Gregorius Reisch

LS 01910

Map of the Old World after Ptolemy

Heart-shaped map of the old world, surrounded by clouds and 12 windheads.

Woodcut from 'Margarita philosophica', Paris 1523 (?), 12,5 cm x 15,4 cm.

At the back side with Latin text.

Very good impression and condition, paper a little bit toned.

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Gregorius Reisch (ca. 1470-1525)

Mathematician and cartographer, professor, abbot of the Carthusian Monastery, Freiburg. Teacher of Johannes Eck (1486-1543), Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-1520) and Sebstian Münster (1488-1552). Writer of the 'Margarita philosophica', the oldest printed encyclopedia, published for the first time in Freiburg in the year 1503.

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