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Canary Islands, Madeira. "Insulae Canariae, olim Fortunatae Dictae". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1656. Original old coloring. With two colored figure-cartouches, windrose and 3 ships. 42,5:53 cm.
Brussels. "Bruxeliae Belgii cathol. ornamentum et ducatus Brabantiae metropolis". Old coloured city plan with uncoloured view of the city (12:56 cm) at the bottom. Orig. copper-engraving by M. Seutter, published ca. 1740. With 2 ornamental cartouches (one of...
Tiel - Zaltbommel. "Tyel. Salt-Boemel". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1649. With engraved titles and ships in the foreground. 42,5:43,5 cm.
Zutphen. "Zutphen". Orig. copperplate engraving from J. Blaeu's Städtebuch, 1649. With 2 ornament. and herald. cartouches, coat-of-arms, many ships and explanatory notes. 39:51 cm.
Friesland (Netherlands). "Slooten. Ylst. Worcum. Hinloopen". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Blaeu, Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Regiae (Städtebuch), 1649. 4 city views printed from one plate. 40:51 cm.
Kingdom of Naples. "Regno di Napoli". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1644. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche. 38:50 cm.
Treviso. "Territorio Trevigiano". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1659. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala di miglia cinque Italiane") with a lion, and a sailing ship....
"Mediolanum ducatus". Altkol. Kupf.-Kte. von W. Blaeu, (um 1635). Mit 2 ausgem. herald. u. ornament. Kart. 38:49 cm.
Republic of Genoa. "Reipublicae Genuensis ducatus et dominii. nova descrip.". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Janssonius in Amsterdam, 1630. Orig. old colouring. With great title cartouche. 37:48,5 cm.
Republic of Genoa. "Genovesato. Serenissimae Reipublicae Genuensis ducatus et dominii. Nova descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving, W. J. Blaeu. Engraved by D. Grijp. Published by W. and J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1635. Orig. old colouring. 37:49 cm.
Balearic Islands. "Carte des Isles de Maiorque, Minorque et d'Yvice". Orig. copperplate engraving, T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, ca. 1750. Original old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouce. 48,5:56,5 cm.
Western part of the Italian Riviera - Riviera di Ponente. "Riviera di Genova da Ponente". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1669. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title cartouche. 38:49,5 cm.
Capitanata / Foggia. "Capitanata, olim Mesapiae et Iapygiae pars". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche. 38:50 cm.
Monferrato. "Montisferrati Ducatus". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by W. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche. 37:48,5 cm.
Tuscany. "Dominio Fiorentino". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1644. Orig. old colouring. 38:50 cm.
Siena. "Territorio di Siena et Ducato di Castro". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. and C. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1641. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche. 38:50 cm.
Mantua. "Ducato di Mantova". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. and W. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche and figure cartouche with the scale of map ("Scala di Miglia sei"). 38:49,5 cm.
Balkans - Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Istria. "Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, finitimarumque regionum nova descriptio". Orig. copper-engraving, A. Ortelius after A. Hirsvogel map, 1570. Coloured. With title border at the bottom. 34,5:46 cm (13 1/2 x 18 1/4 inch.).
Lucca. "Stato della Republica di Lucca". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1644. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche. 38:50 cm.
Vicenza. "Territorio di Vicenza". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1640. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche. 41,5:50 cm.
Padua. "Territorio Padovano". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1644. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche. 38,5:50,5 cm.
Upper Palatinate and Strasbourg (Rhine). "Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio" and "Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio" Orig. copper-engraving, A Ortelius, 1584 after E. Reich resp. D. Speckel. Original old colouring. With two ornamental cartouches. Two maps on one...
Namur. "Namurcum Comitatus". Orig. copper-engraving, W. Blaeu, 1640 after J. Surhon's map of the region. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title cartouche with a coat of arms and a cartouche with the scale of map. 41,5:53 cm.
Fulda and Waldeck (Hessen). "Buchaviae, sive Fuldensis Ditionis Typus" and "Waldeccensis Comitatus Descriptio Accuratissima". Orig. copper-engravings, A Ortelius, 1579. After W. Reckwill map of 1574, resp. J. Moers map of 1575. Two maps printed from one plate. Orig. old colouring. 31,5:46,5 cm.
Thuringia and Lusatia. "Turingiae Noviss. Descript." und "Misniae et Lusatiae Tabula". Kol. Kupf.-Ktn., A. Orteluius nach J. Mellinger und B. Scultetus, 1579. Zwei Karten auf 1 Blatt, je. 29,5:21,5 cm (59:43 Platte).
