223. "Map 'The World of the Ancients, inspired by the geography of Ptolemy', by Sebastian Münster, Basel, 1588, rare piece, collectible"
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223. "Map 'The World of the Ancients, inspired by the geography of Ptolemy', by Sebastian Münster, Basel, 1588, rare piece, collectible"
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EUR 750
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woodcut and watercolor on striated paper, 34 x 38.5 cm
The German geographer Sebastian Münster (1505-1552) first published Ptolemy's "Geography" in 1540, which includes this copy, a work that had several editions until the beginning of the eighteenth century. Copper etching hand colored after printing.
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