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Tabvla Asiae VI - Antique map

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"Tabula Asiae VI". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, ornamental cartouche and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).

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Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

Basilej

1540

"Tabula Asiae VI". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, ornamental cartouche and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).

A map of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf from the rare first edition of Munster's "Geographia Universalis". - The woodcut border and ornaments on the verso are said to be the work of Hans Holbein.

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