Rare 16th Century map of Venice, published in Venice by Leandro Alberti of Bologna, in his Isolario appartenenti alla Italia, published in 1588. A very scarce early map, with a very unique printing style.
Scarce early map of Sardinia. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne. The map was engraved by Johannes Bussemacher and appeared in several geographical works published by Quad and Bussemacher at the end of the 16th and beginning of...
Striking town plan of Caiazzo from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitas Orbis Terrarum, first issued in 1597. Caiazzo is a city in the province of Caserta (Campania) in Italy. It is located on the right bank of the Volturnus, northeast of Capua. The...
Detailed view of Tivoli, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a detailed view of the interior of this walled hill city, river, bridge and Mirabilis in the foreground, with a decorative...
Detailed view of Caliari, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a large coat of arms.
Detailed view of Piaceza, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a striking view of the town, gates and fortified walls, with a large coat of arms.
Detailed view of Mantova, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a striking view of the town and surrounding lake, bridges, gates and fortified walls, with 2 large coats of arms.
Detailed view of Mirandola, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a striking view of the town, neighboring fortifications and fortified walls, with a large coat of arms.
Detailed view of Taranto, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a striking view of the town, harbor, main gates and fortified walls and a number of sailing ships, with a large coat of arms...
Detailed view of Gallipoli in Southern Italy, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a detailed view of the fortified island, bridge, sailing ships and 2 decorative coats of arms.
Detailed view of Nettuno, an historic port town near Rome, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a detailed image of the town, harbor, fortified wall, ships in the habor, with a coat of arms.
Detailed view of Calatia (Caizzo), which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a detailed image of the town, fortified walls, neighboring hills and a coat of arms.
Detailed view of La Rocca Contrada, which appeared in Bertelli's Theatrum Urbium Italicarum, first published in Venice in 1599. Includes a detailed image of the hill town, fortified walls, gates, neighboring hills, with a coat of arms.
On the Trail of Aeneas, the Trojan—Historical Map of the Mediterranean Sea Chronicling the Story of the Aeneid A finely-detailed map of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, published in Ortelius’ Parergon, his historical atlas of the ancient world. The...
Ortelius's Second Map of Italy Decorative map of Italy from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas of the World. In 1584, Ortelius revised his map of Italy. The changes are primarily aesthetic, with more elaborate script lettering...
Nice example of this early state of Barent Langenes's map of the Abruzzi, which first appeared in the 1598 edition of Langenes's Caert-Thresoor, published in Middelburg. Langenes's map was first issued in his Caert-Thresoor and later re-published by...