Antique Books

Descriptio Transsylvaniae

Title : Descriptio Transsylvaniae
Cartographer : Petrus Bertius
Date : 1603
Dimensions : 18,3 x 11,0 cm

This is a map from P. Bertii tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque, cum luculentis singularum tabularum explicationibus apud Cornelium Nicolaj, Amstelodami 1603, written in latin.The engraving's dimensions are 13,3 x 9,3 cm.

Aceasta este o harta din P. Bertii tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque, cum luculentis singularum tabularum explicationibus apud Cornelium Nicolaj, Amstelodami 1603, scrisa in latina. Dimensiunile gravurii sunt 13,3 x 9,3 cm.

Dace and Thrace

Title : Dace and Thrace
Cartographer : Alain Manesson Mallet
Date : 1683
Dimensions : 14,2 x 20,9 cm

This is a copper engraving out of the work "Description de l'univers" by Mallet. The map shows the Balcanic Peninsula in the 1st century A.D., Dacia, at north of Danube and Tracia, south of Danube. The engraving's dimensions are 11,3 x 15,6 cm.

Aceasta este o gravura din cartea "Description de l'Univers" de Mallet. Harta prezinta Peninsula Balcanica in secolul I era noastra, Dacia, situata in nordul Dunarii, Tracia, situata in sudul Dunarii. Dimensiunile gravurii sunt 11,3 x 15,6 cm.

Illyrie

Title : Illyrie
Cartographer : Alain Manesson Mallet
Date : 1683
Dimensions : 12,8 x 19,2 cm

This is a copper engraving out of the work "Description de l'univers" by Mallet. The map shows Illyrie and its neighbours: Greece, Moesia, Pannonia, Noricum and Italy. The leaf dimensions are 12,8 x 19,2 cm and the map dimensions are 11,3 x 14,3 cm.

Aceasta este o gravura din cartea "Description de l'Univers" de Mallet. Harta arata Illyria si vecinii sai: Grecia, Moesia, Pannonia, Noricum si Italia. Dimensiunile foii sunt 12,8 x 19,2 cm iar dimensiunile gravurii sunt 11,3 x 14,3 cm.

Transsilvanie Siebenburgen

Title : Transsilvanie Siebenburgen
Cartographer : Gerard Mercator
Date : 1630
Dimensions : 26,8 x 19,2 cm

This map is taken from the 1630's french edition of Mercator-Hondius (Jodocus Hindius) book, printed in Amsterdam. It shows the region of Transylvania in Romania, as well as the adjacent areas of Hungary and Wallachia. The map dimensions are 25,0 x 17,9 cm

Aceasta harta este luata din editia franceza de la 1630 a cartii lui Mercator-Hondius (Jodocus Hindius), tiparita in Amsterdam. Arata regiunile din Transilvania cat si zonele adiacente acesteia,Ungaria si Valahia. Dimensiunile gravurii sunt 25,0 x 17,9 cm.