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Cartographer :PTOLEMY, Claudius.

An incunable map of Arabia with lapis lazuli blue

PTOLEMY, Claudius.

[Sexta Asie Tabula.]
Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482. Woodcut in fine original colour, printed area 285 x 565mm.

Stock ID : 23380

£150,000

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