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Auction 131, Lot 691
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"Neuw Griechenlandt mit andern anstossenden Landern wie es zu unsern zeiten beschriben ist", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Greece

Period: 1578 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia oder beschreibung Aller Lander…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.5 x 10 inches
34.3 x 25.4 cm
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An early double-page woodblock map of Greece, the Aegean Sea and western Turkey. It locates Athens, Constantinople, Arcadia, Crete, Rhodes, Bursa (Byrsa) and more, extending to show part of the Black Sea. Troy (Troia) is on the coast near Lesbos Island. Major rivers are named and mountains are shown in typical Ptolemaic fashion.

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Condition: B+

Minor soil and creases, mostly in the blank margins. A binding hole in the bottom blank margin has been filled.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $325

Closed on 3/17/2010

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