The 16th century Wäldseemüller/Fries map of 'Modern' Turkey

WÄLDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.

Tabu. Nova Asiae Mi.
Lyon, 1535. Coloured woodcut, printed area 300 x 380mm.

The Fries reduction of Wäldseemüller's map of 'modern' Turkey, including Cyprus. Originally intended not for a Ptolemy edition but for a new 'Chronica mundi' being written by Wäldseemüller, his death c.1520 caused the project to be shelved, so the reduced woodcuts were used to publish a smaller sized and so cheaper edition of the 'Geography'. On verso is a text surrounded by woodcut columnar decorations.


Stock ID : 16996