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Auction 125, Lot 613

"Der Statt Zurich in Helvetia…", Munster/Petri

Subject: Switzerland, Zurich

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.5 x 7 inches
39.4 x 17.8 cm
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Great woodblock birds-eye view of the walled and fortified city of Zurich. Remarkably detailed, with scores of individual buildings and houses rendered and a key identifying 25 important sites. German text below and on verso.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $160

Closed on 9/24/2008

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