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MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN. - La Secunde Table Generale selon Ptol. From: “La Cosmographie Universelle.” Double-page. French text on verso. 11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm) to mat. Framed. Basel, 1555 (first edition: 1540): Munster's depiction of Ptolemy’s World Map. Both Asia and Africa extend endlessly, while the Atlantic Ocean ends abruptly with a straight line of land. The ornate border portrays the winds as puffing putti.