Martin Waldseemüller Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Martin Waldseemüller Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 24, 2024
Martin Waldseemüller latinizzato in Martinus Ilacomylus o Hylacomylus (Wolfenweiler, 1470 - Wolfenweiler, 1521) Mappa di Tolomeo dell'Italia di Lorenz Fries, da Martin Waldseemüller.
Est: €2,000 - €2,500
Martin Waldseemüller latinizzato in Martinus Ilacomylus o Hylacomylus (Wolfenweiler, 1470 - Wolfenweiler, 1521) Mappa di Tolomeo dell'Italia di Lorenz Fries, da Martin Waldseemüller. Titolo: Tabula .VI. Euro. Data della prima edizione: 1522. Data di questa incisione: 1525. Xilografia su carta. Sul retro, il testo è contenuto in elaborate xilografie rinascimentali, che potrebbero essere state progettate da Albrecht Dürer, il noto collaboratore di diagrammi presenti in altre parti dell'atlante. incisione in passepartout e cornice del XX secolo
Gliubich Casa d'Aste
Sep. 21, 2024
MARTIN WALDSEEMULLER'S MAP OF THE NEW WORLD WITH SPECTACULAR FULL ORIGINAL COLOR
Est: $125,000 - $175,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470 - 1521). [Admiral's Map] Tabula Terre Nova. Woodcut map with original hand color. Strausbourg: 1513. 17 1/2" x 23 1/4" sheet; 29 1/2" x 25" framed. THE FINEST EXAMPLE IN EXISTENCE OF MARTIN WALDSEEMULLER'S MAP OF THE NEW WORLD, WITH SPECTACULAR FULL ORIGINAL COLOR. Martin Waldseemüller's Tabula Terre Nove is the first obtainable printed map to focus on the New World. Commonly known as the "Admiral's Map", it is preceded only by the small map of the Spanish Main by Peter Martyr in Seville, 1511 (12 surviving examples known) and Johannes Stobnicza's map of 1512 (3 surviving known examples). The present work was the most important map included in Johann Schott's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, published in Strasbourg in 1513. Given its radical role in asserting the existence of the New World, it was perhaps ironic that it appeared in an edition of Ptolemy, for it helped to shatter the traditional Ptolemaic conventions of geography. The "Tabula Terre Nove" was the most important map included in Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 Ptolemaic atlas. Completed just twenty years after the discovery of America, it was without question the best representation of the New World to date. Waldseemüller noted that the map was derived from observations made by "the Admiral," generally thought to indicate Christopher Columbus. In a map of the New World completed several years before, Waldseemüller had named the new lands "America" after Amerigo Vespucci, whom he mistakenly thought of as their discoverer. In the "Tabula Terre Nove," the cartographer attempted to correct his mistake, naming it simply "Map of New Lands," but to no avail, as his original name has clearly stuck. This map has long represented to scholars and historians the best and earliest state of knowledge regarding the New World. Furthermore, this example is especially notable for having original color. Most of the surviving examples of the map - and there are very few - are uncolored, or were colored at a later time. Martin Waldseemüller, a highly accomplished student of geography, merged the science of mapmaking and the art of printing in his 1513 atlas, one of the most groundbreaking documents in the history of cartography. He intended this atlas as a new edition of Ptolemy's Geographia and, like other cartographers, dutifully paid homage to Ptolemy with twenty-seven maps in the "ancient form." Yet he added a second part to his atlas: twenty "new maps" using the innovation of a quadratic plane projection, used to create "a representation.of the world more proper to our time." He was the first to recognize the necessity of moving forward and questioning the conclusions of ancient authorities, and thereby led people to recognize geography as an evolving science, as befit a world entering the modern age.
Arader Galleries
Sep. 21, 2024
WALDSEEMULLER MAP OF MODERN INDIA, WITH A PTOLEMAIC MAP OF WESTERN INDIA
Est: $16,000 - $20,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (c. 1470-1520), after PTOLEMY, Claudius (after 83-168). Tabula Moderna Indiae. Woodcut map with original hand color. Straussburg: Johann Schott, 1513. 17 3/4" x 23 1/4" sheet. [WITH] WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (c. 1470-1520), after PTOLEMY, Claudius (after 83-168). Decima Asiae Tabula. Woodcut map. Straussburg: Johann Schott, 1513. 17 3/4" x 24" sheet First modern map of India & a Ptolemaic view of western India. Fine woodcut map of modern India, by Martin Waldseemuller, showing the Horn of Africa, part of the Arabian peninsula, South East Asia, including India, Sri Lanka and several islands of the Indian Ocean, Sumatra and part of the Pacific coast of Asia, with a second Ptolemaic map showing north west India between the Indus and the Ganges, including the Himalayas.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 27, 2024
WALDSEEMULLER ORBIS TYPUS UNIVERSALIS WOODCUT WORLD MAP 1513
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (c. 1470-1520). Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem. Woodcut map on two sheets joined. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513. 18 1/4" x 23 3/4" sheet, 27 1/2" x 33" framed. Arader Galleries, 2015 - $51,850; Christie's, 2019 - 33,750 GBP. The "Admiral's map:" among the earliest maps to depict America. Waldseemüller's monumental modern map of the world from the celebrated 1513 Strassbourg edition of Ptolemy's Geography, so named because the delineation of the New World was supposedly based on the observations of Christopher Columbus. REFERENCE: Shirley 35.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 24, 2023
Ptolemy / Waldseemuller Map of Arabia
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1473-1520), after PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (After 83- c.168 AD). Sexta Asie Tabula. Woodcut Map. Strasbourg, 1513. 17 1/2" x 23 1/4" sheet. RARE PTOLEMAIC MAP OF ARABIA. This modern map of Arabia shows numerous islands in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, with several large mountain ranges and numerous place names in Arabia. Both the width of the southern part of Arabia and the size and shape of the Arabian Gulf are both oversized. This overall form of the peninsula, labeled here Arabia Felix, was hugely influential, and served as a standard for European maps of the region for many years. References: Ankary #4; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #205-21; Tibbets #13.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 24, 2023
Ptolemy / Waldseemuller Map of the Caspian Sea
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1473-1520), after PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (After 83- c.168 AD). Septima Asie Tabula [Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea]. Woodcut Map with original hand color. Strasbourg, 1513. 17 1/2" x 23 3/8" sheet.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 17, 2023
C. 1557 WALDSEEMULLER / FRIES UNCOLORED WORLD MAP
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Lorenz Fries (c. 1485 – 1532) and Martin Waldseemuller (c. 1473-1519), "Diefert Situs Orbis Hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus Posuit", circa 1557, uncolored etching on paper depicting a world map, unframed. Provenance: From the Estate of C.T. and William Biggers, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate dimensions: image h. 10.875", w. 18"; mat h. 18", w. 25.25".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 20, 2023
Martin WaldseemÃ¼ller - âThe Admiralâs Mapâ, 1513
Est: $18,000 - $24,000
Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1475-1520), Tabula Terre Nove, Strasbourg, 1513, from Ptolemy's Geographia, engraving on laid paper, fleur de lis/lily watermark, sheet 17-3/4 x 19-3/4 in.; painted and gilt wood frame, 26-1/4 x 28-3/4 in. Provenance: Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
Brunk Auctions
May. 20, 2023
Martin Waldseemuller - Map of the World, 1513
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1475-1520), Orbis Typus Universalis Luxta Hydrographorum Traditionem, Strasbourg, 1513, from Ptolemy's Geographia, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, sheet 18 x 25-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 24-1/2 x 29-3/4 in. Provenance: Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
Brunk Auctions
Jan. 28, 2023
Waldseemuller / Ptolemaic map of Egypt & Libya
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). Tertia Africae Tabula. Woodcut with original handcolor. Strasbourg: Martin Waldseemuller, 1513 17 3/4" x 23 1/4" sheet. Ptolemaic map of Egypt & Lybia from the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia The map extends from the Atlantic to the Arabian Sea. Fine detail along the Nile. Extends south to below the Tropic of Cancer and to the Aharrag Mountains and Azar Mons.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 28, 2023
Waldseemuller Map of Northern Africa focusing on Morocco & Western Algeria
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). Tabula Prima Africae. Woodcut with original handcolor. Strasbourg: Martin Waldseemuller, 1513. 17 1/2" x 23 1/4" sheet. Ptolemaic map of Morocco & Western Algeria from the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia. This map appeared in Waldseemüller’s 1513 edition of Ptolemy’s influential Geographia, printed by Waldsemüller’s friend and collaborator Johann Schott. It is likely that Waldseemüller, along with the scholar Matthias Ringmann, started working on the project as early as 1505, but the death of their patron, René II, in 1508 resulted in the closure of their press at St. Dié. Additionally, Ringmann died in 1511. Schott and Waldseemüller finally finished the project in 1513, publishing it with Schott in Strasbourg. The 1513 edition marked an important shift in the history of cartography because it was the first printing of Ptolemy to incorporate tabulae novellae, or modern maps, in addition to the ancient, Ptolemaic version of geography. The 27 original Ptolemaic maps, of which this is one, were accompanied by 20 modern maps. All of its maps were printed from beautifully carved woodblocks made of pear wood. This edition of the Geographia was also the first to be organized so as to separate the ancient from the modern maps, to show how knowledge had changed since Ptolemy’s time fourteen centuries earlier.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 28, 2023
