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Original bdg. HC. In publisher's special box. Folio. (51 x 35 cm). In Turkish; facsimile maps and text in English and German. 412 p., ills. Klaudios Ptolemaios cografya el kitabi. It was re-discovered and carefully preserved while the palace was being transformed into a museum during the Republic era. The facsimile is being presented to the the science community for the first time in nearly 700 years. Topkapi Palace Museum Istanbul / Turkey Non-Islamic Works (GI) registered with number 57. Consists of 2 books. Book 1: Klaudios Ptolemaios El Yazmalari ve Mehmet II'nin (Fatih) Entellektüel Kisiligi Üzerine Arastirma Raporu / Klaudios Ptolemaios' Handwritings and Research Report on Mehmet II's Intellectual Personality. Presented by Ilber Ortayli and with contributions by M. Celal Sengör. Prepared by Alfred Stückelberger, Florian Mittenhuber, Robert Fuchs. Restoration stories from 1927-1929 and 2003-2011. Book 2: Klaudios Ptolemaios Cografya El Kitabi / Klaudios Ptolemaios Geography Handbook / Geographica Hypegesis. Topkapi Palace Museum Facsimile. The first global world map prepared in the early 1300's in the Constantinople scriptoriums. 10 Europe and 4 Africa maps. 12 Asian maps including Anatolia, Aegean, Mediterranean and Cyprus.