$1,599
Munster, Sebastian (1488-1552) Sea Monsters, Meerwunder und seltzame Thier wie die in den Mitnächtigen Ländern im Meer und auff dem Landt gefunden werden. Basel: Henri Petri, c. 1560. Double folio page woodcut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525-1571) showing North Atlantic monsters of the sea and land, with deer, foxes, bears, snakes, and a leopard at the top of the image, and a wide variety of sea-going creatures devouring boats, swimmers, land animals, and one another, each labelled, after Olaus Magnus's Carta Marina, from 1539, from Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis, with later hand-coloring, matted and framed, not examined out of frame, 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. Estimate $1,000-1,500 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-11
