R3,500
Sebastian Münster - AFRICAE TABULA NOVA
Basel: S H Petrie, (1588) [1614]
Woodblock engraving, centerfold, outline colour, tanned evenly with lighter strip along centerfold, pencil note, 5mm of bottom edge of margin folded with some paperloss, tanning along outer edge, repairs to wormholes of which largest 15mm which affect the frame of the title box and 'C. de Volia' in southern Africa, top center: Africa / Lybia / Morenlandt / mit allen Koenigreichen / so jetziger zeit darumb gefunden warden; verso: title page in German, heavy tanning; framed
from Cosmographia
36 by 31cm
'Africa Tabula Nova' is often referred to as Münster's second map of Africa even though there is little resemblance. The map was printed using a woodcut engraving, but an attempt was made to reproduce the appearance of a copperplate engraving. This was in response to the popular Ortelius atlas and, in fact, it closely follows his Africa map of 1570.
LITERATURE
Betz #21
Norwich #14
Tooley p.85
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