Waldseemuller's Rare & Eerly Map of the Rhine River
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). Tabula Nova Particularis Province Rheni Superioris. Woodcut. Strassbourgh, 1513. 17 1/2" x 22 3/4" sheet. This rare and early map of Germany features a part of the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in the country's southwest, particularly the district of Ortenaukreis. Ortenaukreis, known formerly as Ortenau, was situated in the historical state of Baden. Baden was an area situated on the fertile banks east of the Rhine River. Baden started as a state during the 12th century as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire and continued to be a state up until the Second World War. The city of Baden-Baden (marked simply as "Baden") is featured near the map's center. Mountains, principle rivers and forested areas are shown. Martin Waldseemuller, a highly accomplished student of geography, merged the science of map making and the art of printing in this splendid map of Germany and the atlas from which it came- the most groundbreaking volume in the history of cartography. Like many other Renaissance scholars interested in classical learning, Waldseemuller translated and made maps according to Claudius Ptolemy's "Geographia," a second-century treatise. Ptolemy's plans for ordering three-dimensional geo- graphic space on a two-dimensional surface-paper-were in fact the most advanced methods up to the time of the Renaissance. In fifteen hundred years, no one had been able to improve on Ptolemy's instructions; for a time, in fact, many had regressed to think- ing of the earth as flat. The renewed interest in classical learning that characterized the Renaissance meant that Ptolemy's theories were seized with a vengeance by map makers. Yet few map makers attempted to improve upon Ptolemaic methods, or even to apply them to newly-discovered lands. Waldseemuller was the first to understand that the methods developed by the illustrious 2nd-century scientist were not sufficient to portray the shape of the world accurately. Waldseemuller intended this atlas as a new edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia," and he, like other cartographers, dutifully paid homage to Ptolemy with 27 maps in the "ancient form." Yet he added a second part to his atlas: 20 "new maps using the innovation of a quadratic plane projection, used to create "a rep- resentation... of the world more proper to our time." He was the first to recognize the necessity of moving forward and question- ing the conclusions of ancient authorities, and thereby led people to recognize geography as an evolving science, as befit a world entering the modern age. This is a splendid map from an unparalleled atlas, and this particular example is further distinguished for being among the very few to have original color.
Arader Galleries
Nov. 19, 2022
Waldseemulller, Lorraine Woodcut, One of the first maps to be printed in color
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470 - 1521). Lorraine. Woodcut print, printed in color. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 12 March 1513. From Claudii Ptolemei... Geographie opus novissima traductione e grecorum archetypis. 17 3/8" x 11 1/2" sheet; 27" x 21 1/8" framed. One of the first maps to be printed in color. A woodcut from the most important atlas of the sixteenth century and the first to contain a map entirely devoted to America
Arader Galleries
Nov. 19, 2022
Waldseemuller, Admiral's Map, earliest to show the modern discoveries of the New World
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). [World Map] Orbis Typus Universalis luxta hydrographorum... Woodcut. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513. 18 1/2" x 23 3/4" sheet, 27 1/2" x 33" framed. Comparable: Arader Galleries, 2015 - $51,850; Christie's, 2019 - 33,750 GBP. Double-page woodcut map of the world by Martin Waldseemuller from 1513, and the earliest to show the modern discoveries of the New World from the First Modern Atlas. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the world to show modern discoveries, from Ptolemy's Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum, published in Strassburg by Johann Schott in 1513. Prepared by Martin Waldseemuller, scholar-geographer from the small town of St. Die in Lorraine, using the translation of Mathias Ringmann. It is one of the most important editions of Ptolemy, containing many new regional maps: twenty new maps based on contemporary knowledge with a great deal of new information.In his introductory text to the atlas, Ringmann referrs to the "‚ "Charta autem Marina", derived from observations made by Christopher Columbus, or "‚ "The Admiral", as a major source of information for the coastline of the New World, although Alberto Cantino's portolan map dated 1502, based on the discoveries of Gaspar Corte Real, and Nicolo Caveri's of 1505, seem more likely candidates. This information is reflected in the "‚ "Orbis Typus Universalis" and in another map in the same atlas: the first map in an atlas entirely devoted to America, "‚ "Tabula terre nove", often called the "‚ "Admiral's map", after Columbus, as it references him within the coastline of Brazil. In "‚ "Orbis Typus Universalis" the landmass remains unnamed, perhaps in a vain attempt to reverse the notion that it should be called "‚ "America", as it previously appeared in Waldseemuller's large wall map of 1507, which is now in the library of congress. See Burden pages xix-xxii, and 3; Shirley 35.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 25, 2020
Waldseemuller World Map 1513
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD). [World Map] Orbis Typus Universalis luxta hydrographorum... Woodcut, Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513. 18 1/2 x 23 3/4 sheet, 27 1/2 x 33 framed. Double-page woodcut map of the world by Martin Waldseemuller from 1513, and the earliest to show the modern discoveries of the New World. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the world to show modern discoveries, from Ptolemys Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum, published in Strassburg by Johann Schott in 1513. This was the first modern atlas, prepared by Martin Waldseemuller, scholar-geographer from the small town of St. Die in Lorraine, using the translation of Mathias Ringmann. It is one of the most important editions of Ptolemy, containing many new regional maps: twenty new maps based on contemporary knowledge with a great deal of new information.In his introductory text to the atlas, Ringmann referrs to the Charta autem Marina, derived from observations made by Christopher Columbus, or The Admiral, as a major source of information for the coastline of the New World, although Alberto Cantinos portolan map dated 1502, based on the discoveries of Gaspar Corte Real, and Nicolo Caveris of 1505, seem more likely candidates. This information is reflected in the Orbis Typus Universalis and in another map in the same atlas: the first map in an atlas entirely devoted to America, Tabula terre nove, often called the Admirals map, after Columbus, as it references him within the coastline of Brazil. In Orbis Typus Universalis the landmass remains unnamed, perhaps in a vain attempt to reverse the notion that it should be called America, as it previously appeared in Waldseemullers large wall map of 1507, which is now in the library of congress. See Burden pages xix-xxii, and 3; Shirley 35.
Arader Galleries
Jan. 26, 2019
Waldseemulller World Map, 1513
Est: $55,000 - $75,000
Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1520) after Claudius Ptolemaeus (After 83-ca. 168 AD) Orbis Typus Universalis luxta hydrographorum... Woodcut, Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513 18 1/3 x 23 3/4 inches. Double-page woodcut map of the world by Martin Waldseemuller from 1513, and the earliest to show the modern discoveries of the New World. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the world to show modern discoveries, from Ptolemys Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum, published in Strassburg by Johann Schott in 1513. This was the first modern atlas, prepared by Martin Waldseemuller, scholar-geographer from the small town of St. Die in Lorraine, using the translation of Mathias Ringmann. It is one of the most important editions of Ptolemy, containing many new regional maps: twenty new maps based on contemporary knowledge with a great deal of new information.In his introductory text to the atlas, Ringmann referrs to the Charta autem Marina, derived from observations made by Christopher Columbus, or The Admiral, as a major source of information for the coastline of the New World, although Alberto Cantinos portolan map dated 1502, based on the discoveries of Gaspar Corte Real, and Nicolo Caveris of 1505, seem more likely candidates. This information is reflected in the Orbis Typus Universalis and in another map in the same atlas: the first map in an atlas entirely devoted to America, Tabula terre nove, often called the Admirals map, after Columbus, as it references him within the coastline of Brazil. In Orbis Typus Universalis the landmass remains unnamed, perhaps in a vain attempt to reverse the notion that it should be called America, as it previously appeared in Waldseemullers large wall map of 1507, which is now in the library of congress. See Burden pages xix-xxii, and 3; Shirley 35. Comprable: Arader Galleries 2015 - $51, 850.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 31, 2018
Ptolemy's Woodblock of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Nona Asiae Tabula. Ptolemy (100 AD-170 AD) / Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1520). Woodblock. Strasbourg: Schott, c. 1513-1520. 17 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches sheet. This striking woodblock map provides a Ptolemaic view of the region of present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan. The historic regions of Gedrosia, Drangia, Aria, Paropanisus, and Arachosia are prominently located with their rope-like mountainous boundaries. Waldseemuller's maps are among the most attractive and sought after Ptolemaic maps.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 31, 2018
Ptolemy's Woodblock Map of Turkey
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
Tabula Nova Asie Minoris. Ptolemy (100 AD-170 AD) / Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1520). Woodblock. Strasbourg: Schott, c. 1513-1520. 17 1/2 x 23 inches sheet. This striking woodblock map provides a Ptolemaic view of the region of present-day Turkey. Waldseemuller's maps are among the most attractive and sought after Ptolemaic maps.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 23, 2018
SWITZERLAND.-
Est: CHF300 - CHF400
SWITZERLAND.- Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1470 - c. 1522) Tabvla Nova Eremi Helvetiorum. 1520. South-oriented woodcut map with colour. 42 x 53.5 cm. Framed. Blumer No.3. - With margin around the framing line. Small tear at the lower margin centre. Overall good condition. --------------- SCHWEIZ.- Martin Waldseemüller (um 1470 - um 1522) Tabvla Nova Eremi Helvetiorum. 1520. Kolorierte, südorientierte Holzschnittkarte. 42 x 53,5 cm. Gerahmt. Blumer Nr.3. - Mit Rand um die Einfassungslinie. Am unteren Rand mittig mit kleinerem Einriss. Insgesamt gut erhalten.
