Map of the World - Globus Terrestris, copperplate engraving, Schreiber, 1741 - Old maps for sale

Author: Schreiber, Johann Georg

Publisher: Schreiber, Johann Georg

Published: Leipzig

Publishing year: 1741

Map of the World. "Globus Terrestris ex probatissimis recentiorum Geographorum Observationibus confectus cum Systemate Copernicano atqueu Tychonico aliisuqe Phoenominis". Orig. copperplate engraving, J. G. Schreiber, Leipzig, 1741. Orig. old colouring. With title cartouche to the top, description of the continents to the bottom and depiction of Copernicus’s and Brahe’s cosmological theories to the centre. 16:24 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch.).

 A map of the World in two hemispheres. - Prise includes the frame (32,5:37,5 cm).