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Auction 120, Lot 627

"Die Siebenburg so man sunst auch Transsylvaniam nennt", Munster/Petri

Subject: Romania

Period: 1598 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographia Universalis

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 12.5 inches
35.6 x 31.8 cm
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Attractive woodblock map covers the region of present-day Romania that was then the heartland of the Saxon community in southern Transylvania. The map graphically depicts the mountains, rivers and forests and locates hundreds of tiny villages. A large distance scale is at bottom and the title is in the top margin. German title and illustration on verso.

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Condition: B+

Some minor toning, else very good.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $70

Closed on 7/18/2007

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