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| | | | | Cartograph: | Martin Waldseemüller (*1473 - †1520) | | Title: | Tabula Moderna Germanie | | Publisher/ Year: | Strasbourg, Schott, 1513 | | Plate Size: | 38.5 x 54.0 cm (15.2 x 21.3 inches) | | This very detailed early woodcut map showing central Europe from Denmark to the Alps and from France to Poland. This Ptolemaic map comes from the first so called Modern Atlas by Martin Waldseemuller since it is the first Ptolemy edition with twenty new regional maps beside the traditional twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps derived from the 1482 Ulm edition. The Atlas is titled GEOGRAPHIE OPUS NOVISSIMA TRADUCTIONE E GRECORUM ARCHETYPIS published by Johann Schott in Strassburg 1513 and is one of the most important edition of Ptolemy Atlases. In 1520 a second edition of the atlas was printed by Schott from the same woodcut blocks. It was reissued 1522 and 1525 by Laurent Fries and Johannes Gruninger with size reduced maps. | | The title Tabvla Moderna Germanie on top has been cut off, also only small margin on bottom left. Some overall browning, small tear in the top left margin that crosses into the image area, some foxing. Overall fine condition. | | | |
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