$13,750
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. Woodcut map, uncolored, text in Latin, from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Published the year after Columbus discovered America, this fanciful Ptolemaic world map, the last well-known to be produced without any indication of the New World, combines myth, science and religion, with the world surrounded by personifications of the 12 headwinds, held up by the Old Testament figures of Hem, Shem and Japhet, and a marginal panel consisting of seven exotic humanoid figures thought to inhabit foreign lands, with 14 figures on the verso. Center crease reinforced on the verso; very light brownspotting; otherwise fine with full margins. Framed and matted. 24 x 29 1/2 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10
