Heinrich Bünting

the World

Early Australia?

First woodblock of three

Cosmographia Universalis

Magdeburg, 1581

Stock#: 19063

SOLD

Jodocus Hondius

Sir Francis Drake

The best early portrait

Franciscus Draeck Nobilissimus Eques Angliae Ano. Aet. Sue 43.

London, 1583

Stock#: 19469

SOLD

Münster

America and the Pacific

extremely rare early color

Lacking in all collections

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova descriptio

Basle, 1588

Stock#: 19211

SOLD

Münster

Asia

extremely rare early color

ASIA

Basle, 1588

Stock#: 19173

SOLD

Stradanus

Nova Reperta title plate

iconic print

FIRST STATE

NOVA REPERTA

Antwerp, 1588

Stock#: 19569

$ 3,250.00

Stradanus

the discovery of the Southern Cross
the invention of the Astrolabium

iconic print

FIRST STATE

Astrolabium.

Antwerp, 1588

Stock#: 19565

$ 3,250.00

Stradanus

the invention of the compass

iconic print

FIRST STATE

Lapis Polaris Magnes

Antwerp, 1588

Stock#: 19557

$ 3,250.00

Ortelius

the Pacific

Unobtainable final state

Second copy known

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 18990

$ 17,500.00

Ortelius

the Pacific

Pristine condition

Maris Pacifici quod vulgo Mar del Zur

Antwerp, 1590

Stock#: 19006

$ 12,500.00

Petrus Plancius

the World

First state

Lacking in all collections

Orbis Terrarum Typus

Amsterdam, 1590

Stock#: 19685

SOLD

Jodocus Hondius I

the World in Oval Projection

early Drake circumnavigation

the only copy in private hands

Nova Universi Orbis Descriptio

London, 1590

Stock#: 18878

SOLD

Plancius

Southern Africa and Indian Ocean

arguably the best map of the region

Fifth copy known

Delineatio orarum Manicongi, Angolæ, Monomotapæ, terræ natalis, Zofalæ, Mozambicæ, Abyssinorum &t: una cum vadis, et sirtibus adjacentibus. Item insulæ magna vulgo S. Laurentij alias Madagascar dictæ, inter maximas totius Orientis habitæ.

Amsterdam, 1592

Stock#: 19037

SOLD