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Fine examples of both maps and one of the first examples of two colour printing. This Sylvanus issue of Ptolemy's Geographia was published in only one edition.In the British Isles map Bernard Sylvanus of Eboli redrew the Ptolemaic image, using recent information, the eastward curve of Scotland being corrected and Ireland being more accurately drawn.The drawing of the Ptolemaic world map has been modified to include more modern delineations of the British Isles,India, southern Africa and Asia.