December Online Auction (Sale #322)
Lot 309:
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Map and Post-Incunable Woodcut Assortment
(7) items including (3) engravings by Henri Abraham Chatelain (French, 1684-1743) including a ‘Carte Genealogique Des Princes et Rois de Pologne’, early 18th century, in a shrink wrapped mat, a hand colored ‘Carte Pour Servir a l’Intelligence de l’Histoire de Gutave Adolphe de Christine’ and a ‘Carte des Trois Ordres qui Composent l’Etat de la Republique de Pologne’, a Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440-1514), ‘De Sarmacia Regione Europe’ woodblock print c.1493, pulled from ‘The Nuremberg Chronicles’, a botanical woodcut of a woad flower by Adam Lonicer (German, 1528-1586) from ‘Krauterbuch’, Frankfurt, 1557, as well as (2) Sebastian Munster (German, 1489-1552) including a woodcut depicting the Monster of Cracow after Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) and a woodcut map ‘Regni Polonici Contracta Descriptio’, both from ‘Cosmographia Universalis’, Basel, 16th century, unknown edition
Property from: an Estate, Huntley, Illinois
Height: 15 5/8 inches, Width: 36 3/4 inches (sight, large matted)
Frame Size: 19 inches by 40 inches
Condition: light to moderate edge wear, rounded corners, some having centerfolds, paper toned at edges, occasional spots of foxing, occasional marginalia
Disclaimers: item not examined out of shrink wrapped mat
Category: Collectibles > Ephemera
Estimated Sale Time: 2:32 pm CST
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Last modified: November 20, 2024, 2:32 pm
Condition: light to moderate edge wear, rounded corners, some having centerfolds, paper toned at edges, occasional spots of foxing, occasional marginalia
Dimensions: 15.625 x 36.75 in
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