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Tabula Tertia Asiae complectitur Colchidem, Iberiam, Alberiam & Armeniam maiorem. - C. Ptolemeus - L. Fries, 1541.

Ptolemaic map of the Caucasus after Waldseemüller.

Title from verso.
Woodcut
Size: 30 x 37cm (11.6 x 14.5 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Mint
Condition Rating: A+
References: Karrow, 28/18.

From: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Lyon, M. Servetus, 1541. (Karrow, 288/G.3)

The editor of this edition, Michael Villanovus (better known as Servetus), was tried for heresy in 1553. He was burned at the stake, and at Calvin's orders, many copies of Servetus's books, including this one, followed him into the flames.

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Item number: 22561
Price: 350 Euro

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