegte Türkischen Gränz-Vestung Belgrad oder Griechisch Weissenburg... Nuremburg, 1718. 335 x 420mm. Original colour. The year of publication of this map the Austrians and the Ottomans signed the Treaty of Passarowitz, under which Austria gained control of Belgrade, and established the border between Islam and Christianity as the Danube River. WEIG0018

£390

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[Early Slovenia] Sebastian Munster. Istria peninsola, cioè quasi Isola. Basle, 1575, Italian edition. Woodcut, printed area 140 x 155mm, set in text. Early map of Slovenia MUNS0017

£95

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[Map of Slovenia] Franz von Reilly. Das Koenigreich Sklavonien und Herzogthum Syrmien. Vienna, c.1789. 200 x 300mm. Original colour. Map of Slavonia covers corridor through eastern Croatia to Belgrade in Serbia, bounded by the Drava river in the north and the Sava in the south. REIL0012

£150

Antique Maps of Southern Europe

[Map of the course of Jason and the Argonauts] Johannes Jansson. Argonautica. Amsterdam, c.1660. 380 x 505mm. Coloured. The Eastern Mediterranean, marking the course of Jason and the Argonauts to Colchis in the Black Sea. Engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the Jansson's atlas of the Ancient World. JANS0001

£390

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[Gibraltar, Malta & Gozo, Corfu depicted] John Tallis. British Possessions in the Mediterranean. London: London Printing and Publishing Company, 1861. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 355 x 250mm. Map of Gibraltar, Malta & Gozo, Corfu, and other Greek islands, with engraved vignettes including views of Valetta and Corfu. TALL0041

£125

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[The Straits of Gibraltar] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Accurata Designatio Celebris Freti prope Andalusiæ Castellum Gibraltar, inter in Europam et Africam... Augsburg, c.1730. 505 x 590mm. Original colour, A superbly decorative map of Straits of Gibraltar, outlining the defences of the British fortress. Under the map are prospects of the fortress, Cadiz and Malaga, and insets plans of Minorca (also held by the British) and the Spanish fortress of Ceuta (the other 'Pillar of Hercules'). The map also has a splendid martial-themed title cartouche. SEUT0020

£680

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[Gibraltar] Tobias Conrad Lotter. Castellum Gibraltar... Augsburg, c.1770. 490 x 590mm. Original body colour. Two maps on one sheet: a map of Gibraltar up to the Spanish lines; and a map of the Straits of Gibraltar with Cadiz and Marbella. LOTT0009

£325

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[Greece] Sebastian Munster. Nou Grecia secondo tutte le regione, & provincie di quella di qua & di la dal Hellesponto. Basle, 1575, Italian edition. Woodcut, printed area 270 x 345mm. A good, dark impression of this map of Greece, the Ægean and western Turkey. MUNS0009

£225

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[Eleven maps of Greek Islands on one sheet] Abraham Ortelius. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1602, Spanish text edition. 365 x 515mm. Original colour. With a large map of Crete and ten smaller maps, including Chios and Rhodes. ORTE0028

£560

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[Maps of Crete and the Greek Islands] Gerard Mercator. Candia cum Insulis aliquot circa Græciam. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 385 x 485mm. Original colour. A decorative map of Crete, with insets for the six other islands: Corfu, Zakinthos, Milos, Naxos, Thira & Kárpathos. KOEMAN: Me 22. MERC0007

£560

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[Decorative Map of Greece] Gerard Mercator. Græcia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 370 x 475mm. Original colour. Minor split in centrefold lower margin repaired. Greece by Gerard Mercator, famous for divising the famous Mercator Projection of the world. A very decorative map. MERC0032

£450

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[Northern Greece, Athens and Corfu, Albania map] Willem Blaeu. Macedonia, Epirus et Achaia. Amsterdam, c.1640. Dutch text. French text. 385 x 505mm.Coloured. Northern Greece, with Athens, Thebes and Corfu, as well as modern Albania and Macedonia. BLAE0050

