Typus Orbis Terrarum. Description vniuverselle de tout le Monde. [Paris: 1575.] Woodcut world map, 335 x 495 mm. A few small repairs at verso and light rubbing at folds, matted and framed to 24 x 29 inches. Comes from Belleforest's French translation of Munster's Cosmographia, but is a woodcut version of Ortelius's 1570 world map, with the distinctive "bulge" in South America and retaining the cloud surround. Shirley 135. See illustration.
Typus Orbis Terrarum. Description vniuverselle de tout le Monde. [Paris: 1575.] Woodcut world map, 335 x 495 mm. A few small repairs at verso and light rubbing at folds, matted and framed to 24 x 29 inches. Comes from Belleforest's French translation of Munster's Cosmographia, but is a woodcut version of Ortelius's 1570 world map, with the distinctive "bulge" in South America and retaining the cloud surround. Shirley 135. See illustration.
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