Ptolemy Claudio Laurent Fries/Michael Servetus Geographicae Enarrationis Libri octo.Ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri... Lyon Ex officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel Fratrum. 1535
Folio.(46x33cm).Large paper copy with Gilt Edges.With 50 double page woodcut maps including some famous maps like "Admiral map with the outlines of America and 3 World maps including the "Carta marina" signed Laurent fries 1522.The atlas contains the first world map where the name America appear for the first time.Early XX century brown calf in the style of XVI century.perfect condition.A beautiful atlas.
Superb copy of the third printing of Laurent Fries maps.fries had died by this time and were the Brothers Trechsel who carried out the work. Michael Servetus was in charge to prepare a new rectified text from 1525 edition. on the verso of the maps the woodblocks used are the work of Hans Holbein. The maps are reduced version from Waldssemuller edition.Some maps like South east asia,East Indies are the first maps of these areas.
Euro75000
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