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Goltzius, Hendrik (1558-1617). Venetian Wedding. "Hic Antenorei ... spectanda per orbem". Orig. copperplate engraving, 1584. Engraved by H. Goltzius after D. Barendsz' drawing. Published by A. van Waesbergen in Rotterdam, ca. 1630. 40:72,8 cm.
Urbino. Pietro Bertelli (ca. 1571-1621). "Urbino". Orig. copperplate engraving, 1599 from the Italian ed. of P. Bertelli's 'Theatrum Urbium ...' ('Teatro Delle Città D'Italia'. Published by D. Amadio, Vicenza, 1616). 12:18 cm.
Veneto and Apulia. "Patavini Territorii ... Apuliae quae olim Iapygia ...". Orig. copperplate engravings after G. Gastaldi's maps. Published by A. Ortelius, 1592. Orig. old colouring. 2 maps printed from two plates, each 31:22 cm.
Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica. "Evr. VII. Tab.". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator after C. Ptolemy's map. Published in Duisburg by G. von Kempen, 1584. Magnificent old colouring. With title above the map and great ornamental cartouche. 32,5:47,5 cm.
Sicily. "Siciliae Regnum". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, 1589. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. With ornamental title-cartouche and the scale of map. 34:47,5 cm.
Sicily. "Siciliae Regnum". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1589. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title-cartouche and a scale of map. 34:47,5 cm.
Malta, Gozo, Comino. "Insula Malta accuratisime Delineata Urbibus, et Fortalitiis expressa". Orig. copperplate engraving, F. de Wit, ca. 1680. Original old colouring. With decorative title cartouche with inset plan of Valetta. 44,5:54 cm.
Jost Amman. "Foemina Perusina in Italia". Orig. woodcut, J. Amman from the first edition of his work 'Habitus praecipuorum populorum ...'. Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. 22,5:16,5 cm.
Jost Amman. "Honesta Mulier Faventina in Italia". Orig. woodcut, J. Amman from the first edition of his work 'Habitus praecipuorum populorum ...'. Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. 24:17 cm.
Western Lombardy - Duchy of Milan. "Ducatus Mediolani". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. B. Homann, ca. 1715. Orig. old colouring. With figure title cartouche and the scale of map. 47:58,5 cm.
Sicily. "Siciliae Regnum". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1589. Published by J. Janssonius and H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1633. Coloured. With ornamental title-cartouche and a scale of map. 34:47,5 cm.
Piedmnot and Liguria. "Pedemontanae Vicinorumque Regionum". Orig., copperplate engraving after G. Gastaldi's map of the region. A. Ortelius, Antwerp, 1570. With ornament. title-cartouche, a cart. with the scale of map and a ship. 37:49 cm.
Veneto (Padua and Treviso). "Patavini Territorii Corographia" + "Tarvisini Agri Typus". Orig. copperplate engravings, A. Ortelius, 1595. With 2 ornament. title-cartouches, a coat-of-arms and a cart. with the scale of maps. 31:23 cm + 31:24 cm.
Perugia. "Perusini agri ... descriptio". Orig. copperplate engravng, A. Ortelius, 1584 after I. Danti's map of the region. Orig. old colouring. With ornement. title-cartouche. 33:47 cm.
Northern Italy. "Italia Gallica, sive Gallia Cisalpina". Orig. copperplate engraving, A. Ortelius, 1590. Orig. old colouring. Mit ornament. title-cartouche and 3 other cartouches. 34,5:46 cm.
Mediterranean islands. "Insularum aliquot Maris Mediterranei descriptio". Orig copperplate engraving, A. Ortelius, 1570. Orig. old colouring. With decorative title-cartouche. 36:47,5 cm.
Lazio. "Gli Stati del Sommo Pontifice ... Latio vecchio". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1740. Engraved by T. C. Lotter. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche. 49:57 cm.
Sardinia. "Sardiniae Regnum et Insula". Orig. copperplate engraving after V. M. Cornelli's map of the region. Published by Homann Heirs in Nuremberg, 1734. Orig. old colouring. 56:47,5 cm.
Sardinia. "Insula et Regnum Sardiniae". Orig. copperplate engraving, T. C. Lotter, Augsburg, ca. 1750. Orig. old colouring. With great figure title-cartouche and ornamental cartouche with a coat-of-arms. 58:50 cm.
Northwestern Lombardy and Canton of Valais (Switzerland). "Lombardiae Alpestris pars occidentalis cum Valesia". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1589. Orig old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche. 35,5:45 cm.
Lombardy, Venetia and Tyrol (Trentino-Alto Adige). "Tarvisina Marchia et Tirolis Comitatus". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1589. Published by J. Janssonius and H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1633. With ornamental title-cartouche. 35,5:43,5 cm.
Corsica and Sardinia. "Corsica. Sardinia". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, 1589. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. With 2 ornamental title-cartouches. 34,5:46,5 cm.
Lombardy, Liguria. "Ducatus Mediolanensis". Orig. copperplate engraving. Published in Augsburg by M. Seutter, ca. 1730. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche. 49:57 cm.
Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria. "Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium territorio & Montisferrati Marchionatu". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, 1589. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. With ornamental title-cartouche. 36:45,5 cm.
Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria. "Pedemontana regio cum Genuensium territorio & Montisferrati Marchionatu". Orig. copperplate engraving, G. Mercator, Duisburg, 1589. Orig old colouring. 36:45,5 cm.
Sardinia. "Regni Sardiniae descriptio". Orig. copperplate engraving, Ch. Weigel, Nuremberg, ca. 1720. Orig. old colouring. With figure title-cartouche. 40:32 cm.
