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Sebastien Munster: Europae Tabula VII [Sicily, Sardinia, Malta] (1st edition!)
Title: Europae Tabula VII [Sicily, Sardinia, Malta] (1st edition!) Map Maker: Sebastien Munster
Description: First edition of Munster's map of Sicily, Sardinia and Malta, based upon Claudius Ptolemy. Shows are remarkable depiction of the region, as known in Ptolemy's time. This is the 1st edition, second state of Munster's map, which can be distinguished by the inclusion of the 2nd printer's device in the title. Munster's Geographia (1st issued in 1540) and Cosmographia (1548) are the most important and widely copied geographical works of the middle part of the 16th Century and represented for most Europeans the first accessible imagery (maps and views) of the World. Condition Description: Minor soiling in title
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