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Auction 120, Lot 603

"Saltzburg", Munster/Petri

Subject: Austria

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6 x 5 inches
15.2 x 12.7 cm
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Lovely little bird's-eye view of Salzburg showing the surrounding country side. The title is enclosed in a banner-style cartouche along the top, and below is an image of a pope blessing a large chalice. The verso has some decorative capitals and a view of water running by a bridge. On a sheet of German text (8 x 13").

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Condition: B+

A few spots of foxing, one just into the view.

Estimate: $80 - $110

Sold for: $60

Closed on 7/18/2007

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