£250

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[Decorative miniature map of Greece] Pieter van den Keere. Greece. London, William Humble, 1646. 90 x 125mm. Coloured. A decorative miniature map of Greece, engraved by van der Keere for the Speed 'Epitome' atlas. KEER0014

£85

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[Miniature Map of Greece] Alain Manesson Mallet. Grece Generale. Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured. MALL0059

£85

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[Crete] Sebastian Munster. Candia seu Creta insula. Basle, c.1575. Woodcut, printed area 80 x 160mm, set in a page of text. Early map of Crete MUNS0006

£95

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[Decorative Map of the Morea] Gerard Mercator. Morea olim Peloponessus. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 330 x 440mm. Original colour. The Morea by Gerard Mercator, famous for divising the famous Mercator Projection of the world. A very decorative map. MERC0036

£350

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[Macedonia with Athens, Corfu and Albania] Gerard Mercator. Macedonia Epirus et Achaia. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 360 x 435mm. Original hand colour. Split in margin near centrefold repaired Map of Northern Greece, including Athens, Salonika and Corfu, and Albania and Macedonia. MERC0022

£195

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[Miniature map of Rhodes with galleys and galleons] Alain Manesson Mallet. Isle de Rhodes. Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured. Map of Rhodes, with a sea-battle between galleys and galleons. MALL0038

£98

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[Town Plans of Orvieto & Loreto] Braun & Hogenberg. Orvieto; Lauretum. Cologne, 1581. 350 x 484mm. Original colour. Two Italian town plans, published in the 'Civitated Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. Orvieto is in central Tuscany and Loreto in Ancona. It appears here because it was a famous pilgrimage site, with a basilica containing the house that the Virgin Mary had been born. Apparently angels carried the basilica from Nazareth to protect it from the Turks, first to Dalmatia in 1291, then to this hill in 1295. BRAU0075

£680

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[Miniature Map of the Tyrol] Petrus Bertius. Tirolis Comita. Amsterdam, c.1600. 85 x 120mm. Coloured. The first plate of the map of the Tyrol used in the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum'. BERT0079

£98

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[Map of the Italian island of Ischia.] Abraham Ortelius. Ischiam quæ olim Aenaria. Ab Aeneæ classe hic appulsa sic nominata. 1590. Antwerp, 1602, Spanish edition. 360 x 480mm. Coloured. Fine map of the islands in the Bay of Naples, orientated with north to the bottom of the map. ORTE0026

£890

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[Decorative map of Umbria] Willem Blaeu. Umbria overo Ducato di Spoleto. Amsterdam, 1642. 385 x 505mm. Original colour. With three decorative cartouches in full colour. BLAE0108

£390

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[Decorative map of Florence] Willem Blaeu. Dominio Fiorentino. Amsterdam, 1642. 385 x 500mm. Original colour. With decorative cartouches in full colour for the title and dedication. Marking the cities of Florence and Pisa. BLAE0109

£450

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[Miniature Map of Tuscany] Alain Manesson Mallet. P.tie Meridiona.le de L'Ancienne Italie. Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured. The south of classical Italy. MALL0061

£98

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[Map of the Tyrol] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Principali Dignitate Gaudens Comitat Tirolis... Augsburg, c.1750. 505 x 580mm. Coloured. The mountainous borders of Italy, Switzerland & Austria, with an allegorical title cartouche lower right. SEUT0023

£295

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[Map of Italy] Thomas Kitchin. A New and Accurate Map of Italy, Drawn from the best Authorities. London, c.1780. 440 x 395mm. Coloured. Narrow top margin. With a decorative title cartouche. KITC0018

£150

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[Miniature map of Southern Italy] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. Royaume de Naples et de Sicile. Paris, Lamarche, 1795. 270 x 310mm. Coloured. Some minor spotting. Map of the Kingsom of Naples, covering Southern Italy, with an inset of Sicily. Published in Year Three of the French Republic. ROBE0040

£125

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[Early town plan of Ancona] Braun & Hogenberg. Ancona civitas Piceni celeverrima... Cologne, 1572-. 335 x 480mm. Full original colour. Plan of Ancona in Italy, published in the first volume of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. The original colour is particularly vibrant. BRAU0003

