Daniel Angelocrator: Doctrina de ponderibus, monetis et mensuris per totum terrarum orbem usitatis. Two rare sets of octant globe gores printed on 4 sheetsTwo sets of globe gores in a projection based on Leonardo da Vinci's idea.
Bound into Angelocrator's work on surveying techniques, Antique map of the world. Printed in Frankfurt by Johann Nicolaus Stoltzenberger in Christoph Weigel: Eigentliche abbildung, derer in Venedig gebräuchlichen Schiffe, vornehmlich aber des Bucentauro. Beautiful old coloured engraving of the Bucintoro Bucentaur , the state barge of the Doge of Venice.
The magnificent Venetian galley was equipped with oars with 42 straps. The Bucintoro was Copper engraving of a maritim scenery. Galley, Bucentaur, Bucintoro, Venice, Venezia. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in Johann Baptist Homann: Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr. Curious Depiction of California as an Island. Illustration of a geographical clock by Zacharias Landteck, who manufactured it in the early 's in Nuremberg.
The engraving was created by J Old coloured map of California as an Island. Printed in Nuremberg by J. Homann circa Johann Baptist Homann: Accurata Utopiae tabula.
Das ist der Neu-entdeckten Schalck-Welt, oder des so offt benannten, und The Famous Sought After Fantasy Map of Utopia. Schlaraffenland means Land of Cockaigne or Land of milk and honey in German and represents a country of idleness and luxury. This is a Old coloured map of Utopia, Land of Cockaigne. Printed by Homann Erben circa A palimpsest with first hand writing partly erased from around On top of it, a Gothic script from around On parchment which was formerly used as part of a book cover.
