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Auction 125, Lot 721
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"[Holy Land]", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1560 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.8 x 10.3 inches
17.3 x 26.2 cm
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This is a graphic woodblock map of the Holy Land covering from southern Turkey to the Nile Delta and prominently including Cyprus . The River Jordan has two sources according to the medieval conception, with the name of the river composed from the two names: Jor and Dan. There are two inset panels of German text. German text on verso.

References: Laor #528A.

Condition: A

Some faint foxing in blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $130

Closed on 9/24/2008

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