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Sphera in Plano - Antique map

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Wind map."Sphera in Plano". Orig. woodblock after M. Waldseemüller's map from 1513. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title above the map, a God's eye and 12...

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Fries, Laurent

Grüninger, Joann

Strasbourg

1522

Wind map."Sphera in Plano". Orig. woodblock after M. Waldseemüller's map from 1513. From L. Fries' "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini ... Geographiae". Published by J. Grüninger, Strasbourg, 1522. With title above the map, a God's eye and 12 allegorical heads depicting the earthly winds. 36:30,5 cm (14 1/4 x 12 inch.).

Laurent (Lorenz) Fries' (1485-1532) first edition. A schematic map of the world surrounded with 12 wind heads. Map shows all winds of the earth with their names and the directions. - Fresh, dark impression, nice copy.

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