Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei

Rare early woodcut map of Eastern Europe by Sebastian Munster. It offers a detailed depiction of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moscovy, and the Balkans, extending geographically from Prussia, Vilna, and Smolensk in the north to Bosnia, Bulgaria, Istanbul (Constantinople), and the Crimea in the south, with Poland as the central focus.

The 1552 edition is particularly noteworthy for several unique features:

Grid Numbering System: It is the only known edition to incorporate additional grid numbers. An early and rare experiment in standardized placename indexing, setting it apart from both earlier and later prints.

Title Variation: This edition bears the Roman numeral "XX" in its title, a characteristic not shared by other versions. Earlier editions used "XV", while later versions omitted the Roman numeral entirely.

The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From Sebastian Münster & Claudius Ptolemy's Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, published 1552 by Henricus Petri in Basel.

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