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World--[Schedel, Hartman.
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Untitled Ptolemaic map of the world. Nuremberg, 1493], 380 x 522mm., double-page woodcut map, contemporary hand colour, infilling to the original stitch holes at centrefold (as usual), some light soiling
Literature
Shirley, Mapping of the World 19
Catalogue Note
Famous incunable map of the world, enlivened with portraits of the sons of Noah, and vignettes of seven outlandish creatures to the left of the map, and fourteen more on the reverse.