£460

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[Earlty townplan Bologna] Braun & Hogenberg. Bononia Alma Studior Mater. Cologne, c.1588. 335 x 500mm. Full original colour. Bologna in Italy, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0008

£750

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[Miniature Map of Friuli] Petrus Bertius. Forum Julii. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1616, First edition. 100 x 135mm. Coloured. Hondius engraved new plates for his edition of the Bertius atlas 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum', which he sold alongside the Mercator 'Atlas Minor'. KOEMAN: Lan 11a, 'With the new plates, the work was certainly improved'. BERT0089

£125

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[Townplan of Gallipoli in Italy] Braun & Hogenberg. Gallipolis. Cologne, c.1598. 385 x 520mm. Coloured. Evidence of a crack on the plate. Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans, this is a fine map-view of Gallipoli on the heel of Italy. The artillery on the walls of the city are protecting the approach of a galleon from the six stalking galleys. BRAU0027

£980

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[Townplan of Genova] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Genoa. (Genova.) London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 390mm. Original colour. Detailed plan, with elevations of the important buildings under the map. SDUK0047

£60

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[Map of Milan] Braun & Hogenberg. Mediolanum. Cologne, 1572-. 340 x 480mm. Coloured. Townplan of Milan, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. In the foreground are two figures in period dress. BRAU0048

£790

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[Townplan of Milan] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Milan. (Milano.) London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1832. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 390mm. Original colour. Detailed plan, with elevations of the important buildings under the map. SDUK0045

£60

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[Early map of Naples] Braun & Hogenberg. Hæc est nobilis, ex florens illa Neapolis, Campaniæ civitas... Cologne, 1572-. 340 x 485mm. Coloured. Townplan of Naples, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0053

£890

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[Homann Naples] Johann Baptist Homann. Urbis Neapoliscum Præcipuis eius Ædificus Secundum Planitiem Exacta Delineatio... Nuremberg, c.1730. 495 x 580mm. Original colour. Plan of Naples with an 84-point key. Above and below are eight insets: a map of the environs and seven views, including Vesuvius. HOMA0021

£1,200

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[Townplan of Naples] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Naples. (Napoli.) London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1835. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 390mm. Original colour. Detailed plan, with two prospects under the map. SDUK0044

£125

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[Plans of Genova and Firenze] Braun & Hogenberg. Genva; Florentia. Cologne, c.1572. 335 x 485mm. Coloured. Two townplans on one sheet: at top Genova, underneath Florence. Published in the first atlas of townplans, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum. BRAU0028

£980

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[Early map of Sardinia] Sebastian Munster. Sardinia Insula. Basle, c.1575. Woodcut, 255 x 155mm. Coloured. Early map of the island, with the towns marked by buildings shown in profile. The title is on a scroll twisting behind the island. MUNS0028

£150

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[Miniature map of Sardinia] Petrus Bertius. Sardinia. Amsterdam, c.1600. 90 x 130mm. Coloured. A miniature map of Sardinia, orientated with north to the left.. BERT0020

£78

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[Coronelli Sardinia] Vicenzo Mario Coronelli. Isola e' Regno de Sardegna... Venice, c.1690. 615 x 465mm. Coloured. A large and decorative map of Sardina, by a Franciscan monk who was cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and later head of the Franciscan order. CORO0005

£680

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[Map of Sicily] Nicolas De Fer. Isle et Royaume de Sicile. Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured. DEFE0027

£250

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[Map of Sicily, with Malta & Gozo] Guillaume De L'Isle. Carte de L'Isle, et Royaume de Sicile... Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, c.1740. 490 x 590mm. Coloured. Large and detailed map of Sicily, with an inset of Malta & Gozo. DELI0019

£450

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[Townplan of Syracuse] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Syracuse with the Remaining Vestiges of the Five Cities. London: SDUK, 1939. Steel engraving, printed area 325 x 390mm. Original colour. Detailed plan, with a prospect under the map. SDUK0048