Koller Auctions
Nov. 18, 2017
Waldseemuller map of Northern Europe
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Octava Europe Tabula. Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1521). from Ptolemy Geographie. Woodblock print with original hand color. Strassburg: Schott, 1513. 23 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches sheet.
Arader Galleries
Oct. 28, 2017
1513 Waldseemuller Woodcut Admiral's Map
Est: $80,000 - $100,000
Tabula terre nova (The Admiral's Map). Martin Waldseemuller (1470?-1518). Woodcut map with original hand color. Strassburg, 1513. 18 x 23 3/4 inches sheet, 29 x 35 inches framed. Striking full color example of Waldseemüllers groundbreaking map of 1513, the earliest obtainable map to focus on America. Martin Waldseemüllers Tabula Terre Nove is the first obtainable printed map to focus on the New World. Commonly known as the Admirals Map, it is preceded only by the small map of the Spanish Main by Peter Martyr in Seville, 1511 (12 surviving examples known) and Johannes Stobnicza's map of 1512 (3 surviving known examples). The present work was the most important map included in Johann Schotts edition of Ptolemys Geographia, published in Strasbourg in 1513. Given its radical role in asserting the existence of the New World, it was perhaps ironic that it appeared in an edition of Ptolemy, for it helped to shatter the traditional Ptolemaic conventions of geography.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 03, 2017
Waldseemuller's First Modern Map of Italy
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
Tabula Moderna Italie. Martin Waldseemuller (1470-1520). Woodcut. Strasbourg, 1513. 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches sheet, 31 1/2 x 35 inches framed. First modern map of Italy from the First Modern Atlas. One of the first acquirable, separate maps of Italy based on modern toponymy, rather than the classical place names of Ptolemy. From, Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini Mathematice discipline Philosophi dictissimi Geographiae opus novissima.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 25, 2017
Ptolemy, 1513, Asia Minor
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Tabula Prima Asie. Martin Waldseemuller (1473-1520) after Ptolemy. Woodcut. Strasbourg, 1513. 17 1/2 x 23 inches sheet. Early woodcut map of North Africa from M. Waldseemuller of 1513. Showing the region from Bengazi in Libya up to Egypt with the Red Sea.
Arader Galleries
Mar. 25, 2017
First Edition Waldseemuller Map of France
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Tabula Moderna Gallie. Martin Waldseemuller (1473-1520). Woodcut. Strasbourg, 1513. 17 1/2 x 23 inches sheet. First Edition Waldseemuller Map of Modern France from what is considered to be the most important edition of the Geographia, because it differentiates between old and new knowledge for the first time by having both Ptolemaic and modern maps.
Arader Galleries
Oct. 16, 2013
Waldseemüller, Martin: Septima Asie Tabula (Kasachstan-Usbekistan). Karte nach Waldseemüller nach Ptolemäus
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Waldseemüller, Martin. Septima Asie Tabula (Kasachstan-Usbekistan). 33 x 50 cm. Holzschnitt-Karte in Trapezform von Johannes Grüninger nach Martin Waldseemüller auf festem Papier 46 x 64 cm. Straßburg, Johann Schott, 1513. Adams P 2219. - Großformatige Holzschnittkarte, geschnitten von Johannes Grüninger (1455-1532) nach Vorlage des berühmten Kartographen Martin Waldseemüller (1472-1520) aus der Geographie opus novissima des Claudius Ptolemäus (Straßburg, Johann Schott, 1513). Dargestellt ist die Karte in trapezförmigem Rahmen mit genauer Angabe der Längen- und Breitengrade in Zahlen sowie der Entfernungen in Meilien "Miliaria 32 1/2" etc. Sehr genau kann man die Höhenzüge, hier als Hügelketten, die Flussläufe, die waldbestandenen Ebenen und das große Kaspische Meer "Marr Hircanum sive Caspium" mit den Inseln "Helades insule - Talra insula" erkennen. Oben das Land der Skythen: "Scithia intra imaum". - Minimal fleckig, Mittelfaltung, winziger Einriss in der Bugfalte, sonst kaum Läsuren, unwesentlich angestaubt. Ein winziger zeitgenössisher Tinteneintrag, wenige Tintenlinien als Netzgitter. Ausgezeichneter, kontrastreicher und kraftvoller Druck auf besonders festem, außergewöhnlich breitrandigem Papier.
Bassenge Auctions
Oct. 16, 2013
Waldseemüller, Martin: Octava Asie Tabula (China, Himalaya). Karte nach Waldseemüller nach Ptolemäus
Est: €2,200 - €3,500
Eine der ältesten Chinakarten der westlichen Welt - aus dem ersten "modernen" Weltatlas --- Grüninger, Johannes. Octava Asie Tabula (China-Himalaya). 36,5 x 43,5 cm. Holzschnitt-Karte in Trapezform von Johannes Grüninger nach Martin Waldseemüller auf festem Papier 46 x 64 cm. Straßburg, Johann Schott, 1513. Adams P 2219. - "Serica Regio", das Chinesische Weltreich wird zusammen mit "Schitia extra imaum", also dem Skythischen Gebiet jenseits des Hindukush des Himalaya dargestellt. Die gewaltige Bergkette um das Dach der Welt ist als Trennlinie links mit der Bezeichnung "imaus mons" (= Himalaya) dargestellt. "Serica Regio" ist also die heutige Provinz Xinpiang im Nordwesten Chinas. Die großformatige Holzschnittkarte ist nach Vorlage des berühmten Kartographen Martin Waldseemüller (1472-1520) geschnitten und stammt aus der Geographie opus novissima des Claudius Ptolemäus (Straßburg, Johann Schott, 1513), es handelt sich dabei um den ersten "modernen" Atlas der Welt (vgl. Karl-Heinz Meine, in: Die Ulmer Geographie des Ptolemäus, 1482", S. 62: "Dieser Atlas ist eine der bedeutendsten Ptolemäus-Ausgaben..."). Die trapezförmige Karte zeigt auf dem Rahmen genaue Angabe der Längen- und Breitengrade in Zahlen sowie der Entfernungen in Meilien "Miliaria 32 1/2" etc. Sehr genau kann man die Höhenzüge, hier als Hügelketten "Seriae montes", "Otthorocoras mons", die Städte "sera metropolis" (= "Chinastadt"), die Flussläufe etc. - Mittelfaltung. Rechts unten winziger Ausriss, kleine Einrisse im Rand und in der Bugfalte, Knickspuren, nur leichte Finger-, Braun- und Feuchtigkeitsflecke, verso mit montiertem Falz. Ganz blasser Abklatsch einer anderen Asienkarte desselben Werkes. Insgesamt sehr schönes Exemplar dieser außergewöhnlich seltenen Chinakarte in bemerkenswert kontrastreichem und kraftvollem Druck auf festem, breitrandigem Papier mit Lilien-Wasserzeichen.
Bassenge Auctions
Sep. 23, 2011
TÜRKEI.- Martin Waldseemüller (1470 - 1518).
Est: CHF400 - CHF600
TÜRKEI.- Martin Waldseemüller (1470 - 1518). Tabula Nova Asie Minoris. Altkol. Holzschnitt- Karte, 37,5 x 50 cm. Strassburg, um/nach 1513, wohl spätere Ausgabe. Gerahmt.
Koller Auctions
Sep. 23, 2011
GRIECHENLAND - KRETA.- Martin Waldseemüller (1470
Est: CHF500 - CHF700
GRIECHENLAND - KRETA.- Martin Waldseemüller (1470 - 1518). Tabula Neoterica Crete Sive Candie Insule. Altkol. Holzschnitt-Karte auf Bütten, 40 x 55 cm. Strassburg, um/nach 1513, wohl spätere Ausgabe. Gerahmt.
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