Tabu. Nova Asiae Mi. (Asia Minor & Cyprus)

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• ARTIST: Martin Waldseemuller

• PUBLISHER: Published by Laurent Fries

• MEDIUM: Woodcut.

  DATE: .1535

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 1/2 x 15" (26.4 x 38 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Ptolemaic map of Asia Minor with Cyprus shown in crude outline.<br><br> Nice example of the 1535 edition of Lorent Fries modern map of Asia Minor and Cyprus, one of he earliest modern maps to focus this region. First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513.<br><br> Latin text on verso with two quasi-allegorical architectural pillars in the margins.<br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Some later marginalia. Latin text on verso with two quasi-allegorical architectural pillars in the margins

• CONDITION: Very good condition. Large margins.

• REFERENCE: Karrow, R.W. (16 c.)

• CATEGORIES: Maps