Facsimile Joan Blaeu's Atlas Major '12 Volumes'

Antique map titled 'Novus Brasiliae Typus'. Fine old color example of Blaeu's first map of Brazil, with north oriented to the right. Includes inset map of Baya de todos Santos, elaborate cartouche, 2 compass roses and richly embellished vignettes of native Brazilian life and animals. The interior of the map includes vignettes of indigenous animals and native scenes, including cannibalism. Inset within a decorative border is a small map of "Baya de todos Sanctos". In the sea are monsters, a galleon and two compass roses. The large title cartouche features a male and female Brazilian, both of whom are shown naked. Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) was a prominent Dutch geographer and publisher. Born the son of a herring merchant, Blaeu chose not fish but mathematics and astronomy for his focus. He studied with the famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe...

This original antique map titled "Le Gouvernement de l'Isle de France" represents the Île-de-France region, which historically was one of the provinces of France and contained the ci...

Antique map titled 'Prussiae nova Tabula'. Later edition of Blaeu's map of Prussia, embellished with a large cartouche and compass rose. Prussia was a h...

Antique map titled 'Staveren'. Original antique map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland, The Netherlands. This map originates from 'Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden'...

Antique map titled 'Staveren'. Original antique map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland, The Netherlands. This map originates from 'Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden'...

Antique map titled 'Staveren'. Original antique map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland, The Netherlands. This map originates from 'Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Liberae Ac...

This is a one-time only facsimile edition limited to 987 copies of an atlas from the Renaissance, the Atlas Vallard, owned by the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, made by combin...

This is a unique facsimile reproduction limited to 987 copies of an atlas from the Renaissance, the Atlas Miller, devised as a present from Manuel I of Portugal to fool Emperor Charl...

1643 Willem and Joan Blaeu map of northwest Flanders, entitled "Flandriae Teutonicae Pars Prientalior," Ric0012 " Authentic" - Map of the northwest Fl...

1654 Joan Blaeu map of the Sutherland, Scotland, entitled "Southerlandia," Hand Colored Ric0007 Description: Lovely map centered on Sedan and D...

This is a one-time only facsimile edition limited to 987 copies Atlas of Fernão Vaz Dourado, the famous Portuguese cartographer, made in 1571. We created it by combining the highest ...

12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels. Thornton Edition. Bound by Root & Son in 3/4 tan morocco and linen boards, double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines are faded to brown and ...