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Manuscript Leaf; Map; Engraved Geographical Title Page: Three Framed Items.

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$123$100
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3012TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Manuscript Leaf; Map; Engraved Geographical Title Page: Three Framed Items. Parchment leaf from a Latin-language prayerbook produced in France, text in brown ink, decorated initials highlighted in gold with marginal vine decoration and colored line fill, matted, double-glazed frame; a small crude wood-cut map of Europe, Africa, and Asia with fantastic animals, German text on verso, matted and framed; and the engraved allegorical title of Heinrich Scherer's Geographia Artificiosa, Munich: Rauchin, 1703, engraved by Heckenauer after Degler, hand-colored, matted and framed. (3)
Estimate $200-300


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Keywords

Heinrich Scherer, Munich, France