{"product_id":"1640-claudius-ptolemy-geographia-universalis-illustrated-w-20-maps-antique-folio","title":"1640 CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY Geographia Universalis ILLUSTRATED w\/20 MAPS antique FOLIO","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'gotham ssm a', 'gotham ssm b', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 11px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003emap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003ePtolemaeus, Claudius. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeographia Universalis, vtus et nova. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Edited by Sebastian Münster]. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasel: Heinrich Petri;  March 1540 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20 (of 48) double-page maps of the ancient world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe maps combine ancient ideas from Ptolemy, medieval travel stories from Marco Polo, and new sea routes found by Portuguese explorers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[42], blank, 155 pages + index (only). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFolio, old reverse calf; lacking maps and partially disbound, clean.\u003cbr\u003eWith wormt holes visible on the photos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes maps of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Gallia\u003cbr\u003e- Germaniu Magna\u003cbr\u003e-Dacia (modern day Romania, in Middle Ages - Denmark)\u003cbr\u003e- Asia Minor\u003cbr\u003e- Asia - Sarmatia (Ancient Persia)\u003cbr\u003e- Asia (Albania, Armenia, Assyria, Messopotamia)\u003cbr\u003e-Arabia\u003cbr\u003e-Asia (Northeast of Caspian Sea, inc. Hyrcania, Margiana, Bactriana, Sogdiana, Scythia)\u003cbr\u003e-Asia (Modern day Iran, Afghanistana, Pakistan, Nothwest India)\u003cbr\u003e- Asia (Northern India)\u003cbr\u003eetc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Small folio:  8 1\/2 by 12 1\/4\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in Latin\u003cbr\u003e==================================\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eGeographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova is a 16th-century edition of Claudius Ptolemy's ancient geographic treatise, edited by the scholar Sebastian Münster and first published in Basel in 1440 (famously printed in 1540 and later 1545).\u003cbr\u003eIt combines classical 2nd-century coordinates with modern regional maps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Claudius Ptolemy in Alexandria around AD 150 as a masterwork on cartography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated into Latin by Willibald Pirckheimer and edited with extensive updates by Sebastian Münster. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServed as a foundational bridge linking ancient geographical concepts to Renaissance mapmaking expansion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e=========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'gotham ssm a', 'gotham ssm b', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 11px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease see my other auctions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. 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