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Map, View, Title Page: Three Framed Prints.

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$369$300
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3012TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Map, View, Title Page: Three Framed Prints. Including: a woodcut map of Europe in the form of a queen from page 41 of a German-language edition of Sebastian Munster's Cosmography, sceptre, crown, and a few bushes hand-colored, text in German at the top of the page, a few spots; hand-colored bird's eye view of the town of Vac, Hungary, with the river Danube in the foreground, engraved by Gaspar Bouttats (1640-1695); Antwerp: Jacques Peeters, c. 1690, titled, Waitzen, vulgo Vacia; [and] engraved title page from Theodor de Bry and Jacques le Moyne de Morgues' Der ander theil, der newlich erfundenen landtschafft Americae, Frankfurt am Main: Wechel, 1591, toned; each piece matted and framed, sizes vary (3)
Estimate $100-150


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Keywords

Sebastian Munster, Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques Peeters, Gaspar Bouttats, Hungary, Antwerp, Frankfurt am Main, Vac