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Tabula Asiae XII

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Ceylon (Sri Lanka). "Tabula Asiae XII". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With depiction of an elephant on the left and title above the map. 18,5:24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch.).

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Ruscelli, Girolamo

Giordano Ziletti

Venice

1562

Ceylon (Sri Lanka). "Tabula Asiae XII". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With depiction of an elephant on the left and title above the map. 18,5:24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch.).

A decorative map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). - Latin text on verso. - 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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