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World--[Reisch, G.
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Description
- Untitled world map. Strassburg, 1504], 305 x 425mm., folding woodcut map of the world, [Shirley 23(A)], narrow margins, 2 large large repaired tears
- paper
Catalogue Note
A rare state of the Reisch map.
This Ptolemaic world map was just one of a variety of maps published in Margaria philosophica, the first modern encyclopaedia to appear in print, and published in various editions from 1503. The edition published by Johann Grüninger in 1504 was a slightly smaller version than the other editions and this present example with four windheads has marked differences.