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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 122 - closed 1/5/2007

Featuring 928 lots of rare antique maps, charts, pocket maps, globes and atlases
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Lot #639: "Contraschtung der Furnemen Statt Venedig sampt den Umbligenden Inseln" Sebastian Munster

Antique map chart Contraschtung der Furnemen Statt Venedig sampt den U
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Estimate:
$500.00 - $600.00
Sold for: $650.00

Lot 639
By: Sebastian Munster
Subject: Italy, Venice
Date: 1562

Publication: Cosmographia.

Condition: B+
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Color: hand color

Size: 15.3 x 9.8 inches
38.9 x 24.9 cm

Bird's-eye view of Venice and the surrounding islands from a German edition of this influential 16th century history of the world. Rendered in the unique woodblock style , the calm lagoon contrasts with the rolling seas outside the sandbanks that protect the city. Two text blocks describe the city and its history. German text on verso.

A clear impression on a sheet with close margins left and right as issued. Faint toning on the centerfold.

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