17th Century Maps

Antique map titled 'Parte meridionale degli Stati dell 'Elet di Colonia'. This map shows the course of the Rhine from Lahnstein to Rheinkassel and the area west to Aachen, Germany. W...

Antique map titled 'Nova totius Westphaliae Descriptio'. Detailed map of Westphalia, Northern Germany. Oriented to the west. The area shown extends from Ha...

Very good, given the age. Center fold as issued with wide margins. Sharp print with beautiful old-fashioned colouring, carbon copy on verso. Paper in the margins somewhat browned.

Antique print titled 'Civitas Bommelia (..)'. Beautiful plan of Zaltbommel, Gelderland (the Netherlands). This map originates from 'Discrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi' by L. Guiccia...

Antique miniature map titled 'Illyricum'. Original small map of Illyricum. The Roman province of Illyricum stretched from the Drilon River (the Drin, in...

Antique world map titled 'Carte generale du monde, ou description du monde terrestre & Aquatique - Generale Waereld kaart, of beschryving van de land en water waereld'. This is Pierr...

Antique map titled 'Grave'. Original antique map of the city of Grave, the Netherlands. Published by J. Blaeu, 1649. Artists and Engravers: Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 - 28 May...

Antique print titled 'Plan de Batavia'. Plan of Batavia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Oriented with north to the lower right by a simple compass rose. French title and key cartouche in drape form. Artists and Engravers: Nicolas de Fer...

Antique map Duinkerke titled 'Duijnkerken'. Small plan of the city of Duinkerke/Dunkerque, France. Artists and Engravers: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): an Italian merchant fr...

Antique map titled 'Septem silvae vulgo Seven Wolden olim forestensis.' Map of the region of Zevenwouden in Friesland, the Netherlands. This region include the villages of Langweer, ...

Antique map titled 'Frisiae Liberae quae Westfresia Post eluviones seculi XIII'. Map of Westfriesland in ancient times. This copper engraved map shows part of Holland as it was in an...

Antique map Emden titled 'Civitas Embda, eo modo situata cum essit controversia inter ipsam et suum Comitem anno'. Small plan of the city of Emden, Germany, Also depicted is part of ...

Antique map titled 'Persia sive Sophorum Regnum'. Original old map of Persia. The map extends from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River and the Dalanguer Mount...

Antique map Batavia titled 'Ware Affbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia'. Antique print of the castle and city of Batavia on the Island of Java'. Rare edition with Englis...

Antique map titled 'Hic est situs oppidi Grauiae (..)'. Bird's eye view plan of Grave, The Netherlands, Holland. Showing the siege of Grave in the year 1602. Source unknown, to be de...

Antique plan titled 't Fort van Griet-Zyl in Oost-Vrieslant'. Plan of the fortress of Greetsiel, Germany. This print originates from 'Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae' by J. ...

The antique map, titled 'Scotiae pars septentrionalis,' depicts the northern part of Scotland. Crafted by Hondius around 1640, this map is a historical treasure showcasing the geogra...

Antique map titled 'Natoliae sive Asia Minor'. Original old map of Turkey, Asia Minor and Cyprus. Includes a decorative cartouches, sailing ship, sea mon...

An antique map of the Tuscan city of Pisa engraved for The 'Itinerarium Italiæ Nov-antiquæ' by Matthäus Merian the Elder and printed in 1640....

Antique map titled 'Cestria comitatus Palatinus'. Original old map of Cheshire, Northwest England. Published circa 1665 by J. Blaeu. Willem Jansz. Blaeu and his son Joan Blaeu are th...

Title: "Livonia: Antique Map of the Northern Baltic Region" Description: This antique map, titled "Livonia," is a detailed representation of the northern Baltic region. Centered on ...

Antique map titled 'Natolia detta anticamente Asia Minor (..)'. Rare map of Asia Minor (Turkey) and Cyprus and neighboring regions. The map provides one of the most detailed and up t...

Antique map titled 'Natoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio'. Original antique map of Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the eastern Mediterranean. Originally published on one sheet toget...

Plate 'Harlingen.' (Plan of the city of Harlingen, The Netherlands.) This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Ausführliche und grundrichtige Beschreibung ...

Antique map titled 'Oldenburg Comitatus'. Detailed old map of Oldenburg, Germany. The map also shows Bremen and the Jade Bight. Published by W. Blaeu, circa 1640. Willem Jansz. Blaeu...

Antique map titled 'Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio'. Original antique map of the region of Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Shows the area between Halle a. d. Saale, Aschersleben,...

Antique map titled 'A Mapp of the Country of Leicester'. Original old map of Leicestershire, England. This map originates from 'Britannia: or, a Geographical Description of the Kingd...

