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November 26, 2010: Rare Books Sold in Qatar
"Worth a staggering QR1.2m, Geographia by Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, is the most expensive book for sale at the 10-day fair. Printed in Rome in 1490, the atlas is considered one of the most important early works by the world-famous Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer. It is available at the stand of Antiquarriat Forum, world-famous dealers in rare and antiquarian books, prints, maps, manuscripts and drawings."
