Gerardus Mercator after Claudius Ptolemy

MC 05712

The Balkans, Northern Greece, European region of Turkey

"Europae Tabula IX."

Map of the southern Balkans, northern part of Greece, and the European region of Turkey, with the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles; at the right side a small, decorative cartouche.

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Orig. coloured copper engraving by Gerardus Mercator after Claudius Ptolemy, from the first cartographic part of the Cosmography of Gerardus Mercator, printed and published by G. Kempen, 1st edition, Cologne 1578, 35,5 x 45 cm.

Paper a little bit stained, otherwise perfect condition.

Ref.: Koeman Vol. II,  Me 1, without privilege

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