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Northwest Africa."Aphricae Tabula I". Orig. woodcut by S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, a cartouche with explanatory notes and a ship. 27:33 cm...
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Münster, Sebastian
Basilej
1540
Northwest Africa."Aphricae Tabula I". Orig. woodcut by S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, a cartouche with explanatory notes and a ship. 27:33 cm (10 3/4 x 13 inch.).
A decorative map of Mauritania (present-day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) 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.