Quarta Asiae Tabula.

AUCTION 77 | Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at 1:00 PM
"K2" Online Auction: Printed Books, Holy Land Maps, Posters, & Jewish Graphic Art

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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.