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Auction 128, Lot 16
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"Grosser Atlas uber die Gantze Welt", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1731 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
12 x 20 inches
30.5 x 50.8 cm
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Attractive title page, printed in red and black, with an extensive title that includes several decorative capitals. A very nice inset map (5.2 x 4") at bottom is a polar projection of the northern hemisphere showing California as an island. The map has a banner title and is surrounded by the sun, moon and stars.

References: McLaughlin #TP-15.

Condition: A+

Minor soil in margins, overall fine condition.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $150

Closed on 5/20/2009

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