Lot #: 97296
Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis. |
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Selling price: $500
Sold in 2017 |
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Description
In this fascinating map, Europe is depicted in form of a Queen, following the example of Munster's 'Cosmographia'.
It is one of the earliest allegorical maps, it appeared in the famous 'Itinerartum Sacrae Scripturae' of the theologian Heinrich Bünting , a book mainly about the Holy Land, first published in Germany in 1581.
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It is one of the earliest allegorical maps, it appeared in the famous 'Itinerartum Sacrae Scripturae' of the theologian Heinrich Bünting , a book mainly about the Holy Land, first published in Germany in 1581.
Read more about Pictorial Maps [+]