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Tabvla Asiae V - Old maps

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"Tabula Asiae V". Orig. woodcut from the first edition of C. Ptolemaeus' Geographia by S. Munster. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 2 cartouches. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).

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Ptolemy, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

Basilej

1540

"Tabula Asiae V". Orig. woodcut from the first edition of C. Ptolemaeus' Geographia by S. Munster. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 2 cartouches. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inch.).

A Ptolemaic map of the western part of Iran 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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