Ptolemy’s map of central Asia including the Caspian Sea to the west as issued by Laurent Fries in the 1541 edition. By now Lorenz Fries whose maps were first issued in the 1522 edition had died. The blocks found their way into the possession of Melchoir and Gaspar Treschel. This edition was published in Lyon but printed in Vienne. Nordenskiold 209; Pastoureau Ptolemee E 1541; Shirley BL T.Ptol 7g.