FRIES LAURNET Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum T

Sale 2464 - Lot 65

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FRIES, LAURNET. Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissme Depicta. (Tabula Orbis Cum Descriptione Ventorum.) Double-page woodblock map of the world. 15 1/2x21 inches sheet size, wide margins; light spotting at sheet edges and minor infilling to extremity of lower corners, but a lovely example. Vienne: Gaspar Treschel, 1541

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The first of two maps of the modern world by Fries, a reduced version of Martin Waldseemuller's 1513 edition and one of the earliest printed maps to bear the name America that is generally obtainable to collectors. Shirley 48.