Magnificent, finely detailed map of Scandinavia, also showing northern Holland, Germany and Poland, and Baltic Russia. Title cartouche at top left, dedicated to ‘Gustavo Adolpho’ by ‘Nicolae Iohannide Piscatore’, Visscher’s latinized name. The title is surrounded by 30 coats of arms, with ...

Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 45 / 21½ x 17½

Attractive map of Scandinavia, including Russian Baltic, with decorated title cartouche and royal arms above. Six scales at lower right, texts on map in Latin at upper right

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 44 / 22 x 17½

A handsome map of southern Scandinavia, showing the south of Finland, Sweden and Norway, and the whole of Denmark.The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de l’Isle’s successor, and son in law ...

Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 49 / 24½ x 19½

Fine elaborate cartouche, although the title suggest a map of Denmark, this handsome map shows the northern halves of Sweden, Norway and Finland. The plates were originally made by De l’Isle around 1700. Covens and Mortimer reissued them in the Atlas Novissimo (1730-40). Phillipe Buache, de ...

Dimensions (W x H): 62 x 45 / 24½ x 17½

A handsome map of Scandinavia with decorative cartouche at lower right, inset map of Iceland at top left and scales at lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 48.5 / 22½ x 19

Handsome early map of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with north to the left. Title cartouche at lower left. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus Geographicus. It was printed by Johannes ...

Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 22 / 12 x 8½

A crisp engraving of Scandinavia.

Dimensions (W x H): 64.3 x 46.8 / 25½ x 18½

Beautiful map of Scandinavia. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson’s ‘County Atlas of Scotland’ is generally considered the finest of its kind.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 55 / 18½ x 21½

Attractive map of Scandinavia, with large cartouche at top left, showing boats at sea, tree, fish in basket and cannons. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13

In the mid-eighteenth century, French mapmaking was at its peak. Brion de la Tour was one of its most prolific cartographers. This beautiful decorated little map, elegantly surrounded by an ornate engraved uncoloured frame, is a fine example of the period.

Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 28 / 12 x 11

Attractive late copper engraving of Sweden and Norway.

Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 54 / 17 x 21½

Map of Scandinavia, with inset map at top left of Spitzbergen, mistakenly called ‘Greenland’

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 19 / 10 x 7½

A Highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 35 / 10 x 14

In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14 / 8 x 5½

Map of Scandinavia, after Janvier. Decorative cartouche at top left. Although much of Bonne’s work was concerned with maritime charts, he issued other works, often, like this map, including work by other cartographers

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 29.5 / 19 x 11½

Handsome map of Norway and Sweden with inset map of the northern parts at top left. John Arrowsmith constantly revised and improved his popular London Atlas and it ran to many editions.

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 59.5 / 19 x 23½

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 28 / 9 x 11

A handsome map of Sweden and Norway, coloured in outline. Title at top left.

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 62.5 / 16½ x 24½

Attractive late copper engraving of Sweden and Norway.

Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 51 / 16 x 20

A detailed map of Scandinavia with small inset entitled “Environs of Stockholm”.

Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 52.2 / 16 x 20½

Map of Scandinavia, with inset of Iceland.Thomas Brown was an Edinburgh Bookseller and Publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. The maps from his General Atlas are on the cusp between the decorative maps of the eighteenth century and the more accurate maps of the nineteenth century

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 28 / 14 x 11

Clear and detailed engraving of Scandinavia, with inset maps of Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Illustrated cartouche at lower right showing title on a rock in a forest. Two scales below

Dimensions (W x H): 21.9 x 28.4 / 12 x 8½

Three detailed maps of Denmark and the Danish territories of Iceland and Greenland on one sheet. On the map of Greenland, a small inset is included showing the Feroe Islands.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 33.5 / 19½ x 13

Detailed map of Sweden and Norway. Title near upper left corner with scale underneath.

Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 49.5 / 13½ x 19½

Attractive map of Scandinavia.

Dimensions (W x H): 16.5 x 14 / 6½ x 5½

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 35 / 10 x 14