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Tabvla Evropae II - Antique map

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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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Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

Basilej

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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