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Lot 174
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$200 -
300
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$128
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Lot Description
[MAP]. MUNSTER, Sebastian (1488-1552). Tabula Asiae XI. Basle, 1542.
Wood-engraved map with contemporary hand-coloring, visible area 11 1/2 x 14 inches (292 x 356 mm). Framed, double-glazed (unexamined out of frame). Text in Latin on verso. (Some surface wear along centerfold.)
An early depiction of the Indian Ocean extending from Southeast Asia to the Ganges River and north to the Himalayas. From Munster's Geographia, first published in 1540.
Property from the Private Collection of Merle Reskin
This lot is located in Chicago.