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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This map is a reduced version of the one Merian engraved for Johann Ludwig Gottfried in 1631. It is one of many derivative maps of the Jodocus Hondius, 1618. One noticeable difference is the altered perspective of the inset map of Greenland. Matthew Merian was not only a publisher, but an ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27.5 / 14 x 11
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MARIANUS, Joseph
A charming map of Asia, showing the nonexistent’ Compagne Land , north of Japan. Text in German at right of map. Decorated cartouche at lower left. A later copy, we suspect, of the nearly identical map by Johann Georg Schreiber
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 16 / 9 x 6½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Sumptuously illustrated title page from Homann’s Atlas Novus. Two giants stand upon a globe, holding up the heavens, a flock of birds fly amongst sunrays, owls and other birds of the night fly in the moonlight at upper right. Four figures blow winds against the globe. In the foreground Neptune, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 50 / 11½ x 19½
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SEUTTER, Georg Matthaus
“Based on Homann’s earlier map of England and Wales,....The map’s most prominent feature is the display of life in Georgian times setting off the title cartouche. Both symbolic and everyday figures are used to illustrate the sciences, trade and industry, agriculture, and maritime activity ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48.8 x 57 / 19 x 22½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Handsome sea chart from the German cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann, who was the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire and a dominant map publisher in Germany in the eighteenth century. After Homann's death the business was carried on by his son until his death in 1730 whereupon the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58.5 x 49 / 23 x 19½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the pigeon, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Print of a duck’s head (Fig.1) and 2 bones (Fig.2), the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the goose, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the ducks, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 29 / 8½ x 11½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the diver, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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FRISCH, Johann Leonhard
Beautiful print of the duck, the colours vibrant, the detail exquisite, from Johann Leonhard Frisch's 'Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland'. This was the first great German colour-plate bird book. The plates feature European and exotic birds, including a number of parrots, drawn from the family ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 21 / 11½ x 8½
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HOMANN Heirs
The plate is made up of five separate maps at different scales, only two of which ascribe to being by Homann. The title is in Latin and German with English/German translations of mapping terms. The text on the maps is in German.
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 49 / 22 x 19½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Wonderful and elaborate map of Spain and Portugal, including the Balearic Islands, from the German cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann, who was the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire. Coloured by regions and showing towns, rivers and mountains pictorially in relief. Coast of Africa shown ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 47 / 23 x 18½
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DOPPELMAYR, Johann Gabriel
Six spectacular celestial maps, with the constellations beautifully depicted, from Doppelmayr and Homann’s famous Atlas Coelestis. Together, the set of six form a comprehensive map of the heavens as viewed from different points on the earth’s surface. The paths of the major comets, as observed by ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 49 / 23 x 19½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Beautiful, decorative map of the Southern skies with all the constellations, drawn by the famous scientist Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer. Cherubs carrying astronomical instruments. Title along top edge in each corner. Lists of astronomical data in columns on both sides of map. Ref: Scott, Celestial ...
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 48 / 22 x 19
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SEUTTER, George Matthaeus
Matthaeus Seutter was one of the most important of the German cartographers and publishers. Born in Augsburg, Seutter served an apprenticeship in Nuremberg with J.B.Homann and later Seutter established his own map business in Augsburg. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58.5 x 50.5 / 23 x 20
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Homann’s decorative map of the southern Caspian Sea, in superb original colour, showing Dagestan, parts of Georgia, Armenia, Iran (‘Kilania’) and Kazakhstan. Inset map of the Russian city of ‘Tercki’ at top right. Compass rose and ships at sea, ornate cartouche, uncoloured, at lower right, scales ...
Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 50 / 23 x 19½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
This magnificent map of the Eastern Seaboard, extends from New York and "New Jarsey" to South Carolina and west to Lake Erie. To the south, as with many maps of the time, is the large mythical lak ‘Apalache Lacus,.The map first appeared in Homann's Atlas Novus, 1714, and appeared in a number of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 57.5 x 48.5 / 22½ x 19
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EHRET, George
/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Beautiful print of two sunflowers. One of a stunning collection of tulips, poppies, lilies and sunflowers from Weinmann’s Phytanthoza Iconographia. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is one of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also the first published ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½
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HOMANN, Johann & Christoph Baptist
This stylish map, has lavish illustrations of the pyramids, waterfalls, and Egyptian antiquities, and clearly delineates 3 areas of Egypt; ‘Inferior, Media and Superior.’ Text on the title and map itself is in Latin, the text on the illustrations is in German
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 55 / 18½ x 21½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view of the town of Altdorf, the capital of the canton of Uri. A coat of arms in the centre of the title shows the head of a fierce bull. In the lake to the left of the scene is a compass, and along the bottom of the map runs a key to the chief landmarks corresponding with numbers ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 21 / 13 x 8½
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HOMANN Heirs, and August Gottlieb Boehme
A beautiful map of the Americas, with the undiscovered north west left blank. A very decorative cartouche, showing the title and Latin text within a Baroque frame, flanked by Native Americans in a landscape with erupting volcanoes behind.
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 47 / 21½ x 18½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A Beautiful view of the town of Angra on Tercera in the Azores.
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 20.5 / 13 x 8
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
The main view is of Appenzell, but in the top right corner is a view of the town of Herissaw. In the top right of the Appenzell view is the town’s coat of arms, depicting a bear standing on its hind legs. The views of both towns are beautifully detailed, showing houses, churches and trees, and with ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 20.5 / 13 x 8
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Detailed map of Belgium and parts of Holland, France and Germany. Decorated cartouche at top left, with title beneath drapes, reclining figure below. Secondary cartouche at lower right with two lions guarding an inset view of Lüttich under bombardment
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 48 / 22 x 19
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SABANNA, Johann Baptista
Handsome map of Arragon. Shields, title cartouche with Latin text above, at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 41 / 20½ x 16
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SCHREIBER, Johann Georg
A charming map of Asia, with text in German at right of map. Decorated cartouche at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 16 / 9 x 6½
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HOMANN Heirs
A splendid and detailed map of Asia in stereographic projection, North Pole at top centre with large ornamental cartouche at lower left, secondary cartouche with seven scales at top right
Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 48 / 21½ x 19
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HAAS, Johann Matthias, for Homann Heirs
Beautiful and detailed map of Asia. Very accurate apart from the coastline of Novaya Zemla, NE Asia and towards Australia. Dedicatory cartouche at lower left, with King holding court, secondary cartouche, decoratedat top left with six scales. Title on top border
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 49 / 21 x 19½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
A map of Asia with a handsome decorated cartouche at lower left, depicting an Oriental court, with subjects kneeling to a ruler on a throne while lions prowl about the court. At top right there is a secondary cartouche with a dedication. Coastlines are fairly accurately shown , but the interior ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 49 / 23 x 19½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely bird’s eye view of Bern and the river Aare running around the city. Title cartouche in top centre with two cherubs on a cloud holding aloft the city’s coat of arms which depicts a bear. German text about the city in top right corner, compass in top left and scale in bottom right. Principle ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view from overlooking hills of this Swiss city, known in French as Bienne and in German as Biel. The town of Nydauw is labelled in the background, whilst in the foreground two men gesture towards the city spread out before them. Principle buildings in the city are numbered, and along ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 20 / 12½ x 8
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A handsome view of Buda from the hills with the Danube and Pest beyond. Along the lower edge there is a list of the principal buildings in the city. The list includes ‘Warme Bäder’, the famous thermal baths which still exist in Budapest today.
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
£750
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BLAEU, Willem & Johann
Handsome map of Cambridgeshire, with title cartouche at upper left, shields of seventeen university colleges, and of eight nobleman, two blank shields, Royal arms at lower left of title.
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 42 / 19½ x 16½
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BEAURAIN, Jean Chevalier de
Beautiful map depicting Spanish / Balearic island of Menorca. Decorated with a cartouche on top left margin. Large block of historical text underneath describing the island, embellished with an ornate border. Panorama and harbour view of Mahon and Fort St. Philippe on lower margin. The island of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 42 / 21 x 16½
£550
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BEAURAIN, Jean Chevalier de
Beautiful map depicting Spanish / Balearic island of Menorca. Decorated with a cartouche on top left margin. Large block of historical text underneath describing the island, embellished with an ornate border. Panorama and harbour view of Mahon and Fort St. Philippe on lower margin. The island of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 42 / 21 x 16½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view of the mountainous walled city of Chur in the southeast of Switzerland. Coat of arms in top right corner. Key to principle buildings, picked out within the view by letter, at the bottom. In the foreground to the right are three hunters - their prey wild goats, and in the background ...
Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 21 / 11 x 8½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Map of southwest Germany and northern Switzerland, with Lake Constance at the lower centre of the map. Decorated cartouche at top left, secondary cartouche with dedication and scale at lower left
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 48 / 23 x 19
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This spectacular view of Constantinople shows the city in detail. The foreground has locals walking with dogs, in front of the town. Across the Golden Horn river the various palaces, mosques and principal buildings are numbered. Key at bottom.
Dimensions (W x H): 70 x 23 / 27½ x 9
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Attractive view of Corfu Town in the mid-seventeenth century, with the Old and New Forts dominating the fortified islet, and several large rowing galleys in the harbour. The view was originally published by Matthew Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried’s Archontoligica. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 13 / 14 x 5
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
/ GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Impressive view of Edinburgh with the castle mound to the left and the city stretching out to the right. Two men on horseback gallop towards the city in the foreground, and in the background ships sail in the port at Leith. Coat of arms in top left corner.
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 20 / 13½ x 8
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Detailed map of SE Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Switzerland and the Gulf of Trieste, with ornate cartouche, at top left showing cherubs in clouds carrying shields. There is a simpler decorated cartouche with a few notes, at lower right
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 48 / 23 x 19
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A spectacular view of the town of Glarus in east central Switzerland, entitled at the top with both its Italian name (Glarona) and its French name (Glaris). Impressively craggy mountains tower in the background with the very picturesque town laid out at their feet, a river running past in the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 28 / 11½ x 11
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Attractive plan of the Dutch town of Harlem. List of principal buildings at lower right, town shield at upper left. The plan was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried’s Archontoligica. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Merian spent most of his life in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 21 / 10½ x 8½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Decorated cartouche at top left, Secondary cartouche at lower left, listing the different regions on the map. The map shows the whole of modern Germany , the low countries, amd parts of Denmark, Poland Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland France and Northern Italy
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 48 / 22 x 19
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
This map is a reduced version of Blaeu’s 1635 map of the same title, with some noteable differences. Merian has place his cartouche at lower left allowing more detail on the Chinese mainland and there are no rhumb lines for example, but the area covered and the level of detail is the same Matthew ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 27 / 14 x 10½
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HOMANN Heirs
Ornamented cartouche, decorated with a beach scene of Neptune, mermaid, two hunters, and a huge whale, Italian and German scales at lower left. This is a finely detailed map of Corsica’s rivers, towns and mountains, but the bold colour highlights the regions.
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 55.5 / 19½ x 22
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HOMANN Heirs
Ornamented cartouche, decorated with title in a whale's gaping mouth on a beach scene of Neptune, mermaid, and two hunters. Italian and German scales at lower left. This is a finely detailed map of Corsica's rivers, towns and mountains. Coloured in two regions, north and south.
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 55.5 / 19½ x 22
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EHRET, George
/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
One of a stunning collection of botanicals by Weinmann including tulips, poppies, lilies and sunflowers. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is among some of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also the first published collection to include the work of George ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
A fine example of original colour. Magnificent cartouche at top left, with Moses holding a tablet up to the Heavens as light streams down from behind a cloud. Secondary cartouche at lower left has an inset of Sinai and Canaan
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 48 / 22 x 19
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Bird’s eye view of the Belgian town of Liege, as it was in the mid seventeenth century, showing all its streets, buildings waterways, and l surrounding fields. The view was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried’s Archontoligica. Born in Basel, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 29 / 15 x 11½
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Stridbeck, Johann
Interesting map of London. Title on two ribbons at top of map. Compass rose in river. The map is flanked by annotations in German. Ref: Howgego, Printed Maps of London, no45
Dimensions (W x H): 63 x 16 / 25 x 6½
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A stunning view of the city of London along the river Thames with Southwark in the centre. A list of numbers along the bottom margin corresponds to the important buildings of the city including interesting landmarks such as The Globe and The Bear Garden. Framed size: 90 x 43.4cm
Dimensions (W x H): 70.5 x 23 / 28 x 9
£350
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HOMANN Heirs
Based on the 1719 map by the French Jesuit priest, Bouchet (Moreland and Bannister p 271), this attractive map has an ornate cartouche left plain. It shows the different European outposts-English, French, Danish, Dutch and Portuguese-with flags
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 53 / 19 x 21
£245
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view of the town of Neuchatel in Switzerland (‘Neocomum’ being its Latin name), with its fairytale picturesque spires and turrets. Three coats of arms in top centre, topped with a crown crossed through with sword and sceptre. Principle landmarks are numbered within the view with a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
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HOMANN Heirs
Oran is in present day Algeria. The upper half is a map of the Oran, the lower half is a ‘View of the Coast of Oran’. Text at the top in Latin and German, with a legend at the bottom. Seutter issued a very similar plan of Oran, as shown in Potter’s Collecting Antique maps, p69
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 46 / 21 x 18
£250
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HOMANN Heirs
Oran is in present day Algeria. The upper half is a map of the Oran, the lower half is a ‘View of the Coast of Oran’. Text at the top in Latin and German, with a legend at the bottom. Seutter issued a very similar plan of Oran, as shown in Potter’s Collecting Antique maps, p69
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 46 / 21 x 18
£1200
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DANKWERTH, Kasper and MEYER, Johann.
