Tabula Asiae V - Antique map

Author: Ruscelli, Girolamo

Other authors: Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Publisher: Giordano Ziletti

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1562

Persia (Iran and Iraq). "Tabula Asiae V". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).

A Ptolemaic map of Persia (present-day Iraq and Iran). - Latin text on verso. - Some cracks in centerfold expertly restored. - Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. The curious fact is that this map is one of two that were engraved on the same plate, printed and than separated for the book. This can be seen by the fact that the plate mark of the map runs off the top of the page.

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Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Persia Iran Iraq Ruscelli Ptolemy Ziletti 1562 Tabula Asiae V