An uncommon Ptolemaic world map
Pinax Ptolemaicus Chlamydoeides..
Paris, c.1645. Old colour. 160 x 200mm.
£300.00
Description
Scarce world map in the shape of a mantle or chlamys (drapery of ancient Greece), depicting the earth known to Ptolemy. It was drawn by Petrus Bertius and probably engraved by Boisseau.
Condition:
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