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Münster, Sebastian
Basilej
1540
"Tabula Europae V". 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, a cherub on a sea-monster in "Mare Thyrrenum" and old handwritten notes on the right. 27:33,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inch.).
A decorative map of Adriatic Sea and the Balkans 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.