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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Very interesting and decorative map of the Iberian penninsula, surrounded by stipple engraved seas full of ships and sea monsters, from the famous Ortelius’ atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum as a part of one of Parergon editions (a series of maps reconstructed from antiquity). The map was based on ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49.4 x 37.5 / 19½ x 15
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Ortelius' oval map was based on a large 21-sheet world map published by his colleague, Gerard Mercator in 1569. Mercator apparently encouraged Ortelius to make use of his research as well as to do some amendments. This is a magnificent example of Ortelius's third world map, replacing the first two ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49.5 x 36 / 19½ x 14
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Ortelius, Abraham
A beautiful, detailed map of Andalucia with battle ships and monsters in the sea. Strapwork cartouche. ‘ Geromino Chaves’ lost manuscript of Andalusia’ Ref: van den Broecke 28
Dimensions (W x H): 45.3 x 34.6 / 18 x 13½
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BLAEU, Guiljelmo
Beautiful map of North Polar regions, with Pole at centre surrounded by compass points and the known coastlines of Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and parts of Canada, the other coastlines are fancifully sketched. Cartouche at top, showing title surrounded by cloud with zephyrs, flanked by two ...
Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 41 / 21 x 16
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ORTELIUS Abraham
A beautiful Ortelius map of England and Wales, based on earlier maps by Humphrey Lluyd and Mercator, with ornate strapwork title cartouche, flanked by two figures. Secondary cartouche with scales at top right. Stippled sea with ships and fishes. This is state two with corrected scale. Ref:Van den ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 37.5 / 18½ x 15
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ORTELIUS Abraham
A beautiful map of the British Isles. North is to the right. Title in strapwork cartouche at top right, text in Latin, in its own cartouche at lower left, scale and royal arms. Ships at sea. It is difficult to put an exact date on the map, because of the complex publishing history of Ortelius’ ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 50.5 / 13½ x 20
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Splendid map of the Artois region of north eastern France, from Calais to Cambrai. Magnificent strapwork title cartouche at upper right, scale with strapwork decorations at lower left. The dedicatory cartouche at left, identifies this plate as van den Broecke 74.
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36.5 / 19 x 14½
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
A beautiful decorative map. This plate replaces the earlier one and has the latitude numerals inside the border and Galliae Pars in large capitals next to the lower cartouche. Ref: Marcel P.R. van den Broecke, “Ortelius Atlas Maps” p 252 Entry: 200
Dimensions (W x H): 47.2 x 36.6 / 18½ x 14½
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ORTELIUS Abraham
Ortelius’ decorative map of South East Asia. This map is gorgeously fanciful - little was accurately known about the area at the time - the sea at top right is decorated with colourful sea-monsters and mermaids. Strapwork title cartouche at lower left.
Dimensions (W x H): 49.6 x 34.7 / 19½ x 13½
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BLAEU, Joan
Blaeu’s fine map of Lake Geneva. Compass rose and ships on the lake. Decorated title cartouche at lower right, 3 scales in secondary cartouche at lower centre
Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 41 / 20½ x 16
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Ornate map of Luxembourg, eastern Belgium and part of North Eastern France, with flamboyant strapwork decoration to title across upper centre. Decorated frame. The stippling around the scale identifies this as the later of two plates of the same subject. Ref: Van den Broecke 64.
Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 37.5 / 19 x 15
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BLAEU, Guillaume.
