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Auction 130, Lot 621

"Neapolis", Munster, Sebastian

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Subject: Naples, Italy

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographey

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 5.2 inches
17.8 x 13.2 cm
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This is an attractive woodcut view of the fortified port of Naples. Printed on a full sheet (8 x 13.4") of German text and an uncolored illustration on the verso of a mountainous village titled, Tioli, 1567.

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Condition: A

Damp stains in bottom margin and text.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $85

Closed on 12/2/2009

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