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Containing the Largest Version of the Macrobius World Map

MACROBIUS, A. T. [Cologne: 1521] Macrobii Aurelii Theodosii Viri Consularis in Somknum Scipionis…Apud Sanctam Coloniam Anno M. D. XXI. Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornus, August 1521. Small folio ( 31 x 22.5 cm.) in 19th c. quarter red morocco, marbled paper over boards with considerable wear but tight and stable. 19th marbled paper...World map in original color (14.7 x 13.5 cm); numerous diagrams & decorative initials, some in original color... $12,500

An important edition and exceptional copy of a work that influenced geographic and cosmological thinking in the Age of Discovery. This edition contains the largest iteration of Macrobius’s world, and it is here in full, original color; this is the first example of the map thus colored we have encountered... Full Description or to Order.  

Beautiful, First State of an Important, Age-of-Discovery World Map

World. FINE, O. [Paris, 1531 [1532]]  Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio . . . Orontius F. Delph . . . 1531 Mense Julio.  11 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches. Woodcut with a strong printing impression; overall near excellent.                                                    $49,500

The rare and desirable first state of this important, early world map that provided “a rendering considerably in advance of any others printed earlier” (Shirley). With its crisp, dark impression and uniform strike, which are rarely seen in examples of this map, this is the most attractive example we’ve seen of this remarkably intricate map ... Full description or To Order.