CLAUDIUS Ptolemy (C. 100 A.D.-Canopus, c. 170... Lot 277

CLAUDIUS Ptolemy (C. 100 A.D.-Canopus, c. 170 A.D.). "Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy". Three volumes: "The Earth Great Atlas" + "Ptolemy's Cosmography" + "Translation". Johanes Reger 1486 Facsimile edition. Copy 1477/3000. Publishers: Ebrisa, Planeta Agostini, Espasa. Measurements: 42 x 30 x 5 cm (only the book). Facsimile edition, numbered, of the 15th century manuscript preserved in the University Library of Valencia, on parchment paper. Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer of the 2nd century AD who lived in Alexandria where he carried out numerous works of scientific research. The Latin translation of his Geographia, completed in 1406 in Rome by Jacobus Angelus, was one of the most important events for the beginning of modern geography and cartography in Europe, making available to European studies the first treatise on cartography with a mathematical and astronomical basis.