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 into later editions of Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The first Hogenberg edition, printed separately and in few copies, differs for the addition by Vrients of the city of Rouen in France (designed in the graduated border near the left cherub) which is not present in the prototype by Hogenberg.
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A beautiful guide in 48 pages to the gastronomic delights of Germany richly illustrated by Herman Schneider. Published in Berlin in 1953. In the end, folded, a fine pictorial map of Germany.
- Dimension: 58 x 40 cm
- Place of publication: Berlin
- Year: 1953
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Important early woodblock map by Sebastian Munster showing the Black Forest the large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. From the rare “Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII” published in Basel at Heinrich Petri in 1552.
- Year: 1552
- Dimension: 285 x 375 mm
- Place of publication: Basle
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Out of stockDetailed topographical map of Berlin published in 1962, very shortly after the construction of the Berlin wall which isolated the west part from the east until 1989, by the Presse- und Informationsamt des Landes.
The powerful map is interesting also because it is before the construction of the second wall beginning in June 1963, which established the so-called death strip.
At top large title and the the coat of arms of Berlin west (a black bear on a white shield) introduced in 1954.- Dimension: 60 x 83 cm
- Place of publication: Berlin
- Year: 1962
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A nice example of Gerard De Jode highly detailed map of Saxony centered on Mansfeld. From the rare Speculum Orbis Terrae published in Amsterdam in 1593 by Cornelis De Jode.
- Year: 1593
- Dimension: 334 x 250 mm
- Place of publication: Antwerp
