A Landmark Map for the Cartography of the Great Lakes and Canada
Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas (1600-1667) - "Le Canada ou Nouvelle France." Paris, Mariette, 1656.
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Rare Dutch World Atlas with many maps referring to America
BACHIENE, Willem Albert - Atlas tot opheldering der hedendaagsche historie beschreeven door een gezelschap van geleerde mannen in Engeland overgezien en verbeterd Amsterdam, Matthijs Schalekamp, 1785. In-folio (46 x 29 cm). With 60 maps engraved by J. van Jagen, all contemporary hand coloured and with beautiful cartouches.
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Rare celestial atlas with white-on-black star maps
GOLDBACH, C.F. - Neuester Himmels-Atlas zum Gebrauche fur Schul- und Akademischen Unterricht ... Revidirt auf der Sternwarte Seeberg bey Gotha und mit einer Einleitung begleitet vom Freyherren von Zach. Zweyte unveränderte Auflage. Weimar, 1803. With 58 (54 white-on-black) engraved star maps.
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A German mathematical professor defends alchemy
(CREILING, Johann Conrad) - Die edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia. Tübingen, Cotta, 1730. Contemporary vellum binding.
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Exceptional album with spectacular boxing and wrestling caricatures from the 1930s with original autographs
SIRO (Pierre Rollot) - Manuscript album with 59 watercolour caricatures of famous international boxers and wrestlers from the 1930s as well as a few referees, promoters and managers, of which 27 have signed dedications. (Paris), 1935. Contemporary half leather binding.
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Newly discovered design for the Kaisersaal in Bamberg
Melchior Steidl (1657 - 1727) - Design for the ceiling decoration of the Kaisersaal at the Neue Residenz in Bamberg. Pencil, pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 297 x 187 mm.
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Newly discovered design for the Kaisersaal in Bamberg
Melchior Steidl (1657 - 1727) - Large design for the illusionistic ceiling painting of the Kaisersaal of the Neue Residenz in Bamberg. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 430 x 620 mm.
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Bedeutende Sammlung von Scherenschnitten von Luise Duttenhofer
Duttenhofer, Luise (1776-1829) - 2 Alben mit insgesamt 74 Scherenschnitten sowie 1 sign. Scherenschnitt von Adele Schopenhauer. (c.1823). c. 1800-1825. Seideneinbände. Folio (37,5 x 23 cm).
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Zwei original Entwürfe für das Schloss Hohenzollern
Friedrich August Stüler (1800-1865) - Two designs for the Hohenzollern Castle. West elevation and North elevation. Pen and watercolor on paper; West elevation: 437 x 576mm; North elevation: 438 x 558mm.
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Baroque Bible illustrations by a woman artist
Catharina Sperling-Heckel
(Augsburg 1699 - 1741 Augsburg)
315 wash ink drawings for the Old Testament.
Highly important collection of Baroque biblical illustrations by a woman artist.
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Old colored map of the American continent
MERCATOR, Gerhard (1512-1594) - "America". Amsterdam, Hondius, c. 1606. Approx. 37,5 x 50 cm.
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Very rare map of Florida by Pierre du Val from 1665
DU VAL, Pierre - "La Floride Francoise" (1665)
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Rare old colored world map by Johann Homann from c. 1710
HOMANN, Johann - "Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio" (c. 1710)
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Rare old colored world map by Johann Homann from 1746
HOMANN, Johann - "Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis / Mappe-Monde qui represente les deux Hemispheres". Nürnberg, 1746. Original altkolorierte Kupferstich-Karte. Blatt-Maße: ca. 50,5 x 60,5 cm.
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A newly discovered design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design of a corner decoration for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. (c. 1664-1665). Stencil, pen, black ink and watercolor on paper ; 217 x 264mm.
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A newly discovered design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. (c. 1664-1665). Pen, black ink and watercolor on two pieces of paper mounted together ; 252 x 448mm.
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Early design for the Galleria Colonna
Egid Schor (1627-1701) - Design of a corner decoration for the ceiling painting at the Galleria Colonna. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; Image: 261 x 343 mm; Sheet: 270 x 355 mm.
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17th century drawing of Bruxelles
MERIAN, Matthäus (after) - Veduta di Bruxelles. Italy, c. 1650. Size: c. 50,5 x 16 cm.
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A design by Cortona for the Galleria Pamphilj
Egid Schor (attr.) (1627-1701) or Philipp Schor (attr.) (1646 - 1701) after Pietro da Cortona (1596 - 1669) Design for a corner decoration of the ceiling painting at the Galleria Pamphilj. Pen, brown ink and watercolor on paper; 201 x 275mm.
