Lot No. 2: CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY

CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY

ASIAE TABULA DECIMA CONTINET INDIAM INTRA GANGEM

Folded Map

Year: 1541

Size: 52.6 x 39.2 cm (20.7 x 15.4 inches)

Laurent Fries - Tabula X Asiae (India).

Asiae Tabula decima continent Indiam intra Gangem

Published by: Gaspar Trechsel

Double-page woodcut detailed map of India, based upon the works of Claudius Ptolemy. It documents a Ptolemaic view of India that extends from the Indus to the Ganges and north of the Himalayas.
On the reverse, geographical details written in Latin and the interesting trace of Baroque typography with decorative motifs can be seen.

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Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman