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Auction 120, Lot 618

"Von den Moscowitern", Munster/Petri

Subject: Russia and Ukraine

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.4 x 7 inches
16.3 x 17.8 cm
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Woodblock map of European Russia, including part of present day Ukraine. Moscow is prominently featured at center and the map if filled with graphic representation of the rivers, mountains, forests, cities and tent encampments with a bull roaming the countryside. On a full sheet of German text (8 x 13") with text and a depiction of a bull on the verso.

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Condition: A

A little marginal foxing, note affecting the map.

Estimate: $80 - $110

Sold for: $180

Closed on 7/18/2007

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