Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Double-page woodcut map (15 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.; 394 x 565 mm) handcolored in the palette of the first issue with dark blue, tan, green and red; title and text within woodcut border printed on verso; occasional light spotting and marginal dampstaining, skillful 1 3/4 inch square paper repair to a portion of Turkey, some soiling at center fold and lower right corner. Left margin trimmed, slightly affecting text. Matted, glazed and framed.

Laor 613

A map from the splendid 1482 Ulm Ptolemy, illustrating the Ptolemaic concept of the Middle East. This revised edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia was noteworthy for being the first atlas published north of the Alps, and the first to included five “modern” maps depicting Italy, Spain, France, Scandinavia, and the Holy Land. The venture proved ruinously expensive for Lienhart Holle, whose business would go bankrupt shortly after its publication.