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

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

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

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

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

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

A beautiful map of Ile de France, with Paris and the Seina towards the lower edge. Title cartouche at top left, scale at lower left, Decorated borders.

Dimensions (W x H): 45.8 x 33.8 / 18 x 13½

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

Decorative cartouche at top left, secondary cartouche with scale at top right. Ref: van den Broecke, no.50

Dimensions (W x H): 50.4 x 34.3 / 20 x 13½

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

Based on the 1548 map by Jacques and Jean Surhon, according to van der Broecke there were only one hundred copies of this map printed. Strapwork cartouche, coats of arms,two scales beadwork border Ref: van den Broecke 69

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15

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

Based on Egnatio Dante’s 1580 Perugia map, engraved by Mario Cartaro. Decorated strapwork cartouche at lower right, scale at lower left and compass point at centre right, empty cartouche at top left.

Dimensions (W x H): 33.4 x 47 / 13 x 18½

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

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

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

A beautifully engraved map of the Holy Land, with east at the top. Jonah and the Whale are depicted in the bottom left corner and the scale is shown in `Hours of travel`.

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 37 / 19½ x 14½

This attractive map of the Turkish Empire stretches from Greece to Persia, including the whole of the Middle East. It is based on Ortelius’ earlier Asia map which in turn was derived from Gastaldi’s 1561 map. Large ornamental cartouche with two putti atop, at lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 49.6 x 37.8 / 19½ x 15

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

Four maps in one of these British islands. Two of the maps have Hondius style shot silk effect sea, and the other two have Ortelius style stippling. The plate was originally published in Mercator’s atlas and subsequently in the Mercator-Hondius atlas, the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas and the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 31.5 / 17 x 12½

An attractive oval map showing the "modern" world after Ortelius, used in the later editions of Munster's Cosmographia. The corners are decorated with florid vine leaves. The title is in Gothic German on the top border. Above and below there are short texts in Gothic German, within strapwork ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 32 / 14½ x 12½

An attractive map of Morocco with ornamental cartouche at lower left, ships at sea, north to the right. The map is based on Ortelius’ map of the same region (Van den Broecke, 177).

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 26 / 13 x 10

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

This beautiful map, in the unusual size of small folio, is similar to the style of Ortelius. It covers most of France, except the south and Mediterranean coast, showing the coast, towns and regions. Fleur de Lys at the top right. Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne,which, at the time ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 21 / 11 x 8½

Handsome map of Switzerland, with north at lower edge of map. The map is based on the 1538 map of the Swiss cartographer Aegidicus Tschudi., also used by Ortelius, before Quad included it in his work. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18 / 10 x 7

World map, with large unexplored ‘Terra Australis’ and westward bulge to South America. Stippled sea with ships and sea monsters. ‘Giovanni Maffei’s account of the Portuguese accomplishments throughout India and the East. It was first published in Florence in 1588. A skilled engraver has copied ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 28.5 / 19 x 11

A bold map of Roman northern Italy based on the Ortelius map of the same name(Van den Broecke 206) Title cartouche at top left, two more cartouches containing lists of place names and lists of people. Annotations on map, Roman roads

Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 34 / 17½ x 5½

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

Fine ornamental cartouche, containing title flanked by cartographers, secondary cartouche has two scales. Four ships at sea, ornamental compass and Neptune riding a sea Monster. North is to the right of map. Secco produced the first map of Portugal, it was also copied by Ortelius, De Jode and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15½

Attractive map of Portugal, with north to the right of the map. This map is based on the earlier map by Alvaro Secco, also used by Blaeu and Ortelius. 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 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18 / 10 x 7

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

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