This map covers not only Macedonia but also northern Greece, and part of Turkey in Europe. Title cartouche at lower left, on tablet, surrounded by cherubs. Ships at sea. Ref: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandica, vol II, 7805:2
Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 51 / 16½ x 20
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Based on the 1548 map by Jacques & Jean Surhonio, which for security reasons was never published. Only in 1579, when Antwerp was independent for a short time, did Ortelius publish it (van den Broecke 70). Strapwork cartouche, coats of arms, two scales
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 37 / 19½ x 14½
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Attractive map of area around Mauberge in France and Mons in Belgium. ‘Franciscus Hogenburgus ex archetypo coelabat 1572’ in the lower left corner identifies this as the rarest of the three plates of this region that Ortelius made. Van den Broecke surmises that ‘perhaps about 100 copies’ were ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50.5 x 37.5 / 20 x 15
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Very attractive map of the Iberian peninsula surrounded by stipple engraved seas full of ships and sea monsters. Plenty of cities, mountains and forests indicated. A large strapwork title cartouche and scale of miles with calipers ornament the map. Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38.5 / 19½ x 15
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BLAEU, Johannes
An attractive map of the Savoie region in the Alps. Savoie is bounded by Geneva, Grenoble, the Piemont and southern Switzerland, including Mont Blanc, St. Anton, Val D'Isre and a number of other famous ski resorts near the French, Swiss and Italian borders. Notes cities, towns, mountains, valleys, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Ortelius based the map on the map and plan by Marcus Secsnagel, 1551. Braun and Hogenberg also used Secsnagel work. The poem at the top left commemorates him. The map has been drawn as if stretched over a frame, with the edges pinned down, the lower edges have rolled free to reveal the town plan ...
Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 34 / 17 x 13½
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Very attractive map, with ornamented cartouche and border.Three scales. The map was criticised by Hiob van Magdeburg at an early stage but survived through all editions of the Ortelius’s landmark atlas. Ref: van den Broecke 93.
Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 34 / 19½ x 13½
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ORTELIUS, Abraham
Embellished with an elegant border and an imposing title cartouche in top right corner and a smaller oval cartouche in bottom left corner containing nine lines of Latin text. Natural topography is clearly delineated with the relief shown pictorially. Charming details include a couple of sailing ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 35 / 18½ x 14
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Abraham
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Ortelius's third world map, replacing the first two, with the corrected coastline of South America and the medallions in the corner, containing the quotations from Cicero and Seneca. This is the first state, retaining the 1587 date and before the addition of 'Le Maire Strait'. Title above, ...
Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 36 / 19½ x 14
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BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673)
Exceptional example of this decorative map of Sussex. Large margins. Dutch text on verso. Has the coat of arms of King Charles I on the left and the old Plantagenet coat of arms on the right (first used by Richard the Lionheart), as well as 4 coats of arms of local noblemen in between. The map ...
Dimensions (W x H): 52.5 x 38 / 20½ x 15
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MERIAN, Matthew
Beautiful town plan of Mainz in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (listed at lower right). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 26.5 / 14 x 10½
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Aachen. Lists of the main buildings and features of the town in lower corners. Title at upper centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 28 / 12 x 11
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Augsburg. List of main buildings and fetures at lower left. Title at top centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 31 x 20.5 / 12 x 8
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MERIAN, Matthew
Beautiful view of Baden in Switzerland, looking upstream towards the covered bridge, with Wettingen beyond. This view was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 28 / 14 x 11
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MERIAN, Matthew
Beautiful town plan of Bamberg in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (listed on lower edge of engraving). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 21 / 13 x 8½
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Bremen. List of the important buildings at lower left, vignette of three citizens at ower right, tile on ribbon at upper centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 28 / 14½ x 11
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MERIAN, Matthew
Panoramic town view of Braunschweig in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (listed at top left). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 13 / 21½ x 5
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MERIAN, Matthew
An attractive view of Cassel. Key to the important buildings and places at top right, title at upper centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 27 / 13 x 10½
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MERIAN, Matthew
A very attractive plan of mid-17th century Cologne, with title at top centre, flanked by the city arms, with lists of important churches along left margin, and gates and marketplaces on right margin. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 28 / 14 x 11
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Colmar. Key to the important buildings at lower right, title at upper centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 23 / 11½ x 9
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MERIAN, Matthew
Beautiful view of the bustling town of Danzig, showing its fortifications and principal sights, with ships on the Baltic beyond. A list of the important buildings along the lower edge. This view was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 21 / 18½ x 8½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive town plan of Stuttgart, with elaborate coat of arms at right and a list of important buildings and places at lower right. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 21 / 13 x 8½
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BRAUN, George, and HOGENBERG, Frans
Beautiful view of Fondi in Latina province, south central Italy. Figures in the foreground, behind the town lie the Aurunci mountains. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late ...
Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 35 / 18½ x 14
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive bird’s eye view of Freiburg from nearby hilltop. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 22 / 14 x 8½
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BRAUN & HOGENBURG.
A dramatic view of the city of Granada, with travelers in the foreground and the mountains beyond. A splendid ornamental cartouche, surrounded by flying crows, lists the Alhambra and other major buildings. From the Civitates Orbis Terarrum the greatest book of its kind. The "Civitates" was ...
Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 32 / 20 x 12½
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Groningen, showing the town and its fortifications, with a list of the important buildings at lower left. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½
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BRAUN, George, and HOGENBERG, Frans
Beautiful plan of Paris with title cartouche and figures in the foreground. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 34.5 / 19 x 13½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Panoramic town view of Magdeburg in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (key to the buildings in top corners). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 15 / 21½ x 6
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Marburg, central Germany, with its magnificent castle, scene of the famous conference between Martin Luther and Zwingli in 1529. His town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s ...
Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 20.5 / 13 x 8
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive town plan of Münster in northern Germany, with town shields on either side. List of principal buildings at lower right. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 28 / 14 x 11
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MERIAN, Matthew
Very attractive town plan of Lisbon, showing the streets in detail with the principal buildings numbered and listed in a key along lower edge of print. With many ships at sea, two shields in upper corners. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum ...
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 28 / 14 x 11
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BRAUN, George, and HOGENBERG, Frans
Beautiful view of the Spanish city of Santander. Showing the port and harbour, ships in the bay, mountains beyond and three women, a donkey and a baby in the foreground. Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 32 / 14 x 12½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Handsome bird’s eye view of Schaffhausen, with the Rhine in the foreground. Key to the important buildings along lower edge, title at upper centre. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 21.5 / 15 x 8½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Attractive view of Speyer on the Rhine. Boats cross the river in the foreground, whilst beyond the city walls, the four towers of the Dom Kirche and other buildings of the town stand out against the horizon. This view was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum ...
Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 18 / 14 x 7
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MERIAN, Matthew
Bird’s eye view of Stettin looking across the town to the Rhine and the countryside beyond. Key to the important buildings and places along the lower edge. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of ...
Dimensions (W x H): 34 x 21 / 13½ x 8½
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BRAUN & HOGENBURG.
Two detailed and decorative viewson one sheet: The upper view is the ancient Visigothic capital of Toledo and below, the city of Valladolid, located in northern Castile. Clearly visible on the Toledo plate are the city's most distinctive buildings, the Cathedral and the high-walled Royal Palace. ...
Dimensions (W x H): 47.5 x 33 / 18½ x 13
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MERIAN, Matthew
Handsome view of Trier from across the Moselle. Title at top centre, list of important buildings along lower edge. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 21.5 / 13½ x 8½
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MERIAN, Matthew
Beautiful town plan of Ulm in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (listed on lower edge of engraving). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 28 / 14 x 11
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BRAUN, George, and HOGENBERG, Frans
A beautiful plan of Venice with detailed key and figures of clergymen. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was a monumental work completed over 45 years between 1572 and 1617, and was one of the best-selling works of the late sixteenth-century. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first ...
Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 33.5 / 19 x 13
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of Breisach am Rhein from the west. Title on banner along top edge, key at lower right. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 20 / 14 x 8
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MERIAN, Matthew
View of the town of Elbing. A key below the engraving lists the important buildings of the town. This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.
Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 23.5 / 12½ x 9½