Allegory on the geography Title Page for C Ptolemy Tabulae geographicae Orbis Terrarum, 1704 a sitting figure with different measuring instruments at a globe, it is surrounded by two allegorical figures with a painter's palette and a winch and an angel with a book. In the foreground personified rivers or seas and in the air Fame, blowing a trumpet, with nine port networks in medaillons. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan van Vianen (listed building) Editor: François Halma Publisher: Willem van de Water Place manufacture: Publisher: Amsterdam Publisher : Utrecht Date: 1704 Physical characteristics:
Allegory on the geography Title Page for C Ptolemy Tabulae geographicae Orbis Terrarum, 1704 a sitting figure with different measuring instruments at a globe, it is surrounded by two allegorical figures with a painter's palette and a winch and an angel with a book. In the foreground personified rivers or seas and in the air Fame, blowing a trumpet, with nine port networks in medaillons. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan van Vianen (listed building) Editor: François Halma Publisher: Willem van de Water Place manufacture: Publisher: Amsterdam Publisher : Utrecht Date: 1704 Physical characteristics: etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: sheet: h 370 mm × W 244 mmToelichtingTitelpagina for: Claudius Ptolomaeus. Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum feud Ribus Cogniti. Amsterdam: François Halma and Utrecht Willem van de Water I 1704. Subject: globemeasuring instrument fame; "Fama", "Fama buona", "Fama chiara '(Ripa) river personified,' Fiumi '(Ripa)
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