MÜNSTER, Sebastian Typus orbis Ptol. descriptus.... Lot 956

MÜNSTER, Sebastian Typus orbis Ptol. descriptus. C. 1552 Woodcut, 25,2 x 34,3 cm (traces of central fold). Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. Ptolomaic map of the world figuring only 3 continents (Africa, Europe and Asia) from Munster's "Geographia universalis [...]" after the Greek mathematician and astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-170). Large ornamental border with 12 windheads. Latin title ("Descriptio orbis generalis [...]") in woodcut border on verso. Ref. Shirley 76. - Karrow 58/74.