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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

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Stock Id :21189

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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

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