Lot #: 32578
Sumatra Insula - Taproba. |
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Selling price: $196
Sold in 2013 |
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Description
On recto a wood block printed map of Sumatra within text bearing the name "Taprobana".
The island is filled with many images like an elephant and a tiger, as well as the more usual physical geography. Two large ships in the surrounding ocean.
On verso a Cannibal scene in Guyana.
From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.
The island is filled with many images like an elephant and a tiger, as well as the more usual physical geography. Two large ships in the surrounding ocean.
On verso a Cannibal scene in Guyana.
From a Latin text edition of his Geographia , that great compendium of Renaissance knowledge.