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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Orbis antiqui tabulae geographicae secundum. Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetsten & W.Smith, 1730
2° (47 x 285mm). Letterpress half-title, engraved allegorical frontispiece by J.V. Vianen, letterpress title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut initials, 28 double-page engraved maps, mounted on guards, (three maps detached). Contemporary half sheep
A FINE COPY of the last edition of the maps of Mercator's Ptolemaic atlas. The maps are the same as those in the editions of 1695, 1698 and 1704. The map of Europe, number VII, has been reworked. Koeman Me 8.
2° (47 x 285mm). Letterpress half-title, engraved allegorical frontispiece by J.V. Vianen, letterpress title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut initials, 28 double-page engraved maps, mounted on guards, (three maps detached). Contemporary half sheep
A FINE COPY of the last edition of the maps of Mercator's Ptolemaic atlas. The maps are the same as those in the editions of 1695, 1698 and 1704. The map of Europe, number VII, has been reworked. Koeman Me 8.
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