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"Europae Tabula IX", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Balkans

Period: 1564 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

9.8 x 8 inches
24.9 x 20.3 cm

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A fine Ptolemaic map that covers the Balkans and includes the strategic Bosphorus. The map, drawn on a trapezoidal projection, is based on Gastaldi. It shows ancient political divisions during the Roman period and is finely engraved with a fully stippled sea.

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Condition: A+

A dark impression with wide original margins.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 12/2/2009

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"Europae Tabula IX", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Balkans

Period: 1564 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

9.8 x 8 inches
24.9 x 20.3 cm

A fine Ptolemaic map that covers the Balkans and includes the strategic Bosphorus. The map, drawn on a trapezoidal projection, is based on Gastaldi. It shows ancient political divisions during the Roman period and is finely engraved with a fully stippled sea.

References:

Condition: A+

A dark impression with wide original margins.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 12/2/2009

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"Europae Tabula IX", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Balkans

Period: 1564 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

9.8 x 8 inches24.9 x 20.3 cm

A fine Ptolemaic map that covers the Balkans and includes the strategic Bosphorus. The map, drawn on a trapezoidal projection, is based on Gastaldi. It shows ancient political divisions during the Roman period and is finely engraved with a fully stippled sea.

References:

Condition: A+

A dark impression with wide original margins.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 12/2/2009

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About Us

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9.8 x 8 inches
24.9 x 20.3 cm