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$10.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Title: Leodiensis Dioecesis. Condition: Nice map in very good condition, Latin text verso. For the complete Map and Print collection see our online site. ... more19 x 13 cm. 21 x 15.5 cm.
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$11.84 Shipping Location: ILKLEY, United Kingdom Title / Subject: 'Marocchi Regnum' (The Kingdom of Morocco). Provenance: 'Purchas His Pilgrims', London, 1625.
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$14.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This original copper-plate engraved antique half right hand page antique map of the Holy Land, Terra Sancta, Palestine by Joan Blaeu was published in ... morethe 1635 German edition of Atlas Novus. In 1672 a disastrous fire destroyed Blaeu\'s printing house in the Gravenstraat and a year afterwards Joan Blaeu died.
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$10.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Title: Verhael der Rijcken van Alger Tunis…. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP. For the complete Map and Print collection see our online site. Condition: Very good ... morefor a nearly 400 years old engraving. Image app.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Decorative map of the Bourbon region. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. by J. Janssonius ... more(1656-1657). Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. ).
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$44.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia This impressive original hand coloured copper-plate engraved antique map of the Bay of Bengal, India - stretching from Sri Lanka to the west coast of ... moreThailand - was published by Jan Jansson in the 1650 Edition of hisWater World atlas Atlantis Majoris.
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$18.69 Shipping Location: Portugal MONASTERIENSIS EPISCOPATUS. Hondius was born in Wakken and grew up in Ghent. In 1584 he moved to London with his sister Jacomina to escape religious difficulties ... morein Flanders. Hondius died, aged 48 (1612), in Amsterdam.
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$44.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia After the death of Jodocus Hondius the Elder in 1612, work on the two atlases, folio and miniature, was carried on by his widow and sons, Jodocus II and ... moreHenricus, and eventually in conjunction with Jan Jansson in Amsterdam.
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Free Shipping Location: Holliston, United States It is in good condition with only minor toning and mounted on cardboard. The map is 8” x 6”. This is a great image. This wonderful map will make a great ... moreaddition to your collection!
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Cambridgeshire has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Johan Blaeu. ... moreIn 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Wiltshire has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Johan Blaeu. In 1645 ... moreJoan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Gloucestershire has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Johan Blaeu. ... moreIn 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of England and Wales has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Willem and ... moreJohan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Title: Ducatus Silesia Wolanus. Origin: Atlas Novus by Johannes Janssonius (1588 -1664) born Jan Janszoon. For the complete Map and Print collection see ... moreour online site. (48.5 x 39 cm.). (59 x 48 cm.).
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Center of Northern Africa from Ptolemy; From The Arabs &c. Date: - 1802. Here the legends of Prester John lingered on and, as so often happened in other ... moreremote parts of the world, the only certain knowledge of the region was provided by Jesuit missionaries.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Bonne, Rigobert 1729-1795. Partie Occidentale De L Anciens Continent.Par M Bonne. While mostly focusing on coastal regions, the work of Bonne is highly ... moreregarded for its detail, historical importance, and overall aesthetic appeal.
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$33.70 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, J. Hondius 1618. Original engraved map from the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor" printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1618. ... moreWith French text on the back. -- Sheet dimensions: approx. 12x17.5cm. -- well preserved. || Original engraved map out of the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!Order number: 221120.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands By J. Janssonius (1656-1657). Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His first ... moremap was published in 1616. Many of his plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.
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$44.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Rumold, in particular, was responsible for the complete edition in 1595. After a second complete edition in 1602, the map plates were bought in 1604 by ... moreJodocus Hondius who, with his sons, Jodocus II and Henricus, published enlarged editions which dominated the map market for the following twenty to thirty years.
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$44.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia After the death of Jodocus Hondius the Elder in 1612, work on the two atlases, folio and miniature, was carried on by his widow and sons, Jodocus II and ... moreHenricus, and eventually in conjunction with Jan Jansson in Amsterdam.
