Ptolemy Ulm 1486 Map of Greece, Decima Europe Tabula
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After PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (After 83 - c.168 AD).
Decima Europe Tabula.
Woodcut map with original hand color.
Ulm: Johann Reger for Justus de Albano. 21 July 1486.
15 1/2" x 9 3/4" sheet.
Double-page woodcut map covering the area of Macedonia and Greece, early hand-coloring with the sea in an ochre wash, early annotations. Loosely laid down on sturdy card and enclosed in mylar.
Rare map from the second 1486 edition, printed from the same woodblocks as the first one by Holle 1482. Reger added the caption with capital "N" reversed. The text on the verso no longer has a decorative border.
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, Travel, Atlases and Natural History, 13 November 2018, lot 71.
Decima Europe Tabula.
Woodcut map with original hand color.
Ulm: Johann Reger for Justus de Albano. 21 July 1486.
15 1/2" x 9 3/4" sheet.
Double-page woodcut map covering the area of Macedonia and Greece, early hand-coloring with the sea in an ochre wash, early annotations. Loosely laid down on sturdy card and enclosed in mylar.
Rare map from the second 1486 edition, printed from the same woodblocks as the first one by Holle 1482. Reger added the caption with capital "N" reversed. The text on the verso no longer has a decorative border.
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's London, Travel, Atlases and Natural History, 13 November 2018, lot 71.
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Ptolemy Ulm 1486 Map of Greece, Decima Europe Tabula
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