The first Hondius issue of Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's Geography
PTOLEMY, Claudius.
Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini. Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini...
Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolai and Jodocus Hondius, 1605. Folio (425 x 280mm), contemporary red morocco gilt, arabesque central ornament within fillet and roll-tool frames, single ornament in spine compartments, remains of silk ties; pp. (10)+215+(32)(index); engr. title, portrait of Mercator in text and 28 double-page engraved maps with Latin text on verso.
Stock ID : 22505
£18,000