1541 Laurent Fries Very Early, Rare Antique Map of Switzerland Scotland providing fine verbal and graphic

providing fine verbal and graphic pictures of states and territories in the early 19th century (Ref: M&B

The cathedral itself was burnt to the ground during the Great Fire of 1666

Date : 1740

Plate area: - Plate V detached

Verso: - 4 small re-enforcements on verso

1541 Laurent Fries Very Early, Rare Antique Map of Switzerland Scotland providing fine verbal and graphicTitle : Tabula noua Helvetiae Ref #: 17008 Size: 18 1 2in x 15in (475mm x 380mm) Date : 1541 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This rare, very early original hand coloured wood block engraved antique Ptolemaic map of Switzerland by Laurent Fries was published by Trechsel, Gaspar; Vienne, Dauphine in the 1541 Lyon edition of Ptolemys Geographia, Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo General Definitions: Paper