PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Sexta Asiae Tabula, [(?)Verona, 1507], engraved map on 2 sheets, joined (very lightly stained, centrefold repaired and strengthened on verso), 280 x 515mm. [Tibbetts 4]

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Sexta Asiae Tabula, [(?)Verona, 1507], engraved map on 2 sheets, joined (very lightly stained, centrefold repaired and strengthened on verso), 280 x 515mm. [Tibbetts 4]

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"This map was one of the first maps ever printed of the Arabian peninsula. First published 1478 and printed by Bernardus Venetus de Vitibalis ... The map covers the whole of the Arabian pensinsula and shows a large number of towns and regions." (Stuart McMinn Catalogue)

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