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Period: 16th Century
French Hand Carved Oak Statue Of Saint John The Evangelist Circa 1550-1650
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning oak statue of Saint John the Evangelist.
France circa 1550-1650 , Beautiful weathered oak.
Christian tradition says that John the Evangelist was John the Apostle. He was on...
Category
French Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
$1,891 Sale Price
51% Off
Chinese Ming Dynasty Sancai Glazed Pottery Architectural Model, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large Chinese Ming Dynasty glazed pottery architectural model of a shrine or cabinet, Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), circa 16th century, China.
The shrine model crafted o...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Bronze Situla, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Acetre. Bronze. Century XVI.
Bronze piece that has a circular foot, and a circular body, with an outwardly hollowed mouth at the top, and a decoration in relief in this last area o...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Angel, Carved and Polychrome Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Angel. Carved and polychrome wood. Century XVI.
Polychrome wood carving showing an angel, with the face facing the viewer and the body in pr...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely outstanding and extremely expressive sculpture of Crucified Jesus Christ in carved polychrome wood, on the background of a 16th century Silk Florentine fine fab...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Memento Mori 16th Century Italian
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to the 16th century and were originally housed in an North Italian Monastery, this incre...
Category
Italian Gothic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
$8,247 / set
Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant oratory or prieu dieu (prayer Kneeler) in walnut and burr walnut from northern Italy circa 1600
Very beautiful Italian Renaissance furniture...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding Spanish carving of San Juanito, 16th century, school of Juan de Ancheta.
Juan de Ancheta (1533 - November 30, 1588) was a Spanish sculptor in the Romanesque style. His w...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
$8,551 Sale Price
20% Off
16th Century Prie-Dieu
Praying Kneeler
Made of Walnut and Burl
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian Prie-dieu (Praying Kneeler) made of Italian walnut and burl wood.
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Burl
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel.
In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI.
Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Belgian Processional Crucifix on Pedestal, 16th Century
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 16th Century / Crucifix / wood, marble, metal / Religious
An exceptional 16th-century Belgian crucifix, originally conceived for use in religious processions, later mounte...
Category
Belgian Baroque Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Metal
18th Century Spanish Santos
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved Santos in original condition. Beautiful old patina.
Category
Spanish Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Eagles 16th Century from North Italy Church Lectern
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional pair of aigles of the 16th century of Italy
Superbe pair of wooden sculpted aigles from the Italian Renaissance. Very Fine and delicate sculpture
The pair of eagles se...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular table that presents, on the front, a relief of certain depth and figurative theme. On a...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: Turcici Imperii Descriptio
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 16th-Century Map of the Ottoman Empire and Near East: *Turcici Imperii Descriptio* by Ortelius, 1571
This rare copperplate engraving, Turcici Imperii Descriptio, i...
Category
European Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,537 Sale Price
20% Off
Saints Apostles John and Paul, Wood, Castillian School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of polychrome wood sculptures. "San Juan and San Pablo". Castilian school, 16th century.
Both male figures have been represented standing, with their main iconographic attrib...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Pair of rectangular boards with a hanging ring on the back that present, on the front, two de...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
San Miguel Arcángel in Carved Wood, Polychrome, Stewed and Gold, Castilla FF SX
Located in Marbella, ES
San Miguel Arcángel in carved wood, polychrome, stewed and gold, castilla ff SX.
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
"Saint Luke the Evangelist", Polychromed Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Luke is often represented as a man of mature and bearded age, accompanied by the animal of the Tetramorphs with which he is related (Revelation 4: 67)...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pyx. Silver. Palencia, Spain. Pedro de Palacios, hallmark Juan de Peso, 16th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pyx. Silver. Palencia, Spain. Pedro de Palacios, hallmark Juan de Peso, circa 1530.
With contrast and engraving marks.
A circular box with a pointed lid, made of silver in its natu...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Late 16th Century Sheet with Copper Engravings of India, Pakistan, etc, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
One sheet with two engraved maps, one on each site, and text in Italian. Late 16th century copper engravings in great condition, considering its age.
"Tavola Decima Dell'Asia" - Tabula Asiae X" Plate X (10). Pakistan, Cashmir, Bangla Desh, North-India...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
16th Century Map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, ca. 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
Ptolemaic map of the Arabian Peninsula based on the 1548 map of Giacomo Gastaldi. It covers nearly all of the peninsula, but does not include the head of the Red Sea. The coastlines ...
