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Borkum, Kibitzdelle on. Dune landscape with the boggy pond in the “Pewit Depression”. In the middle distance two riders. Wood engraving after Gustav Schoenleber (Bietigheim 1851 – Karlsruhe 1917) at Adolf Closs, Stuttgart. (1880/81.) Inscribed in the stock: GS (ligated) / A. Closs X.I., and typographically per subtext in German as above. 10.4 x 18.8 cm.
BACK: Garden fence from whale bones. Wood engraving after Schoenleber as before. Inscribed in the stock: G. Sch. / A. Closs, and typographically per subtext in German as above. 5.4 x 9.3 cm. – Continuous local text on both sides about beach and dunes.
Offer no. 8,249 / EUR 101. (c. US$ 141.) + shipping
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