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$18.69 Shipping Location: Portugal Hondius was born in Wakken and grew up in Ghent. In 1584 he moved to London with his sister Jacomina to escape religious difficulties in Flanders. Hondius ... moredied, aged 48 (1612), in Amsterdam. The map was first published in 1606, in Amsterdam.
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$33.71 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Janssonius 1651. Sheet dimensions: approx. 17.5 x 23 cm -- Original copperplate map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on the back. From ... morethe German edition of the "Atlas Minor" from 1651. - well preserved. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on verso. From the German edition of the "Atas Minor" from the year 1651. -- in very good condition. || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - which Hondius published together with his partners Cornelius Claesz and Johannes Janssonius. It became a great success, and was translated into.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands The Cappelle map is centered on the Oyse and includes Vervins, La Cappelle, Aubanton and Marle, amoung others. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, ... moreSive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. ).
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$33.96 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, J. Hondius 1618. Original engraved map from the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor" printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1618. ... moreWith French text on the back. -- Sheet dimensions: approx. 12x17.5cm. -- well preserved. || Original engraved map out of the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!Order number: 221078.
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$30.00 Shipping Location: Paris VI, France Edited by Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), Atlas Minor. Edition : Amsterdam, 1613, 17th century, French edition. Title of the map Condition : good condition, ... morea short edge tear at bottom left that has been closed on verso with archival tape, old colors.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Decorative map of the Berry region, France. Berry is a region located in the center of France. T his map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis ... moreOrbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. ).
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$33.70 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Hondius c. 1606. Rare map with original color from a French edition of Mercator's Atlas Major. Shows Southern Ireland with Munster and Leinster. ... more-- With rare original color, no modern coloring! With French text on verso. -- with some browning and foxing, deposited on the lower part of the centerfold, otherwise in very good condition. || Rare map with original old coloring from a French edition of Mercator's Atlas Major. -- Dimension: c. 34x47cm. -- No modern coloring! With French text on the back. -- slightly browned and partly slightly brown stained, backed in the lower middle bow, otherwise in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!Order number: 227932.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Cambridgeshire has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. Map of Cambridgeshire ... more1648 by Johan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Regional map of central France, northeast of Orleans showing the area between the Seine and Loire Rivers. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive ... moreTheatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. ).
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$10.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus For the complete Map and Print collection see our online site. 18.5 x 14 cm. Condition: Good, lower border tiny insect holes.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Decorative map of the Touraine region. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. by J. Janssonius ... more(1656-1657). Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. ).
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands This map depicts Nova Zembla and the northern continental coastline. Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) ... morewas born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His first map was published in 1616.
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$33.65 Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: LONDON, United Kingdom Very decorative 17th century hand coloured county map, c1627. DATE PRINTED: c1627. 'Flintshire'. Caption below picture:'Flintshire'. Jodocus Hondius Caelavit ... moreCum Privilegio. Anno Domini 1610. TYPE: Very decorative 17th century hand coloured county map.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson was born 1588 in Arnhem, Netherlands. His first map was published in 1616. Many of ... morehis plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.
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$33.96 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, J. Hondius 1618. Original engraved map from the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor" printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1618. ... moreWith French text on the back. -- Sheet dimensions: approx. 12x17.5cm. -- well preserved. || Original engraved map out of the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!Order number: 221250.