Category
Italian Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
1594 Maurice Bouguereau Map of the Region Limoges, France, Ric0015
Located in Norton, MA
1594 Maurice Bouguereau map of the region Limoges, France, entitled
"Totivs Lemovici et Confinium Pro Uinciarum Quantum ad Dioecefin Lemo Uicenfen Fpectant,"
Hand Colored
Ric0015
Jean IV Le Clerc...
Category
Dutch Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Child Jesus - Umbria, first half of the 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Child Jesus
Polychrome and gilded wood
Umbria, first half of the 16th century
H 40 cm
Entirely naked, the Child is standing, leaning on his left leg, his right leg forward; he keep...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1579 Ornate Map of Burgundy County by Ferdinand de Lannoy
Located in Langweer, NL
1579 Ornate Map of Burgundy County by Ferdinand de Lannoy
Description of the Map:
This is a beautifully detailed map of the Burgundy region, titled "Bvrgvndiae Comitatus Recentiss....
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$951 Sale Price
20% Off
1584 Ortelius Map of Switzerland: A Cartographic Reversal
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a fine example of Ortelius' map of Switzerland from his *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, recognized as the first modern atlas of the world. The map is oriented with south at the top, which reverses the typical north-up orientation seen in most modern maps. It highlights significant geographical features such as Lake Geneva (Lemanus Lacus) to the right of the map and the Rhine river entering Switzerland near the center.
The *Theatrum Orbis Terrarum*, first published in 1570 by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp, was groundbreaking as it compiled uniform maps with supporting text in a single volume, marking a departure from earlier collections of maps that were custom-assembled on demand. This atlas included a wealth of sixteenth-century cartographic knowledge, reflecting the extensive global explorations occurring after the discovery of America...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$924 Sale Price
30% Off
Austria by Wolfgang Lazius – A Magnificent 16th-Century Map from Ortelius, 1592
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Avstriae Descrip – Wolfgang Lazius’ Map of Austria, 16th Century
Description:
This extraordinary map of Austria pays homage to the Austrian humanist and cartographer Wo...
Category
Austrian Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,113 Sale Price
20% Off
Mortar with pestle. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with pestle. Bronze. 16th century.
A mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body, and outward-curving mouth decorated with simple geometric ribs alternating with relief el...
Category
European Other Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
$1,008 / set
1590 Mercator Map Entitled "France Picardie Champaigne, Ric.0001
Located in Norton, MA
Description: Published in Amsterdam by Mercator/Hondius ca. 1590.
Ric.0001
Artists and Engravers: Map : 'France Picardie Champaigne cum regionibus adiacentibus'. (Map of the french provinces of Picardie and Champagne.) Copper engraved map of the french provinces of Picardie and Champagne, showing the cities of Caen, Paris, Melun, Auxerre, Verdun, etc. Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Description: Published in Amsterdam by Mercator/Hondius ca. 1600.Artists and Engravers: Mercator was born in Rupelmonde in Flanders and studied in Louvain under Gemma Frisius, Dutch writer, astronomer and mathematician. The excellence of his work brought him the patronage of Charles V, but in spite of his favor with the Emperor he was caught up in the persecution of Lutheran protestants and charged with heresy, fortunately without serious consequences. No doubt the fear of further persecution influenced his move in 1552 to Duisburg, where he continued the production of maps, globes and instruments. Mercator's sons and grandsons, were all cartographers and made their contributions in various ways to his atlas. Rumold, in particular, was responsible for the complete edition in 1595. The map plates...
Category
Dutch Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Il pastor fido, tragicommedia pastorale - by G. B. Guarini - 1597
Located in Middletown, NY
Guarini, Giovanni Battista
Il pastor fido; Tragicomedia pastorale
Tours: Giametto Metaieri, 1592
12mo5 1/2 x 3 inches (140 x 76 mm); 146 pp. including a sonnet in French by R. Briss...
Category
European Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ottoman Silver-Inlaid “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Located in Middleburg, VA
An extraordinary statement of elegance, prestige, and masterful artistry, this large Ottoman Jambiya, crafted circa 1790, exemplifies the height of imperial craftsmanship. The sweepi...
Category
Turkish Empire Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Metal
Rare and Very Old Antique Map of South East Asia, Published circa 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
A very fine impression of this map of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, with Singapore denoted as 'Cinca Pula'.
Highly distorted and inaccurate map by Girolamo Ruscelli after J...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bordeaux City View – Braun
Hogenberg Original Woodcut, ca. 1575
Located in Langweer, NL
Bordeaux City View – Braun & Hogenberg Original Woodcut, ca. 1575
Description:
This detailed and highly decorative bird’s-eye view of Bordeaux, titled Bovrdeavx, originates from the...
Category
German Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Town Plan of Emden ‘Germany’ by Braun
Hogenberg, 1597
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Embdena (..)'. Old, antique bird's-eye view plan of Emden, Germany. This bird's-eye view from the southwest over the Dollart shows Emden, which developed from a trading settlement in the 7th/8th centuries into a city as late as late 14th century. In 1494 it was granted staple rights, and in 1536 the harbour was extended. In the mid-16th century Emden's port was thought to have the most ships in Europe. Its population then was about 5,000, rising to 15,000 by the end of the 16th century. The Ems flowed directly under the city walls, but its course was changed in the 17th century by the construction of a canal. Emden has canals within its city limits, a typical feature of Dutch towns, which also enabled the extension of the harbour. Emden's first herring company was founded in 1553, and in 1595 Emden was created a Free Imperial City under the protection of Holland.
Published by Braun...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS
Located in Middletown, NY
Aeschylus. Edited by Willem Canter.
Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi C...
Category
European Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Renaissance Mapping of Sumatra: Featuring Singapore in Münster’s Woodcut, c.1590
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Sumatra ein grosse Insel / so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennt worden'. Beautiful map of Sumatra and the southern part of Malaysia, with Si...
Category
German Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,393 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of the City of Visby
Sweden
by F. Hogenberg, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a wonderful bird's-eye plan/view of the oldest city in Sweden.
Visby, the largest city on the island of Gotland was an important Viking city and the main centre of the Hanseatic League...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,354 Sale Price
20% Off
De re hortensi libellus, a 16th Century Children
s Gardening Book
Located in Middletown, NY
Estienne, Charles
De re hortensi libellus (A small book on gardening); . . . vulgaria herborum, florum ac fruticum qui in hortis conseri solent nomina latinis vocibus efferre docens ...
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French Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Coloured Antique Map of Sicily, Sardinia, Corfu, Elba, Malta and Zerbi (Jerba)
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio'. A very attractive example of Ortelius' map combining, on one page, maps of the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Corfu, Elba, Malta and Zerbi (Jerba, off the coast of Tunisia.) The maps detail fortifications on the islands and other major features. (Jerba, for instance, is shown connected to the mainland by a causeway.) The waters are attractively engraved and are sailed by ships. A shipwreck, north of Malta, indicates the point at which St. Paul is thought to have shipwrecked. Volcanoes are indicated in the Sicily map...
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Belgian Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,113 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered hand carved stone medieval statue depicting a Saint . Italy 16th century. Weathered, small losses and old repair.
H:51cm W:18cm D:13cm
Category
Italian Gothic Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
16th-Century Panoramic View of Worms: A Woodcut from Sebastian Münster
s
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a woodcut city view of Worms, published in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia around 1578. The image depicts a bird's-eye view of the city of Worms, located in Rheinland-Pfalz,...
Category
German Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$211 Sale Price
20% Off
Hainaut Map Ortelius 1590 – Rare Hand-Colored French-Belgian Border Map
Located in Langweer, NL
Decorative 16th Century Map of Northern France by Ortelius, circa 1590
This richly colored antique map titled *Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio* depicts the County of Hainaut ...
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Belgian Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mercator
s Ptolemaic Map of the Holy Land, Cyprus and Syria, circa 1580
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Asiae IIII Tab'. Beautiful map of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of the Holy Land, Cyprus, Syria, etc. Originates from Mercator's 'Geograph...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$662 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Map of the Low Countries by Ortelius, 1584
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Belgii Veteris Typus'. Beautiful map of the Low Countries, extending to the English Channel and part of Britain. This map originates from Ortelius' 'Theatrum Orbi...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Italian Renaissance bronze mortar with his pestle - 16th century
Very beautiful model with AN in its center surmounted by a cross below .
The mortar is decorated with several...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550
Located in Langweer, NL
Frisia, Groningen and Overijssel – Rare Woodcut Map by Münster, c. 1550, Germany
This highly decorative 16th-century woodcut map titled “Von dem Teutschen Land: Seelentfrie” was pub...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Seb. Münster, 1574
Located in Langweer, NL
Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel – Antique Map by Sebastian Münster, 1574
This rare and finely colored woodcut map of Northern Netherlands depicts the provinces of Friesl...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay by Annamaria Giusti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Tabl...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the City of Franeker by Bast, 1598
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Franeker'. Very rare and early map of the city of Franeker, Friesland. With decorative cartouche and Dutch legend. Artists and Engravers: Pieter Bast (1550-1605) ...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,076 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Old Antique Map of the Persian Empire by Magini, c.1597
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Persiae Regnum sive Sophorum Imperium'. Old map of the Persian Empire. This map originates from 'Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra' by G.A. Magin...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Westfalia, Germany by Mercator/Hondius, circa
1620
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Westfalia cum dioecelsi Bremensi'. Original antique map of Germany. Published by Mercator/Hondius, circa '1620'
17th Century antique detailled map of Westphali...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$912 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Ptolemaic Map of the Region of Thailand and Malaysia
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Tabula Asiae XI'. Based on the interpretations of Solinus and Munster, this Ptolemaic map covers the region roughly of Thailand and Malaysia. An oddly shaped (Mal...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$547 Sale Price
20% Off
Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
Located in Middletown, NY
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Thomas Twyne, translator.
