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Columbus, der Erste Erfinder von America

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  • PUBLISHER: Johann Michael Funcken, Erfurt.

  • MEDIUM: Woodcut,

    DATE: 1723.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image 6 1/2 x 7" (17 x 17.8 cm) plus text at bottom.

  • DESCRIPTION: Inventively drawn and graphically strong early German woodcut, with related text. From Neu-Erossnetes Amphitheatrum. This marvelous full length portrait of Christopher Columbus looking at a globe and holding a book and dividers is the title page to the third part of a work issued in 5 parts, from 1722 to 1728. A very rare print.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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