Title: “Claudii Ptolemaei” Description: Attractive woodblock print showing an armillary sphere with a large globe surrounded by seven circles and by twelve classical winds. Each wind direction is depicted with a wind head and labelled with Greek names based on Timosthenes of Rhodes (fl. 270 BC) and Roman names based on Seneca (4 BC – AD 65). It includes the North & South Pole, the Equator & the Tropics of Capricorn & Cancer. This engraving have been attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Comes from the atlas “Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralatione, fed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria…” published in 1535 in Lyon after Lorenz Fries by Melchior & Gaspar Trechsel. The atlas was translated by Willibald Pirckheimer and revised by Michael Servetus. Cartographer: Lorenz Fries (1485 – 1532) Sheet size: 27,4 x 39,9 cm Year: 1535 Technique: woodcut Condition: Very good condition. Attractive hand coloring. This is an original antique map published in 1535 and NOT a modern copy or reprint On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity
