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Asia. Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 170 AD); Girolamo Ruscelli (1518-1566) Seventeen Engraved Maps. Venice: Various Printers, c. 1561-1599. A collection of double-page large octavo-format copper-plate engraved maps on laid paper: Tabula Asiae I (two examples); Tabula Asiae II (one example); Tabula Asiae III (one example); Tabula Asiae IIII (one hand-colored example); Tabula Asiae V (two examples); Tabula Asiae VII (one example); Tabula Asiae VIII (one example); Tabula Asiae IX (two examples); Tabula Asiae X (four examples); Tabula Asiae XI (two examples); sizes, condition, text on verso, edition, all vary from map to map; all but one uncolored. (17)
Estimate $400-600
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TABULA, Ptolemy, GirolamoJohn Dorfman
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