“100 IMPORTANT ITEMS” - Kunstantikvariat Pama AS

1. SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER (1489 - 1552)
“Typus Orbis Universalis”
Handcoloured woodcut, 26,5x38cm
BASEL c. 1550
A fine example in old colour of the early woodcut world map. Signed in
the block by the woodcutter David Kandal (DK). The map was in use
until 1578 and our copy has German text on reverse. The map shows a
good outline of the known world of the mid-16th century and is rich in
the imaginary with its many sea monsters and windheads.
A general age tone, good margins all around.
(Ref: R. Shirley “Mapping of the world” no. 92)
16 000,-
(€1860)
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2. OLAUS MAGNUS (1490 - 1557)
[“Mappa Settentrionali”] “A map of the North”
Engraved map, framed, 26,5x17,6cm
Accompanied with a copy of the book “Historia Delle Genti Et Della
Natura Delli Cosa Settentrionali” Venice 1565. Loose in a binding. (
A photocopy of the map bound in and the leaves 20, 21, 28, 29, 283,
284 are replaced in facsimilie)
VENICE 1565
THE SEPARATE MAP AND THE BOOK, THE FIRST ITALIAN
FOLIO EDITION OF THE FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF THE
NORTHERN PEOPLE.
The elegantly engraved map is unique for this edition and replaced the
woodcut map from 1555.
A browning in upper right corner.
(Ref: W.B. Ginsberg “”Printed Maps of Scandinavia and The Arctic” no. 22, Mingroot-
Van Ermen “Scandinavia in old maps and prints” no. 9)
30 000,-
(€3500)