[Claudius Ptolemaeus] Geographica. Utrecht. 1698

Claudii Ptolemaei. Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti. Utrecht, Frans Halma, Willem vande Water (and) Franeker, Leonard Strick. 1698. Complete with index and 28 historical maps, all in copperplate.

Folio, half leather. Allegorical frontispiece by Jan van Vianen, Index Tabularum with the 28 Ptolemaeus maps. Inside boards taped, stamp verso frontispiece. The historical maps with among other things land and sea monsters, ships, tent camps etc.; the cartouches with ornaments or putti. Maps in good condition.