£50

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[The Papal States & Tuscany] Johannes Blaeu. Stato della Chiesa, Con La Toscana. Amsterdam, 1642, 390 x 500mm. Original colour. Decorative map in fine colour. Map of Tuscany being shown in detail. BLAE0095

£425

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[Miniature Map of Tuscany] Alain Manesson Mallet. Estat Ecclesiastique et Duché de Toscane. Paris, c.1683. 155 x 110mm. Coloured. Central Italy. MALL0060

£98

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[Tyrol] Didier Robert de Vaugondy. Le Tyrol... Paris, 1753. 495 x 575mm. Original outline colour with later additions. Map of the Tyrol, divided between Italy and Austria. ROBE0027

£180

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[Miniature of Venice] Alain Manesson Mallet. Venise. Paris, c.1683. 150 x 110mm. Coloured. MALL0055

£140

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[Town Plans of Famagusta, Valetta, Cagliari & Rhodes] Braun & Hogenberg. Calaris...; Malta, olim Melita...; Rhodus...; Famagusta, civitas Cypri... Cologne, 1572. 325 x 470mm. Coloured. Four important towns in the Mediterranean: Cagliari on Sardinia; Valetta on Malta; the city of Rhodes; and Famagusta on Cyprus. Published in the 'Civitated Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0074

£890

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[Classical Iberia] Johannes Jansson. Hispaniæ Veteris Descriptio. Amsterdam, 1636. 375 x 490mm. Coloured. Classical Iberia, engraved by Abraham Goos for Jansson's Atlas of the Ancient World. JANS0070

£290

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[Map of Iberia] Johannes Cloppenburg. Hispaniæ Nova Descriptio. Amsterdam, Johannes Jansson van Waesberge, 1676. 185 x 255mm. Coloured. Spain and Portugal, engraved by van der Keere. Waesberger was Jan Jansson's son-in-law. CLOP0013

£150

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[Miniature map of Iberia] Guillaume Sanson. Espagne. Paris, c.1700. 155 x 175mm. Coloured. Narrow top margin. Miniature map after Sanson SANS0016

£56

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[Chart of the Bay of Biscay and the Coasts of Spain] Isaac Basire. A correct Chart of the Bay of Biscay, Part of the Western Ocean & Mediterranean Sea: Describing the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, with Part of France. London, 1745.. 480 x 380mm. Coloured. Engraved by Seale for 'Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England'. SEAL0002

£125

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[Decorative map of Spain and Portugal] Antonio Zatta. Li Regni di Spagna e Portugallo... Venice, 1796. 295 x 415mm. Original colour. With a fine title cartouche in full colour. ZATT0062

£150

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[Decorative Map of Spain and Portugal] Jodocus Hondius. Hispaniae Nova Descriptio... Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613, Latin text edition. 360 x 515mm. Original colour. Engraved by Pieter van den Keere from Mercator's Atlas, with a strapwork title cartouche, compass roses, sea-monsters and galleons. KOEMAN: Me 22. HOND0064

£490

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[Fine Map of Portugal] Jodocus Hondius. Portugalliae que olim Lusitania... Amsterdam, 1613. 335 x 495mm. Original colour. Map of Portugal after Secco, engraved by Baptiste van Doeticum. Orientated with north to the right, the map is decorated with three large strapwork cartouches. KOEMAN: Me 19. HOND0057

£350

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[Portugal with allegorical figure] Christoph Weigel. Portugallia ex descriptione exactissima Eduarti Nonii Vernandu Alvari Secci et Antonii Vasconcelli delineata. Nuremberg, c.1718. 410 x 340mm. Original colour. The decorative title cartouche of the map depicts an allegorical figure representing Portugal with Asia, Africa and America presenting offerings. WEIG0012

£200

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[Map of Portugal and Brazil] Johann Baptist Homann. Portugalliæ et Algarbia... Nuremberg, c1720. 500 x 575mm. Original colour with later additions. With a large cartouche for the title and an inset map of Portuguese possessions in Brazil. HOMA0027

