Tabula Asiae IIII. Double-page woodcut map.
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 272
(PTOLEMY)
Tabula Asiae IIII. Double-page woodcut map.
n.p., n.d:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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.