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1820 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
circa 1820
A Scarce Korean Manuscript Atlas.Album with 11 manuscript maps from a traditional Korean manuscript atlas, drawn in the early 19th century. With a China-centered world map (Chonha-Do), a map...
Ch'onha Chido [Atlas of all under Heaven]
12082
Korean Manuscript Atlas, Ch'onha-Chido, early 19th Century
9 500,00 €
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1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller: Tabula neoterica Crete sive Candie insule
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520
The prototype map of the modern Crete from M. Waldseemuller of 1513/1520.One of the rare modern maps of the most famouse Ptolemy edition. This representation of Crete served as a...
Tabula neoterica Crete sive Candie insule
11469
Antique woodcut map of Kriti, Crete. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513 or 1520.
3 500,00 €
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1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller: Secunda Asiae tabula
Johannes Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520
Rare woodcut map of Central Russia from M. Waldseemuller of 1513/1520. With the Crimea peninsula.Shows the area between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea with the Crimea peninsula and Caspian...
Secunda Asiae tabula
11470
Antique woodcut map of the Caucasus, Caspian Sea, Crimea. Printed in Strasbourg by Johannes Schott in 1513 or 1520.
2 900,00 €
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1675 - Anonymous
Anonymous: Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer Schandt Brandt und...
circa 1675
Extremely rare, large engraved pamphlet on 4 sheets joined. Shows dramatic scenes during the French-Dutch War (1672-1679). The unusual dramatic scenes of violence for this time of printmaking are...
Erschrecklicher und Erbärmlicher Schaw Platz Verüblter Frantzösischer...
11205
Extremely rare, large pamphlet of the French-Dutch War. Printed on 4 sheets in the year 1675.
2 800,00 €
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1641 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Willem Janszoon Blaeu: Africae nova descriptio
Amsterdam, 1641-42
One of the most sought after maps of Africa.A very good example of Blaeu's iconic 17th-century map of Africa. It features the African continent with the Arabian Peninsula in the upper right...
Africae nova descriptio
12857
Antique map of Africa with borders by Willem J. Blaeu. Published 1641 in Amsterdam.
2 900,00 €
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1590 - Theodor de Bry
Theodor de Bry: Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh...
Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt, 1590
One of the Most Significant Cartographical Milestones on Colonial North American History.A very fine dark impression of the first printed map of Virginia and the Carolinas. From the first...
Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus...
11188
Coloured map of Virginia. Printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry in 1590.
15 900,00 €
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1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
Johann Baptist Homann: Ducatus Franciae Orientalis seu Sac. Rom. Imperii Principatus et Episcopatus Herbipolensis.
J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720
Old colored, very detailed antique map of Franconia by J. B. Homann. From Tann (Rhön) in the north to Rothenburg in the south, in the east from Lichtenfels to Aschaffenburg in the west. With...
Ducatus Franciae Orientalis seu Sac. Rom. Imperii Principatus et...
12978
Old coloured map of Franconia. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.
280,00 €
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1740 - Johann Baptist Homann
Johann Baptist Homann: Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der Neu-entdeckten Schalck-Welt, oder des so offt benannten, und...
Homann Erben, circa 1740
The Famous Sought After Fantasy Map of Utopia.Schlaraffenland means Land of Cockaigne or Land of milk and honey in German and represents a country of idleness and luxury. This is a...
Accurata Utopiae tabula. Das ist der Neu-entdeckten Schalck-Welt, oder...
12979
Old coloured map of Utopia, Land of Cockaigne. Printed by Homann Erben circa 1740.
1 700,00 €
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1730 - George Matthäus Seutter
George Matthäus Seutter: Planisphaerium coeleste
M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1730
Beautiful double hemisphere celestial chart of the northern and southern sky with allegorical constellations by Matthäus Seutter. The star map is surrounded by seven smaller astronomical diagrams....
Planisphaerium coeleste
12980
Old coloured celestial map. Printed in Augsburg by M. Seutter circa 1730.
1 500,00 €
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1649 - Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu: Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1649-50
Antique map of the Margraviate of Brandenburg by J. Blaeu. From the island of Rügen with Mecklenburg and Pomerania to Saxony-Anhalt. In the east the northwestern part of Poland. With Berlin,...
Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
12981
Old coloured map of Brandenburg, Germany. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1649.
390,00 €
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1730 - Guillaume de l'Isle
Guillaume de l'Isle: Partie Septentrionale de la Souabe
Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730
Antique map of northern Württemberg and Franken by Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier edition of the detailed map by G. de l'Isle. Showing the area Hornberg, Nuremberg, Stuttgart. In...
Partie Septentrionale de la Souabe
12982
Old coloured map of Nordwürttemberg, Franken. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.
300,00 €
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1680 - Frederick de Wit
Frederick de Wit: Nova Tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae in Provincias Divisa, Multis Locis...
F. de Wit, Amsterdam, circa 1680
Old colored antique map of Finland by Frederick de Wit. Surrounded by the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland. In the west parts of Sweden and Aland, in the east Lake Ladoga. With Helsinki,...
Nova Tabula Magni Ducatus Finlandiae in Provincias Divisa, Multis Locis...
12983
Old coloured map of Finland. Printed in Amsterdam by F. de Wit circa 1680.
450,00 €
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