Quarta Asiae Tabula.

AUCTION 77 | Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at 1:00 PM

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Lot 110

(PTOLEMY).

Quarta Asiae Tabula.

Double-page woodcut map. 16 x 22 inches (40 x 56 cm) to mat. Finely framed.

Rome, first edition 1507 (later issue).:

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

Shows much of the Middle East, from Cyprus to the Persian Gulf. An imagined peninsula extends from Jaffa to Gaza while the Carmel mountain range extends from the ocean to the Jordan. Jerusalem is marked with a cross.