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Auction 131, Lot 649
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"Tabu. Nova Helvetiae", Ptolemy/Fries

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1522 (published)

Publication: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae…

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.1 x 13.4 inches
40.9 x 34 cm
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This fine woodcut map is one of the earliest modern maps of Switzerland. It was reduced from Waldseemuller's 1513 map from the first modern atlas based on contemporary knowledge. The map is oriented with north at the bottom of the sheet. The title is contained in a banner in the top margin. Blank verso.

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Condition: C+

There is some uneven toning and worming along the centerfold, which is not obtrusive. There are some tears in the margins, well away from the map.

Estimate: $700 - $800

Sold for: $450

Closed on 3/17/2010

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