Antique map titled 'Le Royaume d'Angleterre divisé en plusieurs Parties (..)'. Large and rare map of England and Wales by J.B. Nolin after Coronelli. With decorative cartouche, table...

Antique map titled 'The Road from Bristol to Weymouth (..)'. Original antique map of the road from Bristol to Weymouth. Plate 60 from Ogilby's 'Britannia', the first road atlas of En...

Antique map titled 'Bercheria vernacule Barkshire'. Original old map of Berkshire, a historic county in South East England. Published circa 1665 by J. Blaeu. Willem Jansz. Blaeu and ...

Antique map titled 'Darbyshire'. Original antique map of the country of Derbyshire, England. Engraved by Robert Morden. Sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham and John Churchill...

Plate 'Covorden.' (Plan of the fortified city of Coevorden, The Netherlands.) This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Ausführliche und grundrichtige Besc...

Plate 'Devendr.' (Plan of the fortified city of Deventer, The Netherlands.) This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Aus...

Antique map titled 'Ducatus olim Episcopatus Bremensis et ostiorum Albis et Visurgis Fluviorum novissima Descriptio'. Original old map of the area of ??Bremen and Lower Saxony. Uncom...

Antique map titled 'Holsatia Ducatus'. Original old map of Holstein, Germany. By Petrus Kaerius, published circa 1650. Pieter van den Keere (Latin: Petrus Kaerius 1571 – circa 1646) ...

Antique map titled 'Ducatus Holsatiae Nova Tabula'. Original old map of the Duchy of Holstein, the northernmost territory of the Holy Roman Empire, from the mid-17th Century. To the ...

Antique map titled 'The Continuations of the Road from London to the Lands End'. Original antique map of the road from Andover to Crewkerne. Plate 26 from Ogilby's 'Britannia', the f...

Antique map titled 'Territorio di Pavia, Lodi, Novarra, Tortona, Alessandria e altri vicini dello Stato di Milano'. Original old map of the region of Pavia, Lodi, Novara, Tortona and...

Antique map titled 'Carte Generale des Dixsept Provinces des Pais Bas'. Rare and Early map of the Seventeen Provinces. The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsbur...

Antique map titled 'Palitinat du Rhein, Alsace, et partie de Souabe de Franconie (..)'. Double-page engraved map of the Rhineland and Alsace with original/contemporary hand coloring....

Antique map titled 'Vetus descriptio Daciarum nec non Moesiarum'. Impressive map of the area of Romania and Bulgaria centered on the Danube River. The map is based on Ortelius' map o...

Antique map titled 'Brecknoc comitaus pars olim silurum'. Original old map of Brecknockshire, Wales. Engraved by R. Vaughan after Christopher Saxton. Published circa 1640.

Antique map titled 'Caletensium et Bononiensium Ditionis Accurata Delinatio [on sheet with] Veromanduorum Eorumque Confinium Exactissima Discriptio'. Two maps on a folio sheet. Calentensium covers the coastline between Calais and Estaples based in part on a four-sheet map by Nicolas de Nicolay...

Antique map titled 'The Continuation of the Road from London to Bristol (..)'. A strip map of the continuation of the road from London to Bristol, this particular sheet showing the r...

Antique map titled 'Geographische Beschreibung des Belobten Landes Canaan (..)'. Scarce map of Canaan, with portraits of the Apostles of Matheaus, S. Marcus, S. Lucas, S. Johannes. With Christ in lower part. The map extends along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean. Published by Georg Andreas...

Antique map titled 'The Road from London to St. Davids in com: Pembroke (..)'. A strip map of the road from London to Bensington. The map is ornamented with numerous compass roses, a...

Rare and original antique map of Denbighshire and Flintshire, Wales. From the 'Poly-Olbion,' an illustrated topographical poem describing Great Britain by Michael Drayton, 1622.

Antique map titled 'Tabulae dominii Groeningae quae et complecititur maximam partem Dreniae Emendata a F. de Wit'. Original antique map of the province of Groningen, the Netherlands....

Antique map titled 'Syriae, sive Soriae, Nova et Accurata Descriptio.' Map of Syria and Lebanon, fully engraved with mountain ranges, forests and citi...

Antique map titled 'Albis Fluvius Germaniae celebris A Fontiubus Ad Ostia, Cum Fluminibus ab utroque latere in illum fluenibus descriptus'. Detailed map of the course of the Albis Ri...

Antique miniature map titled 'Nouveau Continent avec plusieurs Isles et Mers'. Decorative map of the Western Hemisphere, published by Alain Manesson Mallet. The map shows California as an Island...

Antique map titled 'Basse Partie de la Basse Saxe ou sont les Duchés de Sleswick, Holsace, Meckelenbourg et Lauvenbourg (..)'. Original old map of northern Germany, including Schlesw...

