Subject: Northern Africa
Period: 1541 (published)
Publication: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18 x 11.8 inches
45.7 x 30 cm
This fine Ptolemaic map is from the wood blocks of Laurent Fries, the famous physician, astrologer and geographer. It covers eastern Libya, Egypt and the Nile Delta in considerable detail with the characteristic rope-like mountains and exaggerated rivers. This edition, printed by Gaspar Trechsel, is a reissue of the 1535 edition, which was printed from the same blocks as those in the 1525 edition with wear showing in the lower side borders. Latin text on verso.
References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara (Nordenskiold) #211-13.
Condition: B+
Slightly uneven color with some professionally filled worm tracks just entering the border and blank area of the map at bottom.
