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Period: 17th Century
Charming Miniature Map of Thrace or Thrake in Southeast Europe, 1685
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Thraciae Descriptio.'
Charming miniature map of Thrace, from the pocket atlas 'Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem quam novam .. Acessit P. Be...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Antique Map the Imperial States of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1609
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Belgii inferioris descriptio (..)'.
Old map of the Seventeen Provinces, the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. They roughly cove...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
1606 Hand-Colored Woodcut Map of Sumatra from Ramusio’s Delle Navigationi
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a fascinating woodcut map titled *Taprobana*, depicting the island of Sumatra, hand-colored, and published in Venice in 1606. The map originates from Giovanni Battista Ramusi...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Strait of Malacca, Malay Peninsula & Dutch Indies, c.1670
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Indiae Orientalis, nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio.'
Map of Southeast Asia. The map centers on the Strait of Malacca and Malay Peninsula. It ext...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Detailed World Map Drawn on Mercator's Projection, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
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...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare Antique Map of 'Barbarie' or Northern Africa, 1655
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Partie de la Coste de Barbarie en Africque ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis et Tripoli et Pays Circomvoisins'. This map depicts North Africa with Malta and originate...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Exploring Ancient Persia: Ptolemaic Map of Iran and Iraq by Ptolemy and Mercator
Located in Langweer, NL
Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer who worked in Alexandria, then a part of the Roman Empire, in the 2nd century AD. One of the most learned and influent...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Handcolored Antique Map of Pays De Caux in Normandy, France, ca.1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Le Pais de Caux'.
Old map of Pays de Caux, France. Pays de Caux is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French département of Seine Maritime ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Hainaut Region 'France' by F. de Wit, circa 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Comitatus Hannoniae et Episcopatus Cambresis Descriptio'. Large map of the Hainaut region, France. Published by F. de Wit, circa 1680.
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
17th-Century Map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) by Mercator & van den Keere, 1630
Located in Langweer, NL
This captivating 17th-century map titled "Zeilan ou Ceilon Isle" (Ceylon/Sri Lanka) was engraved by Petrus Kaerius (van den Keere) and published in Mercator's "Atlas Minor," edited b...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Duchy of Westphalia, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Westphalia Ducatus'. Fine map of the Duchy of Westphalia, Germany. The map is centered on Meschede and includes Arensberg, Beelick, and Brilon. Published...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Silesia centered on Glogau
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ducatus Silesiae Glogani vera delineatio'. This decorative map shows the Odra River valley based on the Silesian cartographer, Jonas Scultetus. The map is oriente...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of Unterwalden, South of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, 1654
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Underwaldia - Das Landt Underwalden'. View of the city of Unterwalden, the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Greece 1660 Jan Jansson Watercolour Map Peloponesus Sive Morea I Laurenbergio
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this Jan Jansson Date: 1660 (published) Amsterdam map of Greece.
This is an authentic antique map of Peloponnese or...
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Danish Dutch Colonial Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Copper
Antique Map of the City of Leeuwarden by Priorato, 1673
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Leverden'. This map depicts the city of Leeuwarden (Friesland, The Netherlands). This original antique print originates from 'Teatro del Belgio (…)', published in...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Burgundy Region by Merian '1646'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Utriusque Burgundiae tum Ducatus tum Comitatus descriptio'. Old map of the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region of France. This map originates from 'Neuwe Archontologia co...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
17th Century Italian Faience Madonna with Child Relief Wall Plaque
Located in Milano, MI
A fashinating 17th century Italian Virgin with Child, an hand-made rectangular shaped relief devotional plaque in polychrome glazed terracotta depicting a Madonna with Child, dating ...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Terracotta
The 17th Century Map of Northern Dithmarschen and Its Towns in Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a detailed colored copperplate engraving depicting northern Dithmarschen, accompanied by town plans of Weßlingburen (now Wesselburen), Lunden, and Heyde (now Heide) at the to...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Eastern Balkans Map, with Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte'. Old map of the Eastern Balkans with the geographical & political divisions of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, etc. The map details the course of the Danube, Sauus, and Drauus Rivers. Originates from the 1633 German edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major, published by Henricus Hondius and Jan Jansson under the title: 'Atlas: das ist Abbildung der gantzen Welt, mit allen darin begriffenen Laendern und Provintzen: sonderlich von Teutschland, Franckreich, Niderland, Ost und West Indien: mit Beschreibung der selben.'
Artists and Engravers: Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594) originally a student of philosophy was one of the most renowned cosmographers and geographers of the 16th century, as well as an accomplished scientific instrument maker. He is most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare 17th Century Baroque Cabinet, South Germany Probably Augsburg, Wunderkammer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A small architectural table cabinet, veneered in walnut and mulberry, the centre doors enclosing an arrangement of nine various sized drawers with bone knobs, behind a central door a...
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German Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Brass
Antique Miniature Map of the Turkish Empire by Bertius '1618'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Turcicum Imperium'. Rare miniature map of the Turkish Empire. This map originates from 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri septem (..)' by P. B...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
17th Century Flemish Carving of a Religious Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique carving of a saint or martyr. 17th century Flemish hardwood carving. Wonderful wear and rich color.
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European Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Hardwood
Natives from Pegu, the Moluccan Islands, Penequais Indians and St Thomas, c.1605
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Provincie Pegu incola (..) - Incola ex Insulis Moluco (..) - Penequais familiae (..)'.
Old print showing various figures including a man from Pegu, a man fr...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the City of Zwolle by Guicciardini, 1613
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Swolla'. Map of the city of Zwolle, the Netherlands. This map originates from the 1613 edition of 'Discrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi', by L. Guicciardini, publi...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of Chinese Vessels Near Lantam, China, 1665
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Lantam'. Old print depicting Chinese ships on the coast of Lantam. Also depicted are Chinese village houses. This print originates f...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
"Nova Barbariae Descriptio", a 17th Century Hand-Colored Map of North Africa
Located in Alamo, CA
This original attractive 17th century hand-colored map of North Africa entitled "Nova Barbariae Descriptio" by Johannes Janssonius was published in Paris in 1635. It includes the Med...
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Dutch Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Engraving of Roman Punishments of Mass Crucifixion Outside the City Wall, 1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'd'Aal-oude Kruis-straffen der Romeinen: hoedanige door Constantyn de Groot, uit eerbied voor het Kruis des Saligmakers, afgeschaft zyn'. Antique print of the ancient punishment by crucifixion which was abolished by Constantine the Great in deference to the cross of Jesus...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Original Handcoloured Map of the Former Province of Perche, France, ca.1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Perchensis Comitatus - La Perche compte'.
Old map of the former province of Perche, France. Until the French Revolution, Perche was bounded by four ancient te...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Batavia 'Jakarta, Indonesia' by Montanus, 1679
Located in Langweer, NL
Fine early plan of Batavia (Jakarta), published by Arnoldus Montanus. This map has a vignette at the bottom showing Jakarta from the sea with the volcanoes Mount Gede, Mount Pangrnago and Mount Salak in the background. The plan is based on the earlier, much larger map of Batavia published by Clement de Jonghe...
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Unknown Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
17th Century Spanish Baroque Chestnut Carving of Christ
Located in Stamford, CT
A large-scale 17th century Spanish carving of Christ on the cross. Possibly of a much earlier date, the features and posture owing much to Byzantine depictions of Christ, especially ...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Chestnut
Territorium Norimbergense - Antique Map of Nürnberg by Janssonius (1645-58)
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an antique map of Nürnberg, titled "Territorium Norimbergense," created by Johannes Janssonius and published between 1645 and 1658. It is a copperplate engraving printed on p...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map
Located in Stamford, CT
1608 Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae Vera Descriptio Framed Mexico Map. As found custom black wooden frame/ matting.
This map is based on the work of Abraham Ortelius as is an example o...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Map of Styria by William Blaeu, 1645: A Masterpiece of 17th-Century Cartography
Located in Langweer, NL
This 1645 map, created by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, represents Styria (Steyrmark), a historical region in present-day Austria, located in the Alpine regions. Blaeu, one of the most sign...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region in Germany and Holland, circa 1628
Located in Langweer, NL
Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region, "Die Dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms," ca. 16th Century
This early woodcut map, titled "Die Dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms Innhaltend das Nid...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Early Woodcut Map of Swabia and Bavaria in Germany, 1628
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Early Woodcut Map of Swabia and Bavaria, 16th Century
This early woodcut map titled "Schwaben und Bayernlande / Darbey auch begreiffen der Oenwaldt / Nordgaw / etc." provides...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique icon Jaroslav depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well, 17th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
Monumental icon depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well (Zoodochos Pege).
Jaroslav, late 17th century.
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm.
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Russian Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Wood
Antique Map of the City of Kampen by Guicciardini, 1613
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Urbis Campensis (..)'. Plan of the city of Kampen, the Netherlands. This map originates from the 1613 edition of 'Discrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi', by L. Guic...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region Covering the Palatinate, Austria and Elsa
Located in Langweer, NL
Early Woodcut Map of the Rhine River Region Covering the Palatinate, Austria, and Elsass, ca. 1628
This early woodcut map, titled "Die ander Tafel des Rheinstromes/begriffen die Pfa...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
French Censer / incense burner / Church clock / perfume burner - Bronze - 17th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful baluster censer decorated with gadroons from the Louis XIV period.
This censer / incense burner / church clock / perfume burner in openwo...
