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Auction 184, Lot 527

"[Lot of 3] Delphinisch oder der Armeniercken Krieg bey der Statt Basel [and] Ectlich Geschict so sich zu Basel und umb Basel... [and] Vil Streben nach dem Kunigreich Neapels", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1550 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 11.5 inches
20.3 x 29.2 cm
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These three sheets are from a German edition of Munster's Cosmographia and include five woodblock engravings, including a battle in Basel, a view of the university in Basel, costumed figured from the Kingdom of Naples, and two popes.

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Condition: B

Old colored engravings on moderately soiled sheets with archival repairs to a few edge tears.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/15/2021

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