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Africa. Sebastian Munster after Ptolemy. Aphricae Tabula II, c. 1550. Double-page woodcut on laid paper, typographical text in Latin printed within a four-part woodcut border on verso, depicting the Barbary coast with a large shipwreck occuring offshore, hand-colored, reinforced on verso along central fold, 17 x 13 in.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
TABULA, Sebastian MunsterJohn Dorfman
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