This plan was the first of Venice based on an accurate field survey, with its size allowing for considerable detail, and served as the prototype for all plans of Venice almost to the end of the century.
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...Venezia...Ludovico Ughi. 1739.
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$ 125,000.00
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Linschoten's view of Terceira in the Azores is one of the most decorative and recognizable birdseye views engraved in the 16th Century. Spain held the Azores in what is called The Babylonian captivity of 1580-1642.
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A Cidade De Angra...Jan Huygen Van Linschoten. 1596
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$ 8,500.00
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Scarce map of the Mediterranean. The map extends from the Straits of Gibraltar to Cypress and Haifa.
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La Mer Mediterranee divisee en ses Principales Parties ou Mers. Gerard Valk. 1700
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$ 4,500.00
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Fine map of the Orvieto region of Italy from the Dutch Golden Age of cartography.
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Territorio di Orvieto [Orvieto region of Italy]. Joan Blaeu. 1640s
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$ 700.00
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An unusual map of Venice produced for the tourist trade.
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Pianta di Venezia. A. Piasenti, 1851
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$ 1,800.00
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Ortelius' decorative regional map of Italy, centered on Perugia, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
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Perusini agri exactissima...Abraham Ortelius. 1584
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$ 1,200.00
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Manuscript map of Italy
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$ 700.00
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A map of ancient Sicily, closely modelled on Ortelius' map for the Parergon (Supplement) of his famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Siciliae Veteris Typus
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$ 600.00
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Nice example of De Fer's scarce map of the Gulf of Venice, Adriatic and contiguous parts of the Balkans, etc.
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Le Golfe de Venise
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$ 950.00
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A scarce and very attractive double sheet detailed map of Spain and Portugal. This map appeared in the "Atlante Veneto", Coronelli's best known work. In a typical flourish, Coronelli places the Castillian lion in the lower right hand corner with his sword above the shields of the Spanish kings.
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Parte Orientale della Spagna. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli.1691
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$ 2,900.00
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