Christoph. Theoph. de Murr

Pars Globi terrestris Ao. 1492 a Martino Behaim Equite Lusitano Norimbergae confecti Delineavit Christoph. Theoph de Murr 1778

      Extremely rare facsimile of a portion of Martin Behaim's Globe of 1492, showing the region from Madeira and Grand Canary Island, with America conspicuously absent from the map.  The map shows a section of Martin Behaim's globe, one of the earliest surviving globes and the perhaps the most famous of all pre-Columbian globes, which exists in only a single example. Once in a great while, we experience the joy of owning something not only rare but truly fascinating.  The map offered here is something truly remarkable.  Initially offered in a rare in Cladera's Investigaciones históricas sobre los principales descubrimientos de los españoles en el mar oceano en el siglo XV, y principios del XVI (Madrid: Antonio Espinosa, 1794), this edition of the map appeared in Diplomatische geschichte des porugisischen berhumten ritters Martin Behaims.  Aus originalurkunden. . . , published in Gotha in 1801.  De Murr's image of Behaim's globe is the only large format representation of Behaim's globe which we have ever seen on the market.    (Madrid, 1794) [color: Uncolored, size: 22.5 x 14.5 inches, condition: VG]