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Auction 128, Lot 548
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"Gotlandt oder Gothen", Munster, Sebastian

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Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5.5 x 4 inches
14 x 10.2 cm
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Charming miniature woodblock map of Scandinavia and the Baltic on a full sheet of German text (8 x 13"). The map shows simple, Ptolemaic topography with rope-like mountains and broadly-drawn rivers and only major cities located.

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Condition: A

Lightly toned with minor spots in blank margins.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 5/20/2009

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