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Auction 196, Lot 365
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"Europa", Solinus, Caius Julius

Subject: Europe

Period: 1538 (published)

Publication: C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor...

Color: Black & White

Size:
9 x 5.8 inches
22.9 x 14.7 cm
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This scarce woodcut map by Sebastian Munster was published in Solinus' Polyhistor. It depicts a Ptolemaic view of Europe with Latin place names, exaggerated rivers, and rope-like mountains. On a sheet of Latin text measuring 7.9 x 12.4".

Solinus was a Roman grammarian from the 3rd century who borrowed largely from Pliny's Natural History, reinterpreting it from a geographical perspective.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #285-16.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with minor toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $240

Closed on 2/7/2024

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