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Central & Eastern Europe

Antique rare maps of Central & Eastern Europe





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1513 - Octava Europe Tabula [Baltic, Scandinavia, Poland & Eastern Europe]

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Nice old color example of Waldseemuller's map of Eastern Europe, extending from the Black Sea to Scandinavia and the Baltic Regions, centered on Russia and the Ukraine. The map includes a number of written notes in a contemporary hand. The map is...


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1525 - Baltic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia) Tabula VIII Europe (title on verso)

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A Rare Early Fries Edition Detailed map of the region between the Baltic and Caspian Seas, from the 1525 edition of Fries Geographia. Lorenz (Laurent) Fries was born in Alsace in about 1490. He studied medicine, apparently spending time at the...


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1525 - [Poland, Russia & Hungary etc]

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One of the Earliest Obtainable Modern Maps of Poland, European Russia, Hungary & Eastern Europe Important early modern map of Poland, Russia, Hungary and Transylvania, from the 1525 edition of Fries' Geographia. The publisher of this edition,...


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1535 - (Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Georgia, Armenia) Tabula II Asiae

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Detailed map of the region north of Black Sea and west of the Caspian, from the 1535 edition of Fries Geographia. The publisher of this edition, Michael Villanovus (or Servetus), was tried by Calvin for heresy and burned at the stake with several of...


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1542 - Polonia et Ungaria XV Nova Tabula

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The Earliest Obtainable Map of Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, etc. Rare early state of Munster's map of Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Moscovy and the Balkans, extending from Prussia, Vilna and Smolensky in the north to Bosnia, Bulgaria,...


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1548 - Polonia et Hungaria Nova Tabula

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Nice example of one of the earliest obtainable modern maps of Poland, Lithuania and Hungary, published in Venice by Gastaldi. Gastaldi's maps are considered important early maps for regional collectors. Giacomo Gastaldi was one of the most important...


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1548 - Prussia Et Livonia Nova

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One of the Earliest Obtainable Modern Maps of the Baltic Region Nice example of Gastaldi's map of the region bounded by the Vistula River and Prussia in the west, Livonia in the east, and Lithuania in the southeast. The map is centered on Riga and...


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1566 - [Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria] (La discrittione della Transylvania et parte del l'Ungaria, et il simil della Romania)

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Middle section of Paolo Forlani's rare 3-sheet map, covering South Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, with Transylvania in the center. Krakow appears in the north, with the Danube River crossing from the northwest...


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1579 - Moraviae, Quae Olim Marcomannorum Sedes Corographia . . .

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Fine old color example of the Ortelius map of Moravia, showing fortified cities, towns, rivers, etc. Large strapwork cartouche, title banner and smaller cartouche. From Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the World.


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1584 - Poloniae Finitimarumque locorum descriptio Auctore Wencelslao Godreccio

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Decorative example of Ortelius' first map of Poland, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the World. This map is based upon the map of Godrecki which was first published in 1558. One of the earliest modern maps of Poland.


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1592 - Ducatus Oswieczensis & Zatoriensis descriptio 1592

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Detailed map of Southern Poland and the from the Wesel River in the north to the Carpathian Mountains in the south, centered on Auschwitz. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne. The map appeared in several Geographical works...


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1592 - Poloniae finitimarumque locorum descriptio Auctore Wenceslau Godretcio . . .

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Striking example of Quad's map of Poland, reduced from Ortelius' map. The map is based upon the map of Godrecki, first published in 1558.


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1595 - (Swiebodzin) Die Stat Swybuschin in Nider Schlesien

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Fine example of Braun & Hogenberg's map of Swiebodzin. The earliest historical records mentioning Swiebodzin dates to the beginning of the fourteenth century. The town grew around the confluence of old trade routes linking Silesia with Pomerania...


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1595 - Poloniae Lituaniaeq. Descriptio. Auctore Wencelsao Godreccio; et cor:recgtore Andrea Pograbio Pilsnesi

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Nice example of Ortelius' second map of Poland and Lithuania which first appeared in the 1595 Latin edition of Ortelius' Theatrum. The map extends from the Dniepr River in the east to the Oder in the west and includes all of Poland, as well as...


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1595 - Silesiae Typus A Martino Helwigio Sissense descriptus. Et Nobili doctoque viro Domino Nicolao Rhedingero ded.

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Fine old color example of the second of Ortelius' map of Silesia, which has been enlarged and embellished with a much more elaborate cartouche and military scale. Centered on Brelaw. The map is based upon the work of Martin Helwig. From Ortelius'...


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1596 - Prussiae Descriptio ante aliquot annos ab Henrico Zellio edita, ab eoque D. Joanni Clur, Civi Gedanensi dedit

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An Early Map of Prussia Detailed map of the region centered on the southern Baltic Coast, reaching inland to the Bug River. Includes a detailed early coverage of the areas around Dantzig, Konnigsberg and the Lithuanian coastline. East is oriented...