Maps of Europe
Antique Maps of Europe
A broad collection of original European maps from 1646 to 1939, from Pieter van der Aa's plans of Setúbal to hand-coloured 19th-century sheets by Johann Walch and Ramón Alabern, plus the Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché atlas plates covering countries from Ireland to Italy.
This section suits collectors building a country-by-country map collection as well as anyone wanting a period view of a specific European region. Every map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet giving technique, date and exact measurements.
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Maps of Italy
Antique Maps of Italy
Original maps of Italy, from Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché's 18th-century plates of Lombardy, Tuscany, the Papal States and Corsica, and of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, to a 1929 historical nautical chart of Sicily produced for a very different, more technical audience of navigators and historians.
A category for collectors of Italian regional cartography and for anyone with a particular interest in Sicily's coastline. Every map is an original of its period, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Portugal
Antique Maps of Portugal
Original maps and town plans of Portugal engraved by Pieter van der Aa between 1707 and 1715: Braga in plan and bird's-eye view, the port of Setúbal, the fort of Vila Nova da Conceição, and a general map of Portugal with the Algarve.
A coherent single-author group of interest to collectors of Iberian cartography and to anyone seeking an early view of a Portuguese town. Every plan is an original of its period, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Germany
Antique Maps of Germany
Original hand-coloured maps of the German states from 1810 to 1885, most engraved by Johann Walch in Augsburg: Württemberg and Baden, the Kingdom of Prussia, Brandenburg and Pomerania, alongside Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché's map of Upper and Lower Saxony and a later plate of the German Empire with the Netherlands and Belgium.
A solid choice for collectors of German regional history before unification. Each map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Russia
Antique Maps of Russia
Original maps of European and Asiatic Russia, including two 18th-century Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché plates of southern and northern European Russia and Tartary, and a 1939 Madrid-printed map of Russian Asia, Siberia and Central Asia by Salvador Salinas, drawn on the eve of the Second World War.
Of interest to collectors of Russian and Central Asian historical cartography, spanning very different periods and printing methods. Each map is an original of its period, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of France
Antique Maps of France
Original maps of France from 1646 to 1874, including the Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché plates of Gaul, Languedoc and Picardy, an engraving associated with the royal geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and two maps of the environs of Paris, one by Tardieu and Vuillemin from 1858.
A well-stocked category for collectors of French historical cartography and for anyone wanting a period map of Paris or a French region. Each map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of Turkey
Antique Maps of Turkey
Original maps of Turkey from 1852 to 1874: Constantinople with the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara, engraved by W. Hughes, a map of European Turkey and Greece, and Ramón Alabern's map of Asiatic Turkey printed by Gaspar y Roig in Madrid, part of the same Spanish geography series he illustrated for other regions.
A category for collectors of Ottoman-era cartography and for readers interested in the geography of Constantinople and the Straits. Every map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet and exact measurements.
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Maps of the United...
Antique Maps of the United Kingdom
Original maps and plans from 1800 to 1829: J. Greig's plan of Bishopsgate and Crosby Hall in London, a plan of Roman Londinium, Whitlock's survey of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey, and Robert de Vaugondy-Delamarché sheets of England and the British Isles, alongside an 1891 map of south-east England.
This category interests collectors of London topography and British regional cartography alike. Every map is an original of its time, with a technical sheet giving technique, date and exact measurements.
