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Asia as Pegasus - Antique map

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Asia as Pegasus.Orig. copper- (iron-?) engraving from the first Czech edition of M. H. Bunting's "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, to gest Putowánj Swatých". Published in Prague by D. Adam z Veleslavina, 1592. The famous fantasy map depicting...

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Bünting, Heinrich

Daniel Adam z Veleslavína

Praha

1592

Asia as Pegasus.Orig. copper- (iron-?) engraving from the first Czech edition of M. H. Bunting's "Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, to gest Putowánj Swatých". Published in Prague by D. Adam z Veleslavina, 1592. The famous fantasy map depicting Asia as Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus. The head is Turkey and Armenia, the wings Scythia and Tartary, forelegs Arabia, hind legs India and the Malay Peninsula. With a coat-of-arms in lower right corner. 24,5:35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch.).

Professionally restored and underalid with Japanese paper. - Very rare!

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