The antique map of Persia titled 'Persia sive Sophorum Regnum' is a remarkable historical document. Here are the key details and features of the ...

John Ogilby (British 1600-1676) Cosmographer and Geographick Printer to Charles II. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 15. The continuation of the r...

The Road from Ipswich com Suffolk to Norwich and thence to cromer on the sea coast com Norfolk. By John Ogilby, Esq, His Majesties Cosmographer. Containing...

Antique print titled 'Harlingen, Staveren, Sneck'. Views of the cities of Harlingen, Stavoren and Sneek, Friesland, the Netherlands. This print originates from 'Thooneel der Steden e...

The Road from London to Yarmouth com. Norfolk. By John Ogilby, His Majesties Cosmographer. Containing 122 miles, 5 furlongs. No 54. From Standard in Co...

The road from London to the lands end. Commencing at the Standard in Cornhill and extending to Senan in Cornwall. By John Ogilby His Majesties Cosmographer. A road map from Britannia, 1675/6. No 25. Continuing 308 miles, 3 furlongs. London Southwark to Brentford, to Hampton Court, to Hounslow, to Windsor, to Cobham, to Farnham, to Basingstoke to Winchester The handcoloured sheet free floated. In a brown painted and gilded, ogee moulded frame. Some foxing and creasing, uneven edge of sheet, all commensurate with age Provenance : purchased as pair from a collector with no 15 London to St David's. Framed as a pair. Sheet width 48cm., 19 ”., height 38cm., 15 “ Frame width 66.5cm., 26”., height 56cm., 22 ” In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started i Black Linear Border around Map Length 44cm., 17 1/8" Height 32cm., 12 1/2" Full Sheet Length 58cm., 22 3/4" Height 38cm., 15" Frame Length 66cm., 26"., Height 56cm., 22" In a remarkable life John Ogilby pursued, several careers, each ending in misfortune, and yet he always emerged undeterred, to carry on. His modern reputation is based on his final career, started in his sixty-sixth year, as a publisher of maps and geographical accounts. Ogilby was born outside Dundee, in 1600, the son of a Scottish gentleman. While he was still a child, the family moved to London. When the elder Ogilby was imprisoned for debt, the young John invested his savings in a lottery, won a minor prize, and settled his father's debts. Unfortunately, not enough money was left to secure John a good apprenticeship; instead, he was apprenticed to a dance master. Ogilby was soon dancing in masques at court but, one day, while executing a particularly ambitious leap, he landed badly. The accident left him with a permanent limp, and ended his dancing career. However, he had come to the attention of Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, Charles I's most senior minister. Ever one to exploit his contacts, Ogilby became a dance instructor in Strafford's household. When Strafford was sent to Ireland, Ogilby accompanied him as Deputy-Master of the Kings Revels, and then Master of Revels. In Dublin, he built the New Theatre, in St. Werburgh Street, which prospered at first, but the Irish Rebellion, in 1641, cost Ogilby his fortune, which he estimated at £2,000, and almost his life. After brief service as a soldier, he returned to England, survived shipwreck on the way, and arrived back penniless. On his return, Ogilby turned his attention to the Latin classics, as a translator and publisher. His first faltering attempt, in 1649, was a translation of the works of Virgil, but after his marriage to a wealthy widow the same year, his publishing activities received a considerable boost. One means by which Ogilby financed these volumes was by subscription, securing advance payments from his patrons, in return for including their name and coats-of-arms on the plates of illustrations. Another approach was to secure a patron, preferably in the court circle. Ogilby's first patron was Strafford, who found out too late that all leading ministers are dispensable when Charles I assented to his execution in 1641. As he re-established himself, Ogilby sought a new patron, the King himself. In 1661, Ogilby was approached to write poetry for Charles II's coronation procession; he later published 'The Relation of His Majesties Entertainment Passing Through the City of London', and a much enlarged edition the following year, which included a fine set of plates depicting the procession. Royal favour was bestowed in 1674 when John Ogilby received the title of 'His Majesty's Cosmographer and Geographick Printer' with a salary of £13.6s.8d per annum. In 1665, Ogilby left London to avoid the Plague then ravaging the capital. The following year, in the Great Fire of London, Ogilby claimed that he lost his entire stock of books valued at some £3,000, as well as his shop and house, leaving him worth just £5. As he sought to restore his fortunes, Ogilby was already looking in new directions. The initial opportunity he seized on was the reconstruction of London's burnt-out centre. He secured appointment as a "sworn viewer", whose duty was to establish the property boundaries as they existed before the Fire. Ogilby was assisted in the project by his step-grandson, William Morgan...