Pausanias. Graeciae Descriptio Accurata

Title/Content of Map: Fori Iulii Accurata Descriptio Date Printed: 1588 Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Material/Medium: No color. Spanish text on verso. From the first modern atlas- the Theatrum Orbis

This stunning folio engraving is from the rare, originially hand-colored publication of Albertus Seba’s Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissim

This stunning folio engraving is from the rare, originially hand-colored publication of Albertus Seba’s Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissim

Title: 1753 Seutter Map of Palestine Cartographer: M Seutter Published: 1753 Nurnberg Measurements: 19.2 x 22.4 in. Palaestinae Accurata Descriptio Geographica, Ita Adornata, ut Diversarum Aetatum Reg

Heading: Author: Seutter, Matthew Title: Pragae Metropolis regni Bohemiae cum adiacentibus terris accurata descriptio geographica Place Published: Augsburg Publisher: Date Published: c.1735<

Middle East.- Jansson (Joannes) Syriae, sive Soriae. Nova et Accurata Descriptio, map of Syria and Lebanon, fully engraved with mountain ranges, forests and cities. Damascus is at the bottom of the ma

Seba, Albert (1665-1736), Birds, Bird's Nest, and Eggs (Tab, LXVIII) from Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio per universam physices historiam, Date: 1734-1765, Wetsten, Smith

Subject: Reptiles from Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio per universam physices historiam Date: 1734-1765, Wetsten, Smith, Jansson-Waesberg: Amsterdam Dimensions: 17.75 x 22

Subject: Insects from Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio per universam physices historiam Date: 1734-1765, Wetsten, Smith, Jansson-Waesberg: Amsterdam Dimensions: 17.75 x 22

Subject: Reptiles from Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio per universam physices historiam Date: 1734-1765, Wetsten, Smith, Jansson-Waesberg: Amsterdam Dimensions: 17.75 x 22

Map: 1700 Aa Map of Eastern Adriatic Italy -- Cursuum Fluviorum Circa Ariminum et Caesenam Accurata Descriptio. Cartographer: P van der Aa Year / Place: 1700 c. Leiden Map Dimensions: 11.9 x 14.8 in.

Print: Coral snake, viper and others from India. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam. This Plate: Tom.

Print: Garden snake, beetle, and flowering plants. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam This Plate: Tom

Print: Grass snake and aardvark. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam. This Plate: Tom. 2. Tab. XLVII A

Jodocus Hondius. Siena (Sena). 1627 Incisione in rame. mm 173x246. Foglio: mm 213x278. Titolo in alto al centro e sopra l'inciso. Da Nova et accurata Italiae descriptio (1627). SI AGGIUNGE: Francesco

Amsterdam, ca. 18th cen. Map of Greece, the Aegean Sea, Crete, part of Turkey and Cyprus, a compass rose and a mileage indicator, with old hand coloring, matted and framed under glass. Sight size 20 x

Abraham Ortelius, "Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio", hand colored and center seamed. Dimensions: 17" x 22 1/4", the frame 26" x 31 1/2".

Japan & Korea. Jan Jansson, Nova et Accurata Iaponiae, Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum Adjacentium. Ex Novissima Detectione Descriptio, from Atlas Contractus, 1666 (circa). Hand Color. This superb folio m

the 2-sheet map of Africa and Asia, from the east coast of Brazil to Japan, charting the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies by Houtman, large titlecartouche upper centre of right sheet, ships, comp

ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the Western Hemisphere. 17&#189;x22&#188; inches sheet size, wide margins, Spanish text on verso; uncolored; c

China.- Ortelius (Abraham) Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio, detailed map centred on China and based on the work of Jorge de Barbuda, a Portuguese Jesuit also known as Ludovicus Georgius

ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Antwerp, ca 1572. Engraved map of the Americas with hand-coloring in wash and outline, visible area 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (40

Map: Descriptio Americae Maker: Petrus Bertius Date: 1616 Medium: Original handcolored copper plate engraving Size: 3.75 x 5.25 inches A remarkably accurate map of the Americas showing California atta

An antique leatherbound edition of Greek geographer Pausanias' (110-180) "Description of Greece" written in both Latin and Greek with two columns of text side by side. Bound in white leather with plat