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Ptolemaeus, C.
Mercator, Gerard
1578
North Africa."Africae I. Tab:". Orig. copper-engraving by G. Mercator after Ptolemaus' map of the region, published 1578. Original old colouring. With heading title, great ornamental cartouche and a ship with a sea-creature in Mediterranean Sea. 32,5:46,5 cm (12 3/4 x 18 1/4 inch.).
Koeman I, map 0911:1.1, ed. 1:501 (1578 Ptol.) - From rare first edition of Mercator's "Tabulae Geographicae Cl Ptolemaei ...". Decorative and rather idealized map of Marocco and the northern part of Algeria.