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A newly discovered design for the the Villa Benedetti in Rome reflecting the coaction of the first professional woman architect and one of the leading architects of its time
Plautilla Bricci (Roma 1616 - Roma 1705) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Napoli 1598 - Roma 1680) (workshop) - La Pianta della Villa Benedetti a Roma. (c.1664).
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A carriage design
Daniel Marot[workshop] - Design for a carriage coupé, shown from the side.
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Railroad Game
"Eisenbahn-Spiel / Jeu de Chemin der Fer" Railroad Game. c. 1890.
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Art Deco Erotic Cover Drawing
VINCENT, Rene (Rageot) - "Une Histoire de Revenant". Magazine cover for "La Vie Parisienne". 1918.
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Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg
SCHALLHAMMER, Johann Baptista - Zwei neu entdeckte Grubenkarten vom Salzburgischen Erzbergbau am Teisenberg.
Achtal, 1771-1774.
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Reference book of an 18th century heraldist
Wappen Buch 1706. Germany, 1706-1782. Folio [32,7 x 20,6 cm]. 64 (of 74) leaves. With 645 mounted coat of arms (including 112 drawings) and 94 seals. Various sizes: from 25 x 20mm to 380 x 580mm. Contemporary vellum.
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18th century design of a columned church facade by Filippo Vasconi
VASCONI, Filippo (1688 - 1730) - Design of a columned church facade with a large window. 18th century.Sheet: 345 x 200 mm; the sheet consists of three joined seperate sheets; prepatory stencil, pen, brown ink and grey wash.
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Signed drawing by Arnold Houbraken depicting the myth of the Tower of Babel
HOUBRAKEN, Arnold - Signed drawing of the Biblical myth of the Tower of Babel. Amsterdam (?), c. 1690.
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17th century Italian School drawing
(after) DOLCI, Carlo - Head Study. Drawing. Format: 340 x 224 mm; red chalk; old mounted, rebacked marginal tears, minor surface damage
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A newly discovered drawing by Austria’s greatest baroque architect
FISCHER VON ERLACH, Johann Bernhard - Design for the gateway of Schloss Klessheim near Salzburg. c. 1700.
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Faust – Vorzugsausgabe mit Original Vorzeichnungen
Sepp Frank; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust. Erster Teil. München, Schröder, 1921. Sehr schöne illustrierte Ausgabe von Goethes Faust mit insgesamt 75 Radierungen und 57 Originalzeichnungen und Skizzen.
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Manuscript collection of drawings of various mosses and lichens.
26 anonymous watercolor drawings from c. 1830, probably made for a manuscript herbarium.
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Manuscript collection of botanical drawings on the mushrooms in France
159 anonymous watercolor drawings from c. 1830, mostly after works by Jean Baptiste Francois Bulliard - "Herbier de la France" (1780-1793) and "Histoire des champignons de la France" (1791).
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18th century botanical manuscript
CROIX, Louis-Joseph de (1725-1816) and Pierre de Savary - Recueil des plantes les plus usuelles peintes d'apres nature. Tome second. Lille, 1763. 4to. With 226 full page botanical watercolor and gouache drawings
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The newly discovered, unpublished watercolor drawings for Jean Baptiste de Lamarck’s Flore Francaise
BULLIARD, Jean Baptiste Francois (* 1752 Aubepierre-sur-Aube; † 1793 Paris) and LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste de (* 1744 Bazentin-le-Petit; † 1829 Paris) - 467 original watercolour drawings on 239 leaves, with handwritten descriptions and notes. n.d. (c. 1776-1778). Contemporary leather with blank spine label. 230x297 mm.
This very important manuscript represents the previously unknown botanical drawings for Lamarck's Flore Francaise and demonstrates the hitherto fameless cooperation between two of the foremost French botanists from the 18th century.
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Rare complete edition of Goya’s „Los Caprichos“
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) -„Los Caprichos“. 1904, Calcografia Nacional, Madrid. Seventh edition. Includes all 80 etchings.
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Alchemical Catechism
(JUGEL, Johann Gottfried) - Goldmacher-Catechismus in Frag und Antwort. Berlin und Leipzig, Christian Ulrich Ringmacher, 1776. Cont. half-leather binding with printed back label. VIII, 80 pages.
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A French scientific expedition to Lapland
OUTHIER, Reginaud - Journal d'un voyage au Nord, en 1736. & 1737. Paris, Piget & Durand, 1744. In-4. With 16 engraved plates and maps and some woodcut vignettes. Contemporary full calf, spine with five raised bands, richly gilt and with title label.
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The horses of Don Juan of Austria
STRADANUS, Joannes (1523-1605) - Equile, seu speculum equorum, in quo omnis generis generosissimorum equorum ex variis orbis partibus insignis delectus. Antwerp: Johannes Galle, c.1600. (300 x 395 mm). Engraved title and 39 engraved plates.
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Account of the famous 18th century La Pérouse expedition through Australasia and the Pacific
LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup (1741-1788?) - Voyage de la Pérouse autour du monde, publié conformément au decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige par M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. 4 vols. Modern Quarter-linen bindings, 4to [295 x 235mm]. LXXII, 346, 398, 422, 309 pp. With engraved portrait of the author on the frontispiece. The atlas is missing. In very good condition.
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Rare 18th century Atlas of Silesia
HOMANN Erben - Atlas Silesiae id est Ducatus Silesiae Generaliter quator mappis nec non specialiter XVI mappis tot principatus repraesentantibus geographice exhibitus Leipzig, 1750. Zeitgenössischer Halbleder-Einband mit Rückentitel und Rückenvergoldung [64 x 51 x 3 cm].
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Konstruktionszeichnungen des Neuen Lusthauses in Stuttgart
Einzigartiges Konvolut von fünf Architekturzeichnungen - enthaltend drei zeitgenössische Konstruktionszeichnungen des Neuen Lusthauses in Stuttgart, sowie die beiden einzigen bislang bekannten, zeitgenössischen Zeichnungen des Collegium Illustre in Tübingen und des Neuen Marstalls zu Stuttgart. Zwischen 1608-1628 und um 1585-1590.
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Älteste bekannte Mitschrift einer Vorlesung von Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich - Blumenbachs öffentliche Vorlesungen über die Natur Geschichte des Menschen im Sommerhalbenjahr 1780. Göttingen, 1780.
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Portraits of ancient gods and hermetic writers
Mussard, Pierre - Historia deorum fatidicorum, vatum, sibyllarum, phoebadum, apud priscos illustrium; cum corum iconibus. Praeposita est dissertatio de divinatione et oraculis. Cologny near Geneva, Pierre Chouet, 1675. Contemporary half-leather. 4to. With 50 full-page engravings.
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Baroque song book by a woman
Waldeck-Eisenberg, Gräfin zu Erbach; Amalia Katharina von - Andächtige Sing-Lust. Das ist: I. Morgen-, II. Abend-, III. Tage-, IV. Beth-, V. Buß-, VI. Klag- und Trost-, VII. Lob- und Danck-, VIII. Lehr-Lieder ... . Hildburghausen, 1692. Extremely rare Baroque song book.
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Paul Gerhardt’s evangelisches Liederbuch
GERHARDT, Paul; EBELING, Johann Georg - Geistreiche Andachten Bestehend in CXX. Liedern. Auf alle Sonntage, und gewisse Zeiten im Jahr gerichtet. Samt einer nützlichen Vorrede Conrad Feuerleins, Predigers zu unser Lieben Frauen in Nürnberg. Von diesem mit sechs Stimmen in folio gedrucket, um besserer Bequemlichkeit aber bey sich zu haben in fothanes format gebracht, und mit zwey Stimmen, zum drittenmal, nebst einem Anhang etlicher auserlesenen Gebete, herfür gegeben von Johann Georg Ebeling, des Gymn. Carolini Profess. Music. Nürnberg, Christoff Riegel, 1683. Zeitgenössischer Leder-Einband. 8vo; 12 Bl., 721 (st. 723 Seiten), 14 Bl.
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Unique manuscript describing European cities in the 18th century
Sandoz-Rollin, Jean-Henri de - Memoires de Jean Henry de Sandos. Contenant, plusieurs observations, faites dans ses voyages sur les differentes villes qu'il a parcourries dans Les Pays Etrangers. Europe, 1730. 4to [264 x 185 mm]. Manuscript. Leather binding. (1) 315 pages.
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Armorial Manuscript with Papal coat of arms
DRIESTEN, Joseph-Emanuel van - Armorial Général des Papes (Paris), 1911(-1914). Folio [330 x 255mm] (36) pp. With manuscript title, 1 full page and 124 smaller gouache drawings coat of arms. With two tables of contents. Contemporary undecorated linen binding.
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Beautiful, large sculpture of an Amazonian warrior
Garnier, Jean (1853-1910) - Amazone bei der Jagd / Amazonian warrior hunting. Galvanised metal with bronze patina. (France) ca. 1890.
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Bronze statue of Gallic hero Vercingetorix with his son, by Emile Laporte
Laporte, Émile (1858-1907) - Vercingetorix with his son / Vercingetorix mit seinem Sohn. Bronze statue. Paris, Edmond Siot-Decauville, ca. 1890.
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Bronze statue of a dancing faun with flute, by E. L. Lequesne
Lequesne, Eugène Louis (1815-1887) - Tanzender Faun mit Flöte / Dancing faun with flute. Bronze statue. Paris, Susse Frères, ca. 1870.
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Puzzle sculptures by Miguel Berrocal
BERROCAL, Miguel (1933-2006) - Otto Y Otra (Opus 348 + 349). Bronze puzzle sculptures.
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Bronze statue of a faun and a nymph
CLODION, Claude Michel (1738-1814) - Faun or satyr and a nymph. Bronze sculpture with marble pedestal. 18th century.
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Bronze statue of the bust of Louis Favre, the Swiss engineer of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel
LAMBERT, Emile-Placide (1828-1897) - Louis Favre. Bronze statue. (France) c.1885.
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Habsburg Heraldic Manuscript
DRIESTEN, Joseph-Emanuel van - Les trente deux quartiers généalogiques de Sa Majesté Francois-Joseph I (Charles). Empereur d'Autriche, Roi Apostolique de Hongrie, Roi de Boheme etc. (Paris, 1885-1907). Folio [325 x 255mm] (8) pp., 23 numb. sheets, XI, (3) pp. With manuscript title, 6 (3 full page) pen drawings and 63 (1 full page) gouache drawings of coat of arms. Contemporary undecorated linen binding.
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Armorial of the Belgian „Van de Velde“ family
Armorial manuscript. Belgium, n.d. (late 17th century). Folio [c. 33 x 22 x 4 cm.]. 42 pp, followed by blanks.
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Extensive armorial manuscript from the 17th century
Armorial manuscript. France or Belgium, n.d. (17th century) folio. 214 numbered pages with 4180 drawings of coat of arms, most of them hand-coloured. Blind tooled leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine.
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Ein seltener Baedeker
Baedeker, Karl - Berlin, Potsdam und Umgebungen. Seperat-Abdruck aus Baedekers Nord-Deutschland. Mit 1 Karte, 4 Plänen und mehreren Grundrissen. Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1878. Olwd.
Erste Auflage. - Eine der großen Raritäten unter den Baedeker-Reiseführern.
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Rare monograph on the flora of the Cape of Good Hope
JACQUIN, Nicolas Joseph von – Oxalis. Monographia iconibus illustrata. Vienna, Wappler, 1794. 4to. With 81 engraved plates, 75 being handcolored (as is correct).
FIRST EDITION of the first monograph on the genus oxalis.
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A monster in Chile
Relacao de hum Monstruo prodigioso, que appareceo no Reyno de Chile entre os montes, que dividem este Reino das dilatadas Provoncias de Tucman, e Paraguai, ou do Rio da Prata, que sao confinantes com o Brazil. Lisbon, Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1751. unbound. 4to, 16 pp., with a title-woodcut depicting the monster.
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Entwurfszeichnung für das Liechtenstein-Schloß Wilfersdorf
Anton Johann Ospel (Klösterle am Arlberg 1677-1756 Wien) - Entwurfszeichnung einer Innenfassade mit zwei Türen, einem Wandbrunnen und verschiedenen Figuren. (vermutlich für das Liechtenstein-Schloss Wilfersdorf). Lavierte Federzeichnung, teilweise mit Bleistift überzeichnet. Links unter der Darstellung signiert. Um 1713.
Sehr seltene handsignierte Zeichnung von Anton Johann Ospel.
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A rare 18th-century witch game
Hexenspiel. (The Witch game). (Munich)?, circa 1750/1760. (probably Franz Xaver or Franz Joseph Fetscher). 32/32 playing cards. 90 x 60mm; Hand-coloured woodcuts.
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A rare Wunderkammer book
Kurtze und Mechanische Beschreibung Dieses Kunst-Auges: Von Stephan Zicken/ Kunst-Drechßlern in Nürnberg. Nürnberg, Christian Sigmund Froberg, (circa 1700). 4to. 20 pages, 1 folded copperplate. Contemporary boards covered with brocade paper.
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Seltene Handschrift zum Forstwesen
COTTA, Johann Heinrich (1763-1844) "Forstschutz vorgetragen im Winter 1827-1828 von Herrn Oberforstrath Cotta". Tharandt, 1828. Sehr seltene Mitschrift einer Vorlesung von Johann Heinrich Cotta aus dem Jahre 1827-28.
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Visiting cards from the 18th century
Album with visiting-cards from the 1780's -- Contemporary Boards. Gr-8°. With 202 mounted visiting cards.
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