Title:
“Prima Europe Tabula”
Map Maker:
Claudius Ptolemy
An early printed map of the British Isles, publish... (full text available to subscribers)
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MapMaker: |
Claudius Ptolemy
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Subject: |
Britain |
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Period/Size: |
1478-90 / 13.4" x 20.7" (34.0 x 52.5 cm)
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Color: |
Colored
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Condition: |
Joined at the centre, as issued; small marginal repairs. (condition help) |
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References: |
SHIRLEY: British Isles 2; 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 #: |
8988 |
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Date: |
04/2009
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