An uncommon Ptolemaic world map
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Pinax Ptolemaicus Chlamydoeides..
Paris, c.1645. Old colour. 160 x 200mm.
Scarce world map in the shape of a mantle or chlamys (drapery of ancient Greece), depicting the earth known to Ptolemy. It was drawn by Petrus Bertius and probably engraved by Boisseau.
Stock ID : 21189
£300
£300
An uncommon Ptolemaic world map
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Pinax Ptolemaicus Chlamydoeides..
Paris, c.1645. Old colour. 160 x 200mm.
Scarce world map in the shape of a mantle or chlamys (drapery of ancient Greece), depicting the earth known to Ptolemy. It was drawn by Petrus Bertius and probably engraved by Boisseau.
Stock ID : 21189
£300
£300