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"[Lot of 27]", Munster, Sebastian

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Subject: Printed Leaves

Period: 1550 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographiae Universalis

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.4 x 12.2 inches
21.3 x 31 cm
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Nice group of leaves from an Italian edition of Munster's Cosmography. Includes numerous woodblock illustrations of a variety of subjects including portraits, executions, public baths, castles, armored knights, and heralds. Includes the great illustration of William Tell shooting the apple off his son's head.

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Condition: B

Good to very good, with a little scattered foxing or damp stains on a few sheets.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $275

Closed on 6/9/2004

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