Catalogue 26: 15th and 16th Century Maps and Books - Altea Gallery Antique Maps

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Catalogue 26: 15th and 16th Century Maps and Books

For our first catalogue of 2026 we have compiled a selection of our oldest maps and books, reaching back nearly five and a half centuries to 1482.

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Munster Cosmographia Cosmographei, Oder Beschreibung Aller Lander...

A fine example of Münster's cosmography

MUNSTER, Sebastian. Date: 1558 Stock #: 26209 £22,000.00

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Danorum Marca, vel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum... by Jordan

A superb 16th century map of Denmark

JORDAN, Mark. Date: 1588 Stock #: 24406 £2,000.00

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Gemma Frisius world map on a cordiform projection

A 16th century woodcut world map on a cordiform projection

FRISIUS, Gemma. Date: 1553 Stock #: 26166 £3,250.00

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1571 Arias Montanus world map (rare first state), Benedict Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam ex Antiquissimorum Cultor... 1571.

A rare 16th century world map depicting the aftermath of the Deluge

ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus. Date: 1571 Stock #: 26053 £12,500.00

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Waldseemuller map of the British Isles 1513, Tabula Prima Europae.

Waldseemuller's 1513 map of the British Isles after Ptolemy in contemporary colour

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin. Date: 1513 Stock #: 26141 £16,000.00

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A rare map of eastern Asia by Gastaldi, titled: Gastaldi's rare map of Asia 'Il Disegno della Terza Parte dell'Asia'.

The most influential 16th century map of the Far East

GASTALDI, Giacomo. Date: 1562 Stock #: 26112 £100,000.00

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Waldseemuller's map of Scandinavia 1520, Tabula Moderna Norbegie Et Gottie.

Early 16th century map of modern Scandinavia

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin. Date: 1520 Stock #: 26142 £6,500.00

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1568 rare Lafreri-school view of Rhodes

A rare Lafreri-school view of Rhodes

Anonymous. Date: 1568 Stock #: 26156 £1,600.00

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Braun and Hogenberg's plan of Venice

An early town plan of Venice

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Frans. Date: 1572 Stock #: 25936 £3,800.00

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Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers. by BÜNTING, Heinrich., 1581.

A 16th century woodblock map of the Old World

BÜNTING, Heinrich. Date: 1581 Stock #: 24728 £1,800.00

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Universi Orbis seu Terreni Globi in Plano Effigies. Cum privegio. by DE JODE, Gerard., 1578.

De Jode's rare cordiform world map in fine original colour

DE JODE, Gerard. Date: 1578 Stock #: 25173 £90,000.00

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Graeciae chorographia. by SALAMANCA, Francesco., 1558.

The rare First State of Salamanca's map of Greece

SALAMANCA, Francesco. Date: 1558 Stock #: 25812 £12,500.00

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Nuova, et Copiosa, Descrittione di Tutto L'Egitto Pur hora de by FORLANI, Paolo., 1566.

An early modern map of Egypt

FORLANI, Paolo. Date: 1566 Stock #: 25811 £2,900.00

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[Ta. Superioris Indiae.] by WALDSEEMULLER, Martin., 1535.

The first map of China printed in Europe

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin. Date: 1535 Stock #: 25745 £5,000.00

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Generale Ptho. by WALDSEEMULLER, Martin., 1522.

The very rare first issue of the Wäldseemüller/Fries Ptolemaic world

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin. Date: 1522 Stock #: 25741 £5,500.00

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Tabula Terre Nove. by WALDSEEMULLER, Martin., 1513.

One of the earliest printed maps to focus on America

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin. Date: 1513 Stock #: 24130 £42,500.00

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Octava Asie Tabula. by PTOLEMY, Claudius., 1486.

An illuminated incunable map of Central Asia

PTOLEMY, Claudius. Date: 1486 Stock #: 24828 £5,500.00

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La Descrittione Della Prima Parte Dell' Asia Con i nomi by GASTALDI, Giacomo., 1561.

A rare map of the Middle East, published by Lafreri

GASTALDI, Giacomo. Date: 1561 Stock #: 23975 £27,500.00

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Totius Graeciae Descriptio. by BERTELLI, Ferrando, 1564.

One of the earliest versions of Sophianos's map of Greece

BERTELLI, Ferrando Date: 1564 Stock #: 24220 £12,000.00

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[Sexta Asie Tabula.] by PTOLEMY, Claudius., 1482.

An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue

PTOLEMY, Claudius. Date: 1482 Stock #: 23380 Price on Application

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Fortezza di Gerbi. by LAFRERI, Antonio., 1573.

A rare plan of Djerba under siege by the Ottomans in 1551

LAFRERI, Antonio. Date: 1573 Stock #: 25313 £1,500.00

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Tripoli Citta di Barbaria. by LAFRERI, Antonio., 1573.

An Italian plan of Tripoli under siege by the Ottomans in 1551

LAFRERI, Antonio. Date: 1573 Stock #: 25312 £2,400.00

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Primo volume, & Terza editione Delle Navigationi et Viaggi... [&] by RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista., 1583.

Ramusio's important 16th century compilation of travels and voyages

RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista. Date: 1583 Stock #: 24633 £32,500.00

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Tabula Prima de Asia. by BERLINGHIERI, Francesco de Nicola., 1482.

An incunable map of Turkey from a landmark edition of Ptolemy

BERLINGHIERI, Francesco de Nicola. Date: 1482 Stock #: 25241 £11,000.00

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Regno di Napoli. by LAFRERI, Antonio., 1558.

The First State of Lafreri's map of the Kingdom of Naples

LAFRERI, Antonio. Date: 1558 Stock #: 25248 £5,500.00

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Il Vero Disegno della provincia della Natolia, & Caramania, con by ZALTIERI, Bolognino., 1570.

A 16th century separate-issue map of Turkey

ZALTIERI, Bolognino. Date: 1570 Stock #: 25249 £3,600.00

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Taprobana. by LAFRERI, Antonio., 1570.

A 'Lafreri-type' map of Taprobana

LAFRERI, Antonio. Date: 1570 Stock #: 25210 £2,800.00

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... Città di Tunesi ... by FORLANI, Paolo., 1566.

A 16th century plan of Tunis besieged by the Spanish in 1535

FORLANI, Paolo. Date: 1566 Stock #: 25209 £1,500.00

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Novae Insula. by MUNSTER, Sebastian., 1572.

The first map of the continent of America

MUNSTER, Sebastian. Date: 1572 Stock #: 25013 £6,000.00

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Il Devotissimo Viaggio di Gierusalemme. Fatto, e descritto in sei by ZUALLART, Jean., 1595.

A 16th century pilgrimage to Jerusalem

ZUALLART, Jean. Date: 1595 Stock #: 23825 £3,200.00