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From Gerard Mercator’s edition of ‘Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum’. It was in 1578 that one of the world’s greatest cartographers put out an edition of the earliest surviving geographical treatise. This map focuses on south eastern Europe centred on the River Danube. Koeman (1967-70) Me 5; Nordenskiold (1979) 234; Phillips (1909-) 384; Shirley (2004) T.Ptol-11a & 11k; Tibor (1987) 73; Van der Krogt, P. (1997-2010) 1:501.
MERCATOR, Gerard – PTOLEMY, Claudius
Eur: IX Tab:
Francois Halma, Utrecht, 1578-[c.1695]
360 x 460 mm., a fine example in modern wash colour with small paper crease to the left.
Stock number: 4016
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