Ruscelli’s Map of Ptolemaic Germany Date of Publication_c.1841 A fifth volume covering the

A fifth volume covering the period to 1861 was published in the year of Phillimore’s death but suppressed by the Indian government

the sheets are also identified by a vellum tab with the title ‘Carte de la France’ and a number from 1 to 6

and beneath is Albert's personal motto

Cartographically Speed follows Mercator

500 + frontispiece portrait of the dedicatee

Ruscelli’s Map of Ptolemaic Germany Date of Publication_c.1841 A fifth volume covering theThis map of Ptolemaic Germany and Denmark is from the fourth edition of Ruscellis Italian translation of the Geographia. It is illustrated with depictions of elk, an auroch and a pair of bison which resemble reindeer. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 19 x 26 cm, black and white as issued, Italian text on verso.