Cologne Schedel, Hartmann Colonia Nurnberg, Koberger 1493 [36,5 x 53 cm] Original woodcut from the famous 'Nurnberg Chronicle', printed in Nürnberg, in December 1493. German text edition. This view of Cologne is one of the earliest obtainable authentic city views, published only a few years before 1500. This plate was exactly published and printed in December 1493 in Nurnberg at Koberger. The 'Nurnberg Chronicle' was the earliest and most richly illustrated incunabula and description of the world, which was as well illustrated with a small number of authentic double page city views. The woodcuts were mostly cut by Pleydenwurff. In excellent condition. [Stock No.:25170] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Crempa. - Crempa Holstatiae Opp. Ioannis Ranzovii equitis avrati Industria Munitiss. - Reinoldsburga. - Rendesburga, uenustum Holsatiae Oppidum Eidora fluuio circundatum. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1572-1619 [34,2 x 48,5 cm] Original copper engraving; hand colored in wash; published 1572-78 in volume IV of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This decorative plan shows two city views. One shows Crempe with many houses, a fortress, a church, river, boat on the river, trees, windmill, etc. On the second view shows the city of Rheinholdsburg. In very good to excellent condition. 35 [Stock No.:19884] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Wittenberg, Wismar, Frankfurt & Rostock Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Wittenberg - Frankfurt / Oder - Wismar - Rostock Wittenburgae; Saxonie Oppid: Vnoeiuersali litte: rarum Studio celebre. - Civitas Francfordiensis In: Marchionatu Brandeburgensi; Sita ad Oderam H: optimorum Studiorum Gyinnasio; D Emporio mercatorum celebris ..... - Wismaria; natura locj populi Frequenria; aedisicijs in Ducatu Megapolensj; nobile Oppidum ..... - Rostochium; Megapolensis Ducatus urbs nominis celebritate & Academia pres Fans: Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1572-78 [30,4 x 48,3 cm] Original copper engraving hand colored in wash, published 1572-78 in volume I of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This decorative map shows four early city views. The four towns are: Wittenberg - Wismar - Rostock and Frankfurt / Oder. The town views are very detailed engraved with many houses, churches and ships on the rivers in the foreground. In excellent condition, old colored. a few minor not disturbing old ink stains. B& H vol. I / 27 [Stock No.:19540] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Weissenburg - Ruffach - Kolmar - Baden Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Elsass (Weissenburg - Ruffach - Colmar - Baden) Wissenburgum - Weissenburg - Rubeacum; vulgo Russach - Colmaria; vulgo Kolmar - Badenseoppidum vulgo Ober Badenn. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1572-78 [33,2 x 47,6 cm] Original copper engraving hand colored in wash, when published 1572-78 in volume II of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This decorative map has four decorative city views on one double page. The four cities in Baden and Elsass are Weissenburg, Ruffach, Kolmar and Baden. All views are nicely engraved and are equipped with many detailed houses, streets, places, churches, castles also with the surrounding landscape and people in the foreground. Verso descriptive German text. In excellent B &H vol. II / 36. [Stock No.:19881] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Trier, Koblenz und Rothenburg Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Trier - Koblentz - Rotenburg Treveris - Typus ac situzs Antiquissimae et praecipuae Mediomatricum civitatis Trevirensis - Cobolentz - Situs ciuitatis confluentinae; Germanis Koblentz ubi Mosella fluuius Rheno miscetur ? - Rotenburg - Rotenburgum ad Tubarum; elegans Franconiae oppidum Hierosolomytanae urbis; situ resondere dicitur; a turrium et tegular rubore; nomen habens; osim proprijs ducibus paruit; nunc imperio; post Friderici primi Secula; accessit. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1572-78 [38,7 x 47 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash published ca. 1572-78 in volume I of the famous town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. Decorative hand colored in the period when published. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619 in Cologne. This decorative map shows three towns on one double page: Trier, Koblenz and Rothenburg all as panoramic city views. The views are equipped with many details of engraved houses, churches and its city walls. Every print has a cartouche with an Latin text. Verso descriptive German text. Old colored when published. In very good condition, the view of Rothenburg with an old mended split at the centre fold and a narrow margin at the bottom, which was skilfully added with paper from the period. I / 36 [Stock No.:11904] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Aachen Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Aachen Aquisgranum, vulgo Aich, ad Menapiorum fines, perantiqua Imperij urbs, monumento Caroli Magni, Thermax prestantia, & peregrinorum, ob reliquias, frequetatione, memorabilis. Anno partae salutis. CI.C IC LXXVI. Coloniae Agripp: Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1572/76 [32,1 x 38,7 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash, published 1576 in volume I of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This decorative plan shows a bird's eye view of the city of Aachen. A very nice and detailed plan of the city of Aachen with its walls and the nearby surrounding. The map is richly equipped with many houses, churches, etc. In the foreground with inhabitants. In the upper corners are two coat of arms of Aachen engraved. The title cartouche is in the lower left corner. Old colored example of this map, verso with descriptive German text. This view of Aachen by Braun and Hogenberg after the sketch by Hendrick Steenwyck, was only published from 1572 towards 1578, it was then replaced by a similar bird's eye view of Aachen in the townbooks by Braun & Hogenberg. In very good condition. Near the lower centre fold with an old mending. A few minor marginal mending. B& H vol. I / 13. [Stock No.:19883] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Weimar, Jena, Erfurt, Gotha & Fulda. Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Weimaria - Iena Thuringiae urbs, cum propter Musas, rum vineta clara et celebris - Erdfordia, magnifica atq celeberrima Thuringorum urbs, Gotha - Fuldensis civitatis, a celeberrima abbatiae imago. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1578 [34,3 x 45,5 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash, published 1572-78 in volume I of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. The engraving combines five city views on one double page sheet: Weimar, Jena, Erfurt, Gotha and Fulda. In excellent condition. [Stock No.:21450] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Aachen Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Aachen Aich - Aquisgranum; urbs praeclarissima, primum, Interquatuor imperii Civitates, Locum obtinet. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1578 [29,3 x 36,3 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash, published 1578 in volume I of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This very beautiful decorative map shows us a bird's eye view of the city of Aachen. A very detailed view of the city of Aachen, ornated with inhabitants in the foreground. We look at the city with its fortifications, the walls and towers, many accurate engraved small houses, churches, places, etc. It shows as well the surrounding with a wonderful landscape and nearby fields. In the lower right corner we see the large allegoric title cartouche. In the upper left and right corners are the coat of arms of Aachen. This view of Aachen by Braun and Hogenberg was published from around 1578 onwards, it replaced the earlier bird's eye view of Aachen by Braun & Hogenberg, engraved after the sketch by Hendrick Steenwyck (1576). Two marginal water stains in the lower corners, not affecting the image at all. In excellent condition. B& H Vol. I / 13. [Stock No.:19543] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Schwaebisch Hall Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Hala, ad Cocharum flumen in Sueuia opsalis foecunditate, nobile. Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1595 [32,3 x 48,5 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash, published ca. 1578-85 in volume II of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. Decorative panoramic city view of the town Schaebisch Hall with the river Kocher in Suevia. In excellent condition. [Stock No.:21453] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Rostock Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Rostochium Urbs Vandalica Anseatica et Megapolitana Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1598 [35,4 x 48,7 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash, published ca. 1598 in volume V of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. This decorative map shows Rostock near the Baltic Sea. This city view is very nicely arranged and shows a panoramic view over the river Varna. The view is engraved after a sketch by J. Huefnagel. The view is ornated with many houses, churches, trees, river, sailing ships and inhabitants in the foreground. At the top are three hand colored coat of arms of Rostock engraved. Verso descriptive German text. In excellent condition. B &H vol. V / 47. [Stock No.:19879] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Bardowick Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Bardewick Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1598 [38,5 x 51 cm] Original copper engraving, published ca.1598 in volume V of the town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619. German text edition. Decorative bird's eye view of the city of Bardowick near Lueneburg in Niedersachsen. The engraving is based on the sketch after Daniel Frese (1588). In very good to excellent condition. With narrow margins, cut close to the engraved border line. B & H vol. V / 44. [Stock No.:23503] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Neuss Braun, Georg & Hogenberg, Franz Neus Cologne, G. Braun & F. Hogenberg 1619 [33,1 x 43,2 cm] Original copper engraving, hand colored in wash and published ca. 1619 in volume IV of the famous town book 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' by Braun and Hogenberg. The entire series of the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' comprised six volumes and was published and printed from 1572 towards 1619 in Cologne. This decorative city plan shows Neuss in a bird's eye view. The plan is equipped with many details of houses, streets, trees, animals, the fortifications around the town, the river Erft, etc. In the lower right and left corner we find allegoric cartouches. One of this has the explanation of the map and the other has a Latin historical text inside. In excellent condition. 32 [Stock No.:19859] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Homann, Heirs Scenographiae Lipsiacae - Solium Secundum. Accurante Dno. Joach. Ernesto Scheflero prodit in lucem in officina Homanniana. Ao. 1749. - Nota: Cui volupe est, Ichnographiam, Lipsiae in partiebus suspensam habere, exornare eam potest dissectis Prospectibus folue I. & II. Quadratum Ichnographiae claudentibus. - Wer belieben hat, kan die 15. ley Prospecte des I. und II. Blats zerschneiden und den Grundriss von Leipzig rings herum mit auszieren. - Urbis Lipslae uec non aedificiorum in ipsa publicorum facies, graphice delineata per Ioach. Ernest. Scheflerum, Architect: Edentibus Homann, Heredibus. - Prospect von Leipzig wie solcher von Sued-Ost anzusehen. Nuernberg, Homann, J. B. (Homann's Heirs) 1749 [ca. 42 x 96,5 cm] Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash when published. Decorative views of the city of Leipzig in Germany. These spectacular views were published on two double page engraved atlas sheets in the printing house of Homann's Heirs around 1749 in Nuernberg. The two plates are showing one general decorative panoramic city view of Leipzig and 14 views of famous houses, buildings, churches, market squares in the city of Leipzig. A spectacular map of this famous German city in original colors of the period when published. In excellent condition. [Stock No.:18473] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Kiel [Pharus Verlag] Pharus-Plan Kiel Pharus Verlag, Berlin 1910/15 [36,9 x 45,1 cm] Lithographie, hand koloriert. Diese detaillierte Lithographie zeigt den Plan von Kiel. Die Karte ist in wunderschoenen Farben gezeichnet und stellt eine detaillierte Gesamtuebersicht von Kiel dar. Ausserdem sind viele Strassen, Strassennamen, Kirchen, Bahnhoefe, der Kieler Hafen und Sehenswuerdigkeiten eingezeichnet. In tadellosem Erhaltungszustand. [Stock No.:23473] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order
Aachen [Pharus Verlag] Pharus-Plan Aachen Pharus Verlag, Berlin 1910/15 [37,5 x 51,4 cm] Lithographie, hand koloriert. Diese detaillierte Lithographie zeigt den Plan von Aachen. Die Karte ist in wunderschoenen Farben gezeichnet und stellt eine detaillierte Gesamtuebersicht von Aachen dar. Ausserdem sind viele Strassen, Strassennamen, Kirchen, Bahnhoefe und Sehenswuerdigkeiten eingezeichnet. In tadellosem Erhaltungszustand. [Stock No.:23470] Full description	click here to enlarge image or use our new feature for ZOOMING click on image to	UK £ Select this Antique Map to order