£425

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[Map of Portugal] Homann Heirs. Regnum Portugalliæ... Nuremberg, 1736. 610 x 500mm. Original colour. Some minor creasing. Johann Baptist Homann's map, re-edited by Nolin for Homann's successors. HOMA1017

£425

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[Portugal and her Brazilian Possessions.] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Portugallia et Algarbia Regna... Augsburg, c.1740. 495 x 570mm. Coloured. Narrow bottom margin. A fine map of Portugal, with a superb allegorical title cartouche and inset showing the Portuguese colonies in Brazil. SEUT0022

£680

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[Portugal with rococo cartouche.] Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. Partie Méridionale de Royaume de Portugal. Paris, 1751. 500 x 535mm. Original outline colour with later body colour. Map of southern Portugal with a fine rococo title cartouche. ROBE0024

£225

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[Portugal] Antonio Zatta. Regno di Portugallo. Venice, 1775. 400 x 265mm. Original colour. Portugal map with a fine title cartouche. ZATT0042

£195

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[Decorative map of northern Portugal] Antonio Zatta. Li Portugallo cioé le Provincie di Entre Douro, e Minho, Traz-os-Montes, e Beira... Venice, 1776. 320 x 425mm. Original colour. With a fine title cartouche in full colour. ZATT0063

£175

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[Map of Portugal] Thomas Bowen. Portugal Accurately Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps and Charts. London, 1780. 335 x 430mm. Coloured, BOWE0016

£150

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[Detailed map of Portugal.] John Pinkerton. Portugal. London, Cadell & Davies, 1813. 750 x 550mm. Original body colour. Crack in lower platemark. Large and detailed map of Portugal, published as Wellington was clearing up the remains of French forces at the end of the Peninsula War. PINK0010

£125

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[Colourful Map of Portugal] John Cary. Portugal. London, c.1815. 320 x 250mm. Original colour. Cary's smaller map of Portugal, in fine colour. CARY0020

£59

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[Colourful Map of Portugal] John Cary. A New Map of the Kingdom of Portugal, Divided into Its Provinces, From the Latest Authorities. London, 1819. 520 x 590mm. Original colour. A detailed map, in fine colour. CARY0018

£125

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[Detailed Map of Portugal] James Wyld. Chorographical Map of the Kingdom of Portugal Divided into Its Grand Provinces. London, c.1870. 780 x 530mm. Original colour. A large and colourful map, also showing the Algarve. WYLD0017

£150

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[Algarve] Antonio Zatta. L'Esremadura di Portugallo Alentejo, ed Algarve... Venice, 1775. 325 x 330mm. Original colour. Small repair to margin outside map. Map of Portugal with a fine title cartouche. ZATT0003

£150

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[Prospects of Lebrija & Settanil in Andalucia] Braun & Hogenberg. Le Brixa; Settenil. Cologne, c.1588. 325 x 420mm. Coloured. Two prospects of towns in the environs of Seville, drawn by Hofnagle and published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. BRAU0018

£295

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[Decorative map of Western Andalucia] Abraham Ortelius. Hispalensis Coventus Delineatio, Auctore Hieronymo Chiaves. Antwerp, 1612. 350 x 460mm. Coloured. Andalucia west of Cordoba, marking Cadiz and Seville. ORTE0025

£350

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[Vue d'Optique of Seville] Habermann. Prospectus Viae Majoris Civitatis Hispalensis. Vüe Perspective de la Bouvre de Seville et de la G.de Rue. c.1770. 315 x 430mm. Original hand colour. A 'vue d'optique' of Seville, designed to be viewed through a zograscope, an optical viewer. The naive colouring is standard on these prints. VUED0003

£280

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[Chart of the Balearics] Georg Matthaus Seutter. Carte des Isles de Maiorque, Minorque et D'Yvice... Augsburg c.1740. 495 x 470mm. Original colour with additions. Chart of the Balearics after Bellin, with insets of Mahon Harbour on Minorca (then a British possession) and a map showing the position of the islands against the coastlines of Spain and Africa. Under the map is an extensive description in French. SEUT0040

£560

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