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[Important incunable map of Arabia]

image of Sexta Asie Tabula. show larger image


PTOLEMY, Claudius.
Sexta Asie Tabula. Ulm, Johan Reger, 1482-86. Woodcut, original hand colour. 300 x 565mm. Some restoration.
The Arabian peninsula from an early German edition of Ptolemy, within a trapezoid border with metal type for the lettering. The title is on the verso with a Latin-text description, with a coloured capital. See TIBBETTS: 8.
[Ref: 11381]    £24,000.00 ($36,480 • €28,320 rates)

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