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Poland, Russia, Hungary and Transylvania. "Tabv. Mode. Vvala". Orig. woodblock after M. Waldseemüller's map of the region from 1513. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522....
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Grüninger, Joann
Strasbourg
1522
Poland, Russia, Hungary and Transylvania. "Tabv. Mode. Vvala". Orig. woodblock after M. Waldseemüller's map of the region from 1513. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title in a decorative border above the map and a figure (monarch on the throne) in upper right corner of the map. 32:37 cm (12 1/2 x 14 1/2 inch.).
Laurent (Lorenz) Fries' (1485-1532) first edition. A map of Poland, Russia, Hungary and Transylvania. - The woodcut border and ornaments on the verso are said to be the work of Hans Holbein. - Some wormholes in margins. Fresh, dark impression.