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Sale 447: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#447) 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #130Die Cosmographia - Facsimile Edition

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,250

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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Sale 447: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#447) 02/14/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Description

Title:

Die Cosmographia - Facsimile Edition

Author:

Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Place Published:

[New York]

Publisher:

Johnson Reprint Corporation

Date Published:

[1983]

Description:

135, [2] leaves. Full color facsimile reproductions of Vatican Codex Urb. Lat. 277. (Elephant Folio) 60x43 cm. (23½x17"), full leather binding elaborately tooled in blind in facsimile of the original with brass corner pieces, center bosses and clasps. Copy number VII of L, from a total edition of 550 copies (the 50 copies numbered in Roman numerals not originally offered for sale).

Fabulous facsimile of Ptolemy's Cosmographia, printed on heavy paper and with details such as holes in the vellum leaves of the original faithfully reproduced.

Condition:

Some light wear to binding; else fine.

Item#:

212317

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Die Cosmographia - Facsimile Edition
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