Tolomeo - Ptolemaei Tabulae Cosmographicae - 2001

The work shown in the image is a facsimile reproduction in a limited edition No. 1759 of (2999 copies) of the "Ptolemei Tabulae Cosmographicae", based on the edition printed by Johannes Reger in Ulm in 1486.

This particular prestigious edition (published, for example, by De Agostini or Editorial Planeta) is generally composed of two volumes housed in a slipcase:

Volume I (Facsimile): Contains about 200 plates (pages unpaginated), which include the Latin text and the famous color geographical plates.

Volume II (Study and Translation): Contains about 307 pages (Roman and Arabic pagination) with the Italian translation and the critical commentary.

In total, the complete work thus comprises over 500 pages (or about 200 plates plus 317 numbered pages) divided between the artistic/facsimile part and the study textual part.