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Article ID W0181

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Map shows the "old" world, it is based on Martin Waldseemuller’s Ptolemaic map of 1513. It has been reduced in size and been redrawn without text on reverse. Ptolemy edition by Trechsel with watermark. The [1535] Lyon edition by Melchior and Gaspar Treschel was burned by Calvin for alleged heresy and is therefore rare.

Year

ca. 1535

Artist

Ptolemy/ Fries

Place of Publication Lyon
Dimensions (cm)29,5 x 45,35
ConditionPerfect condition
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueWoodcut

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1,182.00 €

( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )