Nice town view of Bremen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
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Nice town view of Bremen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
€ 120,00
Nice town view of Bremen from Bertius’s “Commentariorum rerum germanicum libri tres” published in Amsterdam at Jannsonius in 1616.
Very rich and detailed brochure with pictorial map of the Rhineland. The cartoon map by Leo Faller provides a striking overview of whole Rhine valley and it extends from Kleve and Emmerich to Pforzheim. On verso text in English. An attractive and uncommon ephemeral item in excellent condition.
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…
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).
Rare copper engraving showing 20 German town.