Sebastiano Crinò (ed.): La scoperta della carta originale di Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, che servì di guida a Cristoforo Colombo per il viaggio verso il Nuovo Mondo, Firenze: Istituto Geografico Militare 1941 Signature: Zh 300-5410 Figures: Frontispiece; p. 1; Map 1-2 Whereas in the earlier centuries, traversing present-day Ukraine was unavoidable for travelers and merchants …
Sigmund von Herberstein: Reise zu den Moskowitern [1549], ed. Traudl Seifert, München: F. Bruckmann KG 1966 Signature: Ff 120-5660 Figures: Frontispiece; Map (pp. 28-29); Portrait Commentarii Rerum Moscoviticarum, a standard work on the history and constitution of the Russian lands, written by Austrian nobleman Sigmund Freiherr von Herberstein and originally published in Latin (1549), continued …
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Herbert Krüger: Das älteste deutsche Routenhandbuch. Jörg Gails “Raißbüchlin” [1563], Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt 1974 Signature: Ff 120-5740 Figures: Frontispiece; pp. 357-358; Map no. 4 (leaflet) Jörg Gail’s Raißbüchlin was originally published by Valentin Otmar (?–1566) in Augsburg in 1563, making it the oldest printed German travel guide, and at the same time the …
Nicolas de Fer: Petit et Nouveau Atlas, Paris: Sr. de Fer 1697 Signature: Zh 300–2970 raro IV Figures: Frontispiece; pl. 5 (Asie); Text to pl. 6 (Europe); pl. 6 (Europe) Nicolas de Fer (c. 1647–1720), a prolific engraver and cartographer commissioned to illustrate extensively King Louis XIV’s (1638–1715) territories and possessions in France as well …
Gabriel Bodenehr: Atlas Curieux oder Neuer und Compendieuser Atlas in welchem, ausser den General Land Charten von America, Africa, Asia und Europa, und der in letzertem gelegenen Reichen und Ländern, sehr viele Speciale von besondern Provincen und Territorien, Augsburg: Gabriel Bodenehr 1717 Signature: Zh 300-3170 raro III Figures: Frontispiece; bifolio with the globes; pl. 30-31 …
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Guillaume de l’Isle: Atlante Novissimo, Che Contiene Tutte Le Parti Del Mondo, Nel Quale Sono Esattamente Descritti Gl’Imperj, Le Monarchie, Stati, Repubbliche, ec., 2 vols., Venezia: Presso Giambatista Albrizzi Q. Gir. 1740/1750, vol. 1 (1740) Signature: Zh 300-3400 raro VIII Figures: Frontisppiece; Taf. 15 (double page). Carta nuova dell’Europa secondo le ultime osservazioni fatta in Amsterdam …
Tobias C. Lotter: Atlas Geographicus Portatilis. XXIX. mappis orbis habitabilis regna exhibens, [Augsburg:] Tobias Lobeck [c. 1750] Signature: Zh 300-3500 raro I Figures: Title page; Frontispiece; Map XXIII; Map XXVII This finely colored portable atlas is more often found in its original horizontal binding that does not make maps fold in the middle. It was created …
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Nikolaus E. Kleemann: Tagebuch der Reisen. Mit einer zuverläßigen Karte von der Krimm [1771], 3rd ed., Prag: von Schönfeldische Schriften 1783 Signature: Ff 160 3832 raro II Figures: Frontispiece; „Das Serail in Bachtschiesaray“; „Caffa“; Map „Accurata Turcicarum et Tartaricum Provinciarum“ The third edition of Nikolaus Ernst Kleemann’s Tagebuch was published in Prague in 1783. This …
Laurence Echard: Carte Geografiche Del Dizionario Geografico Portatile, Napoli: Presso Domenico Terres 1771 Signature: Ah 200-3710/3 raro IV Figures: Frontispiece; pl. I.5; II.4; II.5 A hybrid publication from 1771 combines an Italian translation of a French edition of the 1715 Classical Geographical Dictionary printed in London with a series of maps derived from several authors. …
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Antonio Zatta (ed.): Atlante Novissimo. Illustrato Ed Accresciuto Sulle Osservazioni, E Scoperte Fatte Dai Più Celebri E Più Recenti Geografi, 4 vols., Venezia: Antonio Zatta 1779–1785, vol. 2 (1782) Signature: Zh 300-3750/2 raro VIII Figures: Frontispiece; Title Page; vol. 2, pl. 34 and 43 This richly colored map of the Crimean Khanate and Zaporozhosian Sich …
