£5,000
CL PTOLEMAEI ALEXANDRINI
"GEOGRAPHIAE LIBRI OCTO", Recogniti Iam et Diligenter Emendati cum Tabulis Geographicis ad Mentem Auctoris Restitutus ac Emendatis, per GERARDVM MERCATOREM, Illus ..." M.D.LXXXIV (1584), 39cm x 26cm approx, within the boards, 27 double-paged engraved maps, text to verso including the map of Egypt, 31cm x 40cm including the margin, so smaller than the other double-page maps, the atlas follows the standard Ptolemaic model, containing world map, 10 maps of Europe, four of Africa and 12 Asia only, Mercator added a single map, a detail of the Nile Delta, woodcut headers throughout and woodcut vignettes, indexes, this book has been rebound, with care, full brown calf, raised bands and single gilt titles to the backstrip (before bidding please ensure full details and images from the auctioneer)
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