The First Separate Map of the Americas
In a Superb Example

Western Hemisphere/ Southwest. Munster, S. [Basel, c. 1550] Tabula novarum insularum…12 ¾ x 16 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; fine condition.

A Superb, Early Woodcut Map of the Americas

Americas. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, 1588] Die neiwen Inseln.12 ½ x 14 inches. Fine hand color, excellent condition.

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The World of the Discovery Period

World. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, c. 1550] Typus Universalis. 10 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; fine condition.

Munster’s Menagerie of Monsters

Monsters. MUNSTER, S [Basel, c. 1550] De regnis septentrion. Monstra marina & terrestria...11 x 13 ½ inches. Fine hand color; excellent condition.

A Richly Colored Example of
The Celebrated Sea Monsters Map

Iceland. ORTELIUS, A. [Antwerp, c. 1595] Islandia. 13 ¼ x 19 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; fine condition.

A Superb Example of the Rare First State

Africa. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, 1540] AFRICA XVIII NOVA TABULA. 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Fine condition.

The Earliest, Acquirable, Printed Map of Asia

Asia. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, 1545] India Extrema XXIII Nova Tabul. 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Attractive hand color; excellent condition.

The Striking, Inverted Europe Map

Europe. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, c. 1550] Moderna Europae Descriptio.
10 ½ x 13 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; a few minor mends mostly in margins, several place names added in early ink, very good.

Mid-16th Century Jerusalem

Jerusalem. MUNSTER, S. [Basel, 1550] Ierusalem civitas sancta, olim metropolis regni Iudaici, hodie vero colonia Turcae. 11 x 14 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; fine condition.

Fine Early View of Constantinople

Istanbul. MUNSTER, S. [Basle, c. 1550] Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies, quam hodie sub Turcae in habitatione habet... 10 x 15 inches. Fine hand-color; fine condition.

Constantinople at its Most Magnificent

Constantinople. BRAUN & HOGENBERG [Cologne, 1572] Byzantivm nunc Constantinopolis. . 12 3/4 x 18 4/5 inches.Fine hand color; fine condition

Beautiful Woodcut Panorama
Of One of Germany’s Oldest Cities

Worms. MUNSTER, S. [Basle, c. 1560] Vetustissima Vangionum civitas, quam hodie Wormaciam vocant, sita ad Rhenum in littore Gallico, expressa hic iuxta formam quam nostro habet aeuo. 11 x 24 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; mended split with some restoration, lower right margin extended; good overall.

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