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"Das Their Rhinoceros genannt", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Natural History

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

6 x 4 inches
15.2 x 10.2 cm

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This unusual woodblock is from a German edition of Munster's monumental history of the world. It is a rather fanciful, and at the same time surprisingly accurate depiction of a rhinoceros. On verso is another illustration of soldiers riding an elephant.

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Condition: A

Lightly toned with some minor damp stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $140

Closed on 5/20/2009

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"Das Their Rhinoceros genannt", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Natural History

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

6 x 4 inches
15.2 x 10.2 cm

This unusual woodblock is from a German edition of Munster's monumental history of the world. It is a rather fanciful, and at the same time surprisingly accurate depiction of a rhinoceros. On verso is another illustration of soldiers riding an elephant.

References:

Condition: A

Lightly toned with some minor damp stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $140

Closed on 5/20/2009

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"Das Their Rhinoceros genannt", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Natural History

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

6 x 4 inches15.2 x 10.2 cm

This unusual woodblock is from a German edition of Munster's monumental history of the world. It is a rather fanciful, and at the same time surprisingly accurate depiction of a rhinoceros. On verso is another illustration of soldiers riding an elephant.

References:

Condition: A

Lightly toned with some minor damp stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $140

Closed on 5/20/2009

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6 x 4 inches
15.2 x 10.2 cm