Africa.- Fries (Lorenz) Tabula IIII Aphricae, Ptolemaic map of northern Africa on a trapezoidal projection, with part of Saudi Arabia, showing the source of the Nile depicted above the "Mons Lune", and with a seated Christian king below Ethiopia, who is said to be Prester John, the mythical Christian patriarch and king, woodcut with early hand-colouring, 395 x 530 mm. (15 1/2 x 20 7/8 in), central vertical fold, Latin text on verso with woodcut border and ornamentation attributed to Hans Holbein, tipped at edges onto mount, minor handling crease and light browning at extremities, unframed, Lyon, 1535.
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