Title-border with a portrait of johannes tritemius; tritemius in bishop's garb reclining to right below; at left and right half-length male figures of philosophers arranged as in a tree of jesse; second state with the arms of the empire in upper left corner; the arms in the remaining three corners blank; printed from four blocks; on verso a map of valois (by holbein?); illustrations to ptolemy, 'geographia universalis', basel: heinrich petri, 1545. Woodcut and letterpress. Date: 1518. Dimensions: Height: 221 mm (Outer border) Height: 255 mm (map) Height: 300 mm (sheet) Width: 162 mm Width: 196 mm Width: 320 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Ptolemy. Collection: British Museum.
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