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Auction 100, Lot 4

"Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis imperia, Regna et Status exactis Tabulis Geographice demonstrans…", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.2 x 19.2 inches
28.4 x 48.8 cm
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Large elaborately engraved sheet with numerous allegorical figures. A large globe, showing the Eastern Hemisphere, is in the background with two figures standing on the globe and supporting the heavens.

References:

Condition: B

Minor foxing and tiny tears in margins. One unobtrusive spot in title cartouche.

Estimate: $275 - $325

Sold for: $200

Closed on 9/12/2002

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