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Northern India & Himalayas Title: Tabula IX Asiae (India) Cartographer: Servet, Michael Published: Lyon, Date: 1535 Size: [ca. 31 x 44 cm] Technic: Copper engraving / Uncolored Description: Original woodcut map uncolored as published. Early woodcut map of the Northern India, published in the Ptolemy edition by M. Servet, showing the Indian Ocean with the gulf of Bengal and the Ganges delta. The map is extending towards Tibet and the Himalayas mountains. The image of the map is probably extending towards the northwestern parts of India with the neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan. An early and interesting map of this region in Central Asia. The map provides information on old place names, mountain chains and rivers are only schematic shown on the map. An interesting collector's piece. The woodblock was published here in 1535 by Michael Trechsel in Lyon and contained text by Michael Servetus. The paper with watermark anchor in a circle. The map is illustrated on the reverse side with descriptive text in Latin and a decorative woodblock border, probably by Hans Holbein, who was working at that time in Basle. Notes: In excellent condition. Printed on the full paper sheet as published. Condition: Excellent Reference: Price: /
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