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Auction 128, Lot 781
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"[Holy Land]", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.7 x 10.2 inches
17 x 25.9 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 #528.

Condition: A

Lightly toned with minor damp stains in the blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/20/2009

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