Fascinating birdseye view. From Mallet's monumental Description de l' Univers, first published in Paris in 1683, perhaps the greatest work of its kind in the 17th Century. Complete sets of this work are now fetching in excess of $15,000.00.
Scarce first state of this decorative map of Southeast Asia and the North Coast of Australia by Cantelli da Vignola and published in Rome by Rossi. Detailed and highly decorative 17th-century Italian map of northern Australia and the islands of...
Decorative example of the Cantelli-Rossi map of part of Southeast Asia, extending from Singapore and the Straits of Malacca in the south, to the mouth of the Ganges and southeastern China in the north, produced by Cantelli da Vignola and published in...
Detailed map of the Armenia and Georiga region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, extending south to Mesoptamia. Decorative cartouche.
Fine old color example of Sanson's map of the Holy Land, from the 1683 edition of his atlas. Includes an elaborate allegorical vignette, with symbols of Judaica, etc.
A detailed map showing Grecian Islands. From Mallet's monumental Description de l' Univers, first published in Paris in 1683, perhaps the greatest work of its kind in the 17th Century. Complete sets of this work are now fetching in excess of $15,000.00.
Decorative map of South Africa, from Mallet's monumental Description de l' Univers, first published in Paris in 1683, perhaps the greatest work of its kind in the 17th century.