Χ Α Ρ Τ Ε Σ Κ Υ Π Ρ ΟΥ / C Y P R U S M A P S
Χάρτες Κύπρου / Cyprus Maps
Lot. 8325
Starting Price: 300 €
Lot. 8326
Starting Price: 300 €
MUNSTER S., [CYPRUS & the HOLY LAND], 1544-1572. Attractive full page map (26x17cm) of the Holy Land dominated with a presentation of Cyprus on the upper part, from a German edition of Munster’s “Cosmographia”. Text in German on verso. Small strips of paper-tape along the edges of the margins on verso. Overall in Very Fine condition. Zacharakis 2449.
MUNSTER S., “CYPRUS”, 1552-1575. Early woodcut map of Cyprus (15x10cm) from a French edition of “Cosmographia Universalis”, on a full sheet (pp.1233-1234) with text in French about Cyprus. On verso a woodcut of a stag (14x10cm) with reference to Pliny, who records the habits of the deer swimming from Cilicia to Cyprus. Very Fine condition. Zacharakis 2447, Stylianou & Stylianou entry 20.
Lot. 8327
Lot. 8328
Starting Price: 130 €
PTOLEMAEUS C., RUSCELLI G., “TABULA ASIAE I”, Venice, 1562 or 1564. Scarce map (26x19cm) of modern Turkey with parts of Cyprus & Crete visible on its lower edge. Italian text on verso. Edited by Ruscelli, published in Venice in several editions between 1561 and 1599. Modern hand-colouring. Signs of glue along middle-fold. Zacharakis 2829.
Starting Price: 680 €
ORTELIUS Abraham, “CYPRUS INSULA / CANDIA, olim CRETA”, 1570 & later editions up to 1584. Latin text on verso. Monumental mosaic map of Cyprus & Crete, from Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the World. Ortelius was based on the best available maps of the two islands prior 1570, the maps produced by Camocio’s (1566) & Pagano (1538). Map dim. 43.8 x 39cm, on a sheet with full margins. In Very Fine condition. Zacharakis 2486, Stylianou & Stylianou 65.
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