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"De Usu Tabularum Ptol. et Qualiter Uniuscuiusque Regionis...", Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Subject: Greece & Central Europe

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Black & White

Size:

4.1 x 3.9 inches
10.4 x 9.9 cm

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A charming small woodblock map of Greece with a large galleon sailing the Mediterranean. On verso is an interesting map of central Europe, marking only part of the Alps and a few key cities, including Munich, Prague, Vienna, and Venice. On a full sheet of Latin text measuring 6.5 x 8.4".

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with professional repairs to some small worm tracks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one that is in a mostly unengraved area of the map at bottom, with a minute amount of image replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $140

Closed on 2/14/2018

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"De Usu Tabularum Ptol. et Qualiter Uniuscuiusque Regionis...", Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Subject: Greece & Central Europe

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Black & White

Size:

4.1 x 3.9 inches
10.4 x 9.9 cm

A charming small woodblock map of Greece with a large galleon sailing the Mediterranean. On verso is an interesting map of central Europe, marking only part of the Alps and a few key cities, including Munich, Prague, Vienna, and Venice. On a full sheet of Latin text measuring 6.5 x 8.4".

References:

Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with professional repairs to some small worm tracks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one that is in a mostly unengraved area of the map at bottom, with a minute amount of image replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $140

Closed on 2/14/2018

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"De Usu Tabularum Ptol. et Qualiter Uniuscuiusque Regionis...", Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Subject: Greece & Central Europe

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Black & White

Size:

4.1 x 3.9 inches10.4 x 9.9 cm

A charming small woodblock map of Greece with a large galleon sailing the Mediterranean. On verso is an interesting map of central Europe, marking only part of the Alps and a few key cities, including Munich, Prague, Vienna, and Venice. On a full sheet of Latin text measuring 6.5 x 8.4".

References:

Condition: A

A nice impression on a clean, bright sheet with professional repairs to some small worm tracks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one that is in a mostly unengraved area of the map at bottom, with a minute amount of image replaced in facsimile.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $140

Closed on 2/14/2018

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4.1 x 3.9 inches
10.4 x 9.9 cm