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Tabvla III. Evro. - Antique map

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France. "Tabvla III. Evro.". Orig. woodblock after C. Ptolemy's map of the region. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title in a decorative border above the map....

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Fries, Laurent

Grüninger, Joann

Strasbourg

1522

France. "Tabvla III. Evro.". Orig. woodblock after C. Ptolem's map of the region. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title in a decorative border above the map. 35:46 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/4 inch.).

Laurent (Lorenz) Fries' (1485-1532) first edition. A Ptolemaic map of France. - The woodcut border and ornaments on the verso are said to be the work of Hans Holbein. - Some wormholes in margins. Fresh, dark impression.


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