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Greece. "Tabula Europae X". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemy's map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 3 cartouches with explanatory notes. 27:33,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inch.).

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Ptolemy, Claudius

Münster, Sebastian

Basilej

1540

Greece. "Tabula Europae X". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemy's map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title and 3 cartouches with explanatory notes. 27:33,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inch.).

A decorative map of Greece and Crete 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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