Live auction - Lot 712
[Atlas]
Orbis antiqui tabulae geographicae secundum Cl. Ptolemaeum, [...].
Amsterdam, R. & J. Wetstein & W. Smith, 1730
€ 1.200 / 1.500
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Lot description
In-f° : [12 incl. engr. title]- 28 maps -[75] pp. (all maps mounted on lvs, small spots).
Modern binding : three-quarter brown cloth, marbled paper boards.
Last edition of Gerard Mercator's Ptolemy atlas with an engraved title by J.V. Vianen, the second state of his Ptolemaic world map, 5 maps of Africa, 12 maps of Asia and 10 maps of Europe. R. & J. Wetstein and William Smith used the original and over 150 year-old copper-plates, except for the seventh map of Europe that has been completely re-engraved. Ref. van der Krogt I [1:531].