Fifty Rare & Important World Maps


            

 


The Biblical World

Arias (Benito): Sacrae Geographiae Tabulum ex Antiquissimorum
Engraved map
[Shirley: 125]
21 x 12 in. (530 x 310 mm)
[Antwerp, 1572]

Ref: WLD 2486


 

Truncated New World

Apian (Peter) : Carta Cosmographica
Woodcut map
[Shirley: 96]
11 x 8 in. (280 x 200 mm.)
[Antwerp, 1575]

Ref: WLD 2356


 


Fabulous Rarity

Forlani (Paulo): Universale Descrittione...
Engraved map
[Shirley: 32]
16 x 26 in. (405 x 660 mm.)
[Venice, 1576]

Ref: WLD 2191


 


Ortelius World

Ortelius (Abraham): Typus Orbis Terrarum
Hand-coloured engraved map
[Shirley: 122]
20 x 13 in. (510 x 330 mm.)
[Antwerp, 1570]

Ref: WLD 3094


 


French Ortelius

Belle-Forest (Francois de): Typus Orbis Terrarum
Woodcut map
[Shirley: 135]
20 x 13 in (500 x 335 mm.)
[Paris, 1575]

Ref: WLD 2239


 


Bunting's Clover Leaf

Bunting (Heinrich): Die Gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat
Hand-coloured woodcut map
[Shirley: 142]
14 x 11in. (360 x 280 mm.)
[Magdeburg, 1581]

Ref: WLD 2765


 


The World Improved

Ortelius (Abraham): Typus Orbis Terrarum
Hand-coloured engraved map
[Shirley: 158]
19 x 14 in. (480 x 360 mm.)
[Antwerp, 1587]

Ref: WLD 3107


 


De Jode's Rarity

De Jode (G. & C.): Totius Orbis Cogniti Universalis Descriptio
Engraved map
[Shirley: 165]
20 x 15 in. (510 x 380 mm.)
[Antwerp, 1593]

Ref: WLD 2922


 


Decorative Scarcity

Merula (Paulus): Totius Orbis Cogniti
Engraved map
[Shirley: 254]
19 x 11 in (480 x 280 mm.)
[Amsterdam, 1605]

Ref: WLD 2978