Nuremberg. "Geometrischer Grundris Der Des Heiligen Römischen Reichs Freyen Stadt Nürnberg". Orig. copper-engraving, M. Seutter or T. C. Lotter, Nuremberg, ca. 1750. Engraved by "B. F. A. G."(?). 53:59 cm.
Mainz. "Mogontia Metropolis. Anno Dom. 1604". Orig. copperplate engraving from: N. Serarius, 'Mogunticarum Rerum', Mainz, Lippius, 1604. With engraved title, 3 coats of arms and explanatory notes. 18,5:46 cm.
Essen. "Werden - Essend". Orig. copper-engraving from Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1581. With 2 ornamental title-cartouches and several figures. 33,5:42 cm.
Essen. "Essend". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian, 1647. 10,5:32 cm.
Dortmund. "Dortmund". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian, 1647. With engraved titel and a blank shield. 9,5:32 cm.
"Rattenaw". Orig. Kupferstich (von M. Merian, 1652). 12,5:35 cm.
"Die Statt und Vestung Spandau". Orig. Kupferstich (von M. Merian, 1652). 13,5:35 cm.
Münster. "Münster in Westphalen. Vor der Belägerung. - Belägerung Münster". Gesamtansicht der Stadt vor und während Belagerung durch die Truppen des Bischofs Christoph Bernard von Galen i. J. 1657. Kupf. von C. Merian, (aus Theatrum Europaeum, 1667)....
Worms. "Wormatia. Wormbs". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, 1645. 21:68,5 cm.
Aachen. "Aquisgranum. Achen". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian, 1647. With 2 coats-of-arms and explanatory notes (1.-29.). 27,5:31 cm (10 3/4 x 12 1/4 inch.).
Kassel. "Cassellae - Cassel". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, Topographia Hassiae, 1646. 27:32,5 cm.
Laugingen. "Laugingen". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, Topographia Bavariae, 1644. Mit Titelkart., einem Wappen und Kart. mit Erklärungen (A.-S.). 28,5:33cm.
Wesel. "Vesalia - Nider Wesel". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, Topographia Westphaliae, 1647. 20:32 cm.
Kalkar. "Calcar". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, Topographia Westphaliae, 1647. 20:31,5 cm.
Mühldorf am Inn. "Mülldorff". Orig. Kupferstich, M. Merian, Topographia Bavariae, 1644. 22:31 cm.
Düsseldorf. "Düsseldorff". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian, 1647. With decorative title, a cartouche with explanatory notes and many ships. 20:32 cm.
Nuremberg. "Nurnberg". Orig. copperplate engraving after P. H. Schut drawing. Published by N. Visscher, 1658. With ornamental title cartouche and figures in the foreground. 21,5:28 cm.
Morocco and Canary Islands. "Statuum Maroccanorum Regnorum". Orig. copper-engraving, J. B. Homann, 1728 in Nuremberg. Original old colouring. With great figure title cartouche and views of Marrakesh and Méknes (each one 11:27 cm) at the bottom. 48,5:56 cm.
Africa. "Afrique". Orig. copperplate engraving, Nicolas Sanson. Orig. old colouring. Published by Pierre Mariette, Paris, 1650. With ornamental title-cartouche. 39,5:56 cm (15 1/2 x 22 inch.).
North Africa. "Aphricae Tabula I". Orig. woodblock from the first edition of S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1540. With latin title above the map, a cartouche and depiction of a ship. 25,5:33 cm (10 x 13 inch.).
North Africa. "Aphricae Tabula II". Orig. woodblock from the first edition of S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1540. With latin title above the map, a cartouche and a depiction of the Apostle Paul's shipwreck near Malta. 25,5:33,5 cm (10 x 13 1/4 inch.).
Northeast Africa (Egypt). "Tabula Aphricae III". Orig. woodblock from the S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1542. With latin title above the map, 2 cartouches and a depiction of a sea monster devouring a sailor. 25,5:34 cm (10 x 13 1/2 inch.).
Eichstätt. "Eigentliche Verzeichnung der Gegend und Prospecten der ... Stadt Aichstaedt". Orig. copperplate engraving. Published by Homann Heirs in Nuremberg, 1730. Orig. old colouring. 50:58,5 cm.
Weißenburg in Bayern. "Accurater Prospect u. Grundris der Gegend der Kayserl. Freyen Reichs Stadt Weissenburg am Nordgau". Orig. copperplate engraving. Published by J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. 49:56,5 cm.
Mainz. "Plan du Mayence - Accurater Plan der ... Stadt Maynz". Orig. copperplate engraving. Published by Homann Heirs in Nuremberg, ca. 1735. Orig. old colouring. 58:48 cm.