Highlights
Discover a curated selection of rare antique maps by the Altea Gallery team.
Highlights
Discover a curated selection of rare antique maps by the Altea Gallery team.
The map of China from the first English atlas of the world
SPEED, John. Date: 1627 Stock #: 26497 £3,800.00
Visit our Mayfair Gallery
Located in the heart of Mayfair, Altea Gallery has been a trusted destination for collectors, museums, libraries and decorators seeking the finest antique maps, rare atlases, and old globes since 1992. Every map tells a story and holds a piece of history, waiting to be explored. Step inside and experience the journeys, discoveries, and craftsmanship captured in these remarkable works.
New Arrivals
'the first modern regional map of Scandinavia'
DE JODE, Gerard. Date: 1578 Stock #: 26415 £12,500.00
The map of China from the first English atlas of the world
SPEED, John. Date: 1627 Stock #: 26497 £3,800.00
A 16th century allegorical figure of the planet Saturn
PASSE, Crispijn de. Date: 1589 Stock #: 26300 £350.00
We buy maps
Altea Gallery is always interested in acquiring antique maps, atlases, globes, and travel books. Whether you have a single item or an entire collection, we offer competitive prices and a smooth, professional service. If you’re a collector, inheritor, or simply unsure of what you have, we’d love to hear from you.
Click the ‘Sell to Us’ button below and return the contact form—a member of our team will be in touch.
![An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue by Ptolemy, titled: [Sexta Asie Tabula.]
A fine example of the map of classical Arabia from the First Ulm Edition of Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the first to be printed outside Italy and the first illustrated with woodcut maps. Holle’s edition of the ‘Geographia’ contained Ptolemaic maps reworked by the cartographer Nicolaus Germanus (c.1420-c.1490) and cut by Johannes of Armsheim, who was the first woodcutter to sign a map (the world from this atlas). It was the first Ptolemaic atlas to include ‘’modern’’ cartography, with maps of Italy, Spain, France, Scandinavia and the Holy Land. It was also the first to print the corresponding text description on the verso of each map, with a decorative woodcut border, also coloured. One extraordinary feature of this edition is that the publisher, Lienhart Holle, intended it to be sold coloured, with natural ultramarine used for the rich blue of the seas.
Available to view and purchase at the London Map Fair
📍 Royal Geographical Society
📅 6–7 June
🕰 Saturday 12:00–19:00 | Sunday 10:00–18:00
🎟 Free entry
This original antique map is available at Altea Gallery. Visit our website under the stock number: 23380 or follow the link below: https://www.alteagallery.com/product/prolemy-arabia-ulm-edition-23380/
Based in Mayfair, London, Altea Gallery specialises in antique maps, rare atlases, geological maps, sea charts, celestial charts, and globes, and works closely with collectors, museums, libraries, and institutions worldwide.
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