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Ruscelli (Girolamo), Tabula Europae I, published Venice [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved 'Ptolemaic' map on a trapezoidal projection with Scotland orientated to the east, 190 x 260 mm, Italian text on verso, with another copy similar, together with Anglis et Hibernia nova, published Venice, [1561 or later], uncoloured engraved map, 190 x 255 mm, Italian text on verso, with Munster (Sebastian), Anglia, published Basle [1550 or later], uncoloured 'simplified' woodcut map of the British Isles, torn with slight loss to text but not affecting map, map size 80 x 135 mm, German text below and on verso of map, plus Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Jodicus), Anglia, circa 1608, uncoloured engraved map, 140 x 185 mm, French text on verso, and Jansson (Jan), Anglia, circa 1631, uncoloured engraved map, 145 x 200 mm, German text on verso The first two described maps. R.W.Shirley, Early printed Maps of the British Isles, nos. 67 & 68 (6)