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Auction 90, Lot 236

"Valesiae Charta Prior et VI Nova Tabula",

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1545 (circa)

Publication: Geographia

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.5 x 10 inches
34.3 x 25.4 cm
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Woodblock map filled with mountains, castles and forests. It is decorated with numerous coats of arms and even a mountain goat. Verso includes Latin text surrounded in a woodblock illustration with numerous portraits. Very crisp impression.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $150 - $170

Sold for: $180

Closed on 3/15/2000

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