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Auction 131, Lot 503
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"[Von den Britannischen Inseln]", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Britain

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5.3 x 3.2 inches
13.5 x 8.1 cm
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This small woodblock map is printed on a full sheet (8 x 13") of German text. It presents a broad outline of the British Isles with no detail other than the location of the cities of Edinburgh, London, Oxford, Dover and Wexford. The title is from the text on verso.

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Condition: A

Faintly toned with some minor foxing in the text and margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $140

Closed on 3/17/2010

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