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Auction 110, Lot 6

"Cosmography in foure Bookes Contayning the Chorography & History of the whole World, and all the Principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Countries, Isles, Seas, &c.", Heylin, Peter

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1703 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.2 x 11.2 inches
18.3 x 28.4 cm
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A splendid decorative title page featuring the female representations of water, earth, and the four continents, and warrior representatives of the four continents. This is the last edition of this important work, published by Chiswell, Tooke, Hodgkin and Bennet in 1703.

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Condition: A

Minor repairs and spots in blank margins.

Estimate: $230 - $275

Sold for: $250

Closed on 3/2/2005

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