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Auction 98, Lot 329

"Nou Grecia secondo tutte le regioni, & provincie di quella di qua & di la dal Hellseponto", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Greece

Period: 1575 (published)

Publication: Cosmographia Universalis

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.7 x 10 inches
34.8 x 25.4 cm
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A very early woodblock map of Greece, Eastern Turkey and the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea. Constantinople is prominently located. The map is filled with graphic mountain ranges and rivers with waves representing the sea.

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Condition: B

Very nice impression. Toned along centerfold with a couple of binding holes in margins.

Estimate: $550 - $600

Unsold

Closed on 3/6/2002

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