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Auction 99, Lot 591

"[Lot of 15 Leaves]", Munster, Sebastian

Subject: Printed Leaves

Period: 1580 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographia

Color: Black & White

Size:
9 x 14.2 inches
22.9 x 36.1 cm
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Nice group of early printed leaves, all with Gothic illustrations and historiated initials. There are portraits, battle scenes, coats of arms, strange animals, and methods of medieval torture. Both Latin and German text.

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Condition: B

Toned with some minor foxing or damp stain.

Estimate: $170 - $200

Sold for: $180

Closed on 6/12/2002

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