Ischia. "Ischia, quae olim Aenaria". Orig. copperplate engraving, A. Ortelius, 1590. Coloured. With ornament. title-cartouche, 2 other cartouches and a depiction of a naval battle. 36:48 cm.
Siena, Corsica, Marche (Ancona). "Senensis Ditionis" + "Corsica" + "Marcha Anconae". Orig. copperplate engraving, A. Ortelius, 1572. Coloured. With 3 ornamental title-cartouches. 33:49 cm.
Milan, San Fedele. "Eglise de S. Fedele a Milan". Orig. etching with aquatint by Louis Cherbuin. Published by Ferdinand Artaria, Milan, ca. 1840. With many figures in the foreground and title under the picture. 16:21,5 cm.
Italy. "Nova et exactissima totius Italiae, Sardiniae et Corsicae Delineatio". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1730. Orig. old colouring. 49:57,5 cm (19 1/2 x 22 3/4 inch.).
Emilia-Romagna. "Romandiola cum Parmensi Ducatu". Orig. coppreplate engraving after G. Mercator's map of the region. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. With ornamental title-cartouche and the scale of map ("Miliaria Italica communia"). 36:43,5 cm.
Brescia and Milan. "Brescia Episcopatus, Mediolanum Ducatus". Orig. coppreplate engraving after G. Mercator's map of the region. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. With ornamental title-cartouche with the scale of map ("Miliaria Italica communia"). 37:47,5 cm.
Verona, Vicenza and Padua. "Veronae Vicentiae et Patavii Ditiones". Orig. coppreplate engraving after G. Mercator's map of the region. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. 37:49 cm.
Southern Italy. "Puglia Piana, Terra di Barri, Terra di Otranto, Calabria et Basilicata". Orig. coppreplate engraving after G. Mercator's map of the region. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. 34:45,5 cm.
Friuli, Slovenia, Istria. "Forum Iulium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia". Orig. coppreplate engraving after G. Mercator's map of the region. Published by H. Hondius in Amsterdam, 1630. 34,5:47 cm.
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Alba Longa. The tomb of the three Curati brothers. "Sepolcro delli trè fratelli Curiati in Albano". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With title cartouche with author''s name in lower right corner and plate number in upper right corner. 13:26,2 cm.
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Umbria. Temple of Clitumnus. "Tempio di Clitumno tra Fuligno e Spoletti". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With etched title cartouche with author''s name in lower right corner and plate number in uper right corner. 13,5:26,7 cm.
Piranes, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Rome. Colosseum. "Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo in Roma". Orig. etching by Piranesi, 1748. With etched title, author''s name and plate number under the picture. 13,5:27 cm.
Padua. "Padua". Orig. copperplate engraving from 'Ansichten berühmter Städte Europas'. Engraved by A. Gläßer after F. B. Werner's drawing. Published by M. Engelbrecht in Augsburg, ca. 1740. Magnificent old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, cartouche with a coat of arms and explanatory notes under the picture. 18:29,5 cm (21,5:29,5 cm with the...
Venice. "Venetia. Venedig". Orig. copperplate engraving. Engraved by J. G. Ringle (also Ringlin) after F. B. Werner's drawing. Published by M. Engelbrecht in Augsburg, ca. 1740. Magnificent old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, cartouche with a coat of arms and explanatory notes under the picture. 18,5:29,5 cm.
Malta, Sicily, Elba, Corsica and Sardinia. "Li Regni di Sicilia, e Sardegna, colle Adiacenti Isole di Corsica, Elba, Malta, e Liparee ...". Orig. copperplate engraving, Homann heirs, 1762. 47:57 cm.
Milan Cathedral. "Veduta del Duomo di Milano. Vue du Dome de Milan". Orig. aquatint, D. Landini, ca. 1830. With many figures in the foreground and Italian-French title under the picture. 31,2:41,2 cm.
Tyrol Castle (Castel Tirolo). "Schloss Tyrol bei Meran". Orig. copperplate engraving from C. C. André, "Die gefürstete Graffschaft Tirol", Innsbruck, 1827. With 2 figures in foreground and German title under the picture. 8:14,5 cm.
Italy. "Italien in seine unterschiedene Laender eingetheilet". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. M. Probst, Augsburg, ca. 1780. Engraved by J. G. Probst. Orig. old colouring. With decorative title cartouche and explanatory notes on the right. 17,5:25 cm.
Sicily. "Sicilia Regnum". Orig. copperplate engraving, M. Merian. Published in Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1640. With ornamental title-cartouche, 2 coats-of-arms, 3 ships and a sea-creature. 27:35,5 cm.
Palermo. "Palermo". Orig. copperplate engraving. Engraved and published by G. Bodenehr in Augsburg, ca. 1720. With decorative title-cartouche and many ships in the foreground. 14:19 cm.
Messina, Reggio. Strait of Messina. "Faro di Messina oder Die Meer-Enge Zwischen Calabrien und Sicilien". Orig. copperplate engraving. Engraved and published by G. Bodenehr in Augsburg, ca. 1720. With decorative title-cartouche, depiction of Etna volcano and many ships in the foreground. 15:19,5 cm.
Italy. "Italia". Orig. copperplate engraving from F. Schott's 'Itinerario Ouero Nuova Descrittione De' Viaggi Principali D'Italia'. Published by Rossi in Rome, 1650. 13:18,5 cm.
Siena. "Siena". Orig. copperplate engraving, Pietro Bertelli, "Theatrum Urbium Italicarum", ca. 1600. With an engraved title and a coat-of-arms. 12:18 cm.