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Lot 238
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[ASIA] -- MUENSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Tavola della Oriental Regione dell'Asia, che Comprende l'Estreme Terre, & Regni di Quella. [Basel, ca 1550].
Woodcut map of Asian with hand-coloring, 278 x 352 mm sight, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Mermaid creature and sea monster. Provenance: The Asian Collector (gallery label on back of frame).
One of the earliest maps of China based on the geographical discoveries of Portuguese navigators.