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Edward Wells - ANTIQUAE AFRICAE TABULA & HODIERNAE AFRICAE TABULA, TWO MAPS
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre or London: A & J Churchill or Knapton etc., [1704 - 1738] Copperplate engravings, uncoloured
ANTIQUAE AFRICAE TABULA (with inset of Nile River): two small foxing spots, light tanning to bottom edge, bottom left corner: Pag.18; verso: blank; 20,8 by 17cm
HODIERNAE AFRICAE TABULA: damp marks in top margin, bottom left corner: Pag.19; verso: blank; 11,6 by 15,4cm
from Oikumenes Periegesis, sive, Dionysii Geographia emendata & locupletata
Oikumenes Periegesis is a Greek description of the world written by Dionysius Periegetes ('Dionysus the traveller') in c.130 C.E. The Latin translation by Edward Wells (and the maps in this lot) was widely used in the education of wealthy English school children.
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