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Auction 135, Lot 581

"Tabula Asiae IIII", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1562 (published)

Publication: Geographia Cl. Prolemaei…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.6 x 7.2 inches
24.4 x 18.3 cm
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This is a slightly enlarged version of Gastaldi's Ptolemaic map of the Middle East. It covers the region from present-day Iraq and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers westward to the Mediterranean Sea and the island of Cyprus, and from southern Turkey and Armenia Maior to Arabiae Felicis Pars. Bedouin encampments are shown in the interior of Arabia Deserta.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara (Nordenskiold) #217-45; cf Laor #622.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $325 - $400

Sold for: $240

Closed on 2/16/2011

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