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MYRITIUS, JOHANNES. Opusculum geographicum rarum. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout, including full-page portrait of Myritius; 2
MYRITIUS, JOHANNES. Opusculum geographicum rarum. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout, including full-page portrait of Myritius; 2 full-page coats-of-arms; volvelles on B3r, B4r, F1r, F2v, and G3r; and windvane consisting of paper flap with attached tassel on D4v; folding woodcut world map. [6], 136, [1] pages. Small folio, 310x197 mm, modern 1/2 tan sheep, spine faded; title lightly soiled, with clean tear expertly repaired, and early monastic ownership inscription, scattered traces of mold along fore edges, volvelle on F1r adhered in place, the others fully functional. Ingolstadt: Wolfgang Eder, 1590
- Notes: only edition of a work by a Maltese Hospitaller residing at Regensburg, comprising an introduction to astronomy and a survey of world geography; chapters 20 and 21 contain references to the New World. "In spite of the currency given in nearly all other contemporary maps to the separation of Asia and America by the strait of Anian, Myritius still follows the early Gastaldi-type world maps in showing both continents solidly joined as one land mass" (Shirley); his map also shows an immense unexplored southern continent over the South Pole. Alden 590/48; Sabin 51650; Shirley 175.
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