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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Original hand-colored map. 4to. 27x19 cm, with cartoon frame: 40x30 cm. A decorative small map of Asia Minor, from east to the Euphrates, South to the Mediterranean, North to the Black Sea and including Thracia (Thrace). It shows Thracia, Bithynia, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Galatia, Phrygia Minor, Mysia, Phrygia Maior, Lydia, Ionia, Ephesos, Meandros, Lycus [Valley], Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, Cilicia, Lycaoni, Pisidia, Argos Mt., Taurus Mt., Sebastia, Cappadocia, Armenia, Syria, Nicopolis. Seas decorated with sea monsters. The land filled with mountains. "Münster's Cosmography was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century. It was published in a number of editions over a half century and was continuously revised and updated to include new illustrations and updated information. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a cosmographer and professor of Hebrew who taught at Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Basel. He settled in the latter in 1529 and died there, of plague, in 1552. As a young man, Münster joined the Franciscan order and studied philosophy in Heidelberg. He also studied geography and mathematics in Loewen, as well as Hebrew at Freiburg. In 1512, he was ordained as a priest and taught philosophy and theology at Tübingen from 1514 to 1518. While in Tübingen, he also conducted further studies in geography. He moved to Basel in 1518 and published a Hebrew grammar, one of the first books in Hebrew published in Germany. In 1521 Münster moved again, back to Heidelberg, where he continued to publish Hebrew texts and the first German-produced books in Aramaic. After converting to Protestantism in 1529, he took over the chair of Hebrew at Basel, where he published his main Hebrew work, a two-volume Old Testament with a Latin translation. Münster made himself the center of a large network of scholars from whom he obtained geographic descriptions, maps, and directions. He published his first known map, a map of Germany, in 1525. Three years later, he released a treatise on sundials. In 1540, he published Geographia universalis vetus et nova, an updated edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. In addition to the Ptolemaic maps, Münster added 21 modern maps. One of Münster's innovations was to include one map for each continent, a concept that would influence Ortelius and other early atlas makers. The Geographia was reprinted in 1542, 1545, and 1552. Münster is best known today for his Cosmographia universalis, the first German-language description of the world. It was first published in 1554 and contained 471 woodcuts and 26 maps over 6 volumes. Many of the maps were taken from the Geographia and modified over time. It was released in at least 46 editions in 6 languages by 1650, with 21 German editions alone. The Cosmographia was widely used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the text, woodcuts, and maps all influenced geographical thought for generations.".

Original copper engraved map of the Middle East (35 x 43 cm) focussing on the Levant and northern Arabia, issued in an edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World [first, 1614]. Some light marginal toning not affecting map, generally a very good copy. William Hole's map of the Middle East issued for Sir Walter Raleigh's Historie of the World. The map covers from the Mediterranean and Cyprus to the Persian Gulf and from the Red Sea to Cappadocia. The map shows various Biblical and Historical regions throughout. Arabia identified as "Arabia the Happie". The map identifies the Home of Abraham at Vrocha (Chaldea), the first plantation of Chus, Babylon, Jerusalem the Garden of Eden, the City of Petra and the passage taken by Abraham from Charran into Egypt, illustrated with walking figures. Raleigh's successful but unfinished history ends with the year 130 BC. This map shows Nimrod's Biblical campaings and other movements of people mentioned in Genesis.

Size : 345x455 (mm), 13.625x17.875 (Inches), Hand Colored Excellent; one light browning spot on left margin.

map, original copperengraving, size approximately 20,5 x 30 cm old Antique Print / originale Druckgrafik en 500 Landkarte.

Very good. Minor wear along original centerfold. Original platemark visible. Some spotting and offsetting. Size 20 x 24.5 Inches. This is a scarce 1756 map of Asia Minor or Turkey by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers from the Aegean Sea to Mesopotamia and from the Black Sea to Cyprus. The map notes the ancient Kingdoms of Asia Minor, many of which were Greek colonies or heavily influences by Ancient Greek culture. These include Mysia, Hellespontus, Lycia, Pisidia, Cilicia, Phrygia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Armenia Minor, Pontus and others. This region saw the development of currency, the conquest of Troy, as well as the construction of three of the Ancient WorldÃ's Seven Wonders. The map includes a beautifully engraved title cartouche in the top left quadrant. This map was drawn by Robert de Vaugondy in 1752 and published in the 1757 issue of his Atlas Universal . The Atlas Universal was one of the first atlases based upon actual surveys. Therefore, this map is highly accurate (for the period) and has most contemporary town names correct, though historic names are, in many cases, incorrect or omitted. References: Rumsey 3353.011. Pedley, Mary Sponberg Belle et Utile: The Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers, 386 state 2.

Very good. Minor wear along original centerfold. Minor creasing. Original platemark visible. Minor foxing. Manuscript notes in pencil along left margin, can be easily erased. Size 20 x 23.5 Inches. This is an attractive 1743 map of Asia Minor by the Homann Heirs. The map depicts Turkey and the regions surrounding the Black Sea including parts of modern day Crimea, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Greece. Centered on the Black Sea, extends south to Cyprus and Crete and north to include the Sea of Azov. Notes the ancient Kingdoms of Asia Minor, many of which were Greek colonies or heavily influenced by Greek culture. These include Mysia, Lycia, Pisidia, Cilicia, Phrygia, Pontus, Lydia, Caria, Thynia, Phrygia Minor, Cappadocia, Armenia Minor, etc. This region saw the development of currency, the conquest of Troy as well as the construction of three of the Ancient Worldâs Seven Wonders. Highly detailed, it notes important cities rivers, mountains and a host of other topographical features. A large decorative cartouche in the upper left quadrant includes a description with illustrations of a temple, two warriors and other medieval and classical accents. This map was drawn by Johann Matthias Haas and issued by Homann Heirs in 1743. References: OCLC: 842521113.

Very good condition. Filled marginal wormhole just touching left border. Size 10.5 x 11.5 Inches. This is a rare 1538 map of Greece and the region surrounding Constantinople, executed by Sebastian Münster for inclusion in his edition of Solinus' Polyhistor . It predates by two years the map of Greece in Münster's 1540 edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, but it shares with other early maps of Greece the Ptolemaic conic projection. It is a sixteenth century woodcut showing third century geographical knowledge of the region - although at its northern extents, contemporary place names intrude. The map extends from Dalmatia in the west to Cappadocia, Cilicia and Cyprus in the east; it extends from Crete and Cyprus in the south to Poland, Muscovy and Sarmatia in Europe in the north. The Black Sea and the Meotian Swamp (the Sea of Azov) also appear. The map is boldly and legibly presented, with hachured oceans, and with mountains shown pictorially. The cities of Adrianopolis and Constantinople are marked pictorially as well, suggesting their greatness. In Support of Solinus While the physical geography of the map is basically Ptolemaic, the names of nations, and people, however, are consistent with those appearing in Solinus' text - a sensible choice, indicating that with this map Münster was applying his best available topography specifically in order to illustrate and clarify the work in which the map was to appear. Publication History and Census This map was first issued in the 1538 edition of Solinus' Polyhistor , which was published by Petri but for which Münster also supplied the text and presumably the transcription of the 3rd century work. A 1543 edition was also printed including this map. The two editions are easily distinguished: the map title of the the 1543 second edition has a full stop not present on this first edition of 1538. About thirty examples of this edition of Polyhistor are catalogued in OCLC, with some 23 of the 1543 edition. We see examples of the separate map in only three institutional collections: The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Universitatsbibliothek Eichstatt, and the National Library of Australia. References: OCLC 162336342. Zacharakis, Christos G., A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477-1800, 2585.