1552 – S. Munster – Tabula Europae VI
350 €
Title: “Tabula Europae VI”
Description:
Very rare issue of Munster’s map of Eastern Europe, known in ancient times as Sarmatia, including today territories of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Scandinavia and Ukraine. The map is typically Ptolemaic – set within a trapezoidal frame with rope-like mountain ranges and broad rivers. In earlier editions of Munster’s Geographicae this map is titled Tabula Europae VIII.
The map comes from Sebastian Münster & Claudius Ptolemy’s “Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Philosophi ac Mathematici praestantissimi, Libri VIII… his accesserunt… tabulae novae… per Sebastianum Munsterum”, published by Henricus Petri in Basel, 1552.
This work was considered one of the most influential cartographic accounts of the ancient world and served as inspiration for all Renaissance mapmakers.
Cartographer: Sebastian Munster (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size: 38,7 x 30,0 cm
Year: 1552
Technique: woodcut
Condition:
Good condition. Manuscript ink numerals have been added to the title. Tape stains in the corners of the sheet.
This is an original antique map published in 1552 and NOT a modern copy or reprint
On your request we will provide a Certificate of Authenticity.
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