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$10.00 Shipping Location: Greece With Albania, Macedonia, Achaia, Epirus, Corfu, north of Greece, Skyros Island and the Sporades. Latin text on verso. He also qualified himself as a copper ... moreengraver, the first to introduce italic handwriting to this trade.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Ireland has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Willem and Johan Blaeu. ... moreIn 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Renfrewshire has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Johan Blaeu. In ... more1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$33.74 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Jan Janssonius 1651. Sheet dimensions: approx. 17.5 x 23 cm -- Original copperplate map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on the back. From ... morethe German edition of the "Atlas Minor" from 1651. - Somewhat stained in the outer edge, otherwise in good condition. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on verso. From the German edition of the "Atas Minor" from the year 1651. -- with some staining in the outer margin, otherwise in very good condition. || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - which Hondius published together with his.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: Belvedere Tiburon, United States Hondius map of East Africa with the Kingdom of Prester John and inset of the Congo. Van der Krogt 1, 8720:1A.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient territories of northwestern France: the provinces of Maine, Normandy, and Orléanais, and ... morethe region of Beauce. This map originates from a composite atlas.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Decorative map of the southern coast of France. This map originates from 'Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Orbis Terrarum: In quo Galliae, Helvetiae (. ... moreby J. Janssonius (1656-1657). Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. ).
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$33.74 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Jan Janssonius 1651. Sheet dimensions: approx. 17.5 x 23 cm -- Original copperplate map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on the back. From ... morethe German edition of the "Atlas Minor" from 1651. - Somewhat stained in the outer edge, otherwise in good condition. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on verso. From the German edition of the "Atas Minor" from the year 1651. -- with some staining in the outer margin, otherwise in very good condition. || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - which Hondius published together with his.
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$33.70 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, J. Hondius 1618. Original engraved map from the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor" printed in Amsterdam by J. Hondius in 1618. ... moreWith French text on the back. -- Sheet dimensions: approx. 12x17.5cm. -- well preserved. || Original engraved map out of the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No copy! - No reprint!Order number: 221201.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Northern Scotland has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Willem and ... moreJohan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$33.71 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Jan Janssonius 1651. Rare map which appears only in this 1651 edition of the Atlas Minor. Sheet dimensions: approx. 17.5 x 23 cm -- Original ... morecopperplate map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on the back. From the German edition of the "Atlas Minor" from 1651. - only slightly stained, otherwise in good condition. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator. With German text on verso. From the German edition of the "Atas Minor" from the year 1651. -- only slightly stained, otherwise in very good condition. || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - wh.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Old map of the region of Quercy, France. Later he decided to publish a new edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. A second edition of all three parts was published ... more1602. 1604 Jodocus Hondius acquired the plates and published several edition together with his sons Jodocus II and Henricus until 1633.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of the West Indies has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Willem and ... moreJohan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Detailed map of the region of Champagne and Brie. Published by J. Janssonius. Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) ... morewas born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His first map was published in 1616.
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$15.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Title: Loudunois Laudunum - Mirebalais. Atlas Novus byJohannes Janssonius (1588 -1664) born Jan Janszoon. For the complete Map and Print collection see ... moreour online site. Image app: 49.5 x 37 cm. Condition: Very good.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his. 30” x 20” Photographic Print. This reproduction map has been scanned ... morefrom an original antique and art worked to a very high standard of production.
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$15.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Anglesey Ins Wight ol Vectis etc. Title: Anglesey Ins – Wight ol Vectis – Ins. Garnesey – Ins. Publisher: Ioannes Janssonius 1634. Place of Publication ... moreAmsterdam 1634. Antique map of the English islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Wright and Alderney.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of England and Wales has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. by Willem and ... moreJohan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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$15.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus . Artois France Antique Map ARTESIA COMITATUS Hondius Janssonius 1638 Title: Artesia Comitatus Amstelodami Text veso: Artesia Comitatus. Fine original ... moredetailed copperplate map of Artois France(Van der Krogt 3300:1B) by Henricus Hondius and published by Janssonius. A nice title cartouce and a mileage scale complete the map. Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed Atlas Novus. It had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. 1646 a fourth volume came out with"English County Maps" a year after a similar issue by Willem Blaeu. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name"Atlas Major" there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of"most of the cities of the world" Townatlas) of the waterworld(Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps) and of the Ancient World(60 maps) The eleventh volume was the Atlas of the Heavens by Andreas Cellarius. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German. Johannes Janssonius(1588. Arnhem– buried July 11, 1664, Amsterdam) born Jan Janszoon, in English often incorrect Jan Jansson) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century. 17th-18th Century maps& atlases& prints. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING. HAND COLORED. Engraving is Absolutely Guaranteed authentic original map. A Certificate of Authenticity will be on request forwarded for each individual map or print. Sheet app. 57.5 x 49 cm. 22.5 x 19 inches. Image app: 48 x 37 cm. 18.75 x 14.5 inches. Condition: Very good for a more than 375 year old map. Nice hand coloring, small marginal split in centerfold. All maps and prints are genuine. Authentic, published at the date stated in this listing! For better quality
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$15.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Iutia Septentrionalis. Old map Denmark van den Keere 1648. Title: Iutia Septentrionalis. This more than 350 years old map is hand colored and in good ... morecondition. For the complete Map and Print collection see our online site.
