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Lot 211
Sale 402 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Nov 11, 2015
3:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$3,500
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Lot Description
PTOLEMY, CLAUDIUS
Geografia cioe descrittione universale della terra... Venice: Giorgio Battista and Giorgio Galignani Fratelli, 1598.2 parts in one. Folio, original vellum, gilt-lettered spine, renewed cloth ties. With engraved vignette to title page and 63 (of 64) engraved half-page maps (lacking double-page map). Edges stained blue; edgewear and light soiling to boards; light dampstaining affecting most leaves; scattered pencil marginalia.