A classical representation of the eastern hemisphere with original colouring.
Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 53.5 / 17 x 21
£945
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EHRET, George
/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
One of a stunning collection of botanicals by Weinmann including tulips, poppies, lilies and sunflowers. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is among some of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also the first published collection to include the work of George ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½
£375
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HOMANN Heirs
This beautiful and informative plan and view of Gibraltar and its fortifications is divided into four parts: A shows the border with Spain, B shows the whole of Gibraltar with the ‘Fortifications from 1727, the English made to increase their security.’ The third and fourth parts, much smaller in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 48 / 22½ x 19
£2500
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
This sumptuously decorated twin hemisphere map has cherubs supporting the title banner, zephyrs and images of the heavens along the top edge, and volcanoes, whirlpools, and rainbows on lower edge. Two celestial insets of the northern and southern hemispheres, plus two smaller insets showing the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 54.5 x 48.2 / 21½ x 19
£3200
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Sumptuously decorated twin hemisphere map with zephyrs and images of the heavens along the top edge, cherubs supporting the title banner. Dramatic depictions of volcanoes, whirlpools, and rainbows in lower corners, with explanatory text below. Two celestial hemispheres of the northern and southern ...
Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 48 / 21½ x 19
£1800
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HOMANN HEIRS
A beautiful map of the two hemispheres with two title cartouches, one in Latin and the other in French. There are four further hemispheres depicting different projections and two showing the position of the sun
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 46 / 21½ x 18
£1675
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HOMANN Heirs
A very attractive twin hemisphere Mappe Monde, maps of the poles in the cusps, two diagrams either side of lower centre show solar eclipses. In the lower corners two small antipodean maps, one centred on Europe the other on the South Pacific. Two decorated title cartouches in the upper corners, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 50 / 23 x 19½
£375
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Detailed map of Switzerland. Title cartouche at top left decorated with cherubs, displaying banners, drapes and shields. Scale at lower left with Alpine scene and interior of an Alpine home
Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 49 / 22½ x 19½
£645
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Impressive panorama of Prague showing the Moldova River and the city on either side.
Dimensions (W x H): 69 x 23.5 / 27 x 9½
£245
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely view of the small city of Rapperswil on Lake Zurich. Three coats of arms at top centre, including two of the city’s coats of arms showing two roses on each. Compass in bottom left corner. Principle buildings are picked out within the view by letter with a corresponding key along the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 21 / 12½ x 8½
£475
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Attractive decorated cartouche at top right, two scales at lower right
Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 48 / 22 x 19
£300
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
This magnificent map of Portugal, clearly showing its regions, has a bold cartouche decorated with branches and leaves, Four scales at lower left.
Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 58 / 18 x 23
£945
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Impressive panorama of Rome showing every street and important building within the city walls. North to the left. The River Tiber flows across from left to right, the Vatican at lower left, the Coliseum to right of centre. The plan was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later ...
Dimensions (W x H): 69 x 23.5 / 27 x 9½
£195
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely bird’s eye view of the city of St Gallen, with a coat of arms of a bear in the top right corner. Letters by the principle buildings within the view relate to a key in the bottom left corner which lists them by name.
