A COLLECTION OF SIX ENGRAVED MAPS, COMPRISING:, Blaeu, Joan, Johannes Janssonius, Gerard Mercator, Sebastian Munster and Abraham Ortelius
Munster, Sebastian. Ptolemeisch General Tafel, die halbe Kugel der Welt begreissende, [Basel, 1588], 358 x 443mm., woodcut map, hand-coloured, mounted on board, small hole to top margin
Ortelius, Abraham. Aevi veteris, typus geographicus, [Antwerp, c.1590], 474 x 565mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso, a few minor repairs and strengthening to verso at fold
Mercator, Gerard. Palatinatus bavariae, [Amsterdam, c.1630], 421 x 545mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, mounted on board, a few minor tears and repairs, slight scattered stains
Blaeu, Willem. Bavaria ducatus, [Amsterdam, c.1634], 443 x 545mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text to verso, mounted on card, a few minor tears or repairs
Blaeu, Willem. Sveviæ nova tabula, [Amsterdam, c.1635], 473 x 586mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso
Janssonius, Johannes. Franconiæ, [Amsterdam, after 1646], 448 x 560mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso, includes Regensburg, Heidelberg, Marburg and Hof, top corners attaching the map to thick paper, a few small repairs to verso
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Munster, Sebastian. Ptolemeisch General Tafel, die halbe Kugel der Welt begreissende, [Basel, 1588], 358 x 443mm., woodcut map, hand-coloured, mounted on board, small hole to top margin
Ortelius, Abraham. Aevi veteris, typus geographicus, [Antwerp, c.1590], 474 x 565mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso, a few minor repairs and strengthening to verso at fold
Mercator, Gerard. Palatinatus bavariae, [Amsterdam, c.1630], 421 x 545mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, mounted on board, a few minor tears and repairs, slight scattered stains
Blaeu, Willem. Bavaria ducatus, [Amsterdam, c.1634], 443 x 545mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text to verso, mounted on card, a few minor tears or repairs
Blaeu, Willem. Sveviæ nova tabula, [Amsterdam, c.1635], 473 x 586mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso
Janssonius, Johannes. Franconiæ, [Amsterdam, after 1646], 448 x 560mm., engraved map, hand-coloured, Latin text on verso, includes Regensburg, Heidelberg, Marburg and Hof, top corners attaching the map to thick paper, a few small repairs to verso