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Tabvla Evropae II - Old maps

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"Tabula Europae 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, 3 cartouches with explanatory notes and old handwritten notes on the left....

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Ptolemy, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

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1540

"Tabula Europae 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, 3 cartouches with explanatory notes and old handwritten notes on the left. 27,5:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch.).

A decorative map of Iberian peninsula 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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