Live auction - Lot 955
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Das erst general inhaltend die Beschreibung und den Circkel des gantzen Erdtrichs und more.
[1552-1578]
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
Woodcut, 26,4 x 38,2 cm (few light brown spots).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Oval woodcut after Ortelius in the later issues of Münster's "Cosmographia". Within ornamental border incorporating 12 wind heads with their names in banners. In the oceans are depicted wales & sea monsters. The engraver David Kandel's initials "DK" in lower left corner. German title in a Gothic font ("Die erst general oder gemein Tafel [...]") in woodcut border on verso.
Ref. Karrow 58/73.1. - Shirley 92.
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