The second of Munster's Ptolemaic world maps
MUNSTER, Sebastian.
Ptolemeisch General Tafel die halbe Rugel der Welt begreissende.
Basle, Sebastian Petri, c.1588. German text edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 320 x 360mm.
Centre fold reinforced.
A decorative map of the world according to Claudius Ptolemy, set within a decorative border of clouds and wind heads.
This new block was introduced into Munster's 'Cosmography' in 1588 to replace the earler map cut in 1540.
SHIRLEY: World 162.
Stock ID : 22959
£1,400
£1,400
The second of Munster's Ptolemaic world maps
MUNSTER, Sebastian.
Ptolemeisch General Tafel die halbe Rugel der Welt begreissende.
Basle, Sebastian Petri, c.1588. German text edition. Coloured woodcut, printed area 320 x 360mm.
Centre fold reinforced.
A decorative map of the world according to Claudius Ptolemy, set within a decorative border of clouds and wind heads.
This new block was introduced into Munster's 'Cosmography' in 1588 to replace the earler map cut in 1540.
SHIRLEY: World 162.
Stock ID : 22959
£1,400
£1,400