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French Louis XIV Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Bronze
Old Map of Morocco, The Canary Islands, Madeira, Inset of Penon de Velez, 1605
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Fessae et Marocchi Regna'. Original antique map of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador and , north to the Spanish Coast. Inset of Penon de Velez. Artists and...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Iberian Peninsula with two decorative Cartouches
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Hispaniae et Portugalliae Regna'. Original old map of the Iberian peninsula showing Spain, Portugal and the Balearic Islands. Two beautiful cartouches with severa...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the City of Leeuwarden by Bast, 1603
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Leeuwerden de hooft stadt van Frislant. Leoverdia Metropolis Frisiae (…) 1603.' Very rare plan of Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands. With several carouches a...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Bishopric of Hildesheim Map in Northern Germany by Willem & Joan Blaeu, 1645
Located in Langweer, NL
This beautifully hand-colored map, titled "Episcopatus Hildesiensis Descriptio Novissima," depicts the Bishopric of Hildesheim, a historical ecclesiastical territory in present-day L...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
17th Century Italian Ballot Voting Urn Carved Blue and Red Painted Wood
Located in Milano, MI
Antique Italian ballot urn shaped wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, Monte San Savino near Arezzo in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 17th century wooden voting box...
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Italian Baroque Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Pine
Antique Engraving of the Statue of the Mythologic Hero Meleager, Rome. 1660
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, titled: 'Meleager in Aedibus Pichinys.'
Statue of Meleager in Rome. In Greek mythology, Meleager was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer.
From the 1660 Dutch edition of 'Icones et Segmenta Nobil. Signorum et Statuarum quae Romae extant' by Francois Perrier...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Region of Bourbonnais by Janssonius, circa 1640
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Bourbonois - Borbonium Ducatus'. Old map of the former region of Bourbonnais, France. It includes the cities of Bourbon, Moulins, Charenton, Brulles, Varennes and...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Decorative Hand-Colored Map of Germany by Nicolas Sanson, 1648
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Hand-Colored Map of Germany by Nicolas Sanson, 1648
This hand-colored map, titled "Allemagne," was created by Nicolas Sanson, a prominent 17th-century French cartographer and...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare Original Antique Ptolemy Map of Ceylon, Present Day Sri Lanka
Located in Langweer, NL
Original antique map titled 'Tab XII Asiae Taprobanam (..)'. For this map of Toprobana (Sri Lanka), Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often inaccurate, it represented the most advanced account of the world's geography at that time. This map depicts the island with the typical misconceptions of the period with the enlarged island straddling the Equator and nearly divided by a ridge of mountains. A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map and a spurious coastline labeled Gangem fills the upper right corner. The stipple engraved sea contains an oriental ship...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Miniature Map of Java by Bertius '1618'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique miniature map titled 'Iava Maior'. Rare miniature map of Java, Indonesia. This map originates from 'Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri s...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Sea Chart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada by Van Keulen, circa 1681
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Pascaarte vande Noorderzee Custen van America (..)'. Sea chart of Hudson Bay and Arctic Canada. Compass roses, loxodromic lines, and ships decorate the oceans and...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, ca.1669
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Ware afbeeldinge wegens het Casteel ende Stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot Eylant Java Anno 1679. Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava. 1679....
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
The 1649 Haderschleben Map of Western Jutland and North Sea Islands
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a beautiful example of an antique map, titled "Westertheil des Amptes Haderschleben Zusambt Rieben und dem Loehmcloster Anno 1649." It's a hand-colored copper etching by Matt...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Battle of Wimpfen, 1622: Engraving by Matthäus Merian (ca. 1645)
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Battle of Wimpfen, 1622: Engraving by Matthäus Merian (ca. 1645)
Description: This antique copper engraving, created by the renowned Swiss-German engraver Matthäus Merian aro...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare Old Map of the City of Stavoren, Friesland, the Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Staveren'.
Old map of the city of Stavoren, Friesland. This map originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' by U. Emmius.
Artists and Engravers: Nicolaes ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Old & Rare View of the City of Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands, 1616
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Worcum'. This print depicts the city of Workum (Friesland, The Netherlands). With German captions. This print originates from 'Rerum Frisicarum Historia' publishe...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Historic Map of the Bishopric of Paderborn by Blaeu, a Masterpiece of 1645
Located in Langweer, NL
This hand-colored map, titled "Paderbornensis Episcopatus Descriptio Nova," depicts the Bishopric of Paderborn, a historical ecclesiastical territory within the Holy Roman Empire, lo...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Netherlands by N. Visscher, 1684
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Comitatus Hollandiae Tabula Pluribus Locis Recens Emendata a Nicolao I. Visschero'. West to the top. Lower left inset of the Wadden Islands, Texel, Vlieland, Ters...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Gloucestershire by Camden, c.1607
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Glocestriae comitatus olim sedes Dobunorum'. Map of Gloucestershire, England. This map originates from Camden?s 'Britannia' ...
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Antique 17th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
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