Dimensions (W x H): 31.5 x 21 / 12½ x 8½
£300
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A handsome plan of Salzburg, showing all the buildings and the fortifications of the city. A key at lower right lists the important houses, churches and palaces. Compass rose and title on bandarole at upper right.
Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 29 / 14½ x 11½
£600
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WAESBERGEN, Johann with PITT, Moses
A beautiful clear engraving. The cartouche depicts a soldier, agricultural worker, sheep and putto in vivid original colour
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 44.2 / 21 x 17½
£295
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A very picturesque view of the city of Sion, entitled here at the top centre with its Roman name ‘Sedunum’ as well as its German one ‘Sitten’, between these two names is a coat of arms. Two castle-crowned crags tower over the city and mountain ranges dominate the background. In the bottom centre is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27.5 / 14 x 11
£220
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely view of the Swiss baroque town of Solothurn with the river Aare running across the bottom part of the view. Coat of arms in top right corner.
Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 18 / 10 x 7
£200
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A lovely view of the canton of Schwyz in central Switzerland. Coat of arms in centre top within title. To the right of the view is the canton’s capital town of the same name and below that is Brunnen on the shores of Lake Lucerne, which stretches across the bottom half of the view. To the left, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 20 / 13 x 8
£850
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BLAEU, Willem & Johann
Handsome map of Surrey, with decorated title cartouche at top left, on each side there are five shields; seven are of local gentry, three are left blank, Royal arms at lower left of title.
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
£600
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
This beautiful and lavish map has an ornamental title cartouche at top left with coat of arms, Neptune, maidens and soldier. Secondary cartouche with four scales at lower right and view of Bordeaux, plans of the fortifications of Bayonne and Blaye, at top right
Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 49 / 22½ x 19½
£300
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Decorated cartouche at top right. Decorations of water bearers and mountains stream at lower left containing an inset map of the source of the River Rhine. The map reaches from the Rhine delta at Dutch coast at top left to Lake Constance at lower right
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 57 / 19½ x 22½
£1000
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HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Magnificent map of Africa, more decorative than accurate. The coastline is fairly detailed and accurately depicted, the interior is a little fanciful. ‘... poor geographically’, says Tooley in his Guide to Maps of Africa, p.51, ‘with an extraordinary delineation of the Nile which is partly based ...
Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 49 / 22½ x 19½
£220
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A stunning bird’s eye view of the northern Italian city of Trent. Principle buildings in the city are numbered, and in the bottom centre their names are given. Number 22 amongst these, and in the centre of the view, is the imposing Duomo, which played an important role in the Counter-Reformation as ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 25 / 14 x 10
£195
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A pretty view of the Swiss city of Zug (‘Tugium’ being its Latin name). At the top, to the left of the title, is a coat of arms. Four principle landmarks within the town are picked out with numbers - a key listing them in the bottom right corner. Along the bottom of the view is the lake of Zugersee ...
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 21 / 12½ x 8½
£220
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A beautiful view of the Swiss canton of Unterwald. Towns, villages, rivers and lakes are shown and labelled. A key at the bottom lists significant buildings and landmarks, which are picked out in the view by letter. In the top left corner three soldiers in armour stand in a group surrounded by a ...
Dimensions (W x H): 30.5 x 20.5 / 12 x 8
£450
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EHRET, George
/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Beautiful print of white grapes, with leaf on a vine. One of a stunning collection of tulips, poppies, lilies, vines and sunflowers from Weinmann’s Phytanthoza Iconographia. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is one of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also ...
Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½
£300
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A bird’s eye view of the Polish city of Wroclaw, once known as Bresslau. The engraving is by the famed Swiss engraver, Matthew Merian. Title along top edge. Lists in the corners detail the important sites in the historic city. A handsome plate.
Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½
£195
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
A handsome bird’s eye view of ‘Xuntien’, the modern city of Hangchow, one of the seven ancient capitals of China. The city, surrounded by a lake was, as this print shows with its many ships, large and small, a bustling port until the Ming dynasty. In his journals, Marco Polo described Hangchow in ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 19 / 11½ x 7½
£120
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GOTTFRIED, Johann Ludwig
Plan of the town of Zutphen in central Holland, on the River Ijssel showing its defenses. List of major buildings at top right, town shield at upper left. The plan was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried’s Archontoligica. Born in Basel, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 25 / 11½ x 10