Decorative and very interesting, coloured woodcut map after Ptolemy of Sebastian Henric Petri, Basel, 1574 A.D., out of the book: Römische Historien. Auß Griechischer sprach in die Teutsche gebracht durch W. Xylander ... - Polybios, Basle: S. Henricpetri, 1574, out of the very rare first German edition, Asia Minor, map of nowadays Turkey
Titel:
Beschreibung des Landes Asien an/ allen fürnembsten oerthern und Stetten.
Author:
Polybios (ca. 200?118 BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories covering in detail the period of 220?146 BC. In part, the work describes the rise of the Roman Republic and its gradual domination over Greece. He is also renowned for his ideas of separation of powers in government, which were later used in Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws and in the drafting of the United States Constitution.
Description:
This is a very rare and decorative coloured woodcut map out of the famous book by Polybios of 1574 and reminds on Ptolemaeus maps.
The woodcut shows the antique region of nowadays Turkey with lots of different localities, rivers and so on.
Size:
Leaf about 40,9 x 32,6 cm
Map about 32,9 x 25,0 cm
Condition:
- good condition
- wonderful coloured woodcuts
- only slightly stains
- the map has in the centerfold partly loss of print and small holes, in some places restored
- Please have a look at the pictures!
