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Maschenbauer, Johann Andreas Erdmann (d. 1773) Angestellte Betrachtung uber die den 1 November 1755, so ausserordentliche Erdbeben und Meeresbewegungen. Augsburg: Wagner, 1756. Quarto, illustrated with three hand-colored folding engraved maps and five uncolored maps and views, and one full-page uncolored view (nine engravings total),bound in contemporary speckled paper boards, 8 x 5 3/4 in.
This work concerns the Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755.
Estimate $300-500
A-E4, F-G2.
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