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Auction 196, Lot 227
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"[How the Indians Till the Soil] Wie sie ire Acker Bauwen und Beseen", Bry, Theodore de

Subject: Florida, Natives

Period: 1591 (published)

Publication: Grands Voyages, Part II

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.4 x 5.8 inches
21.3 x 14.7 cm
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Pleasant scene of native Floridians cultivating the land. The men are seen preparing the garden with hoes made of fish bones while the women carefully place seeds in holes made with a long pole. On a sheet of German text measuring 9.3 x 13.1". Published in the first Latin edition.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression with a printer's crease in the image at top right, on a sheet with marginal soiling and a chip at bottom right.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/7/2024

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