Lot 104
  • 104

Persia--Ptolemaeus, Claudius.

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Tabula quinta de Asia. [Florence: Francesco Berlinghieri, 1480-1482], 345 x 500mm.; Ibid. Quinta Asiae tabula. [Rome: Petrus de Turre, 1478-1490], 350 x 530mm.
  • paper
Together 2 double-page engraved maps, some light marginal soiling

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

Scarce Ptolemaic maps from the second and third printed atlases, the earliest available maps from Ptolemy's Geography.

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