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Auction 105, Lot 375

"Bourdeaux", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: France

Period: 1550 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 8.7 inches
29.7 x 22.1 cm
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A very fine bird's-eye plan of the city with particularly good renderings of the castles, churches and Roman ruins. Ships and fishing boats fill the harbor. The plan is surrounded in picture-frame style border.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for: $375

Closed on 12/3/2003

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