Europe

This view of the Latvian capital Riga is fromfrom Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels...

Nova Totius Germania Descriptio. Deutschland This map of Germany was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including editions of the ...

Condition & Materials A chart of Sète in southern France, copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as issued, blank verso. 

This map of Lyons was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum. Condition &am...

This regional map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colo...

This map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, French...

This map of Moldavia and Transylvania is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 15 x 11.5 cm, recent ...

Allemagne en General This map of Northern Germany is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15.5 x 11....

This map of Hungary is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 15 x 11.5 cm, recent hand-colour, Frenc...

Cercle de Baverie This map of Bavaria is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 11.5 cm, recent h...

This map of the Netherlands is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10 cm, recent hand-colour, ...

Les 13 Cantons Suisses et leurs Alliez This map of 13 Swiss Canton is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engr...

This map of the Baltic Sea was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. Vignettes including Kronstadt and St Petersburg were engraved by ...

Here's King Christian V, as he appears in Mallet’s ‘Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent han...

Here are some lovely Swedes, from from Mallet’s ‘Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-co...

France/Paîs Bas This map of France and the Low Countries is from Mallet’s ‘Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15...

This map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, light ...

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 23 x 32.5 cm, recent hand-colour, blank verso.

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 23 x 32.5 cm, recent hand-colour, blank verso.

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 9.5 x 13.4 cm, recent hand-colour, Latin text on verso; miniature map of Artois.

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 9.5 x 13.4 cm, recent hand-colour, Latin text on verso; map of the Zijpe polder.

Veromandui This map of the modern Aisne is named here for the Viromandui, a Belgic tribal name. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 9.5 x 1...

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 9.5 x 13.4 cm, recent hand-colour, Latin text on verso; map of Hainault.

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 9.5 x 13.4 cm, recent hand-colour, Latin text on verso; map of Liège.

A miniature map of Salzburg and Carinthia. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10 x 13.5 cm, recent hand-colour, Latin text on verso; 

This is Mercator's map of Pays Boulonnais and Guînes from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these we...

This map of Southern Lorraine is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these were sold to the Londo...

This map of Northern Lorraine is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these were sold to the Londo...

This map of Anjou is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these were sold to the London trade in t...

This map of the province of Berry in central France is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but after these ...

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 39.5 x 49.5 cm, engraved by J. Basire, black and white as issued, blank verso; map of Mons.

The Babenburg Family Tree The March or Margraviate of Austria had been governed by the Babenburg family since the late tenth century. In 1156 Austr...

Kriechich Wyssenburg This map of Belgrade showing the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava at Belgrade, Serbia, is from Sebastian Münster's Cos...

Zara et Sebenic This map of Zara and Sebinico on the Croatian coast is from the second series of maps engraved for the Epitome by Philip Galle. Con...

Rome Ancienne This plan of ancient Rome is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers, first published in Paris in 1683 and reprinted with German text ...

Ligures, Taurini etc, item Rhaetiae pars Clüver is regarded as one of the founders of historical geography; his Introductionis in universam geograp...

This map includes a panoramic view of Parma at its foot, blank. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high...

A Map of Great Greece and of the Islands of Sardinia and Corsica This map of the Greek colonies in southern Italy was published in An Universal His...

This plan of Madrid appeared in various works including Les Delices of I'Espagne et du Portugal and La galerie agrèable du monde. Condition & M...

This chart of Astypalaia in the Dodecanese is from the practical pocket sea atlas by Marseilles hydrographer Joseph Roux, charting the ports and ha...

This significant and original regional map of Padua is from Magini's great work, the first detailed national atlas of Italy, published posthumously...

This significant and original regional map of Sardinia is from Magini's great work, the first detailed national atlas of Italy, published posthumou...

This chart of Ios in the Cyclades is from the practical pocket sea atlas by Marseilles hydrographer Joseph Roux, charting the ports and harbours of...

This map of Dubrovnik and Chalcis waspublished by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia Cosmica and Theatrum Europaeum...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 23 x 24.5 cm, black and white as issued, blank verso. Stadtplan of Napoleonic Venice.

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 27.5 x 37 cm, black and white, blank verso. Map showing the Duchy of Mantua.

Turquie Septentrionale en Europe This map of the Northern Ottoman Territories is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials ...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 24.5 x 38 cm, recent hand-colour, blank verso; this map of Bologna is from Lalande’s Voyage en Italie, ...