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Fri, Jan 25, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 383

Three Sebastian Munster Woodcut Maps

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

German, 1489-1550, from his seminal work "Cosmographey", including early map of America, [Americae sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio/Die Newe Welt oder Inseln so hinder Hispania gegen Orient/ben dem Landt Indie gelegen], first printed in 1588 and based on Abraham Ortelius' map of 1570; [PTOLEMAISCH GENERAL TAFEL, BEGREIFFEND DIE HALBE KUGEL DER WELT], [Antique Map of Ptolemaic World]; and [Septenrion], each page 14 x 16-1/2 in.; enclosed in glass plates

Note:

These three maps are from a later printing of Sebastian Munster's [Cosmographia], first printed in 1540.

Condition

center creases, foxing, small tears and losses along edges

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