With Bünting's Clover Leaf World, Pegasus as Asia, Europe as a Queen, and Africa. Small quarto (12.5 x 8 inches). Very attractive contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, contemporary metal clasps with images of the Crucifixion (leather...
Fine Dutch World Map Employing the Projection of Marinus of Tyre This is a fine example of Cornelis De Jode's rare and highly sought after 1589 map of the world. In Gerard De Jode's first atlas of 1578, he produced a world map which does not appear...
Rare Second Plate -- Ortelius' Landmark World Map Nice old color example of one of the most famous world maps ever made, "Typus Orbis Terrarum" featured in the world's first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) included the...
Nice example of this scarce map of Groningen, published in Cologne. The present map was produced by two of the primary Cologne School mapmakers, Johann Bussemacher and Matthias Quad. The Cologne School of cartography, was perhaps the only group of...