(CARTOGRAPHY) (FINE PRESS) Two proof plates of early woodcut World maps comprising artist's proof copy of Sylvanus' world map.Venice: 1511. Place names printed in red, signed in the margin, Bruce Beck, Imp. '83. Together with publisher's proof copy of Ruysch's Universalior Cogniti Orbis Tabula.Rome: 1507. Printed on 2 sheets joined, signed in the margin by Sarah Burnham Mertz, printer, and Speculum Orbis Press. Both are matted and framed (45 x 58 cm., sight).