One the earliest and rarest printed world maps; the first to be published in northern Italy.  The Berlinghieri is certainly the rarest of the early Ptolemiac world maps, aside from the unobtainable 1477 Bologna edition.  It is also the only early Ptolemaic world map to employ the same projection used..... More about Caelestem Hic Terram Inspicias Terrestre Q[uam] Caelum

A very rare, true incunable edition of this medieval mappamundi from the first Lyons printing of 1491.  One of the finest examples we've seen of this map in any edition.  It is a direct descendant of the 1475 world map that was published in the Rudimentum Novitiorum, which Shirley describes... More about Untitled Woodcut World Map

Striking and very early panoramic view of this very important medieval city. One of the largest cities in Europe in the early years of the Holy Roman Empire, it was home of the first Emporer, Otto I (depicted in the view atop a column?), who is buried at its cathedral... More about Madeburga

  The earliest iteration of the so-called Daniel’s Dream Map, also known as the Wittenberg World Map.  The dream embodied in the map is that of the fifth century B. C. prophet Daniel, who envisioned the fate of history’s great empires as personified by various beasts depicted on the map. ..... More about Untitled Woodcut World Map

Very scarce—one edition only.  The earliest collectible map of the eastern seaboard and the earliest to provide a representation of the New York City area. It is also the first map listed in Palmer's "Chronological List of Maps & Charts [of Bermuda]" and is thus earliest obtainable map with Bermuda (here..... More about Tierra Nueva

Attractive woodcut view of Solothurn, including its churches and famous clock tower. The age, and perhaps the condition of the city’s defenses are attested to by trees sprouting from them in several places. Indeed, the forest seems to press closely against the city. Deer can be seen grazing in the..... More about Solothurensis civitatis…

A map focusing on the historical area called “Dacia,” a large region of central-east Europe, to the north of Greece, now primarily occupied by Bulgaria and Romania. This map’s geography dates from the second century A. D., and in fact it was not until this period that Dacia was finally..... More about Tabula Europae IX

            A beautiful example of this fascinating and desirable 16th century woodcut--Munster’s visual compendium of sea and land monsters. Many of the former were inspired by whale sightings, as is suggested by the several creatures in the image spouting water. Other beasts seem quite familiar, though..... More about Monstra marina & terrestria, quae passim in partibus aquilonis inveniuntur

The rare first state of an important and in some ways groundbreaking map.  The woodblock for this map was destroyed shortly after its publication in a fire in November of 1557, hence its rarity.  The map was compiled by the great Venetian cartographer, Giacomo Gastaldi, and appeared in a three-volume..... More about Universale Della Parte Del Mondo

Separately published. First state of this very attractive and rare map of Corfu, featuring a well-detailed vignette of the fortress city of Corfu. Not in map catalogue records; one copy at auction in the last three decades. The map is oriented with south at the top. Controlled by Venice from... More about Vogliono alcuni che l’Isola di Corfu

This rare first issue from the first standardized atlas ever published. Three editions of Ortlius’ Theatrum appeared in 1570, and this map was from the first of these three. More about Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae…

First issue of one of the first accurate maps of Austria, in an attractive example. The source for this map, as noted by Ortelius, was the Austrian cartographer Wolfgang Lazio. This map appeared in May of 1570, the first and rarest of the three editions of Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum... More about Austriae Ducatus Chorographia, Wolfgango Lazio Auctore

Fascinating engraving containing two aerial views of the city, one as it was at the beginning of the first century BCE, and the other a contemporaneous view. Each is accompanied by legends listing important structures and places that are keyed to the plans. In the lower right is a vignette... More about Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas