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Aphricae Tabvla II - Antique map

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North Africa."Aphricae Tabula II". 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, a cartouche with explanatory notes and depiction of St....

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Ptolemy, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

Basilej

1540

North Africa."Aphricae Tabula II". 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, a cartouche with explanatory notes and depiction of St. Paul's shipwreck. 27:33,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inch.).

A decorative map of Tunisia and Libya, including Malta, Sicily and part of the Mediterranean, 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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