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"Gotlandt oder Gothen", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

5.4 x 3.8 inches
13.7 x 9.7 cm

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Charming miniature woodblock map of Scandinavia and the Baltic on a full sheet of text (8 x 13"). The map shows simple, Ptolemaic topography with rope-like mountains and broadly-drawn rivers and only major cities located. The arms of Norway is included in the German text on verso.

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Condition: B+

Toned with some minor foxing, mostly in the text and margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 3/17/2010

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"Gotlandt oder Gothen", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

5.4 x 3.8 inches
13.7 x 9.7 cm

Charming miniature woodblock map of Scandinavia and the Baltic on a full sheet of text (8 x 13"). The map shows simple, Ptolemaic topography with rope-like mountains and broadly-drawn rivers and only major cities located. The arms of Norway is included in the German text on verso.

References:

Condition: B+

Toned with some minor foxing, mostly in the text and margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 3/17/2010

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"Gotlandt oder Gothen", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:

5.4 x 3.8 inches13.7 x 9.7 cm

Charming miniature woodblock map of Scandinavia and the Baltic on a full sheet of text (8 x 13"). The map shows simple, Ptolemaic topography with rope-like mountains and broadly-drawn rivers and only major cities located. The arms of Norway is included in the German text on verso.

References:

Condition: B+

Toned with some minor foxing, mostly in the text and margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 3/17/2010

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5.4 x 3.8 inches
13.7 x 9.7 cm