"[Italia]", Solinus, Caius Julius
Subject: Italy
Period: 1538 (published)
Publication: C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor...
Color: Black & White
Size:
6.7 x 5.2 inches
17 x 13.2 cm
This scarce woodcut map by Sebastian Munster was published in Solinus' Polyhistor. It depicts a Ptolemaic view of Italy with Latin place names and exaggerated rivers. North is oriented to the bottom of the map. 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 #285-2.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a bright sheet with light foxing along the edges of the sheet.
