A clear map of North Western Germany. 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 drew on the work of other cartographers- such as Captain Cook, for his maps of New ...

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

A detailed map of north west Germany including what is now known as The Netherlands but not in such great detail. A library stamp on the reverse but does not show through image.

Dimensions (W x H): 26.2 x 19.2 / 10½ x 7½

Beautiful colouring, probably 19th century. Short text about the area covered at the top of map. North is to the right of the map, which shows south western Germany, south of the Moselle, and west of the Rhine

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 31 / 14 x 12

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

Beautifully coloured, probably 19th century. The map covers the area around the river Main, with north to the bottom of the map

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 31 / 14 x 12

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 31 / 14 x 12

Beautifully coloured, probably c19th. The map reaches from the SE Baltic, to Moscow, to Constantinople, and the northern tip of the Adriatic

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 32 / 14 x 12½

Beautifully coloured, probably 19th century. Scale at top, text about the area in German at lower left, the map covers much of Southwest Poland

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 31 / 14 x 12

A delightful Munster map of this region of Germany

Dimensions (W x H): 34.3 x 27.2 / 13½ x 10½

A most attractive wood engraving in the copper plate style. The title is in Gothic German.

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 30.5 / 13.5 x 12

A boldly engraved map of Turkey

Dimensions (W x H): 34.2 x 25.2 / 13½ x 10

A beautiful map in the bold simple style associated with Munster.

Dimensions (W x H): 33.8 x 25.2 / 13½ x 10

Beautiful colouring, probably 19th century, north is to the bottom of the map. The map covers most of Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, the low countries and part of France. Scale at lower right

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 32 / 14 x 12½

Mercator’s map of Great Britain, based on Ptolemy’s Geographia. This map, with its unaltered strapwork cartouche, is from an earlier edition of the atlas. The Ptolemaic maps were based in the work of Claude Ptolemy (AD 87 - 150) a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer, living in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 34 / 16 x 13½