Münster - The World- Typus Orbis a Ptol. Descriptus, woodblock map, 1540 - Old maps for sale

Author: Münster, Sebastian

Other authors: Ptolemy, Claudius

Publisher: Petri, Heinrich

Published: Basel

Publishing year: 1540

The World. "Typus Orbis a Ptol. Descriptus". Orig. woodcut, S. Münster after C. Ptolemy's map of the Ancient World. Orig. old coluring. Basel, H. Petri, 1540. With Latin title at the top and 12 classical windheads in the decorative region outside the map, each named. 26,5:34,5 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inch.).

Shirley: The Mapping of the World, map 76. - A decorative Ptolemaic world map from the rare first edition of Munster's "Geographia Universalis". - Centerfold professionally restored.

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