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Orbis Descriptio
Author
Claudius Ptolemaeus
(100-170)
Artist
Girolamo Ruscelli
(1504?-1566?)
InscriptionsOrbis Descriptio (From: "La Geografia de Claudio Tolomeo...Nuovamente tradotto di Greco in Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli...In Venetia...Vincenzo Valgrisi MDLXI"
Date
1561
Medium / Technique
Ink on paper
Intaglio, hand-coloured
Intaglio, hand-coloured
DimensionsHeight: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Width: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Surveying & Navigational T&E - Navigational Equipment
Origin
Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Object Number1979.545
DivisionArchives - Maps and Plans
CollectionStewart
Status
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