Phisicke against Fortune, as well prosperous, as adverse, contained in two Bookes [History of Gain and Fortune]
London: Ric...
Category
English Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
16th Century Spanish Carved
Polychrome Painted Saint Anne with the Infant Mary
Located in Miami, FL
This sculpture represents Santa Ana (Saint Anne) with the infant Mary.
Verge.
Category
European Baroque Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$12,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Sebastian Münster
s 16th Century Map of the British Isles, ca.1590
Located in Langweer, NL
GREAT BRITAIN -- "ENGELLANDT mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen". (Basel, c. 1590).
Partly handcolored woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 330 x 408 mm. (Lower margin cut short (touching the line), tiny hole in upper margin, sl. foxed/browned, lower right corner a bit thumbed).
Sebastian Münster's 16th Century Map of the British Isles from 'Cosmographia Universalis...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$614 Sale Price
20% Off
Engraving of St. Gallen and its Monastery, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1575)
Located in Langweer, NL
Description of the Engraving: Braun & Hogenberg’s "S. Galli Opp. et Monasterium Heluetiorum" from Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1575)
This is an original, hand-colored copper engraving ...
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Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$662 Sale Price
20% Off
Bird
s-Eye View of Blâmont in Lorraine by Braun and Hogenberg, 1597
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Bird's-Eye View of Blâmont in Lorraine by Braun and Hogenberg, 1597
This copperplate engraving, published in 1597 by Braun and Hogenberg, depicts a bird's-eye view of the t...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$403 Sale Price
30% Off
1584 Abraham Ortelius Map of Lower Burgundy, France
Located in Langweer, NL
1584 Abraham Ortelius Map of Lower Burgundy, France
Description of the Map:
This antique map by Abraham Ortelius, titled "Bvrgvndiae Inferioris Qvae Dvcatvs Nomine Censetur Des," w...
Category
Antique 16th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,220 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Course of the Ganges: A First Ptolemaic Map of India by Mercator, c.1584
Located in Langweer, NL
This remarkable map, titled "Asiae X Tab:", is a significant historical artifact that represents the convergence of knowledge and craftsmanship from two of the most esteemed figures in the history of geography and cartography.
Created by Gerard Mercator and based on the geographical insights of Claudius Ptolemy, this map is part of the rare first issue published in Brussels in 1578.
The map itself meticulously delineates the region between the Indus and Ganges rivers, an area of immense historical and geographical importance. It is an excellent representation of Ptolemy's second-century geographical data, which was fundamental in shaping the modern principles of mapmaking. Mercator, renowned for his precision and dedication to adhering closely to Ptolemy's original intentions, showcases this commitment through the detailed depiction of this significant Asian landscape.
This edition stands out not only for its historical accuracy but also for its artistic execution. Gerard Mercator, who was also an innovator in the use of the italic hand for map lettering, first introduced this style in his "Literarum latinarum" in 1540. The use of italics in this map enhances its legibility and aesthetic appeal, which became a hallmark of the finest sixteenth and seventeenth-century Dutch maps, largely attributed to Mercator’s influence.
The map measures 13 ½ x 18 inches and features fine hand coloring, which has been preserved in almost excellent condition alttough there some browning due to age. As a splendid example of the first issue from Mercator’s definitive edition of Ptolemy’s "Geographia", it not only serves as a testament to the rich history of geographical exploration but also stands as a beacon of the enduring legacy of its makers, shaping the future of cartographic design and precision.
The map "Asiae X Tab:", focusing on the region between the Indus and Ganges rivers, highlights several areas and cities of historical and geographical importance that are likely of interest to scholars, historians, and collectors. Here are key locations depicted on the map:
1. **Indus River**: As one of the major rivers of Asia and a cradle of ancient civilizations like the Indus Valley Civilization, the Indus River holds significant historical importance.
2. **Ganges River**: Another crucial river not just for its cultural and religious significance in India, but also as a vital geographic feature in ancient and medieval maps...
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