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$33.71 Shipping Location: Seubersdorf, Germany Amsterdam, Hondius / Janssonius 1607. Sheet dimensions: approx. 17 x 22 cm -- Rare original old colored copper engraving map by Gerard Mercator. With ... moreLatin text on the reverse. In rare old color!! -- well preserved. || Rare original copper engraved map by Gerard Mercator in original contemporary hand-coloring. With Latin text on verso. -- in good condition. || This is an original! - No emphasis! - No copy! -- This is an original! - No modern color!! -- No copy! - No reprint! || The Flemish engraver and cartographer Jodocus Hondius (15631612), bought Mercator's plates after his death, and published this reduced version of Mercator's folio Atlas sive Cosmographis, and added some 36 of his own maps - a pocket version - Atlas Minor - which Hondius published together with his partners Corneli.
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$15.70 Shipping Location: MANCHESTER, United Kingdom This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of Cumbria has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. Map of Cumbria 1648 by ... moreJohan Blaeu. In 1645 Joan Blaeu published a county Atlas of England and Wales as part of his.
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Free Shipping Location: De Fryske Marren - Langweer, Netherlands Detailed map of the region of Champagne and Brie. Published by J. Janssonius. Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) ... morewas born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His first map was published in 1616.
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$10.00 Shipping Location: Cyprus Publisher: Ioannes Janssonius 1634. Place of Publication Amsterdam 1634. Title: Guinea.
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$14.99 Shipping Location: Ivanhoe, Australia Helpful Links: Company Details- About ME View seller's other items Cartographer's Profile Ask Seller a q uestion Return Policy We have over 2.000 ... moreitems for sale on our Ebay stores site. Please click here to enter the stores and use the search engine to the left to search specifically for maps. Prints, Atlases on the Classical Images Stores. Thank you Essai D Une Nouvelle Carte de la Mer Caspienne.November 1754 click image to enlarge This large original antique map of of the Caspian Sea by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville was engraved in 1754- dated- and was published in D Anville's large elephant folio Atlas Generale. Ref: M&B; Tooley) Please note all items auctioned are genuine. We do not sell reproductions. A Certificate of Authenticity(COA) can be issued on request. Condition Report General Description: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy and stable Paper color: off white Age of map color: Colors used: General color appearance: Paper size: 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in(550mm x 370mm) Plate size: 20 3/4in x 10 1/2in(525mm x 270mm) Margins: Min 1/2in(12mm) Imperfections: Margins: None Plate area: Two very small worm hoiles bottom left Verso: None Overall Quality(in Bold) Perfect/ Fine/Very Good/Good/Fair/Poor Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville 1697-1782 Following the death of Guillaume Delisle. D'Anville continued the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun with Nicolas Sanson in the previous century. He is said to have designed his first map at the age of fifteen and in a long and active life he produced a great number of elegantly engraved maps, noted for their scholarship and accuracy. If anything, he was even more critical of the work of his predecessors than Delisle and his exacting standards soon brought him international recognition as the finest cartographer of his time. In fact, during his whole life he never travelled outside Paris but he built up a vast collection of cartographic material which eventually was passed to the Bibliotheque Nationale. He was s
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