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Europa das ein drittheil der erden / nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
[Basle, Heinrich Petri, c.1550.]
Woodcut. Sheet 282 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"). Margin bottom left restored, tape stains in edges. Evidence of cracks in the woodblock.
Munster's famous upside-down map of Europe, although omitting most of Scandinavia, Scotland and half of Ireland. Despite the strange orientation (a German convention to align maps with the solar compass) it is the first map of the continent not based on Ptolemy. The map was first used in Munster's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' in 1540 and also appeared in his 'Cosmographia'; the cracks in the woodblock first appeared in 1545. A new, similar block was used from 1571-2 until 1578, when a new map, copied from Ortelius, was introduced.
[Ref: 55504] £990.00 view all images for this item
[Basle, Heinrich Petri, c.1550.]
Woodcut. Sheet 282 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"). Margin bottom left restored, tape stains in edges. Evidence of cracks in the woodblock.
Munster's famous upside-down map of Europe, although omitting most of Scandinavia, Scotland and half of Ireland. Despite the strange orientation (a German convention to align maps with the solar compass) it is the first map of the continent not based on Ptolemy. The map was first used in Munster's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' in 1540 and also appeared in his 'Cosmographia'; the cracks in the woodblock first appeared in 1545. A new, similar block was used from 1571-2 until 1578, when a new map, copied from Ortelius, was introduced.
[Ref: 55504] £990.00 view all images for this item
Europa nach Gelegenheit unserer Zeit New Beschrieben.
[Basle: c.1588.]
Woodcut. Printed area 320 x 360mm (12½ x 14"). Slight creasing.
A woodcut map of Europe, copied from Ortelius's map of 1570, replacing the famous upside-down map of Europe in editions of Munster's 'Cosmographia' from 1588. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a Christian Hebraist scholar as well as a cartographer and cosmographer. His 'Cosmographia', first published in 1544, is the earliest German description of the world.
[Ref: 30680] £280.00
[Basle: c.1588.]
Woodcut. Printed area 320 x 360mm (12½ x 14"). Slight creasing.
A woodcut map of Europe, copied from Ortelius's map of 1570, replacing the famous upside-down map of Europe in editions of Munster's 'Cosmographia' from 1588. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a Christian Hebraist scholar as well as a cartographer and cosmographer. His 'Cosmographia', first published in 1544, is the earliest German description of the world.
[Ref: 30680] £280.00
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[Lake Geneva.]
[Basle: Heinrich Petri, c.1555.]
Woodcut. Printed area 145 x 160mm (5¾ x 6¼"), set in German letterpress. Small stain.
A woodcut map of Lake Geneva, orientated with north at the bottom of the map, published in a German edition of Munster's 'Cosmographia'. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a Christian Hebraist scholar as well as a cartographer and cosmographer. His 'Cosmographia', first published in 1544, is the earliest German description of the world.
[Ref: 30681] £160.00
[Basle: Heinrich Petri, c.1555.]
Woodcut. Printed area 145 x 160mm (5¾ x 6¼"), set in German letterpress. Small stain.
A woodcut map of Lake Geneva, orientated with north at the bottom of the map, published in a German edition of Munster's 'Cosmographia'. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) was a Christian Hebraist scholar as well as a cartographer and cosmographer. His 'Cosmographia', first published in 1544, is the earliest German description of the world.
[Ref: 30681] £160.00
Theatrum Veronese: 1549.
[Sebastian Munster.]
[c.1550.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17''). Central crease as normal, foxing, tears. Bit messy.
A view of the Roman amphitheatre at Verona from Sebastian Münster's (1488-1552) "Cosmographia". Münster's "Cosmographia" was the earliest German language description of the world and was republished in numerous editions and languages. The last German edition was published in 1628.
[Ref: 49370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Sebastian Munster.]
[c.1550.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17''). Central crease as normal, foxing, tears. Bit messy.
A view of the Roman amphitheatre at Verona from Sebastian Münster's (1488-1552) "Cosmographia". Münster's "Cosmographia" was the earliest German language description of the world and was republished in numerous editions and languages. The last German edition was published in 1628.
[Ref: 49370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)