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Superb map of the German Empire showing northern Europe, from the eastern tip of England to Poland, and extends from the North Sea to Venice and the coast of Croatia published by Johan Baptiste Vrients for the 1612 edition of Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. This plate was acquired by Vrients in 1603 from the engraver Franz Hogenberg (see his signature in the centre of the lower-left cartouche) and incorporated…
A lovely original antique miniature map showing the Electorate of Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
From the uncommon Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas by J. U. Muller published in Frankfurt in 1692 at Johann Philip Andrea.
The map was engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher.
See G. King Miniature Antique Maps (1st edition) pag.136
Nice town view of Barth Pommern in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
A particularly attractive pictorial map of Bavaria in Germany centered on Munich and Ingolstadt by anonymous author published in 1930 circa. The map is covered with vignettes describing major towns and landmarks along the roads and includes decorative cartouche, compass rose and inset lovely views showing Dinkelsbuhl, Nuremberg, Bamberg e Passau. Uncommon.
A lovely original antique miniature map of Varia centered on Munich.
From the uncommon Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas by J. U. Muller published in Franckfurt in 1692 at Johann Philip Andrea.
The map was engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher.
See G. King Miniature antique maps (1st edition) pag.136
Nice town view of Boppard in Rheinland-Pfalz from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Fine and detailed map of Cologne and Dusseldorff from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606. Almost 20 years later Joannes Janssonius commissioned a new set of …
Lovely small map of Upper Sachsen and Schlesien centered roughly on Meissen with place names, rivers and forests. From the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great cartographer Mercator of around 1580-90 or were reductions of Hondius’ own maps of 1606.
Nice town view of Bremen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Very rare map engraved by Elias Baeck from ?Der curiose und .. Nssliche Dollmetscher..? published in Augsburg in 1748. The map has decorative cartouche and a nice original colouring. Missing in many reference.
Nice town view of Koblenz in Rheinland-Pfalz from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
[Italian only] Eccezionale pianta prospettica della citt di Brescia incisa e pubblicata da Donato Rascicotti nella inedita e sconosciuta versione con il cartiglio nella parte destra poi eliminato nella versione definitiva a causa della lunghezza del testo descrittivo che non poteva essere contenuto. Anche il cartiglio a sinistra contenente la dedica risulta vuoto a conferma del fatto che si tratti di primissima tiratura di prova. In basso 134 rimandi …
Rare copper engraving showing 20 German town.
Very detailed and decorative map in two sheets of Rhine Valley from Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Inset map of the entire River. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken early in his ecclesiastical career and never supp
Very rare map engraved by Elias Baeck from ?Der curiose und .. Nssliche Dollmetscher..? published in Augsburg in 1748. The map has decorative cartouche and a nice original colouring. Missing in many reference.
A lovely original antique miniature map of Germany.
From the uncommon Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas by J. U. Muller published in Franckfurt in 1692 at Johann Philip Andrea.
The map was engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher.
See G. King Miniature antique maps (1st edition) pag.136
Nice town view of Dortmund in Nordrhein-Westfalen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Nice town view of Eisleben in Sachsen-Anhalt from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Nice town view of Emmerich on Rhein in Nordrhein-Westfalen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Nice town view of Erfurt in Thringen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Nice town view of Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
A lovely original antique miniature map centered on Bamberg showing the region of Franconia in Germany.
From the uncommon “Neu aussgeffertigter kleiner Atlas” by J. U. Muller published in Franckfurt in 1692 at Johann Philip Andrea.
The map was engraved with great care by G. Karsch e G. Bodeneher.
See G. King “Miniature antique maps” (1st edition) pag.136
Four bird’s-eye views showing the german cities of Wittenberg, Frankfurt an der Oder, Wismar and Rostock printed on one sheet.
From the famous Civitas Orbis Terrarum published in Cologne in 1572 with latin text on verso.
Beautifully engraved map of ancient Germany showing in hight details the northern Europe from the Adriatic to the Baltic and Netherlands.
Really interesting the latin nomenclature of the cities, town rivers and mountains.
From the 1624 final edition of Ortelius’s “Parergon in quo Veteris Geographiae aliquot tabulae… – Nomenclator Ptolemaicus” with the text by Balthasar Moretus.
Ortelius’s Parergon began as a companion to his Theatrum but eventually it became an independent work. In fact, this collection of maps of the ancient world was so significant that it became the model for all historical atlases published throughout the seventeenth century. The maps and plates in the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century (Koeman).