Original Antique Woodcut Map of Persia

Reference
BG-13425
Region
Asia
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
38.0 x 48.3 cm (15.0 x 19.0 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 590

Antique map titled 'Tabula V Asiae'. Important early woodcut map of Persia, depicting the area of Mesopotamia, Armenia and the Gulf, to the Caspian and Carmania (Iran). Includes names of places and natural features. In margins: climatic and latitudinal notes. Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.

This map originates from 'Claudii Ptolemaei Geograhicae' by Claudius Ptolemy (Latin: Ptolemaeus).

Where this sits in the catalogue

Other sheets of Asia


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