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Auction 100, Lot 538

"[Lot of 10 Leaves]", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Printed Leaves

Period: 1580 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.5 x 14.5 inches
21.6 x 36.8 cm
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Nice group of early printed leaves, all with Gothic illustrations and historiated initials. There are portraits, means of execution, cannibalism, costumes, battle scenes, a camel and other animals. Both Latin and German text, sizes of leaves vary.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $140

Closed on 9/12/2002

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