Title:
“Tab. XII. Asiae, Taprobanam Repraesentans...”
Map Maker:
Ptolemy/Mercator
This is a superb example of this Ptolemaic map of ... (full text available to subscribers)
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MapMaker: |
Ptolemy/Mercator
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Subject: |
Sri Lanka |
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Period/Size: |
1730 / 13.1" x 13.6" (33.3 x 34.6 cm)
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Color: |
Colored
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Condition: |
(A) Nice impression and color on watermarked paper with minor printer's ink residue at top. What appears in the image to be centerfold toning is simply show-through of the backstrap. (condition help) |
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Source: |
Claudii Ptolemaei's Atlas Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum |
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References: |
Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #235-18; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #0932:1.3. |
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Offered by: |
Old World Auctions |
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Catalog: |
Auction No. 148 - Antique Maps, Charts, Atlases & Globes (9227) |
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Lot/Item #: |
703 |
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Date: |
02/2014
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