Description:
Rare Ptolemaic map covering northeastern Africa and showing the Egypt, from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Libya, based on Martin Waldseemuller map published in 1513. Latin text on verso.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae...” cartographer Lorenz Fries, published by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg, 1525.

Cartographer:     Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)
Sheet size:              47,0 x 38,8 cm
Year:                        1525
Technique:            woodcut
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Condition:
Good, original condition. Watermarked paper. Two parts of missing margin restored.
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This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Description:
Rare Ptolemaic map covering northwestern Africa and showing the regions with Morocco, Algeria and the Strait of Gibraltar, here called Fretum Herculen, based on Martin Waldseemuller map published in 1513. Latin text on verso.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae...” cartographer Lorenz Fries, published by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg, 1525.

Cartographer:     Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)
Sheet size:              47,0 x 38,8 cm
Year:                        1525
Technique:            woodcut
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Condition:
Good, original condition. Watermarked paper. Two parts of missing margin restored. Few wormholes present.
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This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:
Rare Ptolemaic map of the area around Caspian Sea including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran, based on Martin Waldseemuller map published in 1513. Latin text within Renaissance woodcut panels and a city prospect on verso, probably designed by Albrecht Dürer.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae...” cartographer Lorenz Fries, published by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg, 1525.

Cartographer:     Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)
Sheet size:              47,0 x 38,8 cm
Year:                        1525
Technique:            woodcut
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Condition:
Good, original condition. Watermarked paper. Few lightly waterstained areas in margin.
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This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Description:
Rare Ptolemaic map of Sardinia and Sicily, Italy, based on Martin Waldseemuller map published in 1513. Latin text within Renaissance woodcut panels on verso, probably designed by Albrecht Dürer.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae...” cartographer Lorenz Fries, published by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg, 1525.

Cartographer:     Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)
Sheet size:              48,3 x 38,8 cm
Year:                        1525
Technique:            woodcut
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Condition:
Very good, original condition, no restorations. Watermarked paper. Few lightly waterstained areas in margin.
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This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:
Ptolemy's map of Switzerland by Lorenz Fries based on the work of Martin Waldseemuller.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae…” printed by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg 1525.

Publisher:               Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)

Sheet size:               47,0 x 38,7 cm
Year:                         1525
Technique:             woodcut
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Condition:
Fair to good, original condition, no restorations or cleaning. Lightly waterstained in margins and small marginal losses. Strong press on watermarked paper.

This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:
Ptolemy's map of Turkey and Cyprus by Lorenz Fries based on the work of Martin Waldseemuller.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae…” printed by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg 1525.

Publisher:               Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)

Sheet size:               46,7 x 38,7 cm
Year:                         1525
Technique:             woodcut
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Condition:
Fair to good, original condition, no restorations or cleaning. Lightly waterstained in margins. Strong press on watermarked paper.

This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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Description:
Attractive woodblock print showing an armillary sphere with a large globe surrounded by seven circles and by twelve classical winds. Each wind direction is depicted with a wind head and labelled with Greek names based on Timosthenes of Rhodes (fl. 270 BC) and Roman names based on Seneca (4 BC – AD 65). It includes the North & South Pole, the Equator & the Tropics of Capricorn & Cancer. This engraving have been attributed to Albrecht Dürer.

Comes from the atlas "Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralatione, fed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria..." published in 1535 in Lyon after Lorenz Fries by Melchior & Gaspar Trechsel. The atlas was translated by Willibald Pirckheimer and revised by Michael Servetus.

Cartographer:       Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)

Sheet size:               27,4 x 39,9 cm
Year:                         1535
Technique:             woodcut
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Condition:
Very good condition. Attractive hand coloring.

This is an original antique map published in 1535 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Description:
Ptolemy's map of Pakistan, Afghanistan, northern India and neighboring countries by Lorenz Fries based on the work of Martin Waldseemuller.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae…” printed by Gaspar Treschel and edited by Michael Villanovus in Strasbourg 1535.

Cartographer:       Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)

Sheet size:               52,0 x 38,0 cm
Year:                         1535
Technique:             woodcut
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Condition:
Good condition. Few restorations in middle fold and on verso.

This is an original antique map published in 1535 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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Description:
Rare Ptolemaic map of eastern Europe, after Martin Waldseemüller. It includes a portion of Scandinavia, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia, stretching from the Swedish island of Gotland to the Black Sea. Latin text on verso.

Comes from the book “Opus Geographiae...” cartographer Lorenz Fries, verso designed by Albrecht Dürer, published by J. Grüninger in Strasbourg, 1525.

Cartographer:     Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532)
Sheet size:           52,0 x 39,3 cm
Year:                      1525
Technique:           woodcut
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Condition:
Very good, original condition, no restorations. Watermarked paper. Few lightly waterstained areas in margin.

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This is an original antique map published in 1525 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

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