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Auction 105, Lot 431
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"[Italie Beschzeibung nach aller]", Munster/Petri

Subject: Italy

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5.2 x 6.5 inches
13.2 x 16.5 cm
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An interesting woodcut map of central and most of northern Italy with north oriented to the bottom. Includes Corsica and a bit of Sardinia. On a full sheet of German text with an uncolored illustration on verso of Janus from Roman Mythology, the god of gates, doors, beginnings, endings and doorways.

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Condition: B

Nice later color. A few spots, mostly in margins and text.

Estimate: $140 - $160

Sold for: $160

Closed on 12/3/2003

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