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Lot 268<br />

268. Hözel (E.) sT r A s s e n K A rT e v o n de u T s c h l A n d,<br />

showing Altreich, Ostmark, Sudetengau, Böhmen,<br />

Mähren and Memelland, dark brown bakelite casette<br />

map containing folded paper maps with printed<br />

colouring, 330 x 180mm., slight browning, bakelite<br />

frame cracked in upper corners with a previously<br />

repaired crack in the lower corner, 1939 § Westermann<br />

(Georg) Taschen Atlas, Kraft durch Freude, amt für<br />

Reisen, Wandern und Urlaub, Nazi issue atlas, including<br />

34 maps of Europe in colour, 140 x 100mm., some wear<br />

to cover, pencil marks on front cover, slight browning,<br />

1933-1945; with 4 maps Germany and Europe published<br />

by Der Deutsche Automobilclub, 1940-1942, with three<br />

guidebooks by Karl Baedeker of Southern Germany,<br />

the Rhine, and Tyrol and Dolomites, 1895-1927 (9).<br />

£100 - £150<br />

*** This is a very rare map of Germany during the<br />

Third Reich. It illustrates a large proportion of Hitler’s<br />

Großdeutschland around 1939 and shows the main<br />

cities, towns and villages in Germany as they were on<br />

the eve of World War II.<br />

The map operates by moving the tabs on the sides<br />

upward to reveal a new section of Greater Germany,<br />

which at that time included Austria, Bohemia and<br />

Moravia.<br />

gr e e c e<br />

Lot 269<br />

269. Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg<br />

Al e x A n d r i A, bird’s-eye view, with strapwork cartouche<br />

above, and numerous ships, camels and figures<br />

surrounding view, engraving, 370 x 480mm., Latin<br />

text on verso, central vertical fold with some splitting,<br />

browning, surface dirt, several holes in lower margin,<br />

[Cologne], [c.1575 or later]; with a bird’s-eye view<br />

of Sibenik, and 2 historic maps of Europe, one by De<br />

Vaugondy, engravings, v.s., some surface dirt, 18th<br />

and19th century (4). £150 - £250<br />

Lot 270<br />

270. Danckerts (Justus) re g n i hun g A r i A e, gr A e c i A e,<br />

e T Mo r e A e ..., showing part of Italy, Turkey and Crete,<br />

decorative title cartouche, lower left, engraved map<br />

with hand-colouring, 505 x 585mm, central vertical<br />

fold, some minor browning and spotting, [Amsterdam],<br />

c,1690 § Blaeu (Johan). Macedonia, Epirus et Achaia,<br />

engraved map, 415 x 505mm, Latin text verso, spotting<br />

and browning, [Amsterdam], c.1640 or later; with a<br />

mixed group of maps of Greece, by or after De l’Isle,<br />

and Tardieu, engravings, v.s., 18th and 19th century<br />

(5). £150 - £250<br />

BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS<br />

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