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Auction 149, Lot 5

"Atlas Methodicus Explorandis Juvenum Profectibus in Studio Geographico ad Methodum Hubnerianam", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.1 x 9.7 inches
15.5 x 24.6 cm
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Attractive small title page with a portrait of Johann Baptist Homann supported by a cherub. Below the title two women (one of whom is a mythological female warrior) use two maps and a globe to instruct a small child.

References:

Condition: B

There is a stain at bottom that is just visible in the image and another in the right blank margin, as well as some light toning along the centerfold. Trimmed to neatline at bottom.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $100

Closed on 5/21/2014

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