Tabula Asiae IIII. Double-page woodcut map.
AUCTION 64 |
Thursday, March 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art
Lot 277
(PTOLEMY).
Tabula Asiae IIII. Double-page woodcut map.
n.p., n.d:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
This map features Syria, the Holy Land, Iraq (i.e. Babylonia), part of Iran (i.e. Mesopotamia), the northern part of Saudi Arabia, southern Turkey and Armenia. In the lower right is the mouth of the Euphrates River in the Persian Gulf. In the lower left is the northern part of the Red Sea. Cyprus is to the west of Syria.