Seashell very early image!! c.1552 Munster rare map w/ orig. early hand color Australia a small light stain at

a small light stain at bottom near South Africa coast

Haarlem Netherlands by A

11 1/8" H x  17 1/4" W

Charming decorative depiction which compares the heights of mountains and lengths of rivers around the world

Great fun & very interesting to examine both sides

Seashell very early image!! c.1552 Munster rare map w/ orig. early hand color Australia a small light stain atPurpura in Phoenicia colligitur Purpurarum genera (Cosmographia Universalis Seashell) Almost certainly one of the earliest available printed images of a seashell anyone could ever hope to acquire. It's difficult to image there are very many other earlier images of seashells which a collector might reasonably hope to encounter. In fact, we'd surmise that it could take quite some time and effort for a collector to find an older image of a seashell, not