This rare woodcut depicting the ancient world is from the first edition of the reduced version of Hartman Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, sometimes called the mini-Schedel. The Ptolemaic map, featuring huge rivers and convoluted mountain ranges, is enclosed in a border containing twelve windheads. At three corners are Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem and Japhet. On a trimmed sheet of Latin text (7.0 x 5.4"). Much rarer than the folio version, this is a nice example of this charming incunabula map.

See also lot 734 for Geoffrey King's Miniature Antique Maps and lot 735 for Rodney Shirley's The Mapping of the World that both describe this map.

References: Imago Mundi XI, p. 46; King (3rd edition) #1496; Shirley #20.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with couple of faint spots of foxing at bottom left. The sheet has been trimmed at bottom, with loss of part of the text.