Tipus universalis totius cogniti Orbis, good quality forgery of a Mappemonde, manuscript on vellum, illumination in gold and colours, to the West showing Canada, Florida, Cuba, etc., Lion of St. Mark in one corner, with title and name of the scribe and coat of arms of the supposed patron, Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice, 1501-21 in another, minor worming, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame), c.250 x 390mm., Venice, 1516 [Bologna?, c.1950?]
Tipus universalis totius cogniti Orbis, good quality forgery of a Mappemonde, manuscript on vellum, illumination in gold and colours, to the West showing Canada, Florida, Cuba, etc., Lion of St. Mark in one corner, with title and name of the scribe and coat of arms of the supposed patron, Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice, 1501-21 in another, minor worming, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame), c.250 x 390mm., Venice, 1516 [Bologna?, c.1950?]
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