Newberry Library - World map

Description Printed in 1781 from original wood blocks made by Albrecht Durer in 1515; the 1781 impression attributed to Adam von Bartsch by David Woodward in 1981 calendar: Art and cartography : early maps from the collections of the Newberry Library [Chicago: Newberry Library, 1980])
Beneath border in bottom margin: Editum ex Tabula lignea ab Alberto Durer incisa, quae in Bibliotheca Aug. Vindob. extat. M. DCC. LXXXI.
No 16th-century impressions are known.
Printed on two sheets joined to form 1 map.
Ex Bourbon-Parma.
Forms part of the Franco Novacco Map Collection (Newberry Library).
References: Shirley 39.

Extent 1 map : woodcut ; 605 mm diam. (neat line), 647 x 858 mm (outer limit of printed border), on composite sheet 721 x 919 mm

Format 1515, Maps, Woodcuts

Archival Collection Title Franco Novacco Map Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number Novacco 6F 1 (PrCt)

BibID 908668

Size 12481px × 9968px 355.97 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Canvas/2KXJ8ZSVWLUF7

Filename 999086688805867_Novacco_6F_01_edit_01.tif

Unique Identifier NL11GELL

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