Europe

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, 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...

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...

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 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 ...

This map of the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia and Valetta was published by the SDUK The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in...

This map of Turin was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of maki...

Scarpanto (Karpathos) This map of Karpathos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and hist...

Milo (Milos) This map of Milos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initi...

Negroponte (Euboea) This map of Negropoonte was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and hist...

Il Sito de Curzolari (and Gulf of Lepanto) This map of the gulf of Lepanto was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text wi...

Cerigo (Kythera) This map of Kythera was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated...

Nicsia (Naxos) This map of Naxos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated ini...

Metellino (Mytilene, Lesbos) This map of Mitilini was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece an...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 21 x 25.5 cm, original hand-colour, on a folio leaf 37 x 29 cm, blank verso.

Scandinavia complectens Sveciae, Daniae et Norvegiae Regna ex novissimis subsidiis delineata et ad Leges Projectionis Stereographicae legitimae red...

Graeciae Pars Meridionalis / Graciae Antiquae Tabula Nova in qua locorum situs tum ad distantias itinerarias tum ad Observationes Astronomicas exac...

At the foot of this map are architectural elevations of some of Rome’s most famous post-classical buildings, dominated by St Peter’s. Rome was then...

Vorstellung des Alten und Neven Athens, von dem Venetiani – schen Geographo Herrn Pat. Coronelli verzeichnet Coronelli’s plan retains features of t...

Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These ...

Carte de l’Italie, dans laquelle sont tracées les Routes des Postes This is a later state of Robert de Vaugondy’s road map of Italy, showing the Ve...

Le Royaume de Boheme, le Duche de Silesie, et les Marquisats de Moravie et Lusace, dressés d’apres les cartes de Muller The second state of Robert ...

Le Royaume de Hongrie, Principaute de Transilvanie, Sclavonie, Croatie, et partie de la Principaute de Valaquie, de la Bosnie, de la Servie et de l...

La Bataille de Lens en Flandre gaignee par l’Armee du tres Chres[tien] Louys XIIII Roy de France ed de Navarre, Comandee par Monseigneur le Prince ...