Tabula nova Italiae

Laurent/Lorenz Fries (ca. 1485-1532) was born in Alsace circa 1490 and studied medicine and mathematics at a number of European universities. He was trained as a physician but was also keenly interested in cartography and medical publications. From 1518-19 Fries is mainly based in Strasbourg, where he was commissioned to compile the first edition of Waldseemüller’s atlas after his death in 1520.

Ample margins, very small hole in centerfold, some reinforcement along the centerfold.

Borri, L'Italia nelle antiche carte dal medioevo all'unita nazionale, figure 26, image 42.