John Smith Gallery

Ptolemy, Tabulae geographicae...emendatae per Gerardum Mercatorem [D.4.3]

Published in 1578 this copy had been used by several readers prior to Smith’s ownership of it, as can be seen by the occurrence of annotations by a number of different hands. Of particular importance is the presence on the front cover of the armorial stamp of James I’s eldest son Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594 - 1612), thus indicating that he too was a former owner of this volume.