Egypt.- Gastaldi (Giacomo) & Ruscelli (Girolamo) Tabula Africa III...
Egypt.- Gastaldi (Giacomo) & Ruscelli (Girolamo) Tabula Africa III & IV, p. 14-15; Egitto Nuova Tavola, p. 21; Marmarica Nuova Tavola, p. 102, from Ruscelli’s edition of Ptolemy's ‘Geographia’, Italian text on verso, some staining, repairs, Venice, 1561; Du Pinet (Antoine) [view of the Pyramids], pp. 275 - 288 from 'Plantz, pourtraitz et descriptions de plusieurs villes et forteresses, tant de l'Europe, Asie, & Afrique'..., woodcuts including a view of Cairo and the Pyramids, 1564; Hondius (Jodocus, after) Aegyptus, p. 630 with letterpress, from' A Geographical Historie of Africa', by John Leo, translated John Pory, 1600; and a collection of prints, including: Die Achte Aegyptische Plage..., hand-coloured vue d’optique, trimmed with some loss to title area, some restoration, mounted, Imperial Academy, Augsburg, c. 1750; Münster (Sebastian) Babylon/ Memphis/ Alkair, p. 1208; Das Fünfft Buch, p. 1210, hand-coloured woodcuts depicting views of Babylon and three pyramids, from 'Cosmographia', Heinrich Petrus, Basel, after 1550; Schedel (Hartmann) Alexandria, f. 77, woodcut, Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1494; with other related itesm, v.s. (small quantity)
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Egypt.- Gastaldi (Giacomo) & Ruscelli (Girolamo) Tabula Africa III & IV, p. 14-15; Egitto Nuova Tavola, p. 21; Marmarica Nuova Tavola, p. 102, from Ruscelli’s edition of Ptolemy's ‘Geographia’, Italian text on verso, some staining, repairs, Venice, 1561; Du Pinet (Antoine) [view of the Pyramids], pp. 275 - 288 from 'Plantz, pourtraitz et descriptions de plusieurs villes et forteresses, tant de l'Europe, Asie, & Afrique'..., woodcuts including a view of Cairo and the Pyramids, 1564; Hondius (Jodocus, after) Aegyptus, p. 630 with letterpress, from' A Geographical Historie of Africa', by John Leo, translated John Pory, 1600; and a collection of prints, including: Die Achte Aegyptische Plage..., hand-coloured vue d’optique, trimmed with some loss to title area, some restoration, mounted, Imperial Academy, Augsburg, c. 1750; Münster (Sebastian) Babylon/ Memphis/ Alkair, p. 1208; Das Fünfft Buch, p. 1210, hand-coloured woodcuts depicting views of Babylon and three pyramids, from 'Cosmographia', Heinrich Petrus, Basel, after 1550; Schedel (Hartmann) Alexandria, f. 77, woodcut, Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1494; with other related itesm, v.s. (small quantity)
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