Italia mit Dreien fürnemsten Inseln, Corsica, Sardinia und Sicilia.

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Woodcut map, finely hand colored in wash by a later hand. Verso illustrated with a decorative colored woodcut illustration, probably by Holbein. A highly decorative woodcut map by the famous mapmaker Sebastian Münster published in his German text edition of the cosmographia 1578 in Basel at Heinrich Petri. The decorative woodcut bordures verso were probably cut by the famous 16th century woodcutter Hans Holbein. Nearly none of the captivating woodcut borders verso are repeating, they are mainly shaped by allegoric scenes, coat of arms or wonderful initials. A rare and early mid 16th century woodcut map showing Italy, the Adriatic Sea, Illyria, Dalmatia, parts of the Balkan and Sicily published in Sebastian Münster's Ptolemy cosmographia 1578 (German text) in Basel. The beautiful map is equipped on the left side with a table of contents listing name changes in Italy and Sicily. The interesting woodcut map has still miniature city views as engraved woodcut silhouettes, also rivers and mountain chains are schematic shown. An interesting and highly decorative map for the collector of rare maps of the antique Italy.