16th century woodblock map of Cyprus

Name: 16th century woodblock map of Cyprus
SKU: 21647
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MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Cyprus.

Basle, 1578, German edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 95 x 150mm, set in a page of text with another woodcut, 100 x 135mm.

Stock #: 21647

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A map of Cyprus based on Matheo Pagano, naming Nicosia and Ceraunia, and showing Famagosta unnamed and misplaced. Published in Munster's Cosmography, it is printed on the same sheet as another woodcut showing a stag and sheep.

Condition:

A good example.

References:

ZACHARAKIS: 1586, illus pl. 328. BAYTON-WILLIAMS: 4, state 6 of 10.

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