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MapMaker: |
Claudius Ptolemy
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Subject: |
Turkey |
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Period/Size: |
1478-90 / 15.0" x 21.7" (38.0 x 55.0 cm)
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Color: |
Black & White
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Condition: |
Two sheets conjoined total, coloured, 380 x 550mm. Trimmed to printed border on left, as issued. Some old ink mss. on map area. (condition help) |
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References: |
NORDENSKIÖLD COLLECTION: 197; SHIRLEY: World 4. "Many consider the Rome plates to be the finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerard Mercator engraved his classical world atlas of 1578". |
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Offered by: |
Altea Gallery |
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Catalog: |
Recent Acquisitions - April 2009 (660) |
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Lot/Item #: |
9020 |
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Date: |
04/2009
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