Abessinien : Abissinorum sive Pretiosi

By: Mercator/HondiusDate: 1610 (circa) AmsterdamDimensions: 13.4 x 19.25 inches (34 x 48.9 cm)A map depicting the realm of the legendary Christian emperor Prester John, in Abyssinia (present-day Ethio

Title: Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Description:Central Africa with speculation on the Nile and Congo river networks Maker: Mercator/Hondius/Jansson Origin: 9.583; Atlas Minor, Latin edi

Africa.- Jansson (Jan) Aethiopia Superior vel Interior; Vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiteri Ioannis Imperium, map showing the legendary Christian Kingdom of Prester John, with numerous exotic animals de

Title: Abissinorum siue, Pretiosi Ioannis Imperium Description:Upper East Africa in much detail Maker: Mercator/Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam Origin: p. 607; Atlas Minor French edition, Amsterdam Date: c163

Title/Content of Map: 1592 Ortelius Map of Central Africa -- Presbiteri Iohannis, sive Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio Date: 1592 c., Antwerp Cartographer: A Ortelius Size: 14.8 X 17.3 in. This is an o

Central Africa. Abraham Ortelius, Presbiteri Iohannis, sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1579 (published). Hand Color. This great map depicts the central African king

AND ERITREA. ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598)Presbiteri Iohannis, Sive, Abissinorum Imperii Descriptio. Antwerp: Ortelius, c. 1600. Double page copper-plate engraved map on laid paper, hand-colored, text

Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576) Artis Magnae sive De Regulis Algebraicis. [Nuremberg: Joh. Petreium, 1545.]First edition, small folio, woodcut artist portrait to title page; lacking final blank; illustr

Kircher, AthanasiusTurris Babel, sive Archontologia qua primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque exstructio, confusio linguaru

ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. Double-page engraved map of the Western Hemisphere. 17½x22¼ inches sheet size, wide margins, Spanish text on verso; uncolored; c

Greek anthology.- Synechia sive summa lectionum Plutarchicarum..., manuscript, 84pp., final contents f. holed / frayed with loss, a few ff. with marginal chipping / fraying, 1620 bound after Theognis,

SETTLE, DONYSIUS Historia Navigationis Martini Forbisseri Angli Praetoris sive Capitanei, A. C. 1577 ... in Septemtrionis & Occ... Hamburg: For Johann Naumanni & Geori Wolff, 1675. Second Latin editio

Editio Quinta, engraved pictorial title, prelims, 49 double-page maps, including Asia, Russia, Turkey, Lithuania, Asia Minor and Persia, regions of Italy Spain, Germany and Eastern Europe, and 11 sing

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

KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602-1680. Prodromus Coptus Sive Aegyptiacus. Rome: Congregatio de propaganda fide, 1636. 4to (220 x 165 mm). Woodcut illustrations in text. [24], 338, [2] pp. 18th-century quart

[Newton (Isaac)] Arithmetica universalis: sive de compositione et resolutione arithmetica liber, [edited by William Whiston], second edition, woodcut diagrams throughout, U6 cancel, half-title with li

Physik Wallis, John Grammatica Linguae Anglianae cui praesigitur de loquela sive sonorum formatione tractatus grammatico-physicus ... Mit Titel in Holzschnitt-Bordüre u. Holzschnitt-Buchschmuck.

By: Michael MercatorDate: 1613 / DuisbergDimensions: 16 x 19.5 inches (40.7 x 49.5 cm)This is an authentic antique map of the Western Hemisphere by Michael Mercator. The map is based on Rumold Mercato

FABRICIUS, Johann Albert. Bibliotheca Græca sive Notitia scriptorum veterum Græcorum quorumcumque monumenta integra aut fragmenta edita exstant tum plerorumque e mss. ac deperditis... Volume

ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (Belgian, 1527- 1598), Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio, 1602, vintage copper engraved map with hand-coloring, possibly later print, image: 15.5 x 19 inches, framed: 20 x 24.5

FAGNANUS, Prosperus. Jus Canonicum, sive Commentaria… Decretalium… Coloniae Allobrogum, Sumptibus Fratrum De Tournes, 1759 5 Vols in 3 tomes large folio; Contemporary vellum binding, gilt titles o

Michael Mercator (circa 1567-1600), America sive India Nova ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris..., Amsterdam, circa 1609-1619, in two sheets, text in French verso, engraving on laid paper with hand colored

Rampigollis (Antonius) and Bindo Senis. Aurea Biblia, sive Repertorium aureum Bibliorum, collation: [a-k10 l6 m8], 98 ff. (of 114), 37 lines, Gothic type, initials, underlining, paragraph-marks and in

"America Sive India Nova..." hand colored. Dimensions:Sight is 15" x 18 1/2", the frame 21" x 24 1/2". Provenance:From a Philadelphia Collection.