Augsburg: SCHÖNSPERGER, Johann, 1496
14.2 x 8.7 cm / 5.6 x 3.4 in
Description This small and rare woodcut fictional image of an English town is from a reduced version of Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, published by Johann Schönsperger in 1496 in Augsburg. It is therefore often referred to as.....
London: SUDBURY, John & HUMBLE, George, 1610 (dated) [but 1611/12]
50.8 x 38.4 cm / 20.0 x 15.1 in
Description Please enquire. Condition Very good. A sharp impression on paper with a bunch-of-grapes watermark. Issued folding, now flattened. Beautiful colouring throughout. Light shine-through. Light toning along centrefold. Remargined at top.....
Cologne: VON BRACHEL, Peter [?], 1588 [but c. 1616-23]
47.7 x 32.5 cm / 18.8 x 12.8 in
Description This charming bird’s-eye view of Bergen was drawn by Hieronymus Scholeus and first published in 1588 in Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum. It is the only Norwegian city depicted.....
Amsterdam: DONCKER, Hendrick, 1661 (dated)
53.8 x 42.7 cm / 21.2 x 16.8 in
Description This 1661 sea chart by Hendrick Doncker focusses on the English Channel, taking in the adjacent coastlines of southern England and northern France. It reaches from southeastern Ireland, southern Wales, and Essex in the north.....
![Hecla] en Islande. Allain MANESSON-MALLET](https://compassantiquemaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
Frankfurt on the Main: ZUNNER, Johann David, c. 1684
10.0 x 15.3 cm / 3.9 x 6.0 in
Description This small but striking bird’s-eye view depicts an eruption of Hekla, Iceland’s most active and famous volcano. A whaling scene is shown in the foreground, with two sailing ships completing the.....
Frankfurt on the Main: ZUNNER, Johann David, c. 1684
10.0 x 14.0 cm / 3.9 x 5.5 in
Description This map focuses on Scandinavia and the Baltics, depicting the region between the North Cape, western Russia, northern Germany and Poland, and the North Sea. The map is adorned by decorative.....
Amsterdam: VAN KEULEN, Johannes, c. 1710
57.1 x 49.3 cm / 22.5 x 19.4 in
Description Oriented to the west, this sea chart by Gerard van Keulen focusses on the western end of the English Channel, taking in the adjacent coastlines of southwestern England and northwestern France. It reaches from.....
![La Scandie. ou les trois Royaumes du Nord [–] Suede, Danemarc & Norvegue. Nicolaes VISSCHER II](https://compassantiquemaps.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/132.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779712776)
Leipzig [?]: VERSEYL (VISSCHER), Elizabeth / SCHENK (the Younger), Pieter, c. 1730
72.7 x 58.9 cm / 28.6 x 23.2 in
Description Please enquire. Condition Very good. A sharp impression on a sheet issued folding, now with three horizontal and five vertical foldlines. Beautiful early colouring throughout, including to cartouches.....
Paris: Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine [?], 1764
26.7 x 19.1 cm / 10.5 x 7.5 in
Description This detailed chart of the Firth of Forth, here referred to as the Gulf of Edinburgh (Golphe d'Edinburg), is from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime. With close to.....
Paris: Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine [?], 1764
17.4 x 22.8 cm / 6.9 x 9.0 in
Description This detailed London city plan is from Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s Le Petit Atlas Maritime. With close to 600 charts and a strong focus on harbour cities and towns, this atlas.....
Prague: Anonymous, 1808 (dated)
41.0 x 29.3 cm / 16.1 x 11.5 in
Description This lovely map of Iceland appears to be an anonymous version of a map published a year earlier by the Geographisches Institut in Weimar, which, in turn, is likely based on a similar, but larger, map.....
London: ALFORD, 1827 (dated)
42.5 x 49.1 cm / 16.7 x 19.3 in
Description Please enquire. Condition Fair. Printed on a flat sheet and backed with old linen. Uncoloured. Even toning. A few spots and light stains, mostly in margins and at upper top. Abrasions and minor chipping along edges.....
Amsterdam: VAN KEULEN, Gerard, c. 1724
61.0 x 51.1 cm / 24.0 x 20.1 in
Description This striking sea chart of Iceland was first published around 1724 in Amsterdam by Gerard van Keulen. It is based on an earlier map by the Dutch explorer and cartographer Joris Carolus, first made.....