WORLD MAP -- "PTOLEMEISCH GENERAL TAFEL / die halbe Kugel der Welt begreiffende". (Basel, c. 1590). Handcold. woodcut double-page map from S. Munster's 'Cosmographey'. 375 x 405 mm (sheet size). (Hinges from previous mount present on v°, small hole on fold in upper blank margin, a few tiny marg. tears, browned/foxed (espec. margins), a bit creased on fold). -- Added: "TABLEAU ANALYTIQUE des différens systèmes du monde (…)". (1893). Partly handcold. engraving by Ch.F. Delamarche, w. 13 different globes, armillary spheres and planetary systems with their theories described. 325 x 463 mm. -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Ptolemaic map of the ancient world, surrounded with 12 windheads in a decorative border of clouds. German text with woodcut headpiece and diagram on v°. - Shirley 162.

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