Auction 359 Topographical Prints & Drawings
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MAURITIUS -- "WIE DIE HOLLÄNDER AUFF DER INSEL MAURITIUS, so ubergrosse Schiltkrotten gefunden". (Frankf. a/M., W. Richter, c. 1600). Cold. engr. (130 x 175 mm) of 2 sailors riding a giant turtle, a party of 10 eating in an upside-down shell of a turtle, and several men hunting and killing birds, 2 dodo's walking in the background also visible. German text above and underneath. Framed, glazed and under passepartout.

Leaf from J. Huygen v. Linschoten 'Vierder Theil der Orientalischen Indien' with illustrations by J. Dieterich & J.I. de Bry. In excellent condition.

€ 150

result € 160

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