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Ptolemy, Claudius (c. AD 100-c. 170) Geografia cio e Descrittione Universale della Terra. Venice: Giovanni Battista & Giorgio Galignani, Fratelli, 1598. Folio, illustrated with sixty-four maps (twenty-seven of the ancient world, and thirty-seven of the modern world); bound in full modern leather, edges trimmed, title page and following leaf washed and pressed, some paper repairs and light worming to text, generally good, 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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