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Description:
Greece, Slavonia and Bulgaria. Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1470-1520) Tabula Noua Graeciae, Sclauoniae, & Bulgariae. [Strasbourg, c. 1520 or later]. Large woodcut map printed on a double-folio sheet of laid paper with contemporary color, verso blank, no page number, large margins; the ocean painted a very deep shade of blue with place names highlighted in pink and yellow and mountains picked out in a reddish brown, along with the border, central vertical fold, two small spots of worming, old guard along central verso margin, 21 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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Keywords
TABULA, Martin Waldseem�ller, Graeciae, Greece, Strasbourg, BulgariaJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.