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PTOLOMAEUS (Claudius): GEOGRAPHIAE LIBRI OCTO GRAECO-LATINI, [edited by Petrus Montanus], Amsterdam, sumptibus Cornelii Nicolai & Iudocii Hondii, 1605
First edition with combined Latin and Greek texts, folio (428 x 284mm.), engraved title, engraved portrait facing A1, 28 double-page engraved maps by Mercator (third map of Africa in smaller format), woodcut illustrations, text in double-column (early 18th century manuscript corrections and annotations), index with blank c4 (small wormholes at head, slightly soiled, a few text leaves with ink-stains), nineteenth century calf, contemporary gilt calf covers laid down (worn)
Koeman II Me3; Nordenskiöld III 229
First edition with combined Latin and Greek texts, folio (428 x 284mm.), engraved title, engraved portrait facing A1, 28 double-page engraved maps by Mercator (third map of Africa in smaller format), woodcut illustrations, text in double-column (early 18th century manuscript corrections and annotations), index with blank c4 (small wormholes at head, slightly soiled, a few text leaves with ink-stains), nineteenth century calf, contemporary gilt calf covers laid down (worn)
Koeman II Me3; Nordenskiöld III 229