CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS (2nd century) [Untitled World Map, Lyons: Melchior and Gaspar Treschel, 1535]. Hand-coloured woodcut map, decorative border of winds and cloud-puffs. (Very lightly stained at upper margin), 295 x 460mm., in window mount. Nordenskiold pp.20-22; Sabin 66481; Shirley 47: "The Lyons edition ... was ordered to be burnt by Calvin because of alleged heresy and is therefore rare."
CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS (2nd century) [Untitled World Map, Lyons: Melchior and Gaspar Treschel, 1535]. Hand-coloured woodcut map, decorative border of winds and cloud-puffs. (Very lightly stained at upper margin), 295 x 460mm., in window mount. Nordenskiold pp.20-22; Sabin 66481; Shirley 47: "The Lyons edition ... was ordered to be burnt by Calvin because of alleged heresy and is therefore rare."
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