Lot 164
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[ZÜRICH, WALL-MAP]. LUDWIG FRY. Der uralten undt bekannten Statt Zürich gestalt und gelaegenheit wie sie zu diser Zit...in grund gelegt durch Josen Durer und durch Christoffel Froschower. [Zürich? 1576]. Woodcut view-plan of Zürich on 8 joined sheets, totalling 890 x 1320 mm. (35 x 52 in.), laid down on linen, stapled to wooden hanging strip at top, borders cropped, a few marginal tears or fraying to edges, some wear at sheet junctures, a bit of minor discoloration, five overlays: four consisting of eighteenth-century printed Latin text pasted down over original text within square cartouches, the fifth a later woodcut of the Münster cut out and pasted down in the appropriate spot.

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[ZÜRICH, WALL-MAP]. LUDWIG FRY. Der uralten undt bekannten Statt Zürich gestalt und gelaegenheit wie sie zu diser Zit...in grund gelegt durch Josen Durer und durch Christoffel Froschower. [Zürich? 1576]. Woodcut view-plan of Zürich on 8 joined sheets, totalling 890 x 1320 mm. (35 x 52 in.), laid down on linen, stapled to wooden hanging strip at top, borders cropped, a few marginal tears or fraying to edges, some wear at sheet junctures, a bit of minor discoloration, five overlays: four consisting of eighteenth-century printed Latin text pasted down over original text within square cartouches, the fifth a later woodcut of the Münster cut out and pasted down in the appropriate spot.