ARIAS MONTANO BENITO Benedict Arias Montanus Sacrae Geograph

Sale 2074 - Lot 43

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ARIAS MONTANO, BENITO. Benedict Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric map, 325x530 mm, wide margins top and bottom, ample on left, trimmed to neat line on right; few short closed tears, portion of bottom margin lacking in the right quadrant but not near the map; small discreet embossed owner's stamp in lower margin well away from image; linen-backed. Antwerp, 1571

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First state of the map. Most copies of this early state were supposedly lost at sea. Published by Plantin in his polyglot Bible. Shirley 125; Laor 95.