"Europa", Solinus, Caius Julius
Subject: Europe
Period: 1538 (published)
Publication: C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor...
Color: Black & White
Size:
9 x 5.8 inches
22.9 x 14.7 cm
This scarce woodcut map by Sebastian Munster was published in Solinus' Polyhistor. It depicts a Ptolemaic view of Europe with Latin place names, exaggerated rivers, and rope-like mountains. On a sheet of Latin text measuring 7.9 x 12.4".
Solinus was a Roman grammarian from the 3rd century who borrowed largely from Pliny's Natural History, reinterpreting it from a geographical perspective.
References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #285-16.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a bright sheet with minor toning along the edges of the sheet.
