Descriptio Collection

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, 1595, by Gerardus Merc
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Flemish cartographer. Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Map of the Arctic with the North Pole and surrounding lands within and outside the Arctic Circle, 1595

Map of Germany and current Netherlands. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). First Edition. Antwerp, 1574. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Map of America. Nova Totius Americae Descriptio by Frederik
Nova Totius Americae Descriptio. Map of America. By Frederik de Wit (1630-1706). Amsterdam, 1666

Wallet of Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag
472852 Wallet of Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag, Rome, not before 1485 and not after 1489 (leather) by Italian School

Pages from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus
472850 Pages from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag, Rome

Page from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag
472851 Page from Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, published by Andreas Freitag, Rome, not before 1485 and not after 1489 (woodcut) by Italian School

Page from a German language copy of Mirabilia Romae
472853 Page from a German language copy of Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, possibly published by Ulrich Han, Rome

Pages from a German language copy of Mirabilia Romae
472854 Pages from a German language copy of Mirabilia Romae, Historia et Descriptio Urbis Romae by Pseudo-Aegidius Romanus, possibly published by Ulrich Han, Rome

World Map by Rumold Mercator (1512-1594)
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. World map, 1587. Detail of America. By Rumold Mercator (1545-1599)

Ballista fulminalis. Siege machine used in the Roman Empire. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century. Version compiled in Orbis Terrarum Descriptio, s. XV

Ballista quadrirotis. Carroballista. Roman siege machine four wheeled mounted on cart of horses. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century

Map Nova totius Hungariae Transilvaniae Serviae
Map, Nova totius Hungariae, Transilvaniae, Serviae, Romaniae, Bulgariae, Walachiae, Moldaviae, Sclavoniae, Croatiae, Bosniae, Dalmatiae, maximaeqpartis Danubii fluminis, descriptio

Map Franciae Orientalis Vvlgo Franckenlant Descriptio
Map, Franciae Orientalis (Vvlgo Franckenlant) Descriptio, Gottfried Maschop (1568-1577 fl.), Copperplate print

Map PoloniAŠ et SilesiAŠ Descriptio Copperplate print
Map, Poloniae. et Silesiae. Descriptio, Copperplate print

Arboris sephirothicae descriptio Utriusque cosmi
Arboris sephirothicae descriptio, Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atqve technica historia, Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637, Engraving, 1621, Tree of sephiroth

The Invincible Armada. Map of Robert Adams. Engraving
" The Invincible Armada. Map of Robert Adams. Engraving by Augustine Ryther in " Expeditions in Anglian, Vera Descriptio" (1588). SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Atlas Novus. Africa, 17th c Alexandria
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae Nova Descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Alexandria. Etching. SPAIN

Atlas Novus. Africa. Moroccan people, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae nova descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam c. 1635. Detail with Moroccan couple. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Universa ac Navigabilis Totius Terrarum Orbis

The Crusades. Defense of Jerusalem. Illustration of the Descriptio Codex (14th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting

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