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Lot 165
  • 165

World--[Ptolemaeus, Claudius].

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • [Untitled world map. Venice: Bernard Sylvanus, 1511], 270 x 560mm., woodblock map in 2 sheets joined, printed in red and black, [Shirley 31], map slightly shaved at left hand side
  • paper
This world map is from the first Venetian edition of Ptolemy's Geography and is one of the earliest known examples of two-coloured printing in cartography.

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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