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Map of the World
"Typus Universalis"
Map of the World on an oval projection, surrounded
by clouds and 12 windheads, first made for the
1550 edition of Münster's Cosmographia.
Fine handcoloured woodcut, edited by Sebastian
Münster, Basel 1550, Latin edition, 28 x 37,5
cm.
In a perfect condition.
Ref.: Shirley No 92
sold
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This map replaced an earlier and similar
one. Comparing both maps our one shows the initials
of the woodcutter - 'DK', which stands for David
Kandel - at the lower left side and all titles
of the windheads are now in banners.
Later editions of the Cosmographia - from
1552 - were edited by Münster